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| Calendar: | Fisherman's Wharf Community Benefit District |
| Title: | WHARF FEST |
| When: | October.26.2013 - October.27.2013 |
| Location: | Fisherman's Wharf Historic Waterfront District |
| Description: | Wharf Fest 2013 -- Come celebrate the ultimate Fisherman's Wharf fall festival! When: October 26-27, 2013 Time: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Location: Fisherman's Wharf from Ghirardelli Square to PIER 39, on Jefferson Street and Beach Street Cost: FREE* Tickets for Chowder Fest: https://wharffest2013.eventbrite.com/ Activity Highlights: Live Music & Entertainment Fireworks (Saturday Night) Fisherman's Wharf Restaurants’ Chowder Competition & Tastings (Saturday) Live Demonstration Kitchen hosted by Fisherman’s Wharf's Top Chefs (Sunday) Harvest-Themed Craft Beer Garden Wharf Food Screening of the Award-Winning Films from Last Year’s San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival (Saturday) Arts & Crafts Fair Carnival Rides at “Playland at the Beach” Zone Segway Obstacle Course Kid's Meet & Greet with Fisherman's Wharf Mascots Kid’s Activities & Craft Station Bike Valet & MORE to come. Check back soon for details! The Blue Angels air show and Naval parade for Fleet Week are cancelled for 2013, but don't fret! Fisherman's Wharf is throwing the ultimate celebration this October. Come to the inaugural Wharf Fest, a free festival onOctober 26 and 27, to celebrate the legacy of San Francisco's historic waterfront district and enjoy achowder competition, live music, food & wine, art, craft beer tasting, a chef's demonstration kitchen,children's activities and rides, and more. Saturday will be topped off with a screening of the award-winningfilms from last year's San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival at the Bay Theater and a spectacularfireworks show at PIER 39. Wharf Fest marks milestone occasions for Fisherman's Wharf such as PIER 39's 35th Anniversary and the50th Anniversary of Hyde Street Pier's public opening. Family-friendly entertainment will extend throughout Fisherman's Wharf, on Jefferson and Beach Streets from Ghirardelli Square to PIER 39. Several blocks of Jefferson Street will be closed for pedestrian-only access and special exhibitors including Fisherman's Wharf merchants, local artists, and seafood restaurants. At Wharf Fest's chowder competition, on Saturday, October 26, the restaurants of California's chowder capital will battle it out for the title of best Fisherman's Wharf chowder. Contestants will range from classic establishments like Bistro Boudin, Alioto's and Fisherman's Grotto #9 to new Wharf restaurants. Gte your tickets here for $5: https://wharffest2013.eventbrite.com/ Visit the Fisherman's Wharf information table at Jefferson and Taylor Streets during the event to learn how you can enter to win tickets to see Amaluna, the new show by Cirque du Soleil, which opens in San Francisco in November, 2013. Other sponsors of the event include the Port of San Francisco, Big Bus, The National Liberty Ship Memorial/S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien, PIER 39, Artemia Communications, and Ellis Eye Center of Northern California. |
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