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.

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.

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

From North Beach to the Castro, the streets of San Francisco were extra lively this past weekend thanks to simultaneous free performances by some 100 drag queens and kings.

Salsa, samba, and a host of other Latin rhythms reverberated throughout the Mission District this weekend as locals and visitors alike converged to celebrate the 45th Carnaval.

Another of the towering, glowing neon signs leftover from the heyday of Mission Street's days as a hub of cinema has come back to life. It's the sign above the Grand Theater, which is now home to arts org Gray Area, at 2665 Mission Street (between 22nd and 23rd). 

Mission District bar Kilowatt is changing hands, and its new ownership team won a Place of Entertainment permit at Tuesday night’s SF Entertainment Commission meeting to bring live music back to the bar’s storied stage.

Hundreds gathered in the Mission District Wednesday night for the annual Día de los Muertos procession, the first in-person event since 2019.

Dolores Park has its first big Indigenous People’s event Saturday, with an all-day program of DJs and dancing, and some wild projections after the sun goes down.

Chrome glistened in the sun and car hopping was taken to new heights at this year’s King of the Streets Lowrider Car Show and Hopping Contest.

An April tent fire destroyed an Amos Goldbaum mural at Church and 15th Streets, but Goldbaum is restoring it now and expects to finish by the end of the week.

A massive,, block-long mural currently being painted at Cesar Chavez and Bryant Streets is a high and mighty sign of the forthcoming new dispensary Poncho Brotherz.

Music, dance, and colorful costumes filled the streets of the Mission District this past weekend for the 44th annual Carnaval San Francisco.