Events: This weekend has some very diverse events taking place across the city, ensuring that there is something for everyone. Saturday provides such options as participating in the Mission Crit bike race or attending the 35th San Francisco International Beer Festival at Fort Mason. Sunday is also Earth Day and there will be multiple opportunities to volunteer as well as an Earth Day Festival at the Civic Center. Lastly, this is the second and final weekend of this year's Cherry Blossom Festival in the Civic Center and Japantown. Read more about our featured events below.
The Grand Parade will proceed from the Civic Center up to Japantown featuring floats, dancers and more. Photo: Ian Collins/Flickr
Mission Crit V
Saturday, 12 PM
Mission
Once a friendly race in a parking lot, Mission Crit is now a globally-known event and it returns to the Mission for its fifth year this Saturday. This intense bike race will take participants around a 1.2 km-long course that includes hairpins, chicanes, uphill climbs and plenty of chances to separate yourself from the pack to win it all.
How to Get There on Muni: Participants and spectators alike may take the 12 Folsom/Pacific, 22 Fillmore, 27 Bryant, 33 Ashbury/18th St., or the 55 16th Street routes close to the race course.
Muni Service Notes: There are no planned reroutes for this event. Service in the area of the race may experience higher ridership and minor delays.
Cherry Blossom Parade
Saturday & Sunday, various times
Civic Center & Japantown
This is the second weekend of the annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival and the celebrations will culminate in the Grand Parade. Follow the parade of colorful floats, marching bands, dancers and more as it proceeds up Polk Street before turning onto Post and toward Japantown. The anchor of the parade will be the ever-popular Taru Mikoshi as its over 1,000-pound weight is carried by nearly 150 people.
How to Get There on Muni: To get close to the Civic Center start of the parade, riders may take any Muni Metro Line to the Civic Center stop, the F Market and Wharves Line, as well as the 5 Fulton, 6 Haight/Parnassus, 7 Haight/Noriega, 9 San Bruno, 14 Mission/14R Mission Rapid, 19 Polk or 21 Hayes routes. To reach the area of Japantown where the parade will conclude, riders may take the 2 Clement, 3 Jackson, 22 Fillmore, or the 38 Geary/38R Geary Rapid routes.
Muni Service Notes: The 2, 3, 19 and 76X will see reroutes in the area of the event. Service in the area may experience higher than usual ridership and minor delays.
Reminder of Weekend Early Closures of Twin Peaks Tunnel: Preparatory work inside the Twin Peaks Tunnel ahead of the summer closure continues this weekend. Stations will close early on Friday and Saturday nights to provide crews extra time to work inside the tunnel. Buses will run in place of the K, L and M lines. For additional information on the project and for details on getting around during the shutdown, check out our project page.
“On Tap” gives you a heads up about the big events in town and what Muni routes and lines will get you to the party. Look for this feature to be posted usually on Wednesdays for a look ahead to the weekend. Check out our Weekend Traffic & Transit Advisory for more details.
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