HEAD WEST Marketplace is pleased to return to San Francisco’s beloved Ferry Building! Every first Sunday of the month, beginning March 5th, Head West will bring Bay Area Makers, Crafters, Designers, Artists + Vintage Merchants to the Ferry Building’s beautiful back plaza.

HEAD WEST is a Local, Outdoor Retail Marketplace — created out of the need for accessible and affordable physical space, Founder Jimmy Brower curates an open-air experience that brings together the ideals of the modern maker with the spirit of the traveling vagabond. The marketplace provides an ‘in-real-life’ platform for new, emerging + established brands to have selling space multiple times per month at various iconic and well-known venues around the Bay.

The Mission of HEAD WEST is to provide an environment that supports and embraces local creativity + the spirit of entrepreneurship. Through connecting people, it assists in preserving arts + culture, realizing it’s impact on the local economy + providing for the well-bring of the people that keep these ideals alive. Those creatives + entrepreneurs that identify as BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+ are strongly encouraged to apply.

Health & Safety Measures have been implemented to allow for an enjoyable and safe #ShopSmall experience. HEAD WEST is a Kid + Pet Friendly Marketplace | All Are Welcome w/ Free Entry.

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Join us for a free yoga series with a beautiful waterfront view, peaceful vibes and feel-good, enlivening movement for your Tuesday lunch break. The Outdoor Yoga and Ferry Building communities have partnered up with the intention of rebuilding community and connection in these times, to create an offering for our community feel healthy and happy with yoga and to support our local merchants. We’d love it if you stay and enjoy lunch after class.

Register here:

June 6th, 11:30am – 12:30pm 

June 13th, 11:30am – 12:30pm 

June 20th, 11:30am – 12:30pm 

June 27th, 11:30am – 12:30pm  

Please bring your own mat. We will provide headphones. Class size is limited, so be sure to pre-register! Class is held on the Ferry Building Back Plaza. Exact directions will be emailed after registration.

We look forward to seeing you!

Enjoy live music from 4:00 – 6:00 PM on the Ferry Building’s Back Plaza featuring Bay Area musicians every Thursday in May. Grab your Ferry Building favorites inside the Marketplace and soak up picture perfect bay views in our expansive outdoor dining area!

Join us in the Marketplace for a ‘Ferry Family Day’ of gift making for Fathers and Father Figures! Create one-of-a-kind gifts like a trophies, ties, and candy cards.

Find the activity table by Cholita Linda and Delica in the central Marketplace.

This event is free and open to the public.

Plant parents rejoice – Gardeneur Plant Market is back in 2023!

The Ferry Building front plaza will be filled with a variety of rare indoor and outdoor plants from 10 AM – 4 PM

Join us for a free yoga series with a beautiful waterfront view, peaceful vibes and feel-good, enlivening movement for your Tuesday lunch break. The Outdoor Yoga and Ferry Building communities have partnered up with the intention of rebuilding community and connection in these times, to create an offering for our community feel healthy and happy with yoga and to support our local merchants. We’d love it if you stay and enjoy lunch after class.

Register here:

June 6th, 11:30am – 12:30pm 

June 13th, 11:30am – 12:30pm 

June 20th, 11:30am – 12:30pm 

June 27th, 11:30am – 12:30pm  

Please bring your own mat. We will provide headphones. Class size is limited, so be sure to pre-register! Class is held on the Ferry Building Back Plaza. Exact directions will be emailed after registration.

We look forward to seeing you!

HEAD WEST Marketplace is pleased to return to San Francisco’s beloved Ferry Building! Every first Sunday of the month, beginning March 5th, Head West will bring Bay Area Makers, Crafters, Designers, Artists + Vintage Merchants to the Ferry Building’s beautiful back plaza.

HEAD WEST is a Local, Outdoor Retail Marketplace — created out of the need for accessible and affordable physical space, Founder Jimmy Brower curates an open-air experience that brings together the ideals of the modern maker with the spirit of the traveling vagabond. The marketplace provides an ‘in-real-life’ platform for new, emerging + established brands to have selling space multiple times per month at various iconic and well-known venues around the Bay.

The Mission of HEAD WEST is to provide an environment that supports and embraces local creativity + the spirit of entrepreneurship. Through connecting people, it assists in preserving arts + culture, realizing it’s impact on the local economy + providing for the well-bring of the people that keep these ideals alive. Those creatives + entrepreneurs that identify as BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+ are strongly encouraged to apply.

Health & Safety Measures have been implemented to allow for an enjoyable and safe #ShopSmall experience. HEAD WEST is a Kid + Pet Friendly Marketplace | All Are Welcome w/ Free Entry.

MORE HERE

Enjoy live music from 4:00 – 6:00 PM on the Ferry Building’s Back Plaza featuring Bay Area musicians every Thursday in May. Grab your Ferry Building favorites inside the Marketplace and soak up picture perfect bay views in our expansive outdoor dining area!

Plant parents rejoice – Gardeneur Plant Market is back in 2023!

The Ferry Building front plaza will be filled with a variety of rare indoor and outdoor plants from 10 AM – 4 PM

Help us ring in 125 years of the Ferry Building! Enjoy music from Awesöme Orchestra as you shop.

Awesöme Orchestra brings together Bay Area music-lovers for orchestral adventures. The exciting energy and sound of 100+ musicians playing together is just one of the many factors that make them awesome. AOC brings classical music out of the symphony concert halls and into the streets, parks, and rock venues of the Bay Area.

Visit www.awesomeorchestra.org for more information.

Let’s party like it’s 1898!

Celebrate San Francisco’s favorite landmark with events and specials throughout the year! Kicking off the fun is A Very Ferry Birthday Party at the Ferry Building Marketplace on July 13th. The festivities include themed offerings from marketplace merchants, a free ice cream sundae at Humphry Slocombe, a special birthday happy hour at Fort Point, limited-edition Ferry Building swag giveaways, and a custom paint by number kit designed by SF Etsy. Don’t forget to snap a picture with the clocktower photo op!

Grab a Clocktower Crawl Passport at Bay Crossings and stamp at participating shops to be entered in a weekly prize drawing.

Share your Ferry Building story with #FerryDiaries and be featured on our social channels!

All giveaways above will be offered while supplies last. 

Enjoy live music from 4:00 – 6:00 PM on the Ferry Building’s Back Plaza featuring Bay Area musicians every Thursday in May. Grab your Ferry Building favorites inside the Marketplace and soak up picture perfect bay views in our expansive outdoor dining area!