upcoming events
Yum Yams
Your Favorite Ube Festival is Back Fall 2024!
Yum Yams celebrates all things Ube. Ube is a Filipino Sweet yam that is taking over the world of desserts. It’s unique flavor and striking deep purple color ignites excitement in the food world. Ube is flexible and can be used as a flavoring ingredient or a food color.
A Celebration of All Things Ube
Ube is a signature component of Filipino culture. Ube is a purple yam that has become a beloved ingredient in Filipino culinary culture. Its vibrant color and sweet flavor make it a popular ingredient in desserts, such as cakes, pastries, and ice cream. Its significance in Filipino cuisine reflects the country's rich agricultural heritage and diverse culinary traditions.
Yum Yams has grown from 1 sell-out event at Kapwa Gardens, to a full on food festival crawl with multiple areas encompassing over 25 vendors.
Check Out Our 2023 Recap Video To See What’s In Store!
NEW VENUE FOR 2024
Join us at Trellis where you can find more ubelicious treats and local small businesses to support. We have double the vendors this year and can’t wait for you to meet them soon!
Tickets
Tickets for Yum Yams 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.
Vendors & Entertainment
Kapwa Gardens
Sweet Sips
Brown Butter Babe Co.
Bread Basket
Crown and Whisk
Petty Party
MaGoodie’s Cookies
Lady Victory
Mindful Indulgence
Ube Area
Cake Therapy
Stars & Spices
EatsChaChaCha
Whisk Cake Creations
Uncle Tito
Pusong Likha
Al Pastor Papi
Trellis
Kauhaw by Kristian Kabuay
Harina Bakeshop
Mie Makes
Manila Candle
The Gartden
Marahuyo Confections
ChellasCreations
Katha Collection
Craylie’s Crystals
Handmade by Pmaccay
Sunkissed Pinay
JZL.LTTRSandCRFTS
Kai Moss
Homie SF
Neon Jelly Fishes
Community Organizations
The Josephine Boswell Foundation seeks to honor one little girl by being the change she would have been in this world. We do this by: raising awareness to support SUDC - (Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood) research, providing financial assistance for quality child care to families in need & creating a supportive environment for families that have experienced similar loss. We strive for a world where these problems are history. This organization will be tabling at Trellis.
Performers
1pm-2pm
Hoochi is a local and upcoming DJ that curates and mixes music from a diverse range of genres such as R&B, Hip Hop, Afrobeats, House, Electronic, Latin, and Throwbacks, tailored to the crowd’s preferences.
3pm-4pm
HideeMode is a DJ from Union City, CA and is currently based in the South Bay representing The Modes & Cuffin SJ. She started her DJ career in 2020 amidst the pandemic and has emerged in the scene playing around the Bay Area, and cities around the west coast. Her favorite genres of music to play are all varieties of alternative R&B, Hip-Hop, Indie & more. Check out her mix, entitled FLY featuring an all female artist lineup of modern r&b/soul/hip hop.
2pm-3pm
Meet JAZZ.FM, a DJ born and bred in the Bay Area. While Hip Hop and R&B are her foundation, she’s a genre-blending creative who loves melding with the energetic pulse of a crowd. When you tune into JAZZ.FM, you’re not just listening to music —you’re tuning into her own unique frequency, a one-of-a-kind journey celebrating joy and connection.
4pm-5pm
ET IV is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in the Bay Area with ancestral roots in the Philippines. He is the founder of ASTIG Sound, an independent label & brand that curates events and releases celebrating classic and future OPM+ diasporic sounds. When not digging for loops or visuals to sample, he can be found DJing for Ruby Ibarra & the Balikbayans or rocking dance floors along the west coast and beyond.
Activities
12pm-2pm
Jenn Ban (she/they) is a Multidisciplinary Artist, Certified Usui Reiki Master, Youth Teacher, Tattoo Artist, and community organizer. They are offering an extension of Sacred Skin Adornments, Reiki infused tattoos, for kids as non-permanent body art on arms and hands using non-toxic glitter pens. *Parents, don't worry it's washable! Kids can choose from a selection of exclusive designs, Jenn will facilitate a quick grounding exercise as they apply the body art. ~5mins per design.
2pm-4pm
ChiChai (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary artist, educator and community gatherer born and raised here in Occupied Ohlone Land, aka the Bay Area. She’s taught from kindergarten to lolos and lolas!
For Yum Yams, ChiChai is bringing in the barrio fiesta spirit by creating banners with you. Our banners will take inspiration from Filipino plants and colorful fiestas. All ages welcome to drop in and create!
Kapwa Gardens x KOHO Present Yum Yams: Ube Meets Matcha
Your Favorite Ube Festival is Back for 2023 with a twist!
Yum Yams celebrates all things Ube. Ube is a Filipino Sweet yam that is taking over the world of desserts. It’s unique flavor and striking deep purple color ignites excitement in the food world. Ube is flexible and can be used as a flavoring ingredient or a food color.
Kapwa Gardens is excited to announce that Yum Yams is back for the fourth time. To celebrate AAPI month, we’re partnering with Japantown's KOHO SF for a special collaboration - Ube Meets Matcha!
KOHO SF is the latest member of the Kultivate Labs family. As a fiscally sponsored organization, KOHO SF hopes to revitalize it's cultural district, Japantown, through arts and culture. This event signals a new wave of colboration between our communities.
A Celebration of All Things Ube & Matcha
Matcha is a finely ground green tea powder that has been an integral part of Japanese culinary culture for centuries. Matcha's unique flavor, color, and texture have inspired Japanese chefs to create a wide variety of dishes, including traditional sweets, savory dishes.
Much like Matcha , Ube is a signature component of Filipino culture. Ube is a purple yam that has become a beloved ingredient in Filipino culinary culture. Its vibrant color and sweet flavor make it a popular ingredient in desserts, such as cakes, pastries, and ice cream. Its significance in Filipino cuisine reflects the country's rich agricultural heritage and diverse culinary traditions.
Yum Yams has grown from 1 sell-out event at Kapwa Gardens, to a full on food festival crawl with multiple areas encompassing over 25 vendors.
Tickets
Tickets for Yum Yams 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.
Get Ready For Ube Paradise & Matcha Madness!
We’re excited to partner with 5M again for our crawl. Based on the success of the previous years, we are so excited to double and diversify our vendors and space to bring you all the ube-matcha-licious desserts for you to enjoy.
Check Out Our September 2022 Recap Video To See What’s In Store!
Vendors
Food
Retail
Performers
Kapwa Gardens
5M Park
ACTIVITIES
Ube & Matcha Art with Kristian Kabuay
Kristian Kabuay's improvised live art will be a fusion of traditional prePhilippine culture and modern elements, reflecting the multi-layered community through his layered art technique. The large canvas will drip ube and matcha-infused paint to reflect the Yum Yams theme. His art combines cultural practices like Sulat, an ancient form of writing, and traditional tattoos with contemporary graffiti techniques, resulting in a visually striking piece to provoke conversations.
Jen Ken Contest - Kapwa Gardens Stage @ 1:30pm
Japanese rock paper scissors, known as janken (じゃん拳)
Who will be left standing to claim bragging rights to Kapwa Gardens x KOHO first Jan Ken Contest!
$5 at KOHO booth to play
Prizes include $50 Matcha Café Maiko Gift Card
Thank you to our Sponsors!
Yum Yams: A Celebration of All things Ube
Your Favorite Ube Festival is Back This Fall!
We know you can’t get enough of Ube! Kapwa Gardens is excited to announce that Yum Yams: A Celebration of All Things Ube is back for the third time.
A celebration of All things Ube
Ube is a distinct Pilipino flavor with an equally distinct look. Made from boiled, mashed purple yams, its slightly nutty and vanilla taste can be found in an array of yummy sweet and savory foods, which we celebrate at Yum Yams!
Get Ready For Ube Overload
We’re excited to partner with 5M again for our ube crawl. Based on the success of this past spring’s event, we’ve doubled our vendors and space to bring you all the ube-inspired treats you could dream of!
We’re working hard with our teams to bring you the best Yum Yams experience.
Please check back on this page or follow us @kapwagardens for more event updates.
Tickets
Tickets for Yum Yams 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!
Vendors
In addition to hosting at Kapwa Gardens, we’re also expanding the event to the neighboring 5M Park. We will have an Ube Garden at Kapwa Gardens and Ube Alley at Mary Court Paseo.
Ube Garden at Kapwa Gardens
Minna Street by Kapwa Gardens
Ube Park at 5M
Performances
Kapwa Gardens 2.0 Merch Pick-up
We’re excited to share that the merchandise from our Indiegogo fundraising campaign for Kapwa Gardens 2.0 is ready for pickup during Yum Yams. Our “Keep Growing Shirt,” “Bayani Art Collaboration Shirt,” “Keep Growing” Tote Bag, and Kultivate Labs Tokens will be available.
Yum Yams: A Celebration of All things Ube
back, bigger, and better than ever!
Ube, baby baby! Kapwa Gardens is excited to announce that Yum Yams: A Celebration of All Things Ube is back for its second year as a full-on UBE CRAWL!
A celebration of All things Ube
Ube is a distinct Pilipino flavor with an equally distinct look. Made from boiled, mashed purple yams, its slightly nutty and vanilla taste can be found in an array of yummy sweet and savory foods, which we celebrate at Yum Yams!
There’s no such thing as too much ube
Ube overload? Never heard of it. That’s why we thought - the more ube, the BETTER. Based on the success of last year’s event, we’ve doubled our vendors and space to bring you all the ube-inspired treats you could dream of!
Take a glance at our vendors to preview what we have in store for you at this year at Yum Yams 2022!
Vendors
In addition to hosting at Kapwa Gardens, we’re also expanding the event to the neighboring Mary Court Paseo space between Kapwa Gardens and Balay Kreative Studios. We will have an Ube Garden at Kapwa Gardens and Ube Alley at Mary Court Paseo.
UBE GARDEN AT KAPWA GARDENS
UBE ALLEY & PARK AT 5M & THE GEORGE
But wait, there’s more!
We’re working hard with our teams to bring you the best Yum Yams experience.
Please check back on this page or follow us @kapwagardens for more updates on check-in instructions and ticket availability leading up to the event.
Tickets
Tickets to enter Yum Yams will be $5, which includes $4 credit to spend with any vendor and a $1 donation to Kapwa Gardens.
Children under 12 do not need a ticket to enter.
Online Ticket Sales Have Ended.
Limited Walk-Up Tickets May be Available At The Door starting at 2p.
Visit The Check-In Stand At Kapwa Gardens.
Yum Yams: A Celebration of All things Ube - SOLD OUT ONLINE (Walk-ins are welcomed Starting at 2p)
An Ube Festival
Ube, baby, baby! We are psyched for our very first ube festival at Kapwa Gardens. Ube is one of those distinct Pilipino flavors—slightly nutty with hints of vanilla. We have an amazing lineup of food and retail vendors, ranging from ube cheesecake to pan de sal.
Missed Yum Yams? Support your favorite Ube Vendors at UNDSCVRD Culture Crawl
Purchase a Culture Crawl Food Passport for access to limited edition food items and skipping the lines!
This food passport features 10 delicious bites (6 savory and 4 sweet) highlighting the rich flavors of Filipino cuisine being served by our vendors. Purchase your VIP ticket now while supplies last because these passports will not be sold at the Culture Crawl. 🛒
Food
Pinoy Heritage’s Abaca
Celebrated Chef Francis Ang gives us a preview of his new panaderia concept with Ensaymada w/ a smoked Gouda ube and macapuno. Plus, banana and cream cheese cake, Tortang Talong quiche, and Buko lychee Cream puff.
Barya Kitchen
Chef Rod Reyes flex’s his culinary might with Ube Horchata ( vegan ), Ube Bibingka, and an Ube Steam Buns filled with beef mechado
The Bread Basket
Daly City’s finest pulls out all the stops with a selection of Ube Pan de Sal, Ube Croissants, Ube Pastillas, Ube-filled sweetbreads, Ube tarts, & more.
Buko Bakes
Classic American style treats made with Filipino ingredients like Ube, Pandan, and more!
Marley’s Treats
An UNDSCRVD regular returns w/ an assortment of Ube cupcakes, Ube cheesecake, Flan Ube Cheesecake, Hella Ube (rice krispie ice cream sandwich).
Magnolia Ice Cream
Magnolia is your favorite childhood memory. It is that favorite item or memory that you keep going back to. That provided you comfort whenever you think about it.
Suamalie Ano
A fusion of Polynesian / Filipino baking. On the menu:'
- Ube Pani Popo - Sweet Bread rolled with Ube Halaya and baked in Coconut Sauce
- Filimoa's - Shortbread cookie with toasted coconut caramel flakes dipped and drizzled with Ube white chocolate
- Ube Panikeke Cups - Mini round Ube donuts topped with Latik and Coconut Sauce
Ube Mami
Hella Ube Mini Bundt Cake, Ube Pan de Sal, Buko Pandan Pan de Ube, Ube Señorita Bread, Buko Pandan Señorita Bread, Mini Crinkle Cookies, & Ube Butter - 100% vegan!
Retail
Tickets
$5 at the Door Starting at 2pm.
(online tickets are sold-out)
Each ticket includes a $1 donation to the garden and $4 in credits to spend with any vendor
Barya Kitchen Pop Up
Punk & Adobo 🤘🏼🤘🏽🤘🏾
Presales are closed, but still available onsite.
Enjoy in the garden or in the Kapwa Stage area with Aklasan Sa Kapwa: Pinoy Punk / Hardcore Benefit For True Manila.
$16 | Pork Belly Adobo Dilaw | Pork belly braised in soy sauce, vinegar, turmeric, and coconut cream
$14 | Vegan Adobo Dilaw | Mixed veggies cooked in soy sauce, vinegar, turmeric, and coconut cream
$5 | Calamansi-Pineapple Juice | Topped with Hibiscus Syrup
A FILIPINO AMERICAN INSPIRED POP UP
Barya is a filipino food pop-up started by a group of friends who share the same passion for modern style filipino cuisine located in the Bay Area.
Respectable Bird Fried Chicken Pop-up
Respectable Bird started with a simple idea: to make delicious fried chicken that everyone can enjoy. No gimmicks, no fleeting food trends. Just fresh ingredients, a special brine, and a blend of spices to make a crispy, light, and flavorful chicken. Or as Chef Dexter Lee likes to say, “It’s just good.” 10% of Proceeds go to Saints & Sentinels.
Lady Victory Cocktail Truck Pop-up
Relax in our garden oasis with delicious cocktails available for purchase. Cocktails and beer and wine specials served out of a beautifully converted VW Bus. 10% of Proceeds go to fund Saints and Sentinels.
Manila Bowl Filipino Food Pop-Up
Filipino rice bowl classics are coming to Kapwa Gardens. Our friends from Manila Bowl are serving up
Lumpia Shanghai
Beef Kare Kare with Bagoong
Chix Pork Adobo
Sisig
Monarch Cocktail Truck Pop-Up
Relax in our garden oasis with delicious cocktails available for purchase.
Don Papa Rum specials will be served by our neighborhood bar Monarch for our BalikBAYan Event.
Cocktails by Monarch
Photo by ALVARO BATISTA PHOTOGRAPHY
Enjoy delicious cocktails at Kapwa Gardens available for purchase by the Monarch Cocktail Truck. Work from our garden with free wifi or simply enjoy a mid-day break! Our garden oasis is calling your name.
Walk-ins welcomed.