Producers of the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival have announced the 2024 lineup of free outdoor music and arts event.

The annual festival opens with Cuban percussionist Pedrito Martinez on Saturday, May 4 at 1 p.m. and will run through late October in downtown San Francisco, between 3rd and 4th streets and Mission and Howard streets.

Performers include Balaklava Blues & Kitka “Songs for Ukraine” on May 11, CAAMFest: Directions in Sound on May 18, Islands By The Bay Festival on May 19, CO-LLAB Choir directed by Cava Menzies on May 25, Dyertribe: Steve & Bokani Dyer + Izithunywa feat Ndabo Zulu & Linda Sikhakhane on June 8, RAWdance: Drawing on a Decade on June 14 & 15, 26th Annual Native Contemporary Arts Festival on June 18, Circus Bella’s “WOW!” on June 21 and 22, SF Uke Jam’s Summer Uke-Splosion on June 29, Get Free Fest on July 6, YBG ChoreoFest on July 13 and July 20, Sameer Gupta’s Color Your Mind Festival on July 27, PISTAHAN on Aug. 10 and 11, YBGF Seed Festival on Aug. 17, Meklit’s Movement Immigration Orchestra on Aug. 31, African Arts Festival on Sept. 7, YBG Dance Day on Sept. 28, SF Indigenous Peoples Day on Oct. 14, KOKOROKO and Jada Imani on Oct. 26, and more.

Additionally, there will be a Children’s Garden Series features interactive performances specially designed for kids and their adults with two performances at 11 a.m. and 12 p.m., as well as a host of dance performances and LitQuake Book Fair.

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival programs and series include:

Poetic Tuesdays with MoAD are held on the second Tuesdays from May to October and present a lineup of poets and musicians, curated by Nia McAllister, at Jessie Square from 12:30pm to 1:30pm.

Salsa at Jessie, the open-air salsa dance party in Jessie Square (near the Contemporary Jewish Museum and St. Patrick’s Church), from 6:00pm – 7:30pm.  The series includes Orquesta la Moderna Tradición on August 1, Jesus Diaz y su QBA on September 5,and Agua Pura on October 3.

Children’s Garden Series on Fridays with interactive performances designed for kids and their adults at Howard & Fourth Streets with two performances – 11:00am-11:30am and 12:00pm-12:30pm.

Thursday Lunchtime Concert Series on Thursdays from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Classes, Dance with Rhythm & Motion

See the full lineup below. For more information, visit the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival website.

2024 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Programming:

MAY

Pedrito Martinez, Saturday, May 4, 1:00pm-3:30pm

Neblinas del Pacifico, Thursday, May 9, 12:30pm-1:30pm

Balaklava Blues & Kitka “Songs for Ukraine,” Saturday, May 11, 1:00pm-3:00pm

QWANQWA, Thursday, May 16, 12:30pm-1:30pm

CAAMFest: Directions in Sound, Saturday, May 18, 1:00pm-3:30pm

Islands By The Bay Festival, Sunday, May 19, Noon – 5:00pm

PHER, Thursday, May 23, 12:30pm-1:30pm

CO-LLAB Choir directed by Cava Menzies, Saturday, May 25, 1:00pm-2:30pm

Community Music Center Neighborhood Choirs, Thursday, May 30, 12:30pm-1:30pm

JUNE

Dyertribe: Steve & Bokani Dyer + Izithunywa feat. Ndabo Zulu & Linda Sikhakhane, Saturday, June 8, 1:00pm-3:00pm

Darrell Grant & MJ New, Thursday, June 13, 12:30pm-1:30pm

RAWdance: Drawing on a Decade, Friday, June 14, 6:30pm & Saturday, June 15, 1:00pm

26th Native Contemporary Arts Festival, Sunday, June 16, 12:00pm-3:00pm

Christelle Durandy & SankTET, Thursday, June 20, 12:30pm-1:30pm

Circus Bella’s “WOW!” Friday, June 21, 12:00pm; Saturday, June 22, Noon & 2:15pm

The Alaya Project, Thursday, June 27, 12:30pm-1:30pm

SF Uke Jam’s Summer Uke-Splosion, Saturday, June 29, 1:00pm-3:00pm

JULY

Get Free Fest, Saturday, July 6, 1:00pm 3:00pm

UZUMARU, Thursday, July 11, 12:30pm-1:30pm

YBG ChoreoFest, Saturday, July 13 & Sunday, July 20, 1:00pm-2:30pm

Batey Tambó, Thursday, July 18, 12:30pm-1:30pm

Destani Wolf, Thursday, July 25, 12:30pm-1:30pm

Color Your Mind Festival, Saturday, July 27, Noon-5:00pm

AUGUST

AfroSolo Arts Festival presents Charles Unger, Thursday, August 1, 12:30pm-1:30pm

Orquesta la Moderna Tradición, Thursday, August 1, 6:00pm-7:30pm

Ana Tijoux + J Noa, Saturday, August 3, 1:00pm-3:00pm

San Francisco Mime Troupe, Sunday, August 4, 2:00pm-4:00pm

Audiopharmacy, Thursday, August 8, 12:30pm-1:30pm

Pistahan, Saturday, August 10 & Sunday, August 11, 11:00am-4:00pm

Brazil in the Gardens, Thursday, August 15, 12:30pm-1:30pm

YBGF Seed Festival, Saturday, August 17, 1:00pm-3:30pm

Mae Powell, Thursday, August 22, 12:30pm-1:30pm

Foleada, Thursday, August 29, 12:30pm-1:30pm

Meklit’s Movement Immigrant Orchestra, Saturday, August 31, 1:00pm-2:30pm

SEPTEMBER

Quinteto Latino, Thursday, September 5, 12:30pm-1:30pm

Jesús Díaz y su QBA, Thursday, September 5, 6:00pm-7:30pm

African Arts Festival, Saturday, September 7, Noon-4:00pm

American Bon Dancing, Sunday, September 8, 1:00pm-3:00pm

Spirology, Thursday, September 26, 12:30pm-1:30pm

YBG Dance Day, Saturday, September 28, 10:00am-3:00pm

OCTOBER

The Chris Trinidad Collective, Thursday, October 3, 12:30pm-1:30pm

Agua Pura, Thursday, October 3, 6:00pm-7:30pm

Oiuda & Ian Santillano, Saturday, October 5, 1:00pm-3:00pm

Rojai & The Pocket, Thursday, October 10, 12:30pm-1:30pm

SF Indigenous Peoples Day, Monday, October 14, Noon-3:30pm

Amihan, Thursday, October 17, 12:30pm-1:30pm

Michelle Jacques’ “Daughters of the Delta Project,” Thursday, October 24, 12:30pm-1:30pm

KOKOROKO + Jada Imani, Saturday, October 26, 1:00pm-3:30pm