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Science Festival Alliance
The Bay Area Science Festival is part of the Science Festival Alliance, the professional association in the U.S. dedicated exclusively to more and better science and technology festivals.
100+ jaw-dropping demonstrations, hands-on experiments, astounding games, behind the scenes lab tours, film screenings and science talks.
Be wowed by: Robot zoo, air rockets, live leopard sharks and a 30-foot-long whale skeleton. Then see your own brainwaves. Sit in a real military airplane cockpit. Roast a marshmallow by sun-power. That’s just a taste of what you’ll experience. And there are food trucks too! Thousands of attendees are expected. All on one memorable day.
The setting: Outdoors amid Koret Quad’s lawns and pine groves and indoors at adjacent educational, medical and biotech research facilities.
Find out about the Festival stage events and tours!
Find out how to get to the Fesitval. We have information on transportation, road closures and more.
A downloadable Festival Map with all of the Exhibitors and a Transit Map.
Get answers to your questions about this year's Festival.
Read this before you attend so you are aware of our policies. and ready to have fun!
The Bay Area Science Festival is part of the Science Festival Alliance, the professional association in the U.S. dedicated exclusively to more and better science and technology festivals.
The Bay Area Science Festival will manage all in-person events with the health, safety and well-being of our staff, volunteers, hosts, exhibitors, and guests in mind. In response to COVID-19, we will be implementing public health requirements for all event hosts and attendees in accordance with local and state guidelines in order to celebrate science safely throughout the Bay Area.
The Bay Area Science Festival encourages you to get vaccinated, wear a mask and practice social distancing. Be sure to check back for updated and more detailed COVID safety information prior to attending.
We strive to make all Bay Area Science Festival events free, when possible. To produce the Festival, we must annually raise hundreds of thousands of dollars. Every donation helps us make this important work possible.
Thank you for your generous support of the Bay Area Science Festival! As part of UCSF, SEP is a 501(c)3 non-profit. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Please let us know if your company participates in a matching gift program so that we can extend the benefit of your generosity.