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
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
Ancestral Visions: An Installation by Chelsea Ryoko Wong
February 7, 2025 - February 1, 2026
OMCA | Oakland Museum of California
Visual Arts, Exhibitions
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
Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain
July 18, 2025 - March 1, 2026
OMCA | Oakland Museum of California
Visual Arts
MAKIBAKA: A Living Legacy
August 1, 2025 - January 4, 2026
YBCA | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Visual Arts
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
Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty in a Sparkling Show
September 14, 2025 - April 4, 2026
Brava Theater Center
Dance
Jitish Kallat: Covering Letter (Terranum Nuncius)
September 19, 2025 - March 23, 2026
Asian Art Museum
Visual Arts
The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans
September 21 - December 21
The Palace Theater
Live Music
The Jury Experience: An Immersive Courtroom Case
September 26, 2025 - January 17, 2026
Brava Theater Center
Theater + Film, Conversations + Speakers + Conferences
Art of Manga
September 27, 2025 - January 25, 2026
de Young – Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Visual Arts, Exhibitions
UNBOUND – Art, Blackness & the Universe
October 1, 2025 - August 16, 2026
MoAD | Museum of the African Diaspora
Visual Arts, Exhibition
Continuum: MoAD Over Time
October 1, 2025 - March 1, 2026
MoAD | Museum of the African Diaspora
Visual Arts
Judith Schaechter: Super/Natural
October 4, 2025 - February 8, 2026
Museum of Craft and Design
Visual Arts
Wunderkammer: The Collection of Susan Beech
October 4, 2025 - February 8, 2026
Museum of Craft and Design
Visual Arts
Rave into the Future: Art in Motion
October 24, 2025 - January 12, 2026
Asian Art Museum
Visual Arts, Dance, Music
Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square
November 5, 2025 - January 19, 2026
Holiday Ice Rink In Union Square
Holidays 2025, Sports + Outdoors
Sunday in the Park with George
November 15 - December 30
The Ashby Stage @ Shotgun Players
Theater + Film
The Golden Girls Live: The Christmas Episodes
December 4 - December 21
Curran Theatre
Theater + Film, Comedy
A Christmas Carol
December 10 - December 21
Lesher Center for the Arts
Theater + Film, Holidays 2025
M.M.LaFleur San Francisco Trunk Show
December 11 - December 14
The Marker Hotel
Style + Beauty, Shopping + Retail
Broadway Holiday
December 13 - December 21
Sonoma Country Day School
Fairs + Festivals, Live Music, Holidays 2025
4th Annual Winter Wonderland
December 14 @ 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM PST
Great Notion Brewing – Berkeley
Holidays 2025, Fairs + Festivals, Food + Drink
Martin Luther McCoy: The Funk That Stole Christmas
December 14 @ 3:00 PM PST
Blue Note Napa
Live Music
Let Us Break Bread Together A Tribute to Whitney Houston
December 14 @ 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PST
Paramount Theatre
Live Music
Martin Luther McCoy: The Funk That Stole Christmas
December 14 @ 6:30 PM PST
Blue Note Napa
Live Music
Russell Hall with Broadway Jazz Starlet Georgia Heers
December 14 @ 7:00 PM PST
Black Cat
Live Music
Russell Hall with Broadway Jazz Starlet Georgia Heers
December 14 @ 9:15 PM PST
Black Cat
Live Music
American Experience Screening: “American Coup: Wilmington 1898”
December 15 @ 5:00 PM PST
The New Parkway Theater
Theater + Film
Angela Davis & Hilton Als
December 15 @ 7:30 PM PST
Sydney Goldstein Theater
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story Told by Jefferson Mays
December 16 - December 21
Roda Theatre (Berkeley Rep)
Theater + Film
Social Impact Holiday Mixer: Celebrating Philanthropy, Partnership and Purpose
December 17 @ 5:30 PM PST
Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences
Candlelight: Christmas Special featuring “The Nutcracker” and More
December 18 @ 6:30 PM PST
St. Ignatius Church
Live Music
Candlelight: Christmas Special featuring “The Nutcracker” and More
December 18 @ 8:45 PM PST
St. Ignatius Church
Live Music
Stapleton School of the Performing Arts presents The Nutcracker
December 19 - December 21
Palace of Fine Arts
Dance, Holidays 2025
Help Decorate San Francisco’s Rose Parade® Float – Be Part of Something Special!
December 19 - December 21
Winter Walk
Fairs + Festivals
SF Bay Area NPHC Holiday Party
December 19 @ 7:00 PM PST
Hella Bee’s
Live Music, Party, Holidays 2025
The Nutcracker – Celebrating 60 Years of Oakland Ballet
December 20 @ 1:00 PM PST
Paramount Theatre
Dance, Theater + Film
Cybersentics Book Club
December 20 @ 2:00 PM PST
Gray Area / Grand Theater
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences, Networking
Not So Crazy After All
December 20 @ 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM PST
Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts
Performing Arts
Candlelight: Best of Hip-Hop
December 20 @ 6:30 PM PST
First Presbyterian Church of Oakland
Live Music
