54th Annual Precious Cheese North Beach Festival
Saturday, June 14 and and Sunday, June 15, 2008
10 am - 6 pm. Free.




Download the 2008 Exhibitor application here.

Download Non Profit Application here.

The country’s original outdoor arts & crafts festival celebrates its 54th anniversary with Juried Arts & Crafts Exhibitions and Sales, Celebrity Pizza Toss, Live Entertainment Stages with Alternative, Rhythm & Blues, Latin Rock, Pop Rock, Reggae, Salsa and Swing, Cooking Stage, Celebrity Chefs, Assisi Animal Blessings (2:00 pm, both days, Vallejo/ Columbus), Arte di Gesso (Italian street chalk art 600 block of Vallejo), Participate in the Festival’s New Recycled Art Presentation by Sculptor Terry Marashlian, on Vallejo.

Location: Washington Square Park, 1200-1500 blocks of Grant Avenue and adjacent streets in North Beach. Click here for directions.

VALIDATED PARKING AVAILABLE.
Photos upon request.
Information: 415/989-2220.

Sponsor: North Beach Chamber of Commerce, 556 Columbus Avenue,
San Francisco, CA 94133 Phone: 415-989-2220; Fax: 415-989-6427


Validated parking $3.00 a day from 9 am - 10 pm. Golden Gateway Garage, 250 Clay, between Battery & Drumm. A “Park & Ride Shuttle” bus departs every few minutes. Ask for the Broadway Columbus stop. The festival is one block north. The return stop is at Grant & Broadway. Look for the red and white “Park & Ride” sign. The ONLY validation stamp is located at Calzone’s Restaurant, 430 Columbus Avenue. No purchase necessary.