San Francisco, as usual, is bursting with holiday festivities in 2016. There are over 10 festivals happening just this weekend, with tons more to follow. I’ve even rounded up some holiday food festivals this year — Swedish, French, Italian, Mexican, whatever your heart and stomach desire.
It is certainly time to wrap everything you own in sparkly lights and tinsel, and usher out 2016 with a bang.
Enjoy all the festivals, everyone!
The 34th Annual Charles Dickens Christmas Fair and Victorian Holiday Party, November 19-December 18 2016 (weekends), Cow Palace, SF
Global Winter Wonderland at Cal Expo, November 19 2016 – January 8 2017, Sacramento, CA
Reindeer Romp, November 19 2016 – January 1 2017, San Francisco Zoo
Artifactory Holiday Fair, December 2-4 2016, Palo Alto, CA
Union Street Fantasy of Lights, December 3 2016, Union Street, SF
Swedish Christmas Fair (and Gingerbread House Decorating), December 3 2016, St. Mary’s Cathedral, SF
Mill Valley Holiday Craft Fair, December 3 2016, Mill Valley, CA
Christmas at the Waterfront, December 3 2016, Suisun City, CA
Calistoga Lighted Tractor Parade, December 3 2016, Calistoga, CA
Holiday Art Exhibition and Sale, December 2-3, 2016, Fort Mason, CA
A Holiday Tradition at the Dunsmuir Hellman Historic Estate, December 3-18 2016 (weekends), Oakland, CA
Snow Day in the Berkeley Gourmet Ghetto, December 4 2016, Berkeley, CA
Mercatino di Nitale (Italian Christmas Market), December 3-4, Fort Mason, SF
Festa dei Dolci Italiani (Italian Foods and Drink), December 9 2016, Fort Mason, CA
Holiday French Market, December 9 2016, Berkeley, CA
Holiday Mercado, December 10 2016, Fort Mason, CA
Telegraph Avenue Holiday Street Fair, December 10-24 2016 (weekends), Berkeley, CA
Santa’s Helpers Holiday Gift Faire, December 10-11 2016, Napa, CA
6th Annual Misfit Toy Factory & Creative Marketplace, December 10-15 2016, SOMA, SF
SFMade Holiday Gift Fair, December 12 2016, Design District, SF
Zoo Lights at the San Francisco Zoo, December 16-30 2016 (except the 24th and 25th) San Francisco Zoo
Kimochi’s Silver Bells Arts & Crafts Faire, December 17 2016, San Francisco
Holidays on the Ranch, December 17, 2015, Wilder Ranch State Park, CA