Carnaval SF
MAY 24 – 25, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
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participate in carnaval 2025
Applications are now open for Festival Volunteers, Parade Volunteers, Festival Stage Performers, Comparsa Stage Performers, and Comparsa Parade Participants.
Be an integral part of the largest multicultural festival on the West Coast. Join us as we celebrate the Latino, Caribbean and African Diasporic traditions of the Mission District and the San Francisco Bay Area. Your generous time helps Carnaval San Francisco accomplish our mission through dance, music, the visual arts and by creating spaces for community learning, school–based education, and advocacy.
Volunteers return every year to gain valuable skills on teams ranging from Festival event production to Grand Parade logistics.
Click here for details and applications.
Let the drums take over
Now in its fourth decade of celebration, Carnaval San Francisco has been an opportunity for many cultures to come together in one spirit to share their creative expressions.
Come celebrate with us at our FREE 2–day family festival & Grand Parade in San Francisco’s Mission District where we will showcase the very best Latin American and Caribbean cultural arts and traditions.
Carnaval San Francisco is the largest multi–cultural celebration on the West Coast.
2024 Grand Marshal
2024 Festival Headliners
Noel Torres
Pirulo Y La Tribu
join the celebration
Grand Parade live stream!
Come back here on Sunday, May 25, 2025 to watch our Grand Parade live via kpix.com!
Or you can also watch on KPIX 44 Cable 12 starting Sunday, May 25, 2025!
2024 theme
honor indigenous roots
The Carnaval San Francisco theme for 2024 is “Honor Indigenous Roots.” The idea of honoring indigenous heritage has always been part of our Carnaval culture. For example, every Carnaval parade is started with a blessing ceremony from local Aztec dancers, complete with the burning of copal incense to spiritually cleanse the community, accompanied by traditional drumming and dance. This ceremony is rooted in pre-Columbian practices that still have relevance today.
Artist: Mer Young
get the best seats
See the 2025 Carnaval San Francisco Grand Parade in the best seats of the event, the Grand Stand/Judging Area!
Parade starts on 24th & Bryant Street travels west on to Mission Street then on Mission Street travels north to 15th Street.
The Grand Stand seating area will be located outside, in front of the Gray Area Theatre. Tickets are for general admission–no reserve seating available. Wheelchair accessibility available.
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