Mark your calendar for the 2011 Street Festival Season. Each neighborhood reveals its own special Oakland vibe. Spend a few hours exploring Oakland's rich cultural heritage!

• Saturday, July 23, First Oakland Jazz Festival, Noon, Dunsmuir Hellman Historic Estate  
• Saturday, July 23, 4th Annual Art & Garden Tour, Discover West Oakland, 2 pm, Children under 18 free, $20-$40 donation supports OBUGS: Kids Cultivating Health Futures. 
• Saturday, August 13, Laurel Street Fair, featuring the John Santos Sextet, creative crafts, merchants and more 
• Saturday-Sunday, August 20-21  Art & Soul, Civic Center
• Saturday-Sunday, August 27-28  Chinatown Street Fest, Chinatown
• Sunday, September 4, Oakland Pride Festival, Uptown
• Saturday, September 10, Noon - 5 pm,  Day in the Park, Maxwell Park  
• Sunday, September 18,   Sundays in the Redwoods, Woodminster Amphitheater, Joaquin Miller Park
• Sunday, September 25, Sundays in the Redwoods, Woodminster Amphitheater, Joaquin Miller Park
• Sunday September 25, 7th Annual Oakland Grand Prix of Cycling, Civic Center
• Sunday, September 25,  Out & About in Rockridge 
• Saturday, October 1,  Black Cowboy Parade, DeFremery Park
• Saturday, October 1, 11 am-6 pm.  Oaktoberfest in the Dimond
• Sunday, October 2, Oaklavia!, Over 4000 people attended Walk Oakland-Bike Oakland (WOBO)'s  first Oaklavia in June of last year.  This year, the event has been moved to September, where pedestrians, and bicyclists can enjoy a no-auto Broadway and parts of Telegraph from Old Oakland to Uptown.There will be alking, running, biking, eating, shopping, dancing and playing in the street.    
• Sunday, October 2,  Sundays in the Redwoods, Woodminster Amphitheater, Joaquin Miller Park
• Sunday, October 9  Sundays in the Redwoods, Woodminster Amphitheater, Joaquin Miller Park
• Saturday, October 22, 20th Anniversary of 1991 Firestorm-- 9 am  Rockridge BART TIle Wall; 10:30 am Remembrance Ceremony Gateway Exhibit Center; Emergency Preparedness Fair, Noon - 4 pm, Lake Temescal

Information provided by  Mayor Quan's Newsletter #27