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The Cook★

Sep 4 – Oct 11
Berkeley Rep
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons in San Jose

Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons★

Sep 5 – Dec 4
SF Bay Area | Fever
Hammer Theatre, San Jose
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
Will Downing at Yoshi’s Oakland event image

Will Downing★

October 7–8
Yoshi’s, Oakland

Lily Tomlin★

October 8
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa
Musiq Soulchild at Yoshi’s Oakland event image

Musiq Soulchild★

October 9–16
Yoshi’s, Oakland
An Evening with Adam Pascal

An Evening with Adam Pascal★

October 9–10
Feinstein’s at The Nikko, San Francisco
Victor J. Glover and Kev Choice featured on The Social Engineering Project’s 10th Anniversary Gala flyer

TSEP’s 10th Anniversary Gala★

October 10
The Social Engineering Project
The Club at Castlewood, Pleasanton
Melvin Seals and JGB with Special Guest Grahame Lesh at Siesta Valley Bowl.

Melvin Seals and JGB with Special Guest Grahame Lesh★

October 10
Siesta Valley Bowl, Orinda
Los Horóscopos de Durango

Los Horóscopos de Durango★

October 10
The Mountain Winery, Saratoga
Mimosas & Motown: Sunday Brunch — October

Mimosas & Motown: Sunday Brunch — October★

October 11
Feinstein’s at The Nikko, San Francisco
The four members of Takacs Quartet -- three men and one woman -- pose together with their instruments against a light gray background with a circle inset of pianist Jeremy Denk.

Takács Quartet with Jeremy Denk, piano★

October 11
Cal Performances
Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
Ludovico Einaudi: Solo Piano with the San Francisco Symphony

Ludovico Einaudi: Solo Piano★

October 12
SFS | San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
Photo of Michael Pollan, a white bald man in a blue button-down shirt and glasses, looking at the camera, with an circular inset photo of Christof Koch, a white man in a salmon-orange colored top looking at the camera

Michael Pollan & Christof Koch: A Journey into Consciousness★

October 13
Cal Performances
Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
Dos Santos at Yoshi’s Oakland event image

Dos Santos★

October 14
Yoshi’s, Oakland
Emory Douglas In Our Lifetime exhibition poster

The Revolution Won’t Be Televised… But It Will Be Creative★

October 14
African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC), San Francisco
Zadie Smith with Sam Fragoso

Zadie Smith in conversation with Sam Fragoso★

October 14
City Arts & Lectures
Sydney Goldstein Theater, San Francisco
Emory Douglas In Our Lifetime exhibition poster

Emory Douglas: In Our Lifetime Closing Reception★

October 15
African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC), San Francisco

Booker T. Washington Bloom Ball★

October 15
Booker T. Washington Community Service Center
Hotel Nikko San Francisco
Batiashvili/Capuçon/Thibaudet Trio with the San Francisco Symphony

Batiashvili/Capuçon/Thibaudet Trio★

October 15
SFS | San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
Irving Flores Afro-Cuban Jazz Trio

Irving Flores Afro-Cuban Jazz Trio★

October 16
San Jose Jazz
SJZ Break Room, San Jose
Kazemde George Trio

Kazemde George Trio★

October 17
San Jose Jazz
SJZ Break Room, San Jose

Oakland Comedy Festival 2026 — The Closer★

October 17
Oakland Comedy Festival
FLUID510, Oakland
Nelly

Nelly★

October 17
The Mountain Winery, Saratoga