Market Street Prototyping Festival runs Thursday-Saturday, October 6-8 from 11AM-7PM.
All prototypes will be open and available for public engagement during festival hours. Below is a list of additional programming some of our prototypers have created for even more fun!
RSVP to our Facebook event and invite your friends!
Download the Festival event map and brochure.
EVENTS FOR THURSDAY OCT. 6 | FRIDAY OCT. 7 | SATURDAY OCT. 8
THURSDAY, OCT 6TH
| THU 10/6 |
The Sidewalk Library 3
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11:00 AM – 05:00 PM |
Library card sign-ups |
| 02:00 PM – 05:00 PM |
#MagazineFace photobooth |
| 05:00 PM – 07:00 PM |
Book Swap |
| THU 10/6 |
Play Hear 7
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11:00 AM – 07:00 PM |
Open for public play, unless during scheduled performance times (12 PM & 5PM) |
| 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM |
Pet the Tiger musical performance |
| 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM |
Boba straw pan pipe instrument making workshop. |
| 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM |
Popsicle stick thumb pianos instrument making workshop. |
| 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM |
Pet the Tiger musical performance. |
| 05:30 PM – 06:30 PM |
Rubber band bullroarer instrument making workshop. |
| THU 10/6 |
wav.field 25
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12:00 PM – 01:00 PM |
Live music performance. |
| 05:30 PM – 06:30 PM |
Live music performance. |
| THU 10/6 |
Swallowtail 6
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12:00 PM – 02:00 PM |
Tenderloin Votes will be on hand to register voters and to educate folks on the upcoming California ballot measures. |
| 02:00 PM – 04:00 PM |
Printmaking workshop with Hospitality House. |
| 06:00 PM – 07:00 PM |
Tenderloin Votes will be on hand to register voters and to educate folks on the upcoming California ballot measures. |
| THU 10/6 |
The Zero Waste Trading and Mending Cart 2
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01:00 PM – 04:00 PM |
Mending Workshops: people can bring their old garments and a technician will be there to help them learn how to sew and repair their beloved items. |
| THU 10/6 |
Inside Out Dance Studio 1 |
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11:00 AM – 07:00 PM |
Dancers from various LINES Ballet Education and Community Programs will be improvising movement at various times. |
| THU 10/6 |
The Play Station 15 |
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11:00 AM – 07:00 PM |
Work-out classes, bike mechanic q&a’s, bike check ins, and meet and greets at various times. |
| THU 10/6 |
Sunset Pianos |
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11:00 AM – 01:00 PM |
Live performance by talented musicians on all pianos.
Joshua Raoul Brody
Ander Meyer
Paulo V. Sultanum
Antony Ty
Suzanne Ramsey
Gerry Basserman
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| 01:00 PM – 07:00 PM |
Tinkle the ivories yourself; pianos open for public play. |
FRIDAY, OCT 7TH
| FRI 10/7 |
Public Tour led by Shaping San Francisco |
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12:00 PM – 03:00 PM |
(Meet at McKesson Plaza, Montgomery and Market Streets)
Market Street: The Contested Boulevard – Stroll through the center of San Francisco along its main thoroughfare, discovering the social movements and events that shaped the City’s history, and explore the ecology still evident under the pavement. The “roar of the four”, the 8-hour day movement and the rise of Labor parties, women’s suffrage and independence, newspaper wars, urban design, and more! Special historical reflection on festival prototypes featured. Tour ends at UN Plaza, 7th and Market. |
| FRI 10/7 |
The Sidewalk Library
3
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11:00 AM – 02:00 PM |
Little book magnets |
| 11:00 AM – 05:00 PM |
Library card sign-ups |
| 03:00 PM – 05:00 PM |
Hula Hoopla |
| 05:00 PM – 07:00 PM |
Book Swap |
| FRI 10/7 |
Swallowtail
6
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12:00 PM – 01:00 PM |
Performances (movement and spoken word) hosted by Skywatchers, a group that engages residents of the Tenderloin as storytellers, co-creators, performers, and audience members, working in close collaboration with ABD dancers and associated artists, in the creation of performance pieces that reflect the richness and complexity of their stories. |
| 12:00 PM – 02:00 PM |
Tenderloin Votes will be on hand to register voters and to educate folks on the upcoming California ballot measures. |
| 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM |
Bike Tour – Two docent lead bike tours along the Festival route. Bay Area Bike Share will donate bikes for the ride! The tours will visit prototypes and touch on a brief history of Market Street. Meet us at Swallowtail. |
| 02:00 PM – 04:00 PM |
Printmaking workshop with Hospitality House. |
| 03:00 PM – 04:00 PM |
Performance by Counterpulse. |
| 06:00 PM – 07:00 PM |
Tenderloin Votes will be on hand to register voters and to educate folks on the upcoming California ballot measures. |
| FRI 10/7 |
Play Hear
7
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11:00 AM – 07:00 PM |
Open for public play, unless during scheduled performance times (12 PM & 5PM) |
| 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM |
Gamelan Encinal musical performance. |
| 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM |
Tape drums instrument making workshop. |
| 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM |
Boba straw chimes instrument making workshop. |
| 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM |
Gamelan Encinal musical performance. |
| 06:00 PM – 07:00 PM |
Rubber band bullroarer instrument making workshop. |
| FRI 10/7 |
wav.field
25
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12:00 PM – 01:00 PM |
Live music performance. |
| 05:30 PM – 06:30 PM |
Live music performance. |
| FRI 10/7 |
The Zero Waste Trading and Mending Cart
2
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01:00 PM – 04:00 PM |
Mending Workshops: people can bring their old garments and a technician will be there to help them learn how to sew and repair their beloved items. |
| FRI 10/7 |
Inside Out Dance Studio
1
|
|
11:00 AM – 07:00 PM |
Dancers from various LINES Ballet Education and Community Programs will be improvising movement at various times. |
| FRI 10/7 |
The Play Station
15
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11:00 AM – 07:00 PM |
Work-out classes, bike mechanic q&a’s, bike check ins, and meet and greets at various times. |
| FRI 10/7 |
Urban Thump
31
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06:00 PM – 07:00 PM |
Performance by The Tribe of Thump band of musicians. |
| FRI 10/7 |
Sunset Pianos |
|
11:00 AM – 01:00 PM |
Live performance by talented musicians on all pianos.
Joshua Raoul Brody
Allison Lovejoy
Paulo V. Sultanum
Antony Ty
Suzanne Ramsey
Gerry Basserman
|
| 01:00 PM – 07:00 PM |
Tinkle the ivories yourself; pianos open for public play. |
SATURDAY, OCT 8TH
| SAT 10/8 |
Sunset Pianos |
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11:00 AM – 01:00 PM |
Beatnik’s Corner themed piano performance by the Steven Stein Band (with poets, spoken word) at Mechanic’s Plaza. All other paino locations open for public play.
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| 03:00 PM – 05:00 PM |
Beatnik’s Corner themed piano performance by Casulo, Brazilian Bossa (with poets, spoken word) at Mechanic’s Plaza. All other paino locations open for public play. |
| SAT 10/8 |
The Sidewalk Library
3
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|
11:00 AM – 05:00 PM |
Library card sign-ups |
| 05:00 PM – 07:00 PM |
Book Swap |
| SAT 10/8 |
Play Hear
7
|
|
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM |
Bart Hopkin & Peter Whitehead musical performance. |
| 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM |
Popsicle stick thumb pianos instrument making workshop. |
| 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM |
Bart Hopkin & Peter Whitehead musical performance. |
| 05:30 PM – 06:30 PM |
Boba straw pan pipe instrument making workshop. |
| SAT 10/8 |
wav.field
25
|
|
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM |
Live music performance. |
| 05:30 PM – 06:30 PM |
Live music performance. |
| SAT 10/8 |
Swallowtail
6
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12:00 PM – 02:00 PM |
Holy Stitch workshop – Julian Dash founder and creative director of Holy Stitch Denim Social Club will be hosting a make your own stuffed animal event. Using sustainable materials learn how to make your one of a kind stuffed animals. |
| 12:00 PM – 02:00 PM |
Tenderloin Votes will be on hand to register voters and to educate folks on the upcoming California ballot measures. |
| 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM |
Bike Tour – Two docent lead bike tours along the Festival route. Bay Area Bike Share will donate bikes for the ride! The tours will visit prototypes and touch on a brief history of Market Street. Meet us at Swallowtail.
|
| 02:00 PM – 04:00 PM |
Printmaking workshop with Hospitality House. |
| 04:30 PM – 05:30 PM |
Performances (movement and spoken word) hosted by Skywatchers, a group that engages residents of the Tenderloin as storytellers, co-creators, performers, and audience members, working in close collaboration with ABD dancers and associated artists, in the creation of performance pieces that reflect the richness and complexity of their stories. |
| 05:00 PM – 07:00 PM |
Tenderloin Votes will be on hand to register voters and to educate folks on the upcoming California ballot measures. |
| SAT 10/8 |
The Zero Waste Trading and Mending Cart
2
|
|
01:00 PM – 04:00 PM |
Mending Workshops: people can bring their old garments and a technician will be there to help them learn how to sew and repair their beloved items. |
| SAT 10/8 |
Inside Out Dance Studio
1
|
|
11:00 AM – 07:00 PM |
Dancers from various LINES Ballet Education and Community Programs will be improvising movement at various times. |
| SAT 10/8 |
The Play Station
15
|
|
11:00 AM – 07:00 PM |
Work-out classes, bike mechanic q&a’s, bike check ins, and meet and greets at various times. |
