The City of Berkeley presented the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park at the Berkeley Marina on Saturday.
The perfectly sunny spring weather and location attracted hundreds of visitors to the free family event to celebrate the local wildlife of the San Francisco Bay. It featured dozens of exhibits and hands-on educational activities hosted by environmental and wildlife conservation organizations from across the Bay, live music from Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies, the West Grand Brass Band, by Pan Extasy and a performance by the Prescott Circus Theater as festival-goers. watch the colorful and lively shows from the lawn while having a picnic or enjoying the food trucks.
Visitors also got a close look at aquatic animals on display in a 1,500-gallon tank as part of the Mobile Fish exhibit hosted by the East Bay Regional Parks District, which was one of the main attractions at the event.
Additionally, the Cal Sailing Club, which is hosting an open house, offered visitors free 20-minute boat rides.
Cal Sailing Club volunteers provide free 20-minute rides to visitors during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)A red-eared slider turtle, among other aquatic animals, was part of the mobile fish exhibit hosted by the East Bay Regional Parks District during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday 27 April 2024. According to the program, species can be found in the East Bay Regional Parks District. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies perform during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)Tim Phillips, right, of Oakland, with his two daughters, Ingrid, 5, left, and Gretchen, 8, watch the live performance of Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley , California, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)Children interact with shark toys from Sharks Stewards, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to saving sharks and ocean habitat, during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, April 27 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)A 2-year-old girl shows off her water-based tattoo applied by volunteer Johnny Law of Sharks Stewards, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to saving sharks and marine habitat, during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, California. on Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)Elio Waldron, 4, of Oakland, takes a close look at aquatic animals in the mobile fish exhibit hosted by the East Bay Regional Parks District during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday April 27, 2024. (Ray Chávez/Bay Area News Group)Visitors take a close look at aquatic animals in the mobile fish exhibit presented by the East Bay Regional Parks District during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Ray Chavez/ Bay Area News Group)Children from the Prescott Circus Theater walk on stilts before their performance during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies perform during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)Cal Sailing Club volunteers Ming Hua, top left, and Louis Clark, top right, offer free 20-minute rides to visitors during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, April 27 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
