8 Venues to Eat, Drink, Dance, Shop, Learn, Connect & Explore The San Francisco Filipino Cultural District.
📆 Saturday
6/10/23 | 10a-5p
📍SOMA Pilipinas, CA
How to get here
We highly suggest using BART to Powell Station or an Uber / Lyft to get to Be Free Festival.
For parking, go to the 5th & Mission Garage on 833 Mission Street behind Westfield San Francisco Centre.
This is an annual event celebrating Filipino Creativity & Liberation.
SOMA Pilipinas' lively atmosphere makes this a great opportunity for the Filipino community and their friends to celebrate their culture and heritage.
Come eat, drink, shop, and vibe as we spend a beautiful afternoon in the heart of SOMA Pilipinas.
ACTIVITIES
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Slow Streets Celebration & Ribbon Cutting
Mabini, Bonifacio, Lapu Lapu, Rizal and Tandang Sora Streets
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Yerba Buena Gardens Mural Reveal
4th Between Howard and Folsom Street
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Kreatives Pop-Up Shop & Gallery
The Metreon | 4th between Mission and Howard Street
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Hinabi Project: Mindanao Textile Exhibit
Sentro Filipino | 814 Mission Street
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Filipino Food/Vendor Market
Kapwa Gardens | 967 Mission Street
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5M Music Mainstage
5M Park | 44 Mary Street
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Open Studios/Baba's House Livestream/Republika Pop-up
Balay Kreative | 863 Mission Street
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Queer Jam Sessions
Executive Order | 868 Mission Street
SUPPORT FILIPINO OWNED BUSINESSES
FOOD & BEVERAGE
CRAWL SCHEDULE
CRAWL SCHEDULE
CRAWL SCHEDULE
Mabini, Bonifacio, Lapu Lapu, Rizal and Tandang Sora Streets
Slow Streets Celebration & Ribbon Cutting, 10a-12p
A block party and ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate community and the permanent reinstatement of the first Slow Streets in the SOMA. Featuring ground murals, performances, community based-organizations, games, and health and wellness activities for all ages.
Ground Mural Artists: Rea de Guzman, Cherisse Alcantara, and Kacy Jung
10a Lion Dance
10:15a - Sagayan by Parangal Dance Company
10:25a - Welcome announcement
10:30a - Ribbon cutting ceremony with community members & orgs, District Supervisor, and City agencies and orgs
11a - First performance by Galing Bata
11:30a - Second performance by Seniors/Cultural Ambassadors of PSRC
COMMUNITY PARTNERS & ARTIST/PERFORMERS
Yerba Buena Gardens, 4th between Howard and Folsom Streets
Sanctorum Mural Reveal, 12p-2p
Join the Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy to celebrate the beautiful work created by Mel Vera Cruz.
Vera Cruz's Sanctorum is inspired by environments that nourish potential, freedom, growth, and revolution.
Sanctorum is the first in a series of murals that will replace portions of blank concrete space along 4th Street. The murals are part of beautification and cleaning partnership between the Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy and SFMTA, funded by Caltrans Clean California.
Live Music by DJ Boogie Brown
12p - Programming begins
1p - Welcome announcement & Mural artists introductions
2p - Reception ends
ARTIST/PERFORMERS
The Metreon, 4th between Mission and Howard St *
Kreative’s Pop-up Shop & Gallery , 12p-5p
Join artists from Balay Kreative in an exhibition for you to explore and be inspired by. With work ranging frompaintings to mixed media and fashion to puppetry, there's sure to be something to pique every Kreatives interest. Brought to you with the support of the Vacant to Vibrant program and Kultivate Labs.
BALAY KREATIVE
RESIDENT ARTISTS
Kapwa Gardens,
967 Mission St
Filipino Food/Vendor Market, 12p-5p
We are very excited to curate a marketplace with all of our favorite Filipino-Owned Local Small Businesses in the Bay Area! Support Bindlestiff Studio as they grace the Kapwa Gardens’ stage - we promise this is a comedy act you don’t want to miss!
Performers @Kapwa Gardens Stage
Hosts: Jepoy Ramos, Gwynnevere Cristobal, AJ Lugue
Stand-up Comics: Manny Cabrera, Debra "DB" Belale, Rhoda Gravador
Singers: Raquel Basco, Ally Quintilla, Steven Tomas, Faustino Cadiz, Gwynn Cristobal, Cat D Reyes
Drag Acts: Chi Chi Kago, Kiki Krunch, Tori Tia
Karaoke: TNT Traysikel
12p - Show Begins
12:40p - Gwynn Cristobal, Performer
12:50p - Ann Warque, Performer
12:55p - Nico Jaochico
1p - Ann Warque & Nico Jaochico, Duet
1:10p - Game 1 / Vendor Giveaway
1:20p - TNT Trike Intro
1:32p - Manny Cabrera, Comedy Act
1:42p - Trixie Aballa, Performer
1:50p - Faustino Cadiz, Performer
2:02p - Ally Quintilla, Performer
2:12p - Game 2 / Vendor Giveaway
2:30p - Raquel Basco, Performer
2:35 - Cat D Reyes & Raquel Basco, Duet
2:40p - Steven Tomas
2:52p - Debra Belale, Comedy Act
3:02p - Game 3 / Vendor Giveaway
3:12p - Vanity Rudoy, Performer
3:20p - Juan Castro, Performer
3:28p - Rhoda Gravador, Comedy Act
3:40p - Eriette Atanante, Performer
3:48p - Kristy Aquino, Performer
3:55p - Jepoy Ramos, Performer
4p - Chi-Chi Kago, Drag Act
4:10p - Tori Tia, Drag Act
4:20p - Kiki Krunch, Drag Act
4:30p - Closing Remarks + TNT Karaoke
Retail:
Barkada Baby, Bayani Art, Kristian Kabuay, Pamana Plantas, Pamana Treasures, SMOOCH, Sawaga River Press, Ugat Clothing, Walang Sayang Co., Zenful Secrets.
Food & Beverage:
Jungle Dog, Lady Victory Tent, Street Stix, Wyldflour
Community Organizations:
Legacy Filipino Martial Arts
COMMUNITY PARTNER & ARTISTS/PERFORMERS
FEATURED VENDORS
Balay Kreative,
863 Mission St
Balay Kreative Open Studios, 12p-5p
Balay Kreative's Open Studios Pop-Up Shop Gallery will feature our multidisciplinary & diverse set of resident artists & creatives.
Take a step into their working studios and get an inside look into their practice and process. Interweaving culture, creativity & liberation, their work ignites community with inspiration and imagination!
Open Studios is a curated experience including Baba's House Livestream & Snack Shop, Republika Vendor Pop Up, and more.
Retail:
Baba’s House, Nickel’s Elementalz, SMOOCH, Studio Damali, Yay! It’s Vica & Republika
FEATURED VENDORS
Sentro Filipino
814 Mission St
Hinabi Project: “Mindanao Textile Exhibit”, 12p-5p
The Hinabi Project: The Art of Philippine Textile seeks to increase awareness of and appreciation for the exquisite and rich tradition of Philippine weavings and textiles. The project aims to encourage the families of weavers, embroiderers, and designers of traditional Filipino textiles to continue working on their crafts by supporting sustainable household economies and their incorporation into the culture industries. Through these efforts, the project hopes it will inspire Filipinos at home and overseas to rediscover their rich textile heritage and incorporate aspects of this heritage in their modern lifestyle, thereby ensuring the continuation of a living culture and related craft industries.
Toward these goals, The Hinabi Project has introduced to the San Francisco public an exhibit of textile arts by artisan families who produce fabrics from pineapple fiber and textile produced from abaca (musa textilis) as part of itson-going awareness program.
Executive Order
868 Mission Street
Queer Jam Sessions, 12p-5p
Celebrating Queer Filipinos. PERIOD. Music. Drinks. Grooving & Vibing!
Queer Jam Sessions curated by Charito and Tone.
Live Music, Singing, DJ sets by these beautiful souls 💫☀️
12p - DJ Rus SlumBeautiful
12:30p - DJ GUARDIAN GUERILLA PUMP
1p - Mahalina x Mdjsty
1:30p - annamacan
2p - Astralogik
2:30p - Versoul
3p - Jam Session
4p - DJ GUARDIAN GUERILLA PUMP
4:30p - DJ Rus Slumbeautiful
ARTISTS/PERFORMERS
5M Mainstage
44 Mary Street
Mainstage Performers, 12p-5p
12p - DJ Broadstrokes
1p - Kulintang Dialect
1:25p - Peaboo & the Catz
2p - Dakila
2:35p - Barrangay
2:55p - Barrangay
3p - Proof
4p - ET IV
COMMUNITY PARTNER & ARTISTS/PERFORMERS
FEATURED VENDORS
