May 02

Cinco de Mayo in the Bay Area

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo this week on tres, quatro, seis and siete de Mayo, too! Plus, we’ve listed a terrific local shopping event and a postpartum sleep survival workshop below.

Tuesday, May 3

Music & Market Noontime Concert at Todos Santos Plaza

Come listen to Cascada de Flores play traditional Mexican folk music! Check out the farmers market happening at the same time and stock up on your local veggies.

Ages: All ages
Time: Noon – 1:00pm

Location: Salvio St. & Grant St., Concord, CA 94520

Cost: Free

Wednesday, May 4

Cinco de Mayo Drop-in Art at The Museum of Children’s Art

In our drop-in studios, children age 18 months and up learn and express themselves using paint, papier-mache, and other media.
Ages: 18 months – 5+ years
Time: 10:00am- 3:00pm
Location: 538 9th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
Cost: $11 ($8/child, $3/adult for drop-in and workshops)
** Postnatal Survival Alert! ** 
Sleep Workshop at The Poppy Store
Head to the Poppy Store to get some survival tips from sleep expert Vivan Sonnenberg.
Ages: Adult only
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: 2413 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur, CA 94939
Cost: Free, RSVP via email or 415.464.0222

Thursday, May 5

Cinco de Mayo at Habitot Children’s Museum
Celebrate highlights of Mexican culture and history with Cinco de Mayo festivities. Create traditional Mexican paper flowers with multicolored tissue paper and pipe cleaners. Visitors can decorate clay pottery with colorful paints and add it to our Tree of Life sculpture. The Habitot Grocery Store will be transformed into a “Mercado” or Mexican market where Mexican fabrics, tropical flowers and frutas y verduras can be purchased. Venture over to our Multicultural Reading Tent featuring Cinco de Mayo stories at 11 am.
Ages: 18 mos. – 5+ years
Time: 9:30am – 12:30am
Location: 2065 Kittredge St., Berkeley, CA 94704
Cost: $17 ($8.50/person, children under 12 mos. free)

Friday, May 6

Cinco de Mayo Festival at SFPL – Main Branch
Head to the main library for a festival like no other celebrating Cinco de Mayo!
Ages: 2 years – 5+ years
Time: 3:00pm – 5:30pm
Location: 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Cost: Free

Saturday, May 7

San Franciscans will celebrate one of our City’s most spectacular traditions at our seventh annual Cinco de Mayo celebration.  This festival showcases the very best of Mexican and Latin American cultures with a diverse array of Mexican and Latino foods, music, dance and artistry for the entire family to enjoy. The Kids Zone sponsored by San Francisco Healthy Kids will include a full day of arts and crafts including painting, beading, weaving with balloon art, magic tricks and lots of laughs. Our festive, life enriching, yearly family event will take place within walking distance of the BART and MUNI which will draw many families with young children. This is an alcohol-free event.
Ages: All ages
Time: 10:00am – 6:00pm
Location: Dolores St. & 18th St., San Francisco, CA 94114
Cost: Free

 

Cinco de Mayo Fiesta at the Bay Area Discovery Museum
Join us for a festive, family-friendly celebration of Cinco de Mayo. This holiday commemorates the victory of a small, poorly armed Mexican militia over the French army at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Celebrating bravery against great odds, this is a much bigger holiday north of the border than it is in most of Mexico. Gain a greater understanding and appreciation for the culture and folklore of Mexico through music, dance and traditional crafts. Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Carlos Moreno, established in 1967, will perform a free outdoor dance performance at 11 a.m. These very talented young people will demonstrate the diverse dances and colorful costumes from throughout Mexico, ranging from the tropical port of Veracruz to the rancheros of Jalisco. This will be followed at noon by the wonderful music of Mariachi Los Cachorros. This youth group will have you shouting.
Ages: 12 months – 5+ years
Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Location: 557 McReynolds Road, Sausalito, CA 94965
Cost: $18 admission ($10/adult, $8/child)