San Francisco International Arts Festival
The San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) is a multidisciplinary performance and educational program that takes place at numerous venues in San Francisco's Mission District during the first two weeks of May. The next Festival will take place from April 30 - May 11 2025. Our website for the 2025 Festival will be live and Early Bird Tickets will be on sale in February.
This year, we are excited to welcome a number of international artists who will be making their first ever appearances in the United States. These include Shaun Blaney and Green Shoot Productions from Northern Ireland, Ben Noble and Fairly Lucid Productions from Australia and Ayane Nakagawa from Japan. Also on tour will be Duane Forrest and Agathe & Adrien from Canada. There will be an international collaboration between Neblinas del Pacifico with Eryen Ortiz from Colombia. And we look forward to welcoming back our old friends, Teatr ZAR from the Grotowski Institute in Wroclaw, Poland.
These artists will join with 45 local companies for what we think will be a powerful program of performances, exhibitions and educational activities. For more information, please read our press release HERE.
The confirmed line up of artists to date is as follows (A-Z): Abhinaya Dance Company, Agathe & Adrien, Alaturca Connection, Alive & Well Productions, Anneli Kanninen, Ayane Nakagawa/Suichu-Megane, Ben Noble/Fairly Lucid Productions, Chris Carlsson / Shaping San Francisco, Christian Jimenez, Conspiracy of Venus, Dee Spencer with Jason Brock, Duane Forrest, E. Franklin, Ensemble for These Times, Erik Walker, Fernando Marti, Francis Wong, Francisco Franco, Gamelan Sari Raras, Grotowski Institute, Helen Hicks Works, Insynckathak, JazzFrancisco, Jenna Valez / Pulp, Karma Roulette Quartet, Loco Bloco, Melody of China, MOTION (David Worm, Destani Wolf, Tammi Brown and Bryan Dyer), Neblinas del Pacifico with Eryen Ortiz, Pablo Quintero, Pulp, Prasant Radhakrishnan, Precita Eyes Mural Project, Robert Kennedy Acoustic Trio, Robert Lopez Ensemble, Samudra Dance Creations, ShaSha Higby, Shaun Blaney / Green Shoot Productions, Sumi Lee Collective, Sweta Ravasankar, Tabla Jazz, The Wandering Ensemble, Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco, Tide & Foam, Tiny Garcia / Poor Magazine, Us in the US, Valerie Troutt Ensemble, Vida Kuang and Women in Jazz & World Music.
About The Festival
SFIAF presents the work of innovative artists from the Bay Area and around the world; many of the international artists make their US debut at the Festival. From 2003-24, SFIAF and more than 100 presenting partners have coordinated, presented and/or produced performances by over 700 arts ensembles from the United States and 60 other countries, and presented hundreds of educational and community engagement activities with diverse communities.
The Festival's ongoing theme is IN DIASPORA: I.D. for the New Majority and there are more details about it AT THIS LINK.
Bay Area based performing artists interested in presenting their work in the Festival in 2026, please read the information on THIS PAGE and call our offices at 415-399-9554 or send an email to [email protected].
Artists based outside of the United States wishing to participate in the 2026 Festival (2025 is already booked), please read THIS PAGE and send an email to [email protected] with the following information: your contact information, a low resolution promotional packet and a URL link to a full length version of the work proposed for the Festival.
To see archives of past Festivals and our other programming, go to THIS LINK.
