the theme of "Bollyweird: The Cosmic Dance". The 12th annual event took place on May 1, 2011, with the theme of "Mythical Realms". The 13th annual How Weird Street Faire took place on May 13, 2012, with the theme of "2012: The 13 moons we’ve been waiting for". The 14th annual event was held on April 28, 2013, with the theme of "Weirdi Gras: A Carnival of Peace". The 15th faire was held on May 4, 2014, with the theme of "How Weird in Outer Space. Peace - the final frontier". The 16th event took place on April 26, 2015, with the theme of "The Weirdest Show on Earth". The 17th event took place on May 1, 2016 with a theme of "Cosmic Stew". The 18th annual event took place on May 7, 2017 with a theme of "Summer of Weird". The 19th annual event took place on May 6, 2018 with a theme of “The Disco Ball Inferno”. The faire has participated in National Dance Week from 2013-2015, and was declared the national flash mob with the most participants in 2014. The How Weird Street Faire won the SF Weekly’s 2018 Best of SF award for “street fair that continues to improve and blow our minds”. The event was named one of the 10 Best Cultural Festivals in America by USA Today in 2019. 2020 saw the first How Weird World Faire, a virtual fair. See also List of electronic music festivals References External links South of Market, San Francisco Culture of San Francisco Festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area Street fairs Counterculture festivals Electronic music festivals in the United States Music festivals established in 2000 Music festivals in California Dance festivals in the United States