THESE PERFORMANCES TOOK PLACE FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY; AUGUST 16, 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 18, 2024

Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC) presented Zaccho Dance Theatre’s biennial San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival on the FMCAC campus for FORT MASON ART’s Summer 2024 program. The San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival happened Friday, August 16, 2024 through Sunday, August 18, 2024.

The city’s premiere aerial arts event, the San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival (SFAAF) featured internationally recognized artists and exciting newcomers breaking into the field. This biennial festival brought together spectacle, daring athleticism, aerial dance, and circus. 

The 2024 festival featured two evenings of showcase performances, a youth matinee, and a site-specific installation by Flyaway Productions designed for the fire escapes at FMCAC. New for 2024, SFAAF presented a curated selection of films that captured the grace, strength, and imagination of the aerial arts, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. The film festival screened parallel to the live performances at FMCAC.

Accessibility Services: Live Audio Descriptions and Haptic Access Tours were available on Friday, August 16, 2024 for the Cowell Theater Showcase at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, August 17, 2024 for the Gateway Pavilion Site Works at 3:00 p.m. and the Cowell Theater Showcase at 8:00 p.m.; provided by Gabriele Christian of Gravity Access Services for visually impaired audience members. Haptic Access Tours began one hour before curtain at 2:00 p.m. for the 3:00 p.m. matinee and 7:00 p.m. for the 8:00 p.m. showcase.

ASL services were available on Friday, August 16, 2024 for the Cowell Theater Showcase at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, August 17, 2024 for the Gateway Pavilion Site Works at 3:00 p.m. and for the Cowell Theater Showcase at 8:00 p.m.

Please email SFAerialArtsFest@Zaccho.org or call (415) 822-6744 to pre-register and reserve a headset or confirm your ASL needs.

Please visit SFAerialArtsFest.org for information about the SF Aerial Arts Festival, the artists, and the free Aerial Arts Film Festival.

Festival Schedule:

SFAAF Showcase, Cowell Theater, Friday, August 16, 2024; 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. ($20 to $30; $24.87 to $35.14 includes service fees) BUY TICKETS

Featuring:
Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light
Ross Travis
Jason Span
Aeriosa Dance Society (Canada)
Cirque Vida / Xochtil Sosa
Corporeal Imago (Canada)
Zaccho Dance Theatre featuring Veronica Blair

SFAAF Youth Showcase, Cowell Theater, Saturday, August 17, 2024; 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ($10 to $20; $13.05 to $24.87 includes service fees) BUY TICKETS

Featuring:
Zaccho Youth Company
Kinetic Arts Center’s Circus Spire
Circus Center’s San Francisco Youth Circus
Ashland Aerial Arts (Oregon)
Prince Dance Institute & Company (Hawai’i)
Sentient Arts

SFAAF Site Works, Gateway Pavilion, Saturday, August 17, 2024, 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. ($15 to $30; $18.19 to $35.14 included service fees) BUY TICKETS

Featuring:
Flyaway Productions
Megan Lowe & Roel Seeber
DawsonDanceSF / Gregory Dawson

SFAAF Showcase, Cowell Theater, Saturday, August 17, 2024, 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. ($20 to $30; $24.87 to $35.14 included service fees) BUY TICKETS

Featuring:
Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light
Ross Travis
Jason Span
Aeriosa Dance Society (Canada)
Cirque Vida / Xochtil Sosa
Corporeal Imago (Canada)
Zaccho Dance Theatre featuring Veronica Blair

SFAAF Site Works, Gateway Pavilion, Sunday, August 18, 2024, 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. ($15 to $30; $18.19 to $35.14 included service fees) BUY TICKETS

Featuring:
Flyaway Productions
Megan Lowe & Roel Seeber
DawsonDanceSF / Gregory Dawson

SFAAF Showcase Gallery, Gateway Pavilion, Sunday, August 18, 2024, 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. ($15 to $25; $18.19 to $30.01 included service fees) BUY TICKETS

Featuring:
Joey The Tiger
Shannon Gray
Sam Wilder
Thai Lam
Kelsey na Gealaí
Helen Wicks & Saharla Vetsch
Nina Sawant with David Freitag & Andrew Castle

Support for the 2024 SFAAF is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission, the San Francisco Dream Keeper Initiative, San Francisco Human Rights Commission, California Arts Council, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Fleishhacker Foundation, the Terry Sendgraff Trust, and Zaccho’s community of generous individual donors.

All Fort Mason Art Programs are generously supported by San Francisco Grants for The Arts and the FMCAC Board of Directors.