Support Filipino-Owned Local Small Businesses in the Bay Area!
Join us for a market featuring all your favorite Filipino-owned brands! We are very excited to curate a marketplace with all of our favorite local businesses. Support Bindlestiff Studio as they grace the Kapwa Gardens’ stage - we promise this is a comedy act you don’t want to miss!
We’re excited to partner with 5M again for our Philippine Independence Crawl. Take a stroll down to 5M Park and enjoy more shopping, food, and performances.
Come eat, drink, shop, and vibe as we spend a beautiful afternoon in the heart of SOMA Pilipinas. Kapwa Gardens and 5M Park will be two of the venues for Be Free Festival. Be Free Festival is an annual celebration that showcases the vibrant Filipino culture. Kultivate Labs along with its community partners in SOMA Pilipinas are welcoming you to SOMA Pilipinas to eat, connect, learn, and get down to celebrate 125 years of liberation.
Tickets
Tickets for the market @ Be Free Festival are FREE but we are accepting sliding scale donations. Your donations will help us continue to host our future events and keep our garden growing.
Filipino Food/Vendor Market, 12p-5p
We are very excited to curate a marketplace with all of our favorite Filipino-Owned Local Small Businesses in the Bay Area! Support Bindlestiff Studio as they grace the Kapwa Gardens’ stage - we promise this is a comedy act you don’t want to miss!
Retail
Food & Beverage
Performers at Kapwa Gardens Stage
Hosts: Jepoy Ramos, Gwynnevere Cristobal, AJ Lugue
Stand-up Comics: Manny Cabrera, Debra "DB" Belale, Rhoda Gravador
Singers: Raquel Basco, Ally Quintilla, Steven Tomas, Faustino Cadiz, Gwynn Cristobal, Cat D Reyes
Drag Acts: Chi Chi Kago, Kiki Krunch, Tori Tia
Karaoke: TNT Traysikel
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Kapwa Schedule — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2:52p - Debra Belale, Comedy Act
3:02p - Game 3 / Vendor Giveaway
3:12p - Vanity Rudoy, Performer
3:20p - Juan Castro, Performer
3:32p - Rhoda Gravador, Comedy Act
3:40p - Eriette Atanante, Performer
3:48p - Kristy Aquino, Performer
3:55p - Jepoy Ramos, Performer
4p - Chi-Chi Kago, Drag Act
4:10p - Tori Tia, Drag Act
4:20p - Kiki Krunch, Drag Act
4:30p - TNT Karaoke
12p - Show Begins
12:40p - Gwynn Cristobal, Performer
12:50p - Ann Warque, Performer
1p - Nico Jaochico, Performer
1:10p - Game 1 / Vendor Giveaway
1:32p - Faustino Cadi, Performer
1:40p - Trixie Aballa, Performer
1:50p - Ally Quintilla, Performer
2:02p - Manny Cabrera, Comedy Act
2:10p - Game 2 / Vendor Giveaway
2:30p - Raquel Basco, Performer
2:40p - Steven Tomas
Performers at 5M Mainstage
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2:35p - Barangay
2:55p - Barangay
3p - Proof
4p - ET IV
12p - DJ Broadstrokes
1p - Kulintang Dialect
1:25p - Peaboo & the Catz
2p - Dakila
Community Organizations
ABOUT BE FREE FESTIVAL
This is an annual event celebrating Filipino Creativity & Liberation. SOMA Pilipinas' lively atmosphere makes this a great opportunity for the Filipino community and their friends to celebrate their culture and heritage. You'll get the chance to explore the SOMA Pilipinas district and experience the rich and diverse culture of the Filipinos during this crawl.
