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Performers and audience inside The Soiled Dove’s Tortona Big Top.

The Soiled Dove★

Aug 7 – Nov 7
Radium Presents
Radium Runway, Alameda
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
Litquake, San Francisco’s Literary Festival, October 8–24, 2026.

2026 Litquake Festival★

October 8–24
Litquake Foundation
Three colorful fused-glass sugar skulls on a blue surface

Gather & Make: Fused Glass Sugar Skull★

October 22
The Crucible, Oakland
Hisaishi Conducts Hisaishi with the San Francisco Symphony

Hisaishi Conducts Hisaishi★

October 22–24
SFS | San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
A man dressed in a mariachi outfit performs on stage, adorned with flowers and bathed in red light, celebrating the culture of Mariachi Herencia de México.

Mariachi Herencia de México: La Nueva Generación Tour — Día de los Muertos★

October 23
Cal Performances
Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
Jodeci celebrating the 35th anniversary of Forever My Lady

Jodeci – 35th Anniversary Tour of Forever My Lady★

October 24
SF Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco
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)
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
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
Protocols with Andrew Huberman live event

Protocols with Andrew Huberman★

October 28
SF Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco
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
Angela Davis in conversation with Poulomi Saha

Angela Davis in Conversation with Poulomi Saha★

October 28
Cal Performances
Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
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
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
Tom Jones on the Come Gather Round Tour

Tom Jones: Come Gather Round Tour★

November 1
SF Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco
La Santa Cecilia with Ritmos Tropicosmos at Siesta Valley Bowl.

La Santa Cecilia with Ritmos Tropicosmos★

November 1
Siesta Valley Bowl, Orinda
Complete Rising Roadshow Homecoming flyer

Rising Roadshow Homecoming★

November 1
New Literary Project
Soda Activity Center, Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga
Joshua Redman Quartet

Joshua Redman Quartet★

November 5–6
SFJAZZ
SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco
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
Chelsea Handler on The High and Mighty Tour

Chelsea Handler: The High and Mighty Tour★

November 7
SF Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco

Authors Luncheon★

November 7
Sonesta Silicon Valley, Milpitas
Día de los Muertos with the San Francisco Symphony

Día de los Muertos★

November 7
SFS | San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco