The Soiled Dove
August 7 - November 7
Radium Runway
The Soiled Dove combines circus performance, live music and theatrical storytelling inside the Torto...
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
Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons
August 28, 2026 - February 26, 2027
St. Ignatius Church
Live Music, Staff Picks
Musical Story Time with the Berkeley Public Library Story Time Band
September 3 - December 3
The Freight
Berkeley Public Libraryโs Story Time Band brings free, interactive music and read-aloud stories to...
Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons
September 5 - December 4
Hammer Theatre
Live Music, Staff Picks
Alice, Formerly of Wonderland
December 2 - December 27
Lucie Stern Theatre
Based on a true story, Mark Saltzmanโs a cappella musical explores the relationship between Alice ...
Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty in a Sparkling Show
September 20, 2026 - February 27, 2027
Brava Theater Center
Dance, Family + Relationships
The USS Haunted Hornet
September 24 - November 1
USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum
The USS Haunted Hornet: The Devilโs Sea is an ages 13+ Halloween experience aboard the USS Hornet,...
AURA at San Franciscoโs Grace Cathedral
September 26 - October 31
Grace Cathedral
Visual Arts, Family + Relationships, Staff Picks
Peter Pan Goes Wrong
September 26 - November 28
San Francisco Playhouse
The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society tackles Peter Pan as flying rigs, scenery, rivalries and forgo...
Josรฉ Villalobos & Regina Saura On View at Caldwell Snyder Gallery
September 30 - October 31
Caldwell Snyder Gallery
Visual Arts
Dracula
October 7 - November 1
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Steven Dietzโs stage adaptation of Bram Stokerโs classic brings suspense and gothic drama to Mou...
Gutenberg! The Musical!
October 8 - November 1
Hillbarn Theatre
Two aspiring writers pitch their dream Broadway musical with cardboard props, baseball caps and boun...
2026 Litquake Festival
October 8 - October 24
San Franciscoโs Litquake festival returns October 8โ24 with a celebration of literature and the ...
World Premiere of Every Saturday Night
October 10 - November 1
The Strand Theater
Set in San Franciscoโs Fillmore District across the present day and the 1950s Harlem of the West, ...
The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans
October 11 - December 20
The Palace Theater
Live Music, Staff Picks
Oh, Mary!
October 13 - November 1
Curran Theatre
Oh, Mary! is a dark comedy about a miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks before Abrah...
The Empire Strips Back: A Burlesque Parody
October 15 - November 15
Victoria Theatre
Dance, Theater + Film, Staff Picks
A Case for the Existence of God
October 17 - November 15
New Conservatory Theatre Center
Samuel D. Hunterโs intimate play follows two men whose lives intersect in a small office cubicle.
Lust for Rust
October 17 - October 24
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art
Rust is an eco-friendly, inexpensive, and easy medium for dyeing fabric or paper. Found objects that...
AFI FEST
October 21 - October 25
AFI FEST gives the LA slate a major film-industry anchor, useful for BAR readers tracking public scr...
Hisaishi Conducts Hisaishi
October 22 @ 7:30 PM - October 24 @ 7:30 PM PDT
Davies Symphony Hall
Live Music
Phoebe Robinson: Feral & Fired Up!
October 23 - October 24
Cobb’s Comedy Club
Comedian, writer, producer and actress Phoebe Robinson brings Feral & Fired Up! to Cobbโs. Th...
Liberation
October 23 - November 29
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Berkeley Rep presents Liberation in its 2026โ27 season.
LA Times Food Bowl
October 23 - October 24
LA Times Food Bowl is a strong food-festival anchor, giving BAR readers a weekend built around chefs...
Brian Copeland in Not a Genuine Black Man
November 21
Marines’ Memorial Theatre
Comedy, Arts + Culture, Theater + Film
Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty in a Sparkling Show
October 24, 2026 - January 23, 2027
School of Arts and Culture at the Mexican Heritage Plaza
Dance, Family + Relationships
Jodeci – 35th Anniversary Tour of Forever My Lady
October 24
SF Masonic Auditorium
Live Music, Black Culture, Staff Picks
Thrill-O-Ween
October 24
Thrive City
An all-ages afternoon of Halloween activities, entertainment and a screening of E.T. at Thrive City.
Boney James and Lalah Hathaway
October 24
The Meritage Resort and Spa
Boney James and Lalah Hathaway share an evening of jazz, R&B and soul at Blue Note Napa Summer S...
Family Matinee w/ Marcus Shelby & Friends
October 24
SFJAZZ Center
Marcus Shelby and friends introduce families to the moods, pioneers and lasting energy of bebop.
Connected featuring Richie Goods & Chien Chien Lu
October 24 - October 25
SFJAZZ Center
Richie Goods and Chien Chien Lu bring their award-winning cross-cultural jazz project Connected to S...
Basement (NIGHT 2)
October 24
The UC Theatre
Basement returns for a second night at The UC Theatre with High Vis, Big Boy and First Day Back.
Monsters Bash 2026
October 24 - October 25
USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum
Overview Come aboard haunted USS Hornet for and evening of live music, food and drinks, costume cont...
Hollywood Forever Dia de los Muertos
October 24
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Hollywood Forever Dia de los Muertos is a major LA cultural gathering, centered on remembrance, art,...
Tricks, Treats, & Traditions in the Laurel
October 24
Laurel District
Tricks, Treats & Traditions in The Laurel Saturday, October 24 The Laurel District Association i...
Black Panther Party Film Series
October 24
African American Museum and Library at Oakland (AAMLO)
Celebrate the Black Panther Partyโs 60th anniversary with 23 archival film clips from the Henry J....
5th Annual Kelly Brush Ride: Bay Area
October 24 @ 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM PDT
The Depot Plaza
Sports + Outdoors, Food + Drink
Esmรฉ Quartet with Robert Greenberg
October 24 @ 10:00 AM PDT
Herbst Theatre
Esmรฉ Quartet joins music historian Robert Greenberg for a Saturday-morning chamber program combinin...
Diwali Celebration Street Fair
October 24 @ 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
Lesher Center for the Arts
A free outdoor Diwali street fair featuring an artisan market, food vendors and live performances.
Silent Shorts Program
October 24 @ 2:00 PM PDT
YBCA | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
A program of silent shorts by influential multi-hyphenate artists screens in YBCAโs Through an Ope...
Poulenc Trio
October 24 @ 3:00 PM PDT
St. Johnโs Presbyterian Church
The Poulenc Trio performs as part of Four Seasons Artsโ 2026โ27 season.
Los Vega Son Jarocho
October 24 @ 7:00 PM PDT
BIng Studio
Los Vega performs son jarocho in two intimate sets at The Studio at Bing Concert Hall.
Steve Reich at 90: A Birthday Celebration
October 24 @ 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
Zellerbach Hall
Conductor Brad Lubman leads more than 20 musicians in a celebration of composer Steve Reichโs 90th...
Berta Rojas | Guitar and Paquito DโRivera | Clarinet
October 24 @ 7:30 PM PDT
Herbst Theatre
Grammy-winning guitarist Berta Rojas performs with clarinetist and longtime collaborator Paquito D๏ฟฝ...
Al Jardine and The Pet Sounds Band
October 24 @ 8:00 PM PDT
The Bankhead Theater
Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine and The Pet Sounds Band perform the harmonies and California pop cl...
Jimmy Failla
October 24 @ 8:00 PM PDT
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
KSRO presents comedian Jimmy Failla at Luther Burbank Center.
John Gorka
October 24 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
The Freight
John Gorka brings a lifetime of sharply observed folk songwriting to The Freight. His path began at ...
