Bay to Breakers 2023

Live stream, TV and radio broadcast coverage. Race start time, course and schedule.

The Bay to Breakers race is back again on the streets of San Francisco and is still one of the most popular and colourful road races anywhere in the world!

Bay to Breakers is also one of the largest foot races anywhere in the world, and although the course is only 12km there will be participant numbers measured in the tens of thousands, and peak competitor levels of over 100,000!

That only tells part of the story though, as the race is most famously known for, well, public nudity I guess. And some pretty spectacularly distasteful costumes worn by the participants. It's not entirely clear why and how this tradition started, and predictable public outrage, as well as an alcohol ban, have helped tone things down somewhat in recent years, but it still remains a unique spectacle and an event I would love to be in town for one day.

The race is just part of a day of entertainment, including the Finish Live Festival at Ocean Beach, where runners and spectators alike get together for a big post-race party!

Date

The Bay to Breakers in 2023 will take place on Sunday 21st May

Start time

The race gets underway at 8.00am, and all runners must have completed the course by 12 noon, when the route will be closed.

Race course

The course is 12kn in total, along the following route:

- Start line at Main Street & Howard Street

- Hayes Street

- Hayes Street Hill

- Along the Panhandle

- Golden Gate Park

- Conservatory of Flowers

- Ocean Beach parking lot on the Great Highway, where there will also be the popular Finish Line Festival taking place.

Highlights of the course where large crowds of spectators will gather are Hayes Street Hill, the Panhandle and through Golden Gate Park.

There is still a full alcohol ban in place all along the race course, for participants and spectators alike.

The route and map is available here:

Bay to Breakers course map

TV & Live Streaming

The nature of some of the costumes and expected level of near-nudity means this race is something of a lottery for any potential broadcasters, which could help explain why there's frequently little in the way of TV or online video streaming coverage available.

However, organisers have started to tighten the rules on customers which meant that in previous years ABC7 provided a live stream of the Bay to Breakers, with coverage starting at 8am local time - if this is repeated this year you'll be able to watch the webcast here:

ABC7 live stream

There is live radio coverage of the Bay to Breakers on KGO radio:

Bay to Breakers radio

There will likely be some coverage from the event on K-RON4 news, which is webcast online between 7 and 10am:

K-RON4 live webcast

The best bet for finding any form of online coverage that is actually live on the day may well be to check out some of the local webcams, of which there are quite a few in the area:

San Francisco webcams

Hotels and Accommodation

If you're planning on being in San Francisco or the surrounding areas for the Bay to Breakers weekend and looking for somewhere to stay then the city will be busy so we advise you to secure your accommodation well in advance - you'll especially want to be well rested if you're taking part in the race!

You can check out availability and make online reservations for local hotels here.

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