SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR ANNOUNCES MORE FUN IN THE SUN WITH RETURN OF CRUISES, SFBATCO SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT TRAIL BLAZES IN NEW THEATRE FESTIVAL

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(Greatest Message of All time) October 8, 2021

LOVE BOATS IN THE BAY?

Your Ship Has Come In!

Mayor London Breed Announces

Return of Cruises

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Friday, October 8, 2021

Contact: Mayor’s Office of Communications, mayorspressoffice@sfgov.org

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MAYOR LONDON BREED ANNOUNCES RETURN OF CRUISES TO SAN FRANCISCO

Record number of cruise ships expected to resume calling at the Port of San Francisco in compliance with public health mandates, bringing thousands of visitors and economic activity to local businesses

San Francisco, CA — Mayor London N. Breed and the Port of San Francisco today announced the return of cruises to and from San Francisco. The first vessel to call on the Port of San Francisco will be Majestic Princess on Monday, October 11, 2021. The Port is expecting 21 cruise calls through the remainder of 2021 and a record 127 calls in 2022.

“I am so excited to welcome cruises back to our Port, and visitors back to our City” said Mayor Breed. “Tourism is a critical part of our City’s economy, helping to pay for important services that allow us to take care of our most vulnerable residents. This announcement is just another example of our City coming back to life and emerging from this pandemic stronger than ever before.”

The safe return of cruises is an important milestone in the City and Port’s economic recovery and the revitalization of the tourism and hospitality sectors. Each cruise call brings thousands of passengers and crew members to the City and waterfront that support small and family-owned businesses that have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Pre-pandemic, in 2019, San Francisco welcomed 280,000 cruise visitors, contributing $27 million to the City’s economy.

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San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Festival

"New Roots Theatre Festival"

October 16 & 17

South Asian American Playwright Trail Blazes In SFBATCO New Roots Theatre Festival

Aidaa Peerzada co-creates San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company's inaugural "New Roots Theatre Festival" October 16 & 17 and writes new play "Shining," an afro futurist innovation of the Greek myth of Phaeton.

SAN FRANCISCO-San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company Artist in Residence, playwright and co-creator of the new "New Roots Theatre Festival," Aidaa Peerzada, whose artistic family hails from Pakistan, knows about artistic limitations and barriers.

Peerzada, who is African American and second- generation Pakistani, has developed the "New Roots Theatre Festival" along with San Francisco native Rodney Earl Jackson Jr., co-founder of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company to make way for BIPOC artists to have a theatrical space defined by BIPOC artists and audiences. Both are graduates of Carnegie-Mellon University.

"We just couldn't sit back and let the pandemic keep us in a corner. As artists we have to create so we developed a response that is indicative of SFBATCO's mission to give voice to BIPOC communities that benefit all of society," said Rodney Earl Jackson, Jr., Co-founder of SFBATCO. (CLICK HERE FOR RELEASE)