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Carnaval SF 2011 by sfmission.com and Image link guide ||
 
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This is web's largest collection of Carnaval fotos and a visual travel link guide to adventure culturally based travel. Almost 7,000 SF fotos with lots of Carnaval SF & Mission District history. Carnaval History
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Festival May 28th & 29th 2011
A Saturday & Sunday day time event in the San Francisco Mission district on Harrison between 16th & 24th Streets.  Spanning eight blocks, the festival takes place on Harrison Street between 16th and 24th streets between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Festival Stage Lineup
The festival grounds will offer exciting events planned for the whole family, from children activities, to local visual artists displaying their art, to contingent artists performing at several stages, and many local businesses given an opportunity to participate as well. There will be music on three stages and through the 5 block long 2-day festival, ethnic food, art and lots of fun to be had by all.

CARNAVAL PARADE
Carnaval-San Francisco Parade is always the 4th Sunday in May on Memorial Day Weekend May 29, 2011  begins at Bryant & 24th at 10am and heads down the Mission Street to 17th...   Map by yahoo

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2010 Queen Carmen & King Miggy oversaw one of SF Carnaval's most memorable competitions to select the rulers of mirth and make-believe for the coming Carnaval Season
 
 
 

 

Carnaval “King & Queen Competition
Friday, April 8, 2011 @

Cafe Cocomo
was smoking hot

 
Official Producer of 2011 San Francisco Carnaval
SFcat-Carnaval-2011.jpg
www.sfcatcarnaval.com
San Francisco Cultural Arts Traditions
1380 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

Call for information on SF Carnaval
Telephone: 415-642-1748
SFcatCarnaval.com
stay current at

Facebook.com/sfcarnaval


email: contact [at] sfcarnaval.com


SFCAT/Carnaval Office Hours: Tuesday – Friday 12-6pm or by appointment.
 
 
PARADE ROUTE:
 The 2 mile route has few gaps at the start on 24th and some big ones toward the end of the parade on the end of the parade route. Makes for good opportunities to support the local merchants. 

 
 
Introducing  Carnaval San Francisco by wikipedia
Grandstand Seating  
Event Ticket: $30.00
- Sunday, May 30, 2010, Parade scheduled to start at 9:30 am at 24th & Bryant and arrive at- Grand Stand Parade Seating sometime after 10am -Carnaval’s Grand Parade. Best to arrive early to assure a good seat in the bleachers.

 

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King Jay & Queen Elya of SF Carnaval 2011

 
2011 King & Queen Competition    

The eyeballs are moving to the internet and with regret the 2010 edition of the Carnaval San Francisco will not be traditionally televised as in year's past on Channel 4 of Telemundo [part of NBC] Thus Carnaval.com will be making a greater commitment to round up the video you produce and put up on the internet
See this video in greater resolution at metacafe.com

   
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For the last couple of years, the Carnaval parade has not been televised. Carnaval.com hopes you will thus make a special effort to get it on the internet.

Carnaval San Francisco at youtube.com by google search
There are many other options besides google's youtube. We tested a few with our 2007 hot clips. During the test we were pleased to not the addition of a high res version of our clip [click bottom right of player] at youtube.  We think, that you, like us, will enjoy playing this clip many times.
Video
Archives

 

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Parade Line-UP 2009 in fotos & video @ flickr.com

Artist Stipends were an important part of the Carnaval from 2002 to 2008 beginning when parade producer Mission Neighborhood Centers [MNC] took over management in 2002. Awarding over $80,000/year in grants of $500 to $2000 to 2/3 of the 70+ groups scheduled to appear in the Grand Parade has been instrumental in building up many children and youth programs as well as assuring floats and sound systems meet a high standard. With the carry forward deficit from 2008 these have been eliminated in 2009.

Games
Carnaval San Francisco Concentration Game
Test your memory skills against the clock and the spectacular beauty of our 17  Queens & Kings. Press reload or refresh if you start playing too soon and experience difficulty. Visit your next Carnival City as well

May in the Mission
Overflowing from April onto and beyond May day is the country's oldest film festival (San Francisco Film

film_festivals in SF Bay Area
wiki/May_Day

 Festival was 50 years in 2007). Along 16th St. - the Bay Area's oldest street-  are 3 old theatres often used to host Film festivals including San Francisco's finest -the Castro. The Victoria Theatre is celebrating its 100th year in 2007 and the 2-screen Roxie has just been renovated by its New College owners.  Also Carnaval SF groups participate in the keynote celebration of National Dance Week. No event owns May Day here but around the world it is associated with May Queens, International worker's day and the decriminalization of the miracle weed best known as marijuana
Cinco de Mayo on the Bay || USA
Our Latin neighbors begin the month with biggest parades and festivals in our three metro centers of San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco. In San Francisco, Cinco de Mayor is held at Dolores Park, the site of the Bay's first post-Columbian community and widely acknowledged earth power spot especially during earthquakes.

Three of San Francisco's best arts festivals choose May and feature Mission venues. Mission Creek, Artsfest and International Arts Festival

In 2007, while Precita Eyes went low key on their Mural Month, the 2nd weekend which is best known nationally as mother's day and locally for KFOG's Kaboom Fireworks show, the Mission added MissionArts Open Studio 

May Weekend 3 is anchored by the wild wacky Bay to Breakers race which, as a huge costume parade and wild party atmosphere could also call itself a Carnaval. 

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