KQED Fest 2024

Spend a 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 Daveed Diggs in conversation; performances by La Misa Negra and Brijean; looks at local culture, the election, and tech and science with live KQED programs; fun and educational activities for all ages; and delicious food from Bay Area favorites.

Check out the full schedule:

BLOCK PARTY

Noise Pop Homegrown Stage

• ALL DAY Per Sia and Dulce De Leche
• 11:00AM DJ Brown Angel 
• 1:30PM Aki Kumar
• 2:30PM Bululú
• 3:40PM Brijean
• 5:00PM La Misa Negra

Food & Beverage

• Bacon Bacon
• The Chairman
• Cochinita
• Fieldwork Brewing Co.
• Humphry Slocombe
• Monarch Beverage Catering

Booths

• Calle 24/Carnaval SF 
• Hella Plants Market 
• KEXP
• KQED Info + Merch
• Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
• Mission Lotería
• Mixcoatl Handicrafts & Jewelry
• Polaroids by tooda.fuji
• Precita Eyes 
• Present Company Vintage feat. Tay BeepBoop
• Presidio  
• Ruth’s Table intergenerational art
• SF LGBT Center
• SF Public Library Book Mobile

Outside Pop Up Performances

• 1:10PM Telice
• 2:15PM Bateria Batuki feat. King and Queen Of Carnaval
• 3:15PM Cheer SF
• 4:40PM Fou Fou Ha!

FIRST FLOOR

Lower Lobby

• 11AM-4PM Costume Characters: Peg + Kat, ALMA
• 12:30PM Tito Ramon’s Pop-Up Puppet Theater
• 1:30PM Gen Taiko from GenRyu Arts

SECOND FLOOR

KQED Live Stage at the Commons

• 11:15AM Screening: KQED’s 70 Years of Broadcasting the Bay
• 12PM PropFest! Breaking Down Your Ballot w/ Bay Curious
• 1PM Daveed Diggs with Forum’s with Mina Kim
• 2PM The Choice: Frontline and KQED Covering the Presidential Election
• 3PM Can AI Be Funny? w/ Dhaya Lakshminarayanan + Sarah Rose Riskind
• 4PM Book Bans & the Freedom to Read with Litquake + Brian Watt
• 5PM Mind Your Own: Stories of Belonging From African Perspectives

Pubhub

• 12PM Storytime with Children’s Book Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall
• 1PM Climate Book Club: Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future
• 2:15PM MindShift: Mathical Books & Games

Newsroom Entrance

• 11AM-1PM & 3-4:15PM Newsroom and Studio Tours (first come first served)
• 1-2PM Recording on Camera: KQED/Check Please Testimonials (first come first served)
• 2-3PM Recording on Mic: Radio Testimonials (first come first served)

THIRD FLOOR

Dolby Community Room

• 11AM Children’s Creativity Museum
• 12:30PM PBS NOVA: Solar System
• 1:45PM Deep Look

Audience Lab

• PBS Kids Space

Producer’s Space

• 3-5PM Deep Look Critter Photo Booth

PRX Podcast Garage

• 12-4PM Local Podcasts Booth 

FOURTH FLOOR

Roof Terrace – Food & Beverage

• Esquites Veronica (Corn in a Cup)
• Grace Fresh Fruit Cups
• Calaca Coffee
• Norte54 Bakery

Fisher Board Room – Fireside Chats with KQED Community Advisory Panel

• 11:15AM AAPI Mosaic: Celebrating Community, Culture & Cuisine in the Bay Area
• 12:15PM Creative Currents: Bay Area Arts and Counterculture
• 1:15PM Diverse Voices: Weaving Stories and Cultivating Curiosity at KQED
• 2:15PM Black and Asian Community Solidarity with Otis Taylor Jr.
• 3:15PM 70 Years of Service & A Look to the Future w/KQED CEO Michael Isip
• 4:15PM Political Pulse: Public Media and Bay Area Trends Shaping the Future

REGISTER FOR REMINDERS AND PROGRAM UPDATES!

Space is limited in most indoor spaces. RSVP does not guarantee access to a specific program.

This is a smoke-free event.

Sponsored by Fieldwork Brewing Co.