ALL LISTINGS | Events + Performances + Exhibitions

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 OMCAโ€™s Gallery of California History

April 9, 2025 - May 31, 2026
OMCA | Oakland Museum of California
Visual Arts, Exhibitions

Women of Afrofuturism

May 17, 2025 - September 27, 2026
Harvey Milk Terminal 1
Visual Arts

New Work: Sheila Hicks

August 9, 2025 - August 9, 2026
SFMOMA
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

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

Trina Michelle Robinson: Open Your Eyes to Water

February 11 - May 16
Root Division
BHM 2026, Visual Arts

Lola Flash: Believable

March 16 - May 22
Jenkins Johnson Gallery
Visual Arts

Monet and Venice

March 21 - July 26
de Young – Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Visual Arts, Painting

Third Saturday Monthly

April 18 - November 21
37th Avenue at Ortega to Quintara
Shopping + Retail, Food + Drink, Live Music

Urban Financial Services Coalition

April 27 - May 20
Columbia Bank
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences

The Arts Guild of Sonoma presents: Embracing Art

April 29 - June 7
Arts Guild of Sonoma
Visual Arts

Duncan Sherwood Forbes – Weight of Air

May 2 - May 30
The Grand Gallery
Visual Arts

Golden Gate Park Band

May 3 - September 27
Golden Gate Park
Live Music

Hell’s Kitchen

May 6 - May 24
Orpheum Theatre
Theater + Film

Virtual | 4th International Conference on Gynecology and Obstetrics

May 11 - May 12
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences, Health + Wellness

Shakespeare Over My Shoulder

May 12 - June 7
Theater 33
Theater + Film

Adam Mansbach & W. Kamau Bell

May 12 @ 7:30 PM PDT
Sydney Goldstein Theater
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences

Taste of North Berkeley

May 13 @ 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
North Shattuck
Live Music, Food + Drink

In a Year of 13 Moons

May 13 @ 7:00 PM PDT
BAMPFA
Theater + Film

Virtual | 4th International Conference on Neuroscience and Mental Health

May 14 - May 15
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences, Health + Wellness

Matisseโ€™s Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal Member Previews

May 14 @ 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
SFMOMA
Visual Arts

The Jazz Room: A Frank Sinatra & Louis Armstrong Tribute

May 14 @ 6:00 PM PDT
The Palace Theater
Live Music

If The Vibe is Right: Game Night + Wine Tasting + Live Comedy | Oakland

May 14 @ 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
1721 Broadway
Comedy, Food + Drink

Chris McCarthy Quintet ft Takuya Kuroda & Eden Bareket

May 14 @ 7:00 PM PDT
Black Cat
Live Music

The Jazz Room: A Frank Sinatra & Louis Armstrong Tribute

May 14 @ 8:00 PM PDT
The Palace Theater
Live Music

Chris McCarthy Quintet ft Takuya Kuroda & Eden Bareket

May 14 @ 9:15 PM PDT
Black Cat
Live Music

Blue Man Group

May 15 - May 17
Curran Theatre
Live Music

Coppรฉlia

May 15 - May 16
Lesher Center for the Arts
Dance

Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really

May 15 - June 27
San Francisco Playhouse
Theater + Film

Matisseโ€™s Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal Member Previews

May 15 @ 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM PDT
SFMOMA
Visual Arts

Red Bay Roastery: A Sensory Coffee Experience

May 15 @ 5:30 PM PDT
Red Bay Ros
Food + Drink

MFA Artistsโ€™ Talk

May 15 @ 6:00 PM PDT
BAMPFA
Visual Arts, Conversations + Speakers + Conferences

Chris McCarthy Quintet ft Takuya Kuroda & Eden Bareket

May 15 @ 7:00 PM PDT
Black Cat
Live Music

SJZ Break Room Jazz Jam ft. Daru Jones

May 15 @ 7:00 PM PDT
San Jose Jazz
Live Music

Upswing: Sullivan Fortner

May 15 @ 7:30 PM PDT
SFJAZZ
Live Music

Lizz Wright

May 15 @ 7:30 PM PDT
SFJAZZ
Live Music

The Sergio Mendes Band: 60 Years of Brasil ’66, The Legacy Lives

May 15 @ 7:30 PM PDT
Yoshi’s Oakland
Live Music

Season Finale Beethovenโ€™s Eroica

May 15 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM PDT
Paramount Theatre
Live Music

Chris McCarthy Quintet ft Takuya Kuroda & Eden Bareket

May 15 @ 9:30 PM PDT
Black Cat
Live Music

The Sergio Mendes Band: 60 Years of Brasil ’66, The Legacy Lives

May 15 @ 9:30 PM PDT
Yoshi’s Oakland
Live Music

Sistahfriend

May 16 - May 17
Magic Theatre
Theater + Film

Matisseโ€™s Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal Member Previews

May 16 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
SFMOMA
Visual Arts

Hidden Brain Live at Stanford

May 16 @ 3:00 PM PDT
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences

Upswing: Sullivan Fortner

May 16 @ 6:00 PM PDT
SFJAZZ
Live Music

Chris McCarthy Quintet ft Takuya Kuroda & Eden Bareket

May 16 @ 7:00 PM PDT
Black Cat
Live Music

Lizz Wright

May 16 @ 7:30 PM PDT
SFJAZZ
Live Music

October London, Leela James & Eric Benet

May 16 @ 8:00 PM PDT
Paramount Theatre
Live Music

Cimafunk Sun Hop Fat

May 16 @ 8:00 PM PDT
The UC Theatre
Live Music

Chris McCarthy Quintet ft Takuya Kuroda & Eden Bareket

May 16 @ 9:30 PM PDT
Black Cat
Live Music

The Lunchbox

May 17 - June 28
Roda Theatre (Berkeley Rep)
Theater + Film

TopGolf Scholarship Fundraiser

May 17 @ 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
TopGolf Burlingame
Sports + Outdoors, Galas + Awards + Fundraiser

The Ric Alexander Friendship Experience

May 17 @ 3:00 PM PDT
Moose lodge Richmond 550
Live Music

Floetry presents Say Yes The Tour

May 17 @ 7:00 PM PDT
Paramount Theatre
Live Music

Chris McCarthy Quintet ft Takuya Kuroda & Eden Bareket

May 17 @ 7:00 PM PDT
Black Cat
Live Music

Chris McCarthy Quintet ft Takuya Kuroda & Eden Bareket

May 17 @ 9:15 PM PDT
Black Cat
Live Music

The Inner Work of Relationships: Patterns, Boundaries & Healthy Choices

May 20 @ 5:30 PM PDT
654 13th St
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences, Health + Wellness

Renรฉe Elise Goldsberry

May 20 @ 7:30 PM PDT
BIng Studio
Music

Chaka Khan

May 20 @ 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM PDT
Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts
Live Music

Guitar Trifecta

May 20 @ 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM PDT
The Back Room
Live Music

Ceviche y Aguas Frescas

May 21 @ 7:00 PM PDT
KQED Headquarters
Food + Drink

Josรฉ Andrรฉs

May 21 @ 7:30 PM PDT
Sydney Goldstein Theater
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Western Ballet’s Don Quixote

May 22 - May 23
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Dance

The House of Bernarda Alba

May 22 - June 7
Oakland Theater Project
Theater + Film

Business en Blaque

May 23 @ 9:00 AM PDT
The Executive Inn
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences

Candlelight: Tribute to Bad Bunny

May 23 @ 8:45 PM PDT
The Chan National Queer Arts Center
Live Music

Kesha: The Freedom Tour

May 27 @ 7:00 PM PDT
Toyota Pavilion at Concord
Live Music

Elmiene

May 27 @ 8:00 PM PDT
The UC Theatre
Live Music

The Phantom of the Opera

May 28 - June 21
Orpheum Theatre
Live Music, Theater + Film

Boots Riley

May 28 @ 7:30 PM PDT
Sydney Goldstein Theater
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences

Boots Riley in Conversation with Forum Live

May 28 @ 7:30 PM PDT
Sydney Goldstein Theater
Conversations + Speakers + Conference

Bay Area Book Festival

May 30 - May 31
Various
Fairs + Festivals

Walking to Live/Celebrating Life

May 30 @ 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT
Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline
Sports + Outdoors, Health + Wellness

Puppet Wars: Brawl in The Barrel Hall

May 30 @ 6:30 PM PDT
Almanac Adventureland & Brewery
Sports + Outdoors

Alanis Morissetteโ€™s Jagged Little Pill: The Musical

May 31 - June 28
Lesher Center for the Arts
Theater + Film

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor

June 1 @ 7:30 PM PDT
Sydney Goldstein Theater
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences

Virtual | World Conference on Nursing Education and Health Care 2026

June 2 - June 4
[ Virtual ]
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences

Downtown First Thursdays

June 4 @ 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
MoAD | Museum of the African Diaspora
Exhibitions

The Jazz Room: A Frank Sinatra & Louis Armstrong Tribute

June 4 @ 6:00 PM PDT
The Palace Theater
Live Music

The Jazz Room: A Frank Sinatra & Louis Armstrong Tribute

June 4 @ 8:00 PM PDT
The Palace Theater
Live Music