The City of Berkeley presented the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in the Berkeley Marina on Saturday.
The perfect sunny spring weather and the location attracted hundreds of visitors to the free family event as a celebration of the San Francisco Bay local wildlife. It featured dozens of exhibits and hands-on educational activities from environmental and wildlife conservation organizations from around the Bay, live music by Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies, West Grand Brass Band, Pan Extasy, and a performance by Prescott Circus Theatre as festival goers watch the colorful and lively shows from the lawn while picnicking or enjoying the food trucks.
Visitors also took a close look at aquatic animals displayed in a 1500-gallon tank as part of the Mobile Fish exhibit brought by the East Bay Regional Parks District, which was one of big attractions of the event.
Also, the Cal Sailing Club, which has an open house, provided free 20-minute boat rides to visitors.
Volunteers from Cal Sailing Club give 20-minute free 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)
A Red-eared Slider turtle, 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. The species can be found in the East Bay Regional Parks District according to the program. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies perform during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., 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 by Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Kids interact with shark toys from Sharks Stewards, an international non-profit 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-base tattoo applied by volunteer Johnny Law of Sharks Stewards, an international non-profit 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)
Elio Waldron, 4, of Oakland, takes a close look of 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. (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. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Kids from Prescott Circus Theatre walk in stilts before their performance during the Berkeley Bay Festival at Shorebird Park in Berkeley, Calif., on 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., on Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
Ming Hua, top left, and Louis Clark, top right, volunteers from Cal Sailing Club, give 20-minute free 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)