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SAN FRANCISCO AERIAL ARTS FILM FESTIVAL
SUBMIT BY FEBruary 15th!
The San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival has added a Film Festival to its biennial event!
We invite aerial artists, filmmakers, and enthusiasts to submit their captivating aerial dance films for consideration. We're looking for films that capture the grace, strength, and imagination of the aerial arts, pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Whether you're a seasoned filmmaker or a daring aerialist with a camera, we want to see your work!
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Zaccho Dance theatre presents
Return to forever
Friday & Saturday, April 24 & 25, 2026
Zaccho Studio | 1777 Yosemite Ave, #330 San Francisco, CA 94124
Return to Forever centers music from a 1975 playlist as a bridge that is personal, intimate, and deeply embodied.
The playlist was created by then DJ and now Artistic Director, Joanna Haigood, who grew up listening to her father’s record collection. This work is influenced by music from her younger years and the personal discoveries made with friends. This is a collection of sonic memories that recall moments, feelings, and personal identities that might otherwise be lost.
Zaccho Dance theatre presents THE 7TH BIENNIAL SEASON OF:
SAN FRANCISCO AERIAL ARTS FESTIVAL
Friday-Sunday, August 7-9, 2026
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture 2 Marina Boulevard (at Buchanan Street) San Francisco, CA 94123
The San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival (SFAAF) is the first and only festival of its kind in Northern California, bringing together the region’s most innovative aerial artists.
Co-produced by Zaccho Dance Theatre and Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, SFAAF celebrates daring, unconventional artists through a premiere three-day festival - and Film Festival! - that fuses breathtaking spectacle, fearless athleticism, and boundary-pushing aerial dance and circus performance.
Get ready for an unforgettable experience that lifts performance off the ground and into the imagination!
~ PAST EVENTS ~
Podcasting 101
w/ Meklit Hadero
Sunday, December 14th, 2025
1PM-3PM - FREE
Zaccho Studio 1777 Yosemite Ave, #330 San Francisco, 94124
Award-winning musician, cultural strategist and podcaster Meklit Hadero takes you through core skills of podcasting, including interview and listening techniques, storytelling strategies, and audio basics.
Meklit is the host of the podcast Movement with Meklit Hadero, which uplifts the songs, stories and cultural power of immigrant musicians. Movement has nearly 60K subscribers and has reached 10 million+ listeners through ongoing features on KALW San Francisco + PRX's The World, as well as past features on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, The Guardian, KCRW (Los Angeles) and WAMU (Washington, DC).
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SURFACE
A REading & Discussion
w/ star finch
Thursday, December 18th, 2025
6:00PM-7:30PM - FREE
Zaccho Studio 1777 Yosemite Ave, #330 San Francisco, 94124
Star Finch is the Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence at Campo Santo and Crowded Fire Theater. She’s also an alumni of the Resident Playwrights Program (2018-2022) at Playwrights Foundation. In July 2023, Star received an inaugural Playwrights Foundation Launch Award recognizing her career’s dynamic liftoff in the Bay Area.
Join us for an informal reading of scenes from Star's new play, SURFACE, followed by a conversation around its core themes:
What does it mean to be Black at the end of the world? Is Africa still our homeland or should we focus on the American South? Is the Foundational Black American delineation movement an organic direction or a CIA operation?
Let's talk about it! Not in a bot-filled, AI eavesdropping comment section but in the flesh, so we know it's real.
A Celebration of capoeira
w/ Jarrel Phillips
Saturday, December 20th, 2025
6:00PM-7:30PM - FREE
Zaccho Studio 1777 Yosemite Ave, #330 San Francisco, 94124
Join us for a vibrant celebration of music and capoeira! Experience a powerful performance featuring Jarrel Phillips (a.k.a Contramestre Chumbinho) alongside his student (Abelha) and his teacher, the legendary Mestre Urubu Malandro of Capoeira Ijexá.”
The evening will include a live percussive jam session and a capoeira performance, showcasing the artistry, rhythm, and energy of this Afro-Brazilian martial art, followed by a hands-on workshop exploring the tradition's rhythm and movement. This is perfect for beginners and enthusiasts alike!
A Q&A will following with Jarrel sharing more on his upcoming dance project “Nontsizi”.
Miss LaLa
by tristan cunningham
Sunday, December 7th, 2025
6-7PM Showing | 7:15-9PM Juggle Jam
Zaccho Studio 1777 Yosemite Ave, #330 San Francisco, 94124
A THEATRICAL SHOWING HONORING THE LIFE OF ANNA OLGA ALBERTINA BROWN
Featuring: Amber Nicole, Cesar Amaruc, Marcus Shelby, Tristan Cunningham and Veronica Blair
Anna Olga Albertina Brown was an Afro-German circus artist who broke race and gender barriers and left thousands in awe as she lifted men and cannons with her teeth!
Miss Lala tells the story of one of the greatest black circus artists of all time.
Join us for a FREE theatrical showing with some of the Bay Area's premiere artists in music circus and aerial arts
The post-showing Juggle Jam includes guidance from Carolina Duncan (Duncan Playful Circus) and Music by DJ Wonway Posibul (KALW).
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