From 2006 SF Carnaval by Tu Foto, our first Flickr contributor. 2005 album here.

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RIP: Carnaval San Francisco's great Carlos Aceituno  passed on September on Tuesday September 26, 2006.
The leader of Fogo Na Roupa was loved by all as an inspirational mentor, teacher, and creative force whose everyday example of living life in the present and coming together joyously  through the power of song dance and community at Carnaval time will long be remembered.
Tribute to Carlos Flight of the Quetzal

Ballpark Carnaval Night
May 5
--See your contingent leader for a chance to perform on the field.
--Pregame drumming in Willie Mays Plaza
--bleacher drumming to be determined

Join In Carnaval 2008 wants you
Ohlone Indians This was the 29th Carnaval as well as the 40th Anniversary of the summer of Love.  For many millennia, before the Mexicans and Spaniards arrived in 1776, this was the land of the Olhone. A peaceful tribe who lived as if this was the Garden of Eden, wearing few clothes and easily harvesting all they needed from nature's bounty. One of the more remarkable song lyrics to have been passed along to us was: "Dancing on the edge of the earth" - a reference to the special place we inhabit on the planet. Plenty is said about the San Francisco Bay Area being the creative center for cutting edge technologies and every so often others address our claim to also being the spiritual center. We think these words especially hit the mark in this regards.
"America's unique creed of science and religion. Here literally on western edge of the North American continent - the European enlightenment meets Asian spirituality, Einstein confronts Walt Whitman, Calvinism takes on mysticism, and secularism encounters the divine. It's a wild ride, filled with ironies and tensions, but it's also America at the start of the 21st century, and perhaps the future of the world." -Robert B. Reich

To this we add the syncretic traditions of the American hemisphere, the spectacular Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Caribbean   Carnival traditions who occupy a central place in defining their  cultures and contributions to world culture and who compete for top prizes and students in the SF Carnaval parade. The conquerors could destroy most of the old world but the dances, costumes and songs live on in the hearts and spirit of the natives Within Carnaval San Francisco is the greatest Bolivian parade outside the Andes mountains and its continues to grow to six groups in 2007, the spirit they display is also their ancestors reaching back through the millennia.

2007 SF Parade Hot Clips Presented by Carnaval.com

Love:  It could spark in a flash, filling one's life instantly with a blissful radiance, or it could blossom over a long stretch of time, building with a rhythmic intensity much like the beat of a drum.  In San Francisco this May, love happens all weekend long when Carnaval San Francisco, California's largest annual multi-cultural celebration, embraces the Mission District for its 29th annual celebration over Memorial Day weekend, May 26 and 27. 

Cinco de Mayo on the Bay 2007 || 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.

Carnaval SF Awards Ceremony   (Saturday, August 18) Yerba Buena Gardens 760 Howard St between 3rd & 4th Getting There San Francisco, CA Saturday, August 18, 2007 1:00 to 5pm This year's awards program will place an emphasis on performance featuring the excellent grassy amphitheatre and amazing dressing rooms behind the much loved Martin Luther King waterfalls. 2007 Awards

Carnaval San Francisco explodes every 4th weekend in May beginning on the Carnaval Thursday before the 4th Monday in May- Memorial Day

Check out the video explosion at carnaval.com/sf07/video Carnaval SF 2007 in Photos Carnaval.com has been featuring the SF Mission's Carnaval San Francisco since 1996. Click through to the gallery at the right to discover over 4000 related pics. There is a great wealth of talented photographers documenting this event, we're trying to keep up with them beginning with our flickr accounts. Here's a bit more about a few of them what is Crusher? Our site allows anyone to make free pages and share them with whomever they want, just like we've done here.  Mainly though, Crusher is for creating free invitations to your events crush3r.com SF Sentinel 2007 Carnaval Photos pbase.com/jxsq/ carnaval07 Kenneth Tham  at pbase. com/2007 ottos photos

Reviews

"This event truly represents the spirit of San Francisco and particularly the Mission. In traditionally amazing weather, everyone -  from excellent professional dancers, bands and drummers (we ARE the Latin music Mecca) to talented and/or charming kids from local schools - shakes their booty and laughs and smiles and shows their love of life and our fair city." Ivana I. [More reviews @ yelp.com]

Carnaval Music & Dance Festival on Harrison St. between 16th & 24th St For 2 days on Memorial Weekend Saturday 26th & Sunday 28th of May from 11am to 6pm Carnaval San Francisco 2007 Festival experienced a new higher level as strong performances enlivened seven stages  Harrison Street on Saturday, May 26 and Sunday, May 27.    [complete entertainment lineup by time and stage]

Queen Marina and King Danilo : Video

2007 Carnaval Queen Marina

Marina  Junqueira  was elected 2007 Carnaval Queen March 31st 2007 by a distinguished panel of judges. She was crowned by the elegant smiling 2006 Queen Monique. She becomes the 8th Queen or King to win the competition while a member of the Aquarela Brazilian Dance Troupe.  May we suggest that while you wait for more complete pictorials and biographies on both the Brazilian born King and Queen you visit this page on the unofficial Brazilian National Anthem: Aquarela do Brasil

King Danilo Macarrao
The energy moves up a notch, as contestant Danilo commanded the full space at the Fanatics Sports Entertainment Complex. Recently settled in the Bay Area after  six years of touring with the critically acclaimed performing Brazilian/modern dance company, DanceBrazil.  The expectant father has decided to settle down and apply for the open seat of top Brazilian male dancer of the Bay Area. Originally from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Danilo Macarrao has over 20 years experience in the Brazilian martial art form of capoeira.

Queen Marina	King Danilo
d of Carnaval 200 Queen Marina
	Top 4 Finishers: King || Queen

Benefit for Jorge Alabe 
On Friday, July 28, 2007 there will be a benefit for
Brazilian master drummer/singer/dancer Mestre Jorge
Alabe. Mestre Jorge has contributed much to the San
Francisco Bay Area's thriving Brazilian music and arts
scene. Presently he is recovering from recent heart
surgery so now it's our turn to give back. The event
will take place at Il Pirata on 16th Street in San
Francisco. Time and line-up of performers has yet to
be determined. Information will be listed and updated
on the website >> sfmpb.com

Who won? Fogo na Roupa threepeats as Grand Champion in 2007. Find All the Awards here

 Performers in the Carnaval SF parade have often wondered why results cannot be announced later at the festival on Sunday. Now they are really wondering what's up with no announcement 2 weeks after  the parade finished. Seems the Carnaval Advisory Committee voted to create a system to penalize groups who delayed the parade and created gaps. This group headed by longtime parade Marshall Alina Laguna has been reviewing its own data while the rest of us wait.

Film Fest Capital here now: To appreciate the power and spirit of Carnaval you must appreciate the ability of song, dance and story to best penetrate the cosmic consciousness filled with the rhythms of nature, and stories of our ancestors. It is more powerful than even film. Still film is the most influential medium of our generation and we are blessed to live in the independent film capital of the world in Northern California.
This has also made us the film festival capital of the world and as such we are pleased to offer you our comprehensive guide to stories at the edge of the earth at the dawn of the 21st century.  sfmission.com/sf_film_festivals.htm

Power to the People: The ability to distribute this potent film medium to a global audience is possible but not certain. Net Neutrality is about internet service providers blocking access to services like revenue threatening competing services like craigslist.org and high bandwidth content like film. We are close to a duopoly in the City San Francisco with the only significant ISP's being COMCAST & AT&T/Yahoo.  These folks have openly admitted they want a tiered system that will charge premiums for full unfiltered access to the internet. This is why the municipal free wifi proposal for the City of San Francisco is a critical step in maintaining a free internet and net neutrality. This is a global issue where San Francisco will write an important chapter. Invest in knowing the players and making it an issue determining who you support politically. Follow this live feed:

KRON TV Channel 4 broadcasts SF carnaval live on Sunday May 27th and will be doing pre-parde reports on their News from 8:00 to 10:00 then break for a 30 minute paid program and be back with 90 minutes of live parade coverage between 10:30 & 12 noon
Telemundo (KSTS, Channel 48) will also be doing in Spanish a highlight special at 6pm later that day.
You can also find lots of special coverage of the unique Carnaval San Francisco season locally on
COMCAST the Bay Area's cable broadcaster has returned as a major underwriter for 2007 and is joined in the major funder category by Washington Mutual and Macy's

EVENTS CALENDAR

Parade Contingent Leader Meetings are held the third Thursday of every month, unless otherwise notified.

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MAY 2007

May 28 Can Oakland Carnival rise at the shoreline -artist party email Theo @ caribelinq@yahoo.com

JUNE 2007

AUGUST 2007

2006 Parade Fotos

 Monday, May 28, 2007
10:30 am – parade at the Presidio Main Parade Ground
11 am – program at SF National Cemetery at the Presidio [more]

Cesaria Evora from Cape Verde one of the least known Carnaval cultures.
The Jazz Festival brings The "Barefoot Diva" back to the Masonic Center with her definitive interpretations of Cape Verde's traditional morna. The New York Times noted that "Evora sings with a liquid melancholy, gliding up to notes and lingering as if each one held memories of a tearful farewell."