Carnaval San Francisco, the largest multicultural celebration on the West Coast that honors the diverse traditions of Latin America and the Caribbean, celebrated its 48th annual festival last weekend.

The Marin Irish Festival is set to return, inviting those around the Bay to join in on some good craic — or fun — this coming weekend (May 16-17).

The Great Dickens Christmas Fair welcomed visitors to the opening of its 41st season over the weekend. The long-running fair creates a Victorian Christmas wonderland, complete with hundreds of costumed characters, performances, artisan shops, eateries, dance parties, and even a miniature live steam train.

Fuzzy cuteness returned to downtown late last week for the 39th annual SF SPCA Holiday Windows at Macy’s Union Square. The beloved annual display brings adoptable puppies and kittens to the storefront windows at the corner of Stockton and O’Farrell streets.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass drew huge crowds over the weekend as it celebrated its 25th year. The free music festival takes over large swathes of Golden Gate Park the first weekend of October each year, welcoming musicians and music lovers alike. Close to eighty musical acts performed during the sunny three-day span.

From Dolores Park to Civic Center, San Francisco echoed with chants rejecting authoritarianism. The nearly entirely peaceful march brought together diverse voices united against recent immigration raids and government policies.

Each year the Mission District community marks Dia de los Muertos with the Festival of the Altars and an evening procession through the neighborhood, and this year was no exception.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass returned to Golden Gate Park on Friday, kicking off its annual three-day music festival. It has been bringing community and free music to the park for over two decades. Attendees soaked up the sun and all varieties of music on Friday as a preview of the weekend to come.

Fetish was the word of the day as SoMa welcomed the 41st annual Folsom Street Fair on Sunday.

The Upper Haight celebrated the 45th Annual Haight-Ashbury Street Fair on Sunday, drawing a sizable crowd despite the breezy weather. People filled Haight Street, along with many of its side streets, from Stanyan Street to Masonic Avenue. The fair is a non-profit, volunteer-run event that highlights the neighborhood’s art, music, and community.

An official cancellation of the Dyke March earlier this week did not deter a small contingent of marchers — or the many just celebrating Pride weekend — from showing up to Dolores Park on Saturday. The park was full of revelers and the march, although somewhat smaller this year, went ahead as previously planned.

Thousands showed up to support and celebrate the trans community Friday for the 20th Anniversary of the Trans March. A “celebration of trans and gender non-conforming people”, the march is one of the largest trans events in the world and kicks off Pride weekend celebrations.

The “largest multicultural celebration on the West Coast” brought crowds and lots of cultural color to the Mission District over the weekend.