The San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture and the San Mateo Area Chamber of Commerce are pleased to present the September Arts & Culture Fest – the best street festival on the Peninsula. Join us on Saturday, September 28, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm for this day-long event featuring LOCAL musicians, entertainment and cultural performances, artists and craft-makers, cuisine from around the world, wine and beer, and family-friendly activities in the heart of downtown San Mateo. The event is free and open to the public.
Bring your family and friends, to enjoy:
- Local artists and craft-makers
- Land Acknowledgment and blessing
- Musicians and singers performing Taiko Drums, acoustic, soul, jazz, rap, Polynesian Voices, and chamber music
- Poets will inspire us with free verse, narrative, and spoken word styles
- Dancers will kick up their heels in the traditions of ballet, Hula, Bollywood, Folklorico, hip-hop, and Hungarian Folk Dance
- Actors will entertain you with theater productions
Performances by:
Anamatangi Polynesian Voices, Abby Bartfield, Bay Area Educational Theatre Company, Laniesha Brown, CA Youth Poet Laureate Chloe Chou, Casa Circulo Cultural, Daly City Youth Poet Laureate Emerita Olivia Veroy, Daly City Public Library Associates, Eszterlánc Hungarian Folk Ensemble, Fuse Theatre, Kira Hooks & Jeff Goodkind, Zainab Hussain, David Jacobson, Lyrical Opposition, Mannakin Theatre & Dance, Mission Fusion, Na Kane CaliFrisco, Gloria Gutierrez and Silvia Salcedo- Co-Chairs Native and Indigenous Peoples Initiative, New Millennium Chamber Orchestra, New Moon Poets Collective, Maya Osinski, Peninsula Lively Arts, Salt and Poetry, Redemption Breaking, San Carlos Children’s Theatre, San Carlos Sitaras, San Mateo Buddhist Temple Taiko, and Alex Sheh
Featured Artists:
Joe Altwer, Nuance Fine Art, Aaron Alvarez Mendoza, Rosalie Angelillo, Renata Aryanti; Vegaria Art, Peter Baczek, Wesley Barrow; Wesley's Jewelry, Liz Broekhuyse; Ambletown, Ellen Brook, Shari Bryant Creative, Emily Chin, Floral Creation, Patricia Chuson; Pine Cone Ceramics, Zachary Costa; RadStarsaur Art, Karen Cox, Joanie Crombie Art, Martha Diaz, Natalie Esfahanian; Salayi Designs, Emily Fromm, Gadget; @madebygadget, Nalini Garg, Art by Nalini, Claudia Gutsch; Goldammer Jewelry, Yelena Joy; Evocative Imagery Julie Kavanagh Fine Art, Marianna Kiraly; bicuculline, Marcela Lagarda; MM La Joyeria, Joe Lynch, Modern Art by RK Foster, Neil Murphy Studio, Olga Nikitins; Don't Mess With Art, Mariela Onate, Evangelina Portillo Art, Lis Scarpace, Carol Sconzert; Sconzert-Art, Stephen Seymour, Kate Wentworth; Katizzi, Alicyn West; A&E Craftspace, Inna Zatulovsky, Zoe Zhao; britte clothing
Questions: Contact mgrimes@smcgov.org