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October 2026
TODAYOCT 24Sat
Rose B. Simpson artwork featured in the LEXICON exhibition
Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON★
Aug 30 – Feb 7, 2027
de Young (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco)
TODAYOCT 24Sat
Emory Douglas In Our Lifetime exhibition poster
Emory Douglas: In Our Lifetime★
Dec 5 – Oct 31, 2026
African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC), San Francisco
TODAYOCT 24Sat
Feel the Beat: Dance in Photographs
Feel the Beat: Dance in Photographs★
May 16 – Feb 28, 2027
SFMOMA, San Francisco
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
Students on Strike: A New Installation in OMCA’s Gallery of California History
BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration★
Sep 18 – Dec 27
Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)
TODAYOCT 24Sat
Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective
Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective★
Sep 25 – Jan 25, 2027
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
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
TODAYOCT 24Sat
Artwork featured in Dewey Crumpler Sonic Lineages at MoAD
Dewey Crumpler: Sonic Lineages★
Sep 30 – May 30, 2027
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco
TODAYOCT 24Sat
RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me
RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me★
Oct 3 – Feb 7, 2027
SFMOMA, San Francisco
TODAYOCT 24Sat
Black Panther Party 60th-anniversary emblem from the Oakland Public Library Rank and File exhibition artwork.
Exhibit: Honoring the Black Panther Party Rank & File Members: 60th Anniversary★
Oct 5 – Jan 9, 2027
Oakland Public Library
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
Vishnu’s Cosmic Ocean
Vishnu’s Cosmic Ocean★
Oct 23 – Jan 25, 2027
Asian Art Museum, 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
Historical Black Panther newspaper artwork with a beret-wearing figure, red star and Panther emblem.
Oakland Star Special Collection Exhibition: From the Archives — The Black Panther Party Original Newspapers 1967–1971★
Oct 24 – Dec 31
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