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SF International Arts Festival


  • Brava Theater Center 2781 24th Street San Francisco, CA 94110 USA (map)

SF International Arts Festival

June 8 - 18, 2023
Schedule of events found below

After three years of pandemic programming, SFIAF returns in 2023. The Festival dates are June 8 to 18. The focus (with one or two exceptions) is on local artists – who are also in the process of stepping back into the limelight. And, with the Juneteenth holiday weekend in our midst, SFIAF will be paying special attention to that.

Brava Theater Center will host the following San Francisco International Arts Festival events:


THURSDAY, jUNE 8

Kaleidoscope! Jörg Widmann: Duos for Violin and Cello
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

7:30p | TICKETS
Studio | 60m - Music


FRIDAY, JUNE 9

The Powdered Sea
Sha Sha Higby

7:00p | TICKETS
Studio | 60m - Performance Art


SATURDAY, JUNE 10

New Directions for Lever Harp in Chamber Music
Amelia Romano and Guests

3:00p | TICKETS
Cabaret | 60m - Music

Clyde Leland in Concert
Clyde Leland

4:00p | TICKETS
Studio | 60m - Music

Speakeasy Storyteller Series
THE SPEAKEASY STORYTELLER SERIES

6:30p | TICKETS
Studio | 60m - Performance Art

Sones y Tradiciones
Ensambles Ballet Folklórico de San Francisco

8:00p | TICKETS
Main Stage | 60m - Dance

Haunting our His & Her Stories: Indigenous Children’s Boarding School & Related Experiences
Radical Medicine Project and Theatre Movement International

8:30p | TICKETS
Studio | 45m - Theatre


SUNDAY, JUNE 11

The Powdered Sea
Sha Sha Higby

2:00p | TICKETS
Studio | 60m - Performance Art

Exploring Tango's Diversity
Las Almas, Tango Duo

3:00p | TICKETS
Cabaret | 60m - Music

Utama Gamelan Degung and Vocal Music of West Java
Pusaka Sunda

4:00p | TICKETS
Main Stage | 60m - Music

Piano Jazz Flamenco
Alex Conde

6:00p | TICKETS
Cabaret | 60m - Music

Amazeum
Purnamasari

6:00p | TICKETS
Studio | 60m - Music

Voice of Freedom
Navaye Azadi Ensemble

7:30p | TICKETS
Studio | 60m - Music


THURSDAY, JUNE 15

Cup of Tea
Guta Galli

8:00p | TICKETS
Studio | 60m - Performance Art


FRIDAY, JUNE 16

Hold On, When Everything Changes in a Flash
Crescent Moon Theater Productions

7:00p | TICKETS
Studio | 60m - Theatre

MODEFA-SF Concert
Fely Tchaco

8:00p | TICKETS
Main Stage | 60m - Music

Marimba Music from the Pacífico Afro-Colombiano
Neblinas del Pacífico

8:00p | TICKETS
Cabaret | 120m - Music


SATURDAY, JUNE 17

Buffalo Soldiers in the Philippine-American War: A Crisis of Consience
John Calloway

2:00p | TICKETS
Cabaret | 60m - Music

Hold On, When Everything Changes in a Flash
Crescent Moon Theater Productions

2:00p | TICKETS
Studio | 60m - Theatre

The BluesFem Project: Smile Orange
Dee Spencer

5:00p | TICKETS
Cabaret | 60m - Music

Crawfish - We The Invisible
Gamal Abdel Chasten

6:00p | TICKETS
Studio | 75m - Theatre

JUSAT
Diamano Coura West African Dance Company

8:00p | TICKETS
Main Stage | 120m - Dance

Cup of Tea
Guta Galli

9:00p | TICKETS
Studio | 60m - Performance Art


SUNDAY, JUNE 18

Trial by Fire
Abhinaya Dance Company

2:00p | TICKETS
Main Stage | 60m / 70m - Dance
This performance is part of a shared bill with: Samudra Dance Creations / Jyotsna Vaidee

The Earth Speaks 2.0
Samudra Dance Creations / Jyotsna Vaidee

2:00p | TICKETS
Main Stage | 60m / 70m - Dance
This performance is part of a shared bill with: Abhinaya Dance Company

Haunting our His & Her Stories: Indigenous Children’s Boarding School & Related Experiences
Radical Medicine Project and Theatre Movement International

2:00p | TICKETS
Studio | 45m - Theatre

Crawfish - We The Invisible
Gamal Abdel Chasten

4:30p | TICKETS
Studio | 75m - Theatre

México de mi Corazón
Elena Durán and Nicholas McGegan

6:00p | TICKETS
Main Stage | 75m - Music

The Voodoo Cabaret
Gisela Tangui

6:00p | TICKETS
Cabaret | 75m - Music

Earlier Event: June 3
San Francisco Son Jarocho Festival
Later Event: June 15
Who's Your Mami Comedy - JUNE 2023