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.

Thousands of runners and costumed participants flooded city streets on Sunday for the annual Bay to Breakers footrace.

Great Irish craic, in other words a good time, was had by all at the inaugural Céilí on the Lake Festival in Marin over the past weekend. The two-day festival celebrated the arrival of spring with traditional Irish dance, music, food, drink, and crafts at Marin County’s Lagoon Park. 

The sun was shining and the crowds were enthusiastic for Oakland’s 7th annual Black Joy Parade on Sunday. The parade and festival celebrate the Black experience and the Black community’s contribution to culture.

GLIDE’s Annual Holiday Jam returns this week to celebrate Reverend Cecil Williams's 60th anniversary with the organization. The live concert will take place at the Masonic Auditorium on Thursday, November 9.

There were a lot of music options in SF over the weekend, but you missed out if you didn’t get down to see the long-time favorite — and free! — Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.

IKEA San Francisco will celebrate its grand opening at the 945 Market Street location with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday at 11 a.m.