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October 2026
TODAYOCT 24Sat
Performers and audience inside The Soiled Dove’s Tortona Big Top.
The Soiled Dove★
Aug 7 – Nov 7
Radium Presents
Radium Runway, Alameda
TODAYOCT 24Sat
Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons in San Jose
Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons★
Sep 5 – Dec 4
SF Bay Area | Fever
Hammer Theatre, San Jose
TODAYOCT 24Sat
AURA: An Immersive Odyssey of Breathtaking Proportions
AURA at San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral★
Sep 26 – Oct 31
SF Bay Area | Fever
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
ENDS TODAYOCT 24Sat
Litquake, San Francisco’s Literary Festival, October 8–24, 2026.
2026 Litquake Festival★
October 8–24
Litquake Foundation
ENDS TODAYOCT 24Sat
Hisaishi Conducts Hisaishi with the San Francisco Symphony
Hisaishi Conducts Hisaishi★
October 22–24
SFS | San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
TODAYOCT 24Sat
Jodeci celebrating the 35th anniversary of Forever My Lady
Jodeci – 35th Anniversary Tour of Forever My Lady★
October 24
SF Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco
TODAYOCT 24Sat
Portrait collage from the official Black Panther Party Film Series artwork at AAMLO.
Black Panther Party Film Series★
October 24
AAMLO | African American Museum & Library at Oakland
African American Museum and Library at Oakland (AAMLO)
TODAYOCT 24Sat
Composer Steve Reich, an older man with glasses and a baseball hat stands in front of a bookcase filled with books.
Steve Reich at 90: A Birthday Celebration★
October 24
Cal Performances
Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
Oct
26
Mon
Via del NewLit benefit dinner flyer featuring Via del Corso
Via del NewLit: Opening Night Benefit Dinner★
October 26
New Literary Project
Via del Corso, Berkeley
Oct
28
Wed
Protocols with Andrew Huberman live event
Protocols with Andrew Huberman★
October 28
SF Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco
Oct
28
Wed
Erika Krouse and Save Me Stranger in the 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize graphic
Erika Krouse + Fiona McFarlane★
October 28
New Literary Project
Maude Fife Room, Room 315, Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley
Oct
28
Wed
Angela Davis in conversation with Poulomi Saha
Angela Davis in Conversation with Poulomi Saha★
October 28
Cal Performances
Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
Oct
31
Sat
Illustration for San Francisco Opera's The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro★
Oct 31 – Nov 29
San Francisco Opera
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco
Oct
31
Sat
Erika Krouse and Save Me Stranger in the 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize graphic
An Afternoon at Orinda Books: Erika Krouse★
October 31
New Literary Project
Orinda Books
November 2026
Nov
1
Sun
Tom Jones on the Come Gather Round Tour
Tom Jones: Come Gather Round Tour★
November 1
SF Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco
Nov
1
Sun
La Santa Cecilia with Ritmos Tropicosmos at Siesta Valley Bowl.
La Santa Cecilia with Ritmos Tropicosmos★
November 1
Siesta Valley Bowl, Orinda
Nov
1
Sun
Complete Rising Roadshow Homecoming flyer
Rising Roadshow Homecoming★
November 1
New Literary Project
Soda Activity Center, Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga
Nov
5
Thu
Joshua Redman Quartet
Joshua Redman Quartet★
November 5–6
SFJAZZ
SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco
Nov
5
Thu
Caribbean Cocktails program artwork featuring Nelson German, Andrea Lawson Gray and Nigel Jones
Caribbean Cocktails: Migration, Memory, and Making Across the Diaspora★
November 5
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco
Nov
7
Sat
Chelsea Handler on The High and Mighty Tour
Chelsea Handler: The High and Mighty Tour★
November 7
SF Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco
Nov
7
Sat
Authors Luncheon★
November 7
Sonesta Silicon Valley, Milpitas
Nov
7
Sat
Día de los Muertos with the San Francisco Symphony
Día de los Muertos★
November 7
SFS | San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
Nov
8
Sun
Mimosas & Motown: Sunday Brunch — November
Mimosas & Motown: Sunday Brunch — November★
November 8
Feinstein’s at The Nikko, San Francisco
Nov
8
Sun
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra performing onstage.
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason: Home, Suite Home★
November 8
Stanford Live