Kenny G.
2025-11-11 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, CA, 94559, United States
In a recording career that spans almost three decades and 23 albums, Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Kenny G has grafted elements of R&B, pop and Latin to a jazz foundation solidifying his reputation as the premiere artist in contemporary jazz. Since the early ‘80s, his combination of unparalleled instrumental chops and indelible melodies has resulted in sales of more than 75 million records worldwide (45 million in the U.S. alone) and more than a dozen climbs to the top of Billboard’s contemporary jazz chart.
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Hybrid | The Ultimate Freedom Live 2025
2025-11-12 - 2025-11-14 | The Freedom Center, 2300 Stanwell Dr, Concord, 94520
3 Days Could Save You 3 Years of Stress. Unlock life, business, and wealth breakthroughs at Ultimate Freedom Live 2025 with Michael E. Parker.
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Burnout Paradise by Pony Cam
2025-11-12 - 2025-11-15 | BIng Studio, 327 Lasuen Street, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States
This is a delusional and physical celebrationof our collective struggle to establish clear boundaries in our lives. Four performers mount four treadmills. What begins as a simple wager between performer and audience becomes a desperate attempt to complete a series of escalating tasks that confront the limitations of the performers’ bodies, minds, and spirits. This is not an endurance feat. Nor is it performance art. It is an unraveling realization that the system we participate in is not designed for us.
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Access to Capital & Necessary Resources for Small Business Owners
2025-11-12 11:00 - 13:00 | Calabash, 2300 Valdez Street, Oakland, 94612, United States
Learn about financing options for your business, how to prepare an application, and what a lender looks for during document review.
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Senator Joe Manchin
2025-11-12 19:30 | San Mateo Performing Arts Center, 600 N Delaware St, San Mateo, 94401
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) was sworn into the United States Senate on November 15, 2010. For Senator Manchin, serving as West Virginia’s Senator was truly an honor and a privilege.
Born and raised in the small coal mining town of Farmington, W.Va., Sen. Manchin grew up learning the values that all West Virginians share — family, common sense, fairness, and hard work. As a small businessman, he learned firsthand from his grandfather, Papa Joe, who was an Italian immigrant and the town grocer, the importance of serving the public. As a young man, his beloved grandmother, Mama Kay, inspired Senator Manchin’s belief in public service through her unflagging compassion and desire to help those less fortunate.
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Vienna Boys Choir
2025-11-12 19:30 | BIng Studio, 327 Lasuen Street, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States
This illustrious group of young musicians has been delighting music lovers across the globe for six centuries with their purity of tone, distinctive charm, and diverse repertoire which includes everything from medieval to contemporary to experimental music. The Fort Worth Star Telegram raves: “There’s no more gratifying sound than that of children singing. And there’s no more polished ensemble of children’s voices than the Vienna Boys Choir.”
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Amythyst Kiah
2025-11-12 20:00 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah taught herself how to play guitar at 13 and studied bluegrass and roots music at East Tennessee State University. Produced by Butch Walker (Taylor Swift, Green Day, Weezer) and recorded at his Nashville studio, Amythyst Kiah’s most recent album Still + Bright explores the vast expanse of her inner world: her deep-rooted affinity for Eastern philosophies and spiritual traditions, a near-mystical connection with the natural world, the life lessons learned in her formative years as a self- described “anime-nerd mall goth.”
Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.
Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.
Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400
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Mission Community Market Last Day of the Season
2025-11-13 15:00 - 19:00 | Mission Community Market, 84 Bartlett St, San Francisco, 94110
Mission Community Market’s last day of the 2025 season will be Thursday, November 13. We’ll be back in March 2026. Stock up on farm-fresh products and holiday gifts, and wish our vendors a happy winter break. Thank you for supporting Mission Community Market, and happy holidays!
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GLIDE Annual Holiday Jam: 2025
2025-11-13 17:30 | The Warfield, 982 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
We are thrilled to announce that legendary R&B icon El DeBarge will headline the 2025 GLIDE Holiday Jam, bringing his unmistakable voice and timeless hits to The Warfield stage. Adding to the excitement is breakout hip-hop star and spoken word artist Ruby Ibarra – fresh off winning NPR’s 2025 Tiny Desk Contest and a sold-out 10-city tour. We are also honored to welcome acclaimed contemporary jazz violinist Dominique Hammons, whose electrifying performances and soulful artistry promise to make this year’s celebration unforgettable.
We can’t wait to JAM with you in the Tenderloin this year!
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The Many Sides of Quincy Jones
2025-11-13 19:00 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
For over seven decades, Quincy Delight Jones Jr. defied the limitations of artistic label and category, lending his genius as a producer, composer, arranger and visionary to the worlds of jazz, pop music, television, film and so much more. In this series we celebrate the many milestones of Q’s illustrious career.
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Juan De Marcos & Afro-Cuban All Stars
2025-11-13 19:30, 2025-11-14 19:30 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
After gaining international fame for reviving the classic sound of Cuban son, tres master Juan de Marcos turned the Afro-Cuban All Stars into a sensational showcase for Cuba’s most prodigious young musicians.
While long revered in Latin America and Europe as a founding member of Cuba’s great son revival band Sierra Maestra, de Marcos first gained notice in the US as founder of the Buena Vista Social Club. It was de Marcos who assembled Ibrahim Ferrer, Eliades Ochoa, Ruben Gonzalez and the rest of the crew for Ry Cooder when he came to Havana looking for illustrious old timers. But de Marcos is just as interested in promoting Cuba’s brilliant young musicians as in highlighting Cuba’s senior talent.
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Mariam
2025-11-13 20:00 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Celebrating her joyful 45-year marriage and career as one of the most famous ambassadors for Malian music, Mariam Doumbia performs in tribute to her late husband and musical partner Amadou with music from their remarkable career as well as material from their upcoming album L’Amour à la Folie (Mad Love) — their final release together.
The Bamako-born husband and wife met at while students at Mali’s Institute for the Young Blind and found a shared interest in music and performing. Since that momentous meeting, the famed “blind couple from Mali” rose through the African and European music scenes with their mix of Malian pop and psychedelic blues to become one of the hottest world music acts in recent history, sharing the stage with artists including Coldplay, U2, Alicia Keys, Santigold, and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour.
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Avery*Sunshine
2025-11-13 20:00, 2025-11-14 20:00 | Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, CA, 94559, United States
Avery*Sunshine has established herself as a musical powerhouse, seamlessly blending her roles as a pianist, singer, songwriter, and producer. A proud graduate of Spelman College, her journey from the academic halls to the global stage is a testament to her talent, dedication, and passion for music. Together with her husband and Grammy-nominated partner, Dana Johnson, Avery has made Atlanta her stronghold, where they nurture and expand their creative and entrepreneurial ventures.
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Mother of Exiles
2025-11-14 - 2025-12-21 | Peet’s Theatre, 2025 Addison St, Berkeley, 94704, United States
By Jessica Huang
Directed by Jaki Bradley
World premiere
Peet’s Theatre
In 1898, on Angel Island, a pregnant Eddie Loi faces deportation amid America’s tightening immigration laws. A century later, her great-grandson Braulio, through his role in the Miami border patrol, inadvertently conjures her spirit — unleashing a witty, opinionated ancestor. By 2063, their descendants, beset by climate catastrophe, embark on a perilous oceanic journey seeking sanctuary. From detention to diaspora, Mother of Exiles follows a single family’s century-and-a-half odyssey — tracing their flight, fight, and the futures they dare imagine. Jessica Huang’s multigenerational triptych blends historical drama with supernatural encounters, weaving moments of surprising humor into a powerful portrait of belonging and resilience.
Mother of Exiles received a Venturous Playwright Fellowship at the Playwrights’ Center in St. Paul, MN, supported by Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation.
Mother of Exiles was developed in The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work.
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Music Expo 25
2025-11-14 - 2025-11-15 | The Midway, 900 Marin Street , San Francisco, CA, 94124 , United States
Music Expo 25 returns to San Francisco this November 14–15 at MIDWAY, bringing together creators, producers, engineers, and music tech innovators for two immersive days of inspiration, learning, and connection.
This year’s event features 25+ sessions, 40+ speakers, and a powerful lineup of artists and thought leaders including Grammy-winning producer Oak Felder, JVNA, DECAP, and more. The keynote and workshop sessions will dive deep into the creative process, production techniques, career longevity, immersive audio, sync licensing, vocal production, and even the role of AI in music.
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Stapleton Theatre Company's A Christmas Carol
2025-11-14 - 2025-11-23 | The Playhouse Theater in San Anselmo, 27 Kensington Rd, San Anselmo, 94960
Join us for a magical evening as Stapleton Theatre Company presents A Christmas Carol, the timeless holiday classic that follows the journey of Ebenezer Scrooge—a cold-hearted businessman who values money over people. On Christmas Eve, he is visited by three spirits who take him through his past, present, and future, challenging him to open his heart before it’s too late.
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The Monkey King
2025-11-14 - 2025-11-30 | San Francisco Opera, 301 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
He’s arrogant. He’s disobedient. He’s becoming the most powerful being in creation, and he’s about to wreak havoc on heaven.
Based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, The Monkey King makes its much-anticipated world premiere at the War Memorial Opera House. This new, action-packed opera combines high-energy music and text with puppetry, dance, Peking opera, and Buddhist sutras to tell the tale of the Monkey King’s beginnings.
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CNN's Abby Phillip: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power
2025-11-14 12:00 | Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
At the age of 83, Jesse Jackson has a long career behind him as one of the most influential Black activists of the past century. As a civil rights leader, activist, shadow senator, presidential candidate, and ordained Baptist minister, he has been at the center of the public eye and a thorn in his opponents’ sides. Now CNN anchor and author Abby Phillip comes to Commonwealth Club World Affairs to share the story of Jackson, focusing on his presidential campaigns of 1984 and 1988. In both campaigns, he was initially viewed as a fringe candidate yet went on to surprisingly strong finishes—third place in 1984 and runner-up to nominee Michael Dukakis in 1988.
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Wildchoir 10th Anniversary Show ft. Adrienne Shamszad
2025-11-14 19:00 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Join us for a powerful evening of music and harmony as Wildchoir celebrates their 10th anniversary of making music for the revolution! Known for their bold, harmony-rich songs that uplift resistance and collective healing, Wildchoir has spent a decade creating music for social and environmental justice and amplifying voices for liberation and change. This special milestone show will open with the soulful and stirring sounds of Adrienne Shamszad, whose music blends Persian roots with folk and poetic storytelling to ignite the heart and spirit.
Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.
Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.
Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400
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Meet the Winemaker - Ottavini wines
2025-11-14 19:00 | CoCo Noir Wine Shop & Bar, 360 13th St, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Meet woman wine maker Shalini Sekhar! Taste her amazing portfolio!
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“Big Bryce Son” (Oakland Premiere)
2025-11-14 19:00 - 23:00 | ​Rhythm Section Art Lounge, 2744 E 11th St E07, Oakland, 94601
​Oakland’s own Bryce Savoy (Neighborhood Diamonds) comes home to celebrate the Bay Area premiere of “BIG BRYCE SON” with a special series of screenings. Join Bryce—father, artist, director–as he shares his heart and story with live performances that bring the film to life.
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Gerald Albright
2025-11-14 19:30, 2025-11-14 21:30 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Albright was already an accomplished saxophonist by the time he enrolled at the University of Redlands, but he switched to bass after he saw Louis Johnson in concert. A few months after graduating from college, he joined jazz pianist/R&B singer Patrice Rushen, who was in the process of forming her own band. Later, when the bassist left in the middle of a tour, Albright replaced him and finished the tour on bass guitar. Playing both sax and bass, he became the consummate session and touring musician in the 80s, working with everyone from Anita Baker, Ray Parker, Jr., Atlantic Starr, The Temptations and Maurice White to Les McCann, Teena Marie, the Winans and Whitney Houston.
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Uptown
2025-11-14 20:00 | Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St, Livermore, CA, 94551, United States
Energetic. Rhythm & Blues. Modern.
Fusing Bruno-Mars-caliber stage presence with top-tier vocals and wall-to-wall choreography, the men of UPTOWN combine the smooth stylings of R&B with the fresh hits of today in a unique and modern show that gets every crowd on their feet! Born in New York City (the epicenter of contemporary pop and soul music), the group exudes unparalleled energy with their blend of contemporary radio hits and classic Motown music.
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Verdi’s Requiem
2025-11-14 20:00 - 22:00 | Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway between 20th and 21st Streets, Oakland, CA, United States
Called “one of the most sublime and terrifying works in the repertoire” (NPR), Verdi’s Requiem is filled with transcendent moments from the ineffably sorrowful “Lacrymosa,” to the heavens-shaking final judgement of the “Dies irae,” to the hushed finale blessed by grace. The evening-length work features an all-star cast with soloists from the Metropolitan Opera stage alongside the Albany Pro Musica Chorus. Philadelphia Orchestra Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin returns to lead the program, bringing the score to life with his masterful interpretation.
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Sunday in the Park with George
2025-11-15 - 2025-12-30 | The Ashby Stage @ Shotgun Players, 1901 Ashby Ave, Berkeley, CA, 94703, United States
Epic in scale – daring, abstract and grounded in the pursuit of love and art, this Sondheim classic is an unconventional love story that imagines the interior life of French painter Georges Seurat. Helmed by Susannah Martin and David Möschler, the architects of our wildly successful Assassins, this artistic dream team will create an experience where the show’s immersive and unbridled passions awaken a kinship in our own spirits.
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KAWS: FAMILY
2025-11-15 - 2026-05-03 | SFMOMA, 151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
KAWS: FAMILY explores the playful and poignant artistic universe created by KAWS. Marking KAWS’s first major museum exhibition on the West Coast, KAWS: FAMILY traces the artist’s output over the past three decades through its keen ability to connect to shared emotions and culture. From paintings, drawings, and sculptures to advertising interventions, product collaborations, and limited-edition collectible toys, visitors will encounter the many creative expressions of KAWS’s distinctive language using recurring characters and pop culture appropriations.
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Techs on Decks
2025-11-15 10:00 | USS Hornet Museum, 707 W Hornet Ave, Alameda, CA, 94501, United States
Join us November 15th, 2025 for our second annual Techs on the Decks event! Techs on Decks celebrates Innovation. We celebrate the anniversary of the Apollo 12 Moon mission (The USS Hornet was the recovery ship for that mission) and innovation from then and now! Exhibitors will be on hand to share exciting new technology and career opportunities located in one of the most historic ships in the Navy!
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