Here is a list of special kid-friendly events happening in the San Francisco Bay Area in September! These events are not weekly or monthly recurring events, but are unique and special events happening only this year, or yearly.
This list is updated at least weekly in the month of September, and when the month is over, will start updating again the following year! Check back often to see what’s happening in San Francisco Bay Area that you can bring your kids to!
If you are on Facebook and want to get weekly updates of these events within a Facebook group, join our San Francisco Family Travel + Activities group! Every Monday, there is a thread that lists these kinds of events with specific links, where members can add events too!
Are you more of a Google Calendar kind of person? We have one of those too! Add this calendar to your Google Calendar to get these events straight in your calendar.
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Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival
Sunset District Community Festival at West Sunset Playground
BaySplash: Free Day of Science, Arts & Food
Kids Carnival at the Palace of Fine Arts
Mountain View Art & Wine Festival
Eat Real Festival in Oakland
Santa Clara Art & Wine Festival
Rockridge “Out & About” Street Festival in Oakland
Sausalito’s 40th Annual Chili Cook-Off
Candypalooza at the Jelly Belly Factory
“La Madonna del Lume” Fishing Boat Parade at Fisherman’s Wharf
Mill Valley’s Community Block Party
Opera in the Park at Golden Gate Park
Festa Coloniale Italiana in North Beach
Armenian Food Festival & Bazaar at SF State
Autumn Moon Festival in Chinatown (SF)
Fiesta De Las Américas in the Mission
“Chinatown at Twilight” Friday Night Festival
Friday Nights at DeYoung starts again!
Middle Eastern Food Festival in SF
San Francisco Black Family Day Celebration at Hamilton Park
Kings Mountain Art Fair in the Redwoods in Woodside
Lebanese Festival in Redwood City
Brazilian Day & Lavagem Festival in Berkeley
Mole & Mariachi Festival in Santa Cruz
Oakland Pride Parade & Festival
Petaluma Piano Festival & Honky-Tonk Piano Competition
Music and Market Summer Concerts in Concord
Mariachi Festival in Hayward
Middle Eastern & Greek Food Festival in Milpitas
Black-Eyed Pea Festival Oakland
Romanian Festival SF Bay Area in Hayward
Montara Art and Music Festival
Salsa Festival in Redwood City
Russian Festival in Saratoga
San Jose’s Little Italy Street Festival
Mexican “Celebrando Comunidad en la Placita” in Berkeley
Coastal Cleanup Day (All over California)
Model Boats on Parade at Golden Gate Park
Black Tie Beach Party at Ocean Beach
Off the Grid Twilight Campfire Party at the Presidio
Northern California Dragon Boat Festival in Oakland
Electric Vehicle Rally and Show Cupertino
“Viva CalleSJ” Six Miles of Car-Free Streets in San Jose
Oktoberfest by the Bay (Saturday Day and Sunday Kid-Friendly)
Harvest Festival and Sukkot at the Ferry Building
Southeast Asian Harvest Festival: Street Soccer & Chinese Martial Arts
Magical Glass Pumpkin Patch (not for kids who like to touch and drop everything. :))
Downtown Redwood City Oktoberfest (Great for all ages on certain days)
Eastlake Annual Moon Festival in Oakland
Lantern Festival at Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose
Harvest Festival in Palo Alto
Annie’s Annuals Fall Party in Richmond (the city)
Oaktoberfest in the Dimond (in Oakland) – Kids Area
We usually get lots of sunshine in September – and it’s the beginning of the pumpkin season!! If you know us, we love love love love this season. We go crazy with the pumpkin everything. We are one of those people. So if you follow us on IG, get ready for a very orange feed!
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