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Festival

Día de Muertos in Mexico City lit up with axolotls, zombies, and a giant Catrina

Another world's worth of creative costumes, colorful expression, community spirit at capital's sprawling celebration
Festival Jon Bauer and Patty Riek -
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Watch: Día de los Muertos brought a deep message to the Mission

45th annual procession and ofrenda display reinforced grassroots origin and continuation of cultural tradition.
Culture Emma Garcia -
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Bloodsuckers ran amok at International Vampire Film Festival

Garlic from Gilroy, plastic-fanged goths, spooky films from all over the world: Balboa Theater gave vamp fans plenty to sink their teeth into.
Movies Dhruv Baronia -
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In Sean Ono Lennon’s new doc, high fashion clashes with business lows

At Mill Valley Film Fest, 'threeASFOUR: Full Circle' asks how artists' visions can stay commercially viable.
Movies Joshua Rotter -
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Lit

Join us at Litquake’s free Out Loud book fair this Sunday at Yerba Buena Gardens!

Marke B. -
Dozens of local publishers, poets, writers, and thinkers come together to uplift LGBTQ+ and BIPOC Bay Area writers in the sunshine.
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Music Review

Portola 2026 review: The pops, the flops, the drops

Adrian Spinelli -
Texts crapped out and the chicken was hidden, but massive dance music fest delivered with Despacio, Four Tet, Robyn, more.
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Music

One more in the can: Hot Tuna returns to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Joshua Rotter -
Guitar legend Jorma Kaukonen shares 60 years of Bay Area musical memories, including 24 at the free fest.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Starry floodgates open at Mill Valley Film Fest 49

Dennis Harvey -
Oscar bait, celeb sightings, and some real gems. Plus: Tsui Hark flabbers gasts, Joan Crawford's Hag-stravaganza, more movies
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Music

Only connect: Poetic visionary Moor Mother returns to SF Electronic Music Fest

Ronny Kerr -
Polymath producer speaks of Hildegard of Bingen, working with incarcerated women, and new album 'Translations.'
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Movies

‘Lost’ films seen through fresh eyes at Re:Vision Fest

Dennis Harvey -
A fascinating new showcase of restored and rediscovered movies, from 'My Name Ain't Suzie' to 'Lepers & Sex.'
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Music

Our Portola Fest 2026 Hot List

Andrew Brobst and Adrian Spinelli -
Kelela, Shadow, Clearcast... Six picks for the massive upcoming dance music bonanza, courtesy of our on-the-ground correspondents.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Who doesn’t love a bear in a hot tub?

Dennis Harvey -
Critter Fest's got claws. Plus: Ethan Hawke's 'Weight,' 'Body Heat' steams again, Barbara Hammer and Larry Reed fêted, more movies
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Music

At SF Bay Popfest, The Aislers Set and Kids on a Crime Spree celebrated love, loss, local tunes

John-Paul Shiver -
Musicians bopped to each other's beats at Bottom of the Hill, concert history hung on the walls—and a expiration date loomed.
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Culture

Fall Festivals Preview: 10 fab fairs and fests to light up the season

Tamara Palmer -
Diwali jams, food raves, science celebrations, and the last of this year’s county fairs. Oh, and Godzilla.
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Culture

Cruising Chinatown: Classic car parade vroomed up community pride

Emma Garcia -
Lion dancers and eight-year-old McLaren enthusiasts converged under the lanterns.
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Music

What we saw at Outside Lands: Live shots of wild times, sunshine excluded

Andrew Brobst -
Who needs light when you've got the heat of Baby Keem, The Strokes, Boys Noize, Silvana Estrada, and bazillions of cute fans.
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Food & Drink

What we ate at Outside Lands: Hot takes on Bay Area tastes

Tamara Palmer -
Crab pastries, jollof plates, caviar corndogs, and super sundaes—the fest’s sexiest food hit all the high notes.
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Music

What we heard at Outside Lands: Automatic for the people

John-Paul Shiver -
Acts on the come-up, faves on the curve, bison in the weeds, and a festival porta potty epiphany. Listen in.
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Movies

A ‘sensual labyrinth’ blooms at Blush erotic film fest

Marke B. -
Long-running celebration of local adult film has a new name, but all the explicit expression. We talk to two exciting featured directors.
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