THIS WEEKEND!

Spend your Saturday with KQED, the Bay Area’s beloved public media station, for a free and festive block party and open house at our headquarters in San Francisco’s Mission District, featuring family-friendly music, crafts, food, and performances!

If you like KQED Live events, then you’ll love the programming onstage in The Commons. Featured programs include:

• Actor and hip hop artist Daveed Diggs in conversation with Forum’s Mina Kim about his career and the docuseries from KQED Presents, The Class, for which he is executive producer

• Litquake Festival’s panel on book bans with authors Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Maia Kobabe, Becka Robbins of Books Not Bans, and San Francisco City Librarian Michael Lambert, moderated by Morning Edition’s Brian Watt

• Comedians Dhaya Lakshminarayana and Sarah Rose Siskind on AI, whether it can be funny, and how creatives can leverage new technology in their practices

• PBS FRONTLINE and Political Breakdown on the 2024 Presidential Election

• PropFest California ballot explainer live with Bay Curious’s Olivia Allen-Price

• A look at Mind Your Own, the new storytelling podcast from Snap Studios and Lupita Nyong’o about belonging from African perspectives

Featured music programs on the Noise Pop Homegrown Stage and pop-up performances include:

• La Misa Negra

• Brijean

• Bululú

• Aki Kumar

• Fou Fou Ha!

• Telice

• Cheer SF

• Tito Ramon’s Puppet Theater

• Bateria Batuki with the King & Queen of Carnaval SF

Featured food and beverage include: 

• Bacon Bacon

• Calaca Coffee

• The Chairman

• Cochinita

• Esquites Veronica

• Fieldwork Brewing Co. 

• Grace Fresh Fruit

• Humphry Slocombe

• Monarch Beverage 

• Norte54 Bakery 

And so much more! Come out to expand your perspective on art, food, politics, culture, and community – rooted here in the Bay Area and spanning the globe!