Leilah Babirye: We Have a History
June 22, 2024 - May 3, 2026
de Young – Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Visual Arts
About Place: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift
August 10, 2024 - July 5, 2026
de Young – Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Visual Arts
Students on Strike: A New Installation in OMCA’s Gallery of California History
April 9, 2025 - May 31, 2026
OMCA | Oakland Museum of California
Visual Arts, Exhibitions
Art Wall / Stephanie Syjuco: Present Tense (Roll Call)
August 13, 2025 - June 28, 2026
BAMPFA
Visual Arts, Exhibitions
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
Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON
August 30, 2025 - August 2, 2026
de Young – Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Visual Arts
Object Oriented: Abstraction and Design in the BAMPFA Collection
September 10, 2025 - July 12, 2026
BAMPFA
Visual Arts, Exhibitions
UNBOUND – Art, Blackness & the Universe
October 1, 2025 - August 16, 2026
MoAD | Museum of the African Diaspora
Visual Arts, Exhibition
The McCoy Jones Collection: Textiles from Central Asia and the Middle East
November 29, 2025 - May 24, 2026
de Young – Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Exhibitions
Embroidered Histories
November 29, 2025 - May 24, 2026
de Young – Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Exhibitions
Children’s Creative Lab
January 5 - May 4
Livermore Valley Arts
Our children’s after-school drawing and painting class is designed for kids ages 7-15, welcoming ...
Trina Michelle Robinson: Open Your Eyes to Water
February 11 - May 16
Root Division
BHM 2026, Visual Arts
Exhibition Tour: Object Oriented: Abstraction and Design in the BAMPFA Collection
February 21 - May 13
BAMPFA
Visual Arts
Soul, Sonics, and Soundsystems Sound Art Exhibition + High Fidelity Listening Room + Archival Display
February 26 - April 30
Oakland Public Library
BHM 2026, Live Music
Monet and Venice
March 21 - July 26
de Young – Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Visual Arts, Painting
LINES Ballet World Premiere with Grammy Award-Winning esperanza spalding
April 11 - April 19
YBCA | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Dance
Carmel-by-the-Sea Mystery Picnic: Self-Guided Foodie Adventure
April 12 - April 30
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Community
Virtual | International Conference on Public Health and Health Care System
April 13 - April 15
[ Virtual ]
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences, Health + Wellness
Laugh GPT: SF’s First AI-Powered Stand-Up Comedy Show
April 14 @ 7:30 PM PDT
The Function SF: Comedy Club & Cocktail Lounge
Comedy
Ada Limón
April 14 @ 7:30 PM PDT
Sydney Goldstein Theater
Literary, Conversations + Speakers + Conferences
Virtual | International Conference on Public Health and Health Care System
April 15 @ 9:30 AM PDT
[ Virtual ]
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences
FREE! Brown Bag Jazz Hangs: Marcus Shelby on Charles Mingus
April 15 @ 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PDT
Hardymon Hall @ The Jazzschool
Live Music
Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Christophers’: Film Screening Plus Discussion on Art Forgery
April 15 @ 6:15 PM PDT
Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences, Theater + Film
The Soul Sessions: Joe Warner, Dante ‘Taz’ Roberson, Michael ‘Tiny’ Lindsey & Angelo Luster
April 15 @ 7:00 PM PDT
Black Cat
Live Music
Planet Money
April 15 @ 7:30 PM PDT
Sydney Goldstein Theater
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences, Literary
Coltrane 100 Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Nduduzo Makhathini, Linda May Han Oh, Jeff “Tain” Watts
April 15 @ 8:00 PM PDT
The Freight
Live Music
The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel Continues Its New Speaker Series: Making History Fun Again
April 16 @ 6:00 PM PDT
The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences
Annual Gala 2026
April 16 @ 6:00 PM PDT
de Young – Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Galas + Awards + Fundraiser
Winning the Vote: San Francisco Suffrage Walking Tour
April 17 @ 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
San Francisco Department of Elections
WHM 2026, Community
Friday Nights at OMCA with The Philharmonik
April 17 @ 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
OMCA | Oakland Museum of California
Live Music
Member Night — Reimagined: The Fisher Collection at 10
April 17 @ 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
SFMOMA
Visual Arts, Conversations + Speakers + Conferences
San Francisco POC Comedy Night
April 17 @ 7:00 PM PDT
The Function SF: Comedy Club & Cocktail Lounge
Comedy
Faith Alpher: Still Laughing After All These Years
April 17 @ 8:00 PM PDT
The Bankhead Theater
Comedy
African American Caregivers Forum & Health Fair
April 18 @ 10:00 AM PDT
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences, Health + Wellness
EARTH DAY BEAUTIFICATION INVITE: SHOW UP & SHOW OUT WITH KEEP OAKLAND BEAUTIFUL!
April 18 @ 10:00 AM PDT
1734 E 12th St
Environment, Community
North Shattuck Swap n’ Shop
April 18 @ 11:00 AM PDT
North Shattuck
Shopping + Retail, Style + Beauty
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Chamber Music Concert
April 18 @ 11:00 AM PDT
Legion of Honor
Live Music
Children’s AI Summit
April 18 @ 12:00 PM PDT
Los Gatos Recreation Center
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences, Business / Professional
STEAM on Saturdays
April 18 @ 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
African American Community Service Agency
Community
PianoLove: Jazzschool Faculty All-Stars play Herbie Hancock’s Speak Like a Child
April 18 @ 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM PDT
Hardymon Hall @ The Jazzschool
Live Music
Candlelight: Neo-Soul Favorites ft. Songs by Prince, Childish Gambino, & More
April 18 @ 8:45 PM PDT
First Presbyterian Church
Live Music
Art for All Family Day, Spring 2026
April 19 @ 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM PDT
Cantor Arts Center
Fairs + Festivals, Community
Little Treasures: A Market for Modern Families
April 19 @ 10:00 AM PDT
San Francisco Ferry Building
Shopping + Retail
Spotlight Sundays: Cultural Burn Practices and the Future of Fire
April 19 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
OMCA | Oakland Museum of California
Community, Conversations + Speakers + Conferences
From Lab to Market in the AI Era
April 20 @ 3:00 PM PDT
Plug and Play Tech Center
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences
