Contemporary Painting in Papua New Guinea: Mathias Kauage and His Family
March 30, 2024 - March 15, 2026
de Young – Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Visual Arts
TT Takemoto: Remembering in the Absence of Memory
June 19, 2024 - April 6, 2025
Cantor Arts Center
Visual Arts
Leilah Babirye: We Have a History
June 22, 2024 - October 26, 2025
de Young – Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Visual Arts
Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors & Radical Black Joy, Curated by Key Jo Lee
October 2, 2024 - March 2, 2025
MoAD | Museum of the African Diaspora
Visual Arts
What We Carry to Set Ourselves Free
October 2, 2024 - March 2, 2025
MoAD | Museum of the African Diaspora
Visual Arts
Nicky Nodjoumi & Nahid Hagigat
October 6, 2024 - February 23, 2025
YBCA | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Visual Arts
Soleé Darrell: Cosmic Ceremony
December 18, 2024 - February 2, 2025
MoAD | Museum of the African Diaspora
Visual Arts
2025 I Have a Dream 1M 5K 10K 13.1 26.2
January 5 - January 31
[ Virtual ]
MLK2025, Sports + Outdoors
Malik Seneferu: A Retrospective
January 16 - April 20
San Francisco Public Library (SFPL)
Visual Arts
Hylife-Ocity Productions Presents: J-Red Comedy Allstars II
January 28 @ 8:00 PM PST
Yoshi’s Oakland
Comedy
Moving Forward Together: An Intergenerational Conversation
January 29 @ 5:30 PM PST
Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences
Hybrid | Silicon Valley Reads 2025—Empowering Humanity: Technology for a Better World
January 30 @ 7:00 PM PST
Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences
If I Give You My Sorrows: Women Exposing Prison through Dance
January 31 - February 2
YBCA | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Dance
Expand! Awaken Your Inner Mystic
February 1 - February 2
Embassy Suites by Hilton San Rafael Marin County
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences
Black History Month Arts and Cultural Celebration
February 1 @ 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM PST
Domini Hoskins Black History Museum & Learning Center
BHM 2025, Community
Lunar New Year x Black History Month 2025: Celebrating Asian & African-American Solidarity
February 1 @ 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM PST
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
BHM 2025
Black History Month Celebration
February 1 @ 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST
Thrive City
BHM 2025, Live Music, Dance, Community
Celebrate Black History Month at in The Black Shop!
February 1 @ 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM PST
In The Black
BHM 2025, Live Music, Community
African American Community Service Agency: Black History Month Kick-Off
February 1 @ 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PST
African American Community Service Agency
BHM 2025, Community, Party
2025 SF Black MBA Annual Scholarship & Awards Gala
February 1 @ 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM PST
MoAD | Museum of the African Diaspora
Galas + Awards + Fundraiser
Sasha Berliner & Paul Cornish Lunch Concert
February 2 @ 12:00 PM PST
Michel-Schlumberger Wine Estate
Music
Golden Gate Blues Sessions – First Sunday Open Jam
February 2 @ 1:00 PM PST
Sweetwater Music Hall
Music
10th Annual Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir Black History Month Celebration
February 2 @ 1:00 PM PST
Freight & Salvage
Music
“Black Laughs Matter” Comedy Festival 2025 (San Francisco)
February 2 @ 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PST
The Function SF: Comedy Club & Cocktail Lounge
BHM 2025, Comedy
“Black Laughs Matter” Comedy Festival 2025 (San Francisco)
February 2 @ 8:45 PM - 10:00 PM PST
The Function SF: Comedy Club & Cocktail Lounge
BHM 2025, Comedy
“Black Laughs Matter” Comedy Festival 2025 (San Francisco)
February 3 @ 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PST
The Function SF: Comedy Club & Cocktail Lounge
BHM 2025, Comedy
“Black Laughs Matter” Comedy Festival 2025 (San Francisco)
February 3 @ 8:45 PM - 10:00 PM PST
The Function SF: Comedy Club & Cocktail Lounge
BHM 2025, Comedy
Brigette R. Leblanc as The President of SFAACC
February 5 @ 4:00 PM PST
San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce (SFAACC)
BHM 2025
14th Annual Salsa Rueda Festival in San Francisco
February 6 - February 10
Grand Hyatt San Francisco
Fairs + Festivals
Black History Month Crafting Series
February 6 @ 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM PST
Oakland Public Library
BHM 2025, Crafts, Community, Visual Arts
Honoring Legacy & Envisioning the Future through Afrofuturism
February 6 @ 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM PST
Garfield Elementary School
BHM 2025, Community, Education
Downtown First Thursdays
February 6 @ 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM PST
2nd Street (btwn Market & Howard)
Music, Food + Drink, Shopping, Party
NightLife: Black Thursday
February 6 @ 6:00 PM PST
California Academy of Sciences
BHM 2025, Live Music, Dance
“Black Laughs Matter” Comedy Festival 2025 (San Francisco)
February 6 @ 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM PST
The Function SF: Comedy Club & Cocktail Lounge
BHM 2025, Comedy
FirstFridayFair Virtual Job Fair & Career Expo
February 7 @ 11:00 AM PST
[ Virtual ]
Fairs + Festivals
Second Annual Kingmakers Black History Month Film Festival
February 7 @ 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM PST
The New Parkway Theater
BHM 2025, Theater + Film
Throwback to the Future: Dance Artists in Dialogue
February 7 @ 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PST
MoAD | Museum of the African Diaspora
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences
2025 Annual Jazz Concert Celebrating Black History Month – The doRiaN Mode
February 7 @ 7:00 PM PST
Polly Klaas Community Theater
BHM 2025, Live Music
Black History Funk W/ Slap Bass Extraordinaire Eric “EQ” Young
February 7 @ 10:00 PM PST
Yoshi’s Oakland
BHM2025, Music
Duke Ellington for Young People W/ The Marcus Shelby New Orchestra
February 8 @ 11:00 AM PST
SFJAZZ
Music
Thrive @ MoAD Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente
February 8 @ 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM PST
MoAD | Museum of the African Diaspora
Visual Arts
Art, Culture and Creativity – Black History Month Workshops
February 8 @ 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM PST
865 Market St
BHM 2025, Visual Arts, Community
2025 Catch A Beat Children’s Program presented by Tina Rogers
February 8 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST
Novato City Hall
BHM 2025, Live Music, Dance
Healing Intimacy
February 8 @ 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM PST
MoAD | Museum of the African Diaspora
Theater + Film
Afro-American Cultural & Historical Society 50th Black History Month
February 8 @ 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM PST
The Silliman Activity and Family Aquatic Center
BHM 2025, Conversations + Speakers + Conferences, Community
John Burris: Godfather of Police Litigation
February 8 @ 7:00 PM PST
UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
BHM 2025, Theater + Film
A Black History Celebration: Birthland Fundraiser
February 8 @ 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM PST
Groundfloor Oakland
BHM 2025, Live Music, Community
