Fort Mason Aerial Arts Festival

The 2022 Aerial Arts festival is a dynamic event featuring an evening group performance at the Cowell Theater, a youth matinee performance, and the premiere of a new site-specific aerial performance by world renowned choreographer Robert Moses’ Kin at the Festival Pavilion.

Friday, August 19, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. — Group Performance at Cowell Theater

Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. — Group Performance at Cowell Theater

Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. — Youth Matinee Performance at Cowell Theater

Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. — Robert Moses’ KIN at Festival Pavilion

Sunday, August 21, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. — Robert Moses’ KIN at Festival Pavilion

The evening group performance on Friday and Saturday night includes the world premiere of choreographer Veronica Blair’s Rainbow is Enuf at the Cowell Theater, a re-imaging of legendary playwright Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf, expressed through the lens of modern circus. Also performing on the group program are Montreal-born and Bay Area trapeze artist Shannon Gray, international aerialist Pamela Donohoo, and Melissa Knowles, and Terry Crane of Acrobatic Conundrum from Seattle.

Tickets range from $15 - $30 and can be purchased through Eventbrite (Scroll down to see pages for each day of events.)