Featuring Taipan Lucero of CalligraFilipino, visual artist Kristine Lim and The Hinabi Project: Art of Philippine Textiles

Featuring workshops on Filipino line dancing, folk dance, hip-hop, ballroom dancing and more!

Live demo of cooking your favorite Filipino dishes in an InstaPot. Learn new techniques for creating fast and easy dishes. There will be rice but that’s not part of the demo (that’s too easy!)

Channel your inner Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo and join us for Pistahan’s famous Balut eating contest sponsored by Ramar Foods.

Featuring cookbook authors Clang Garcia, Nina Ponseca, Amboy, and Roline Casper

Featuring Barako coffee and Ube coffee from Ballast Coffee

Sweet Pipers has become known for its buko ube pie, with layers of the purple yam and young coconut.

Profiles in Flavor with Nicole Ponseca

Join us for the inaugural Longanisa eating contest sponsored by Ramar Foods.

Join in the discussion with our local culinary leaders.

Join in the Magnolia Purple Freeze Ube Ice Cream Eating Challenge.

About WHO TURNED ON THE SKY? by Marielle Atanacio:

A girl who enjoys all the wonders of the sky starts to question if someone turns on the sun, the stars, and the moon. She asks the townspeople for help as she begins her trip to find the answer to her question. This playful picture book is a great way to learn about some of the figures of Philippine mythology as a family, and to celebrate the magic and beauty of pre-colonial stories.

About MUNGAN AND HER LOLA by Justine Villanueva:

Mungan and her Lola tells the story of the child Mungan who loves to make her lola smile. One day, Lola is inconsolably sad. Mungan and her family engage in Filipino rituals of care—cooking sabaw, performing hilot, and playing kulintang—to uncover the source of Lola's sadness and find a way to bring back her smile. This story is inspired by the Bukidnon epic which tells the story of Mungan, the Babaylan (Healer) of Bukidnon.

About AMINA AND THE CITY OF FLOWERS by Christina Newhard:

Amina, a young Yakan weaver, is homesick for Basilan, but she finds inspiration for her loom in the diversity and color of her new home, Zamboanga City. "Amina" touches on themes of creativity, diversity, bakwit/internally displaced peoples, and the matriarchal traditions of Philippine weaving.

About LOLO'S SARI-SARI STORE by Sophia N. Lee:

A little girl holds lessons learned in her grandfather's sari-sari store close while adjusting to a new home in this sweet picture book about the joy of community, connection, and Filipino culture.

PISTAHAN PARADE IS ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 12! Show your Pinoy Pride and join Janet Alvarado - cultural activist and FilAm history steward. She is making history herself by being Pistahan's first queer woman Parade Grand Marshal. Come one, come all. Everyone is welcome to join the Pistahan Parade!

Pistahan welcomes partners, professional organizations, families and friends to participate in this year’s Parade! Bring your group together and win prizes: Best Dressed, Best Spirit, Best Choreography and Best Overall.

Everyone is welcome to join the Pistahan Parade! Find out more about the Parade logistics here.

The Pistahan Parade celebrates our dynamic community with festive floats, lively community contingents and musical groups marching down Market Street from Civic Center to Yerba Buena Gardens.

Musicians, Singers, Choirs, Dancers and Entertainers: We are currently booking performing artists, cultural dance companies and entertainers or all genres. Deadline: Friday, June 23. Apply at www.pistahan.net.

Company Sponsors, Corporate Partners: Generate awareness about your products and services with the Filipino American community, the largest Asian minority group and the fastest growing ethnic community in the country.

Company Sponsors, Corporate Partners: Generate awareness about your products and services with the Filipino American community, the largest Asian minority group and the fastest growing ethnic community in the country.

Musicians, Singers, Choirs, Dancers and Entertainers: We are currently booking performing artists, cultural dance companies and entertainers or all genres. Deadline: Friday, June 23. Apply at www.pistahan.net.