Take BART to Outside Lands + free ticket giveaway at Millbrae Sun/Sat
Friday, Aug. 11, 2023 – Last Saturday, Aug. 5, was our third-highest Saturday for ridership since Spring 2020 with 101,331 exits, and Sunday, Aug. 6, was our fourth-highest Sunday for ridership since Spring 2020 with 76,280 exits! Our riders are benefitting from far fewer delays, train breakdowns, and cancelled trips.
Take BART to Outside Lands Music Festival + Free Ticket Giveaway at Millbrae
It’s a big weekend for the Bay Area as the annual Outside Lands Music Festival returns to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco Friday through Sunday (Aug. 11-13).
Parking in the Sunset District during the festival is known to be a nightmare. BART and SF Muni or the OSL prepaid local shuttles are great ways to get yourself to and from the fest safely and affordably. BART will run regular service until around midnight on each night of the festival. Headlining acts end between 9:35 and 9:55 Friday through Sunday, so you’ll have enough time to get back to BART before service ends.
Free ticket giveaway at Millbrae Station Sat/Sun
There will be no Caltrain service between Millbrae and San Francisco this weekend (more info here). To help Caltrain riders, we’re giving out free roundtrip BART tickets while supplies last on Saturday and Sunday at Millbrae Station. The giveaway starts at 10am. Look for BART staff in the station wearing bright yellow shirts.
Even if you don’t get a free ticket, taking BART is still the most efficient and affordable way to get to San Francisco from the Peninsula. To get to Outside Lands, Caltrain riders should transfer to BART at Millbrae Station, then ride to Civic Center Station and transfer to the Muni 5R Fulton. If you're using the Outside Lands prepaid shuttles, disembark at Civic Center Station and travel 0.2 miles to Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.
Follow our complete guide for getting to OSL on transit on BARTable by clicking here.
More Weekend Fun Around the Region
Skipping Outside Lands this year? There are plenty of rousing events around the region this weekend. Keep reading and stay in the loop by visiting the BARTable website, which publishes a weekly event roundup, BARTable This Weekend, that highlights the best happenings around the Bay, as well as contests and sweepstakes. Click here to read it online and sign up to receive the newsletter weekly on the BARTable homepage (Look for the blue box under the main image).
Event Spotlight: FAAE Pistahan Parade and Festival
On Saturday, Aug. 12, and Sunday, Aug. 13, the 30th Annual Pistahan Parade and Festival makes its way to Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco – about two blocks from Powell St Station. The festivities begin with a parade on Saturday from 11am to noon, starting at Civic Center Plaza and winding along Market Street between 8th and 4th streets. Keep an eye out for the smiling BARTmobile along the parade route!
The festival at Yerba Buena on Saturday and Sunday runs from 11am to 5pm. Expect live performances, yummy food (and eating contests!), and more ways to celebrate, honor, and preserve the Filipino American community’s legacy of activism, struggles, and triumphs – including in San Francisco, which is home to SOMA Pilipinas, the Filipino Cultural Heritage District. BART will be tabling at the festival on Saturday.
Explore the Region by BART
Didn’t get tickets to Outside Lands this year? Check out a live show at some of the region’s BARTable venues, from the historic Paramount Theatre in Oakland to Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center for the Arts. Read all about it in this BARTable article.
Weekend Read
Are you – or do you know – a high schooler or collegiate interested in learning the ropes of the transportation industry? BART has robust internship programs across its diversity of departments. Learn more about interning at BART from the interns themselves in this Q&A, written by interns from BART’s summer cohort.
Happy Riding this Weekend!
We hope you enjoy your weekend adventures aboard our trains.
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