Lots of benefit from the Berkeley Bay Festival

The City of Berkeley presented the Berkeley Bay Festival on Saturday at Shorebird Park within the Berkeley Marina.

The perfect sunny spring weather and site attracted a whole bunch of tourists to the free family event celebrating local wildlife in San Francisco Bay. There were dozens of exhibits and hands-on educational activities from environmental and conservation organizations from across the Bay, live music from Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies, the West Grand Brass Band, Pan Extasy, and a performance by Prescott Circus Theater for festival-goers to observe the colourful and Lively shows from the lawn when you picnic or benefit from the food trucks.

As a part of the event, visitors also took a better have a look at the aquatic animals on display in a 1,500-gallon tank Mobile fish exhibition brought by the East Bay Regional Parks District, which was certainly one of the large attractions of the event.

Also the Cal Sailing Clubwhich held an open house, offered free 20-minute boat rides to visitors.

Cal Sailing Club volunteers offer 20-minute free rides to visitors during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., Saturday, April 27, 2024.  The free family event celebrated the local wildlife of the San Francisco Bay and featured exhibits and hands-on educational activities from environmental and wildlife organizations from across the Bay, live music, artists, food and free boat rides.  (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Cal Sailing Club volunteers offer 20-minute free rides to visitors throughout the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
A red-eared slider, among other aquatic animals, was part of the mobile fish exhibit brought by the East Bay Regional Parks District during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, April 27, 2024, according to the program coming to the East Bay Regional Parks District presents several species.  The free family event celebrated San Francisco Bay's local wildlife and featured exhibits and hands-on educational activities from environmental and conservation organizations from across the Bay, live music, artists, food and free boat rides.  (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
A red-eared slider, amongst other aquatic animals, was a part of the mobile fish exhibit brought by the East Bay Regional Parks District throughout the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, April 27, 2024, in keeping with this system coming to the East Bay Regional Parks District presents various types. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies perform during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, California on Saturday, April 27, 2024.  The free family event celebrated San Francisco Bay's local wildlife with exhibits and hands-on educational activities from environmental and conservation organizations from across the Bay, live music, artists, food and free boat rides.  (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies perform throughout the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, California on 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. The free family event celebrated San Francisco Bay's local wildlife and featured exhibits and hands-on educational activities from environmental and conservation organizations from across the Bay, live music, artists, food and free boat rides.  (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Tim Phillips, right, of Oakland, together with his two daughters Ingrid, 5, left, and Gretchen, 8, watch the live performance of Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies throughout 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 marine habitats, during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, April 27, 2024.  The free family event celebrated the San Francisco Bay's local wildlife, features exhibits and hands-on educational activities from environmental and conservation organizations from across the Bay, live music, artists, food and free boat rides.  (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Children interact with shark toys from Sharks Stewards, a global nonprofit organization dedicated to saving sharks and marine habitats, throughout the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
A two-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 habitats, during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, California.  on Saturday, April 27, 2024. The free family event celebrated San Francisco Bay's local wildlife and featured exhibits and hands-on educational activities from environmental and conservation organizations from across the Bay, live music, artists, food and free boat rides.  (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
A two-year-old girl shows off her water-based tattoo applied by volunteer Johnny Law of Sharks Stewards, a global nonprofit organization dedicated to saving sharks and marine habitats, throughout 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 brought by the East Bay Regional Parks District during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., Saturday, April 27, 2024 .  The species is found in the East Bay Regional Parks District, according to the program.  The free family event celebrated San Francisco Bay's local wildlife and featured exhibits and hands-on educational activities from environmental and conservation organizations from across the Bay, live music, artists, food and free boat rides.  (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Elio Waldron, 4, of Oakland, takes a detailed have a look at aquatic animals within the mobile fish exhibit brought by the East Bay Regional Parks District throughout the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., Saturday, April 27, 2024 . (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Visitors take a close look at aquatic animals in the mobile fish exhibit brought by the East Bay Regional Parks District during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, April 27, 2024. East Bay Regional Parks District said the program.  The free family event celebrated San Francisco Bay's local wildlife and featured exhibits and hands-on educational activities from environmental and conservation organizations from across the Bay, live music, artists, food and free boat rides.  (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Visitors take a detailed have a look at aquatic animals within the mobile fish exhibit brought by the East Bay Regional Parks District throughout the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Children of 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.  The free family event celebrated San Francisco Bay's local wildlife with exhibits and hand-to-hand educational activities from environmental and conservation organizations from across the Bay, live music, artists, food and free boat rides.  (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Children of the Prescott Circus Theater walk on stilts before their performance throughout 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, California on Saturday, April 27, 2024.  The free family event celebrated San Francisco Bay's local wildlife with exhibits and hands-on educational activities from environmental and conservation organizations from across the Bay, live music, artists, food and free boat rides.  (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies perform throughout the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, California on Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Ming Hua (top left) and Louis Clark (top right), volunteers from the Cal Sailing Club, offer 20-minute free rides to visitors during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., Saturday, April 27, 2024 Free family event celebrated the local wildlife of the San Francisco Bay and featured exhibits and hands-on educational activities from environmental and conservation organizations from across the Bay, live music, artists, food and free boat rides.  (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Ming Hua (top left) and Louis Clark (top right), volunteers from the Cal Sailing Club, offer 20-minute free rides to visitors throughout the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

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