6th Annual SF/Bay Area African Dance and Drum Festival
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Festival Sites and Directions :
The City of San Francisco is a transit first city.
We encourage the use of public transportation.
If possible please take BART or MUNI or BUS or DRIVE to Festival:

Wed, Nov 4th and Thur Nov 5th, 09
festival will be held @ Buchanan YMCA located at 1530 Buchanan St. San Francisco, CA 94115
We are directly across the street from historic Japantown. The facility is located between Webster & Laguna Streets @ Geary Blvd. Muni bus stops (routes 22, 23) are within one or two blocks walking distance.

Only one mile west of Union Square, Buchanan YMCA is easy to reach by bus or car.

  • By bus -- From Union Square, take the No. 38 bus on Geary Street, or the No. 2, 3 or 4 on Sutter Street and get off at Laguna, Buchanan, or Webster.
  • By car -- From the Bay Bridge or from Fwy. 101 coming from the south, take the Civic Center or Civic Center / Ninth Street exit. Go straight on Ninth (it’s a one way street going north). Stay in one of the two right-hand lanes. After crossing Market Street, Ninth becomes Larkin. Stay on Larkin to Geary Street. Turn left on Geary. Stay on Geary for about one-half mile and you'll be at Buchanan YMCA
  • From the Golden Gate Bridge, take the Lombard Street exit, turn right on Webster and left on Geary you'll be at Buchanan YMCA

Friday, Nov 6th, Sat, Nov 7, & Nov 8th, 09
the festival will be held @ Booker T. Washington Community Service Center Gymnasium, 800 Presidio Ave, San Francisco, CA 94115

Come join us in one of the most remarkable Landmark Building in San Francisco.

By bus From Union Square, take the No. 38 bus on Geary Street, or the No. 2, 3 or 4 on Sutter Street and get off at Sutter, presidio, or California.

By Muni, Bus and Bart

By Bus
The following MUNI bus lines stop one to two blocks by BTWC:
#1 California
#2 Clement
#3 Jackson
#4 Sutter
#43 Masonic

From Marin take Golden Gate Transit #10.
Take #10 to Park Presidio and California and transfer to MUNI #1.
Or take #10 to Geary and Presidio then walk to BTWC

By BART (East Bay)
Exit at Montgomery St. station. From downtown catch one of these MUNI lines.
# 38 Geary
#1 California
#2 Clement
#3 Jackson
#4 Sutter

Lines 2, 3 & 4 all originate at the intersection of Sutter & Sansome, directly above Montgomery St. BART.

Driving Directions by Car

From Marin & North Bay
101 South across Golden Gate Bridge, take 19th Avenue exit.
Right on Clement
Right on 15th Avenue
Right on California Street
Left on presidio Ave

From East Bay
From the Bay Bridge, take the Fremont Street exit
Left on Pine Street
Right on Presidio.

From the Peninsula
Take 280 North
Follow signs to Golden Gate Bridge
Take 19th Avenue exit
Follow 19th Avenue until it becomes Park Presidio
Right on California Street
Right on Presidio Ave

For a map, please click here

All proceeds go to buying uniforms and school supplies needed for young girls in 2009-2010 school year, in the poverty-stricken countries Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea.
Sponsors
The San Francisco African Dance and Drum Festival is made possible with support from
Alliance for California Traditional Arts, San Francisco Zellarbach Foundation:
San Francisco Arts Commission & Global Women Intact
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