Justin Herman Plaza and the Ferry Building will showcase the sounds and flavors of the many cultures that make San Francisco home. The Village will honor the Bay Area's diverse cultural fabric through an exploration of the oceanic voyages generations of immigrants experienced on their quest for a better life.

International Village Highlights

Pirate Academy

Velocity Circus Presents
"Ye Olde Velocity Circus Pirate Academy"

Welcome to the Academy for young and old alike. Lose your way or Learn the Way in this highly theatrical and highly interactive environment. Soon to be pirates learn the skills and ways of those mischievous water rogues, otherwise know as PIRATES! (yikes!)

Tickets will be sold AT THE FESTIVAL for the Pirate Academy and will be on a First-Come First-Serve basis. Tickets will be $10 per person and will include an amazing array of activities for youth of all ages.

Please visit our Pirate Academy page for more details.

Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA)

As current debates surrounding civil liberties, immigration, and changing demographics increase, CHSA is at the forefront of the movement to examine the historical impact of the Chinese American fight for equality on our society. CHSA will provide History Alive! folktale & song performances by Charlie Chin and include the groundbreaking exhibit Remembering 1882: Fighting for Civil Rights in the Shadow of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Remembering 1882 explores the historical debate around the Chinese Exclusion Act from its origins in 1882 through its full repeal in 1968, as well as the civil rights struggle of Chinese Americans and their allies, and the historic importance of habeas corpus in the Chinese American community.

Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany

The German Consulate General and all the German institutions in the Bay Area (Goethe Institute, German Academic Exchange Service, German-.American Chamber of Commerce, Invest in Germany, German International School of Silicon Valley etc) will be present in the German tent on Justin Herman Plaza. Special highlight is an exhibition from the German Emigration Center in Bremerhaven. Between 1830 and 1974 over 7 million people emigrated from Europe via Bremerhaven to the New World. The German Emigration Center in Bremerhaven is Europe's largest and most modern theme museum on emigration. The museum will put up a special exhibition at the German tent on Justin Herman Plaza and FREE online research for your ancestors will be offered through ancestry.de.

A second very special highlight brought in by the German Consulate General is a famous German Jazz Band. Sebastian Schunke Band is playing Latino/Cuban Jazz on the stage at Justin Herman Plaza on July 24 and 25 at 12.00 noon.

Back to Event Information