Rooted in Place: California Native Art
August 26, 2025 - December 6, 2026
de Young – Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Visual Arts
Arts of Indigenous America
August 26, 2025 - August 31, 2028
de Young – Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Visual Arts
Black Creativity
November 6, 2025 - October 31, 2026
African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC)
Exhibitions, Visual Arts, Staff Picks
Emory Douglas: In Our Lifetime
December 5, 2025 - October 31, 2026
African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC)
Exhibitions, Visual Arts, Staff Picks
Weโve Got Sole: Hip Hop, Hoops and the Rise of Sneaker Culture
January 16 - September 6
City Hall Plaza and SFPL Main Library
An exhibition celebrates Black and Brown communitiesโ influence on sneaker culture through hip-hop...
Imaginarium Ontario Mills Where Light Meets Magic
May 2 - September 27
Ontario Mills
Fairs + Festivals
The Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy
May 2 - September 20
Legion of Honor
Exhibitions, Visual Arts
Matisseโs Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal
May 16 - September 13
SFMOMA
An exhibition traces the controversial debut and lasting influence of Matisseโs Femme au chapeau.
Dinos Alive: Immersive Experience
May 17 - August 27
Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts
Visual Arts, Family + Relationships
Legacy Builder Multi-City Homebuyer Tour
June 1 - August 31
Real Estate, Homebuyers, National Home Ownership Month
Latiece Brown: The Dream Weavers โ Guardians of the Veil
June 1 - August 31
African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC)
Exhibitions, Visual Arts, Staff Picks
Gustavo Castillo: Lines of My Destiny
June 1 - August 31
African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC)
Exhibitions, Visual Arts, Staff Picks
Isaiah Williams: Zayโs Notebook
June 1 - August 31
African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC)
Exhibitions, Visual Arts, Staff Picks
Mildred Howard: Poetics of Memory
June 12 - October 18
OMCA | Oakland Museum of California
Visual Arts, Exhibitions, Race + Politics, Staff Picks
CALeidoscope: Evolving Reflections of California
July 11 - September 13
Lesher Center for the Arts
Visual Arts
Iphigenia in Splott
July 25 - August 29
The Ashby Stage @ Shotgun Players
Alicia Mason stars in Gary Owenโs one-person play about a young woman facing the consequences of l...
Broad Strokes – The Art of Brian Clarke aka Les Toil
August 1 - August 30
The Grand Gallery
Visual Arts
Gallery Exhibition: Chromatic Narrativesโจ
August 7 - August 31
Caldwell Snyder Gallery
Visual Arts
GaHee Park: Behind the Curtain
August 7, 2026 - January 3, 2027
YBCA | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
GaHee Parkโs first solo institutional exhibition in the United States presents recent surrealist p...
Visions of the Future
August 10 @ 8:00 AM - October 23 @ 5:00 PM PDT
Sebastopol Community Cultural Center
Visual Arts
Yesterday Once More: Scenes from the Past
August 13 - October 10
The Bankhead Theater
A free joint exhibition with Pleasantonโs Harrington Gallery brings together artworks shaped by no...
Thresholds of Memory
August 20 - October 25
Miro Gallery
Namita Paulโs mixed-media textile installation examines memory, architecture, home, displacement a...
Pickleball
August 20 @ 8:00 PM - September 13 @ 2:00 PM PDT
Hillbarn Theatre
Jeff Danielsโ comedy follows competitive neighbors whose friendly pickleball matches expose rivalr...
Community Day at AAACC
August 22 - October 10
African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC)
Community
AURA at San Franciscoโs Grace Cathedral
August 22 - September 30
Grace Cathedral
Visual Arts, Family + Relationships, Staff Picks
The Jury Experience: Killer AI โ Who Pays the Price?
August 22, 2026 - January 9, 2027
Brava Theater Center
Theater + Film
Dear San Francisco: The Intimate Circus Experience
August 22, 2026 - January 10, 2027
Club Fugazi
Dance, Live Music, Theater + Film, Staff Picks
Filoli Historic House & Garden: Daily Admission
August 23 - November 13
Filoli Historic House & Garden
Visual Arts, Outdoors & Relaxation, Family + Relationships
Bobby McFerrin and MOTION: Circlesongs
August 24 @ 12:00 PM - October 26 @ 12:00 PM PDT
The Freight
Live Music
The Coltrane Influence: Two Different Expressions ft. Wayne Escoffery/Tal Cohen
August 27 - August 30
Black Cat
Live Music
OAACC Meet & Greet Monthly Meeting
August 27 @ 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
[ Virtual ]
Community, Business / Professional
Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons
August 28, 2026 - February 26, 2027
St. Ignatius Church
Live Music, Staff Picks
Friday Nights at OMCA with BULULร
August 28 @ 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
OMCA | Oakland Museum of California
Dance, Live Music, Community, Food + Drink, Free Admission, Staff Picks
Kenny Garrett: Sounds from the Ancestors (5-Year Anniversary)
August 28 @ 7:30 PM PDT
[ Virtual ]
Live Music
Marlon James in conversation with Shereen Marisol Meraji
December 10 @ 7:30 PM PST
Sydney Goldstein Theater
Conversations + Speakers
Lil Wayne: 20 Years of Carter Classics with The Game
August 28 @ 8:00 PM PDT
Save Mart Center
Live Music
Soul’d Out Band
August 28 @ 8:00 PM PDT
The Old Hangout
Soul'd Out Band performs R&B, hip-hop, funk, soul and dance favorites with DJ John Laxa.
State of Play presents: Malinda LaVelle and Emmaly Wiederholt
August 29 - August 30
ODC Dance Theater
Dance
State of Play presents: gizeh muรฑiz – Molino for Levitation
August 29 - August 30
ODC Dance Theater
Dance
Umoja Health Faith
August 29
African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC)
Community, Health + Wellness
Ragazzi Boys Chorus’ Open Audition
August 29 @ 9:30 AM PDT
Trinity+St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Live Music
Kenny Garrett: Sounds from the Ancestors (5-Year Anniversary)
August 29 @ 11:00 AM PDT
[ Virtual ]
Live Music
Startup to Storefront: Small Business Symposium & Shopping Experience
August 29 @ 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
The Cowrie Collective
Community, Business / Professional
Found Company: A Spontaneous One-Act Performance
August 29 @ 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
Eclectic Box
Theater + Film
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
August 29 @ 2:00 PM PDT
YBCA | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Tsai Ming-liangโs Goodbye, Dragon Inn screens as part of YBCAโs Through an Open Window film seri...
America 250 Anniversary, 2026: The Celebration Continues
August 29 @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
African American Museum and Library at Oakland (AAMLO)
AAMLO screens The Wizard of Fashion from its Henry D. Williams archive as part of its America 250 an...
USS Hornet presents: Sips on Ships
August 29 @ 5:00 PM PDT
USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum
Food + Drink
An Evening with Lyle Lovett
August 29 @ 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
The Bankhead Theater
Livermore Valley Arts opens its 20th season with an intimate Lyle Lovett performance, food, auctions...
A Great Night in Hip Hop – Nas & The Roots
August 29 @ 7:30 PM PDT
Shoreline Amphitheatre
Live Music
Opening Night After Party
August 29 @ 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM PDT
Bankhead Plaza
The Opening Night fundraiser continues outdoors with live music by Matt Axton & Badmoon, food, desse...
Tori Amos with Bartees Strange
August 29 @ 8:00 PM PDT
The Greek Theater
Tori Amos brings the In Times of Dragons Tour to Berkeley with a solo set by Bartees Strange.
Bill Kirchen Band with Nina Gerber
August 29 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
The Freight
Bill Kirchen returns to the Freight with the twang, swing and road-tested wit that have made him a c...
Little Treasures: Play, Shop, Swap
August 30 @ 10:00 AM PDT
Blanco Urban Venue
A free day of music, stories, creative activities, local shopping and a childrenโs clothing swap i...
OTP Film Club: Love Lies Bleeding
August 30 @ 5:00 PM PDT
Oakland Theater Project
Oakland Theater Project screens Rose Glassโs Love Lies Bleeding, followed by a facilitated discuss...
