SF’s Annual Day of the Dead Festival of Altars
Community members from around the city will head to Potrero del Sol Park to create personal altars to honor their ancestors as part of the Marigold Project’s popular day-long festival.
Saturday, November 2nd, 8am – 5pm.
When: Altar installation begins at 8:00 a.m. and performances at 5:00 p.m.
Where: Potrero Del Sol Park, 2827 Cesar Chavez St, San Francisco, CA.
The nonprofit will also have artist-created altars representing both the elements and cardinal points, as well as a center altar dedicated to never-ending love and a midday ceremony.
Later in the day, attendees can enjoy live performances, including an original skateboarding play about joining the spirit world.
Schedule of Events reminder:
• 8am Public altar installation begins
• 12pm Sun Ceremony to call upon our Ancestors
• 4pm Festival of Altars begins
• 5pm Cardinal Direction Ceremony to welcome all
• 6:09pm Sunset Gratitude Ceremony for the Quilt
• 8pm Skateboarding Through Bardo – A Play
• 9pm Music from Inti Mystica (@intimystica)
• 10pm Festival of Altars closes.
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