Caelan Cardello Trio ft. Jonathon Muir-Cotton & Domo Branch
2025-09-18 19:00, 2025-09-18 21:15, 2025-09-19 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Black Cat, 400 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA, 94109, United States
Pianist Caelan Cardello is shaping the sound of modern jazz with a fearless blend of technical mastery, harmonic depth, and unshakable groove. A finalist in the 2023 American Pianists Association Jazz Competition, Cardello has quickly become a sought-after voice on today’s scene, performing with luminaries including Christian McBride, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Bill Charlap, and Rufus Reid. His performances balance elegance and fire, channeling the tradition while pushing the music forward.
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Dominique Fils-Aimé
2025-09-18 19:00, 2025-09-18 20:30, 2025-09-19 19:00 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
A rising vocal star and two-time JUNO Award winner, Montreal-based singer and songwriter Dominique Fils-Aimé performs two nights in the Joe Henderson Lab with music from her latest album, Our Roots Run Deep, which took the 2024 JUNO for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. “What she does with her voice is absolutely incredible” (NPR).
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The Watermelon Woman
2025-09-18 19:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
With her first feature, The Watermelon Woman, writer/director/punk archivist/actor Cheryl Dunye creates an entirely new form of blended fictional narrative, mockumentary, and archeological dig—what became known as the “Dunyementary.” As Cheryl, a twenty-something video store employee with big dreams to open her own production company with her friend and coworker Tamara, Dunye ends up literally creating her own lineage. After becoming obsessed with a Black actress who keeps popping up in 1930s American films, only credited as “Watermelon Woman,” Cheryl sets out to create a documentary that will lead her to the identity of Fae Richards/Faith Richardson, with whom she feels an unexplained kinship.
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Ron Carter Quartet
2025-09-18 19:30, 2025-09-19 19:30 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Ron Carter is, quite simply, the face of the bass. A towering figure who has defined the instrument’s evolving role in jazz for more than six decades, he was already a creative force on the roiling early ‘60s scene when he joined Miles Davis in 1962, the first piece of what became the trumpeter’s second great quintet.
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Aneesa Strings
2025-09-18 19:30, 2025-09-18 21:30 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Aneesa Strings is a creative, thought leader, singer-songwriter, performer, influencer, music director, professor and composer. After studying jazz, music theory, and acquiring degrees from USC & Michigan State University, Aneesa has scored and lead countless musical moments within the Jazz, Pop and R&B space.
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The Big Money Tour - Jon Batiste Plays America
2025-09-18 19:30 | The Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
Jon Batiste is one of history’s most brilliant, prolific, and accomplished musicians. Batiste studied and received both a B.A. and M.F.A. at the world-renowned Juilliard School in New York City. From 2015 until 2022, Batiste served as the bandleader and musical director of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS. Most recently, Jon was awarded an Emmy in the category of “Outstanding Open/Tease” for his 2022 NCAA March Madness piece. In 2018, he received a Grammy nomination for Best American Roots, and in 2020, he received two Grammy nods for the albums: CHRONOLOGY OF A DREAM: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD and MEDITATIONS (with Cory Wong). In 2020, he won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the Disney/Pixar film SOUL, an honor he shared with fellow composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Jon’s work on SOUL also earned him a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, a NAACP Image Award and a Critic’s Choice Award.
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Empowerment Weekend
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-21 | OMCA | Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Empowerment Weekend is the Urban League of Greater San Francisco Bay Area’s signature annual celebration—an inspiring gathering that brings together community leaders, changemakers, and supporters to honor progress, equity, and collective action.
This weekend of impact highlights the individuals and organizations working tirelessly to create lasting change in the areas of education, economic opportunity, health equity, and social justice. Through powerful storytelling, recognition of outstanding leadership, and opportunities for community connection, Empowerment Weekend serves as a rallying point for continued progress.
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Sausalito Boat Show
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-21 | Clipper Yacht Harbor, 310 Harbor Dr, Sausalito, CA, 94965, United States
The 3rd Annual Sausalito Boat Show returns to Clipper Yacht Harbor with a spectacular lineup of new powerboats, sailboats, luxury yachts, electric vessels, and more — both in the water and on land.
This celebration of waterfront living has something for everyone, from first-time boaters to seasoned pros. Explore the latest boats, enjoy local food and live music, bring the whole family for fun activities, and take in free educational seminars on all things marine.
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Smuin Contemporary Ballet: Extremely Close
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-20 | Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596, United States
Smuin’s Season 32 kicks off with a trio of Smuin premieres. Making its first appearance outside of New York City Ballet is Partita, choreographed by three-time Tony Award-winner and NYCB Resident Choreographer Justin Peck. Set to Caroline Shaw’s haunting, Pulitzer Prize-winning score for eight voices, Partita is an exploration of movement and an expression of hope. Artistic Director Amy Seiwert’s A Long Night, set to a medley of songs by Patsy Cline, Pink Martini, and Tom Waits, brings to life the mischievous Puck and hapless lovers of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Extremely Close, Alejandro Cerrudo’s contemporary classic, is a work of exceptional beauty and theatricality—including a feather-strewn stage—that will be a superb showcase for Smuin’s Artists. Don’t miss this spectacular program!
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Alamo Free Film Fest
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-21 | Roxie Theater, Vogue Theater and the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission Theater, San Francisco
Alamo Drafthouse’s brand-new South Bay cinemas host a long weekend of free movies with Free Film Fest, offering more than 30 iconic titles across both the Mountain View and Valley Fair locations. The lineup spans family favorites (Shrek, The Lego Movie, The Iron Giant), Bay Area standouts (Sinners, Sorry to Bother You, Vertigo), comedies and cult gems (Miss Congeniality, Best in Show, Oldboy), and epic big-screen spectacles (Interstellar, RRR, The Matrix).
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Laver Cup 2025
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-21 | Chase Center, 1 Warriors Way, San Francisco, 94158
The Laver Cup pits six of the best men’s tennis players from Europe against six of their counterparts from the rest of the world over three days of intense team competition. The teams are led by legendary captains, Yannick Noah for Team Europe and Andre Agassi for Team World.
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San Francisco Greek Festival
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-21 | Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 245 Valencia Street, San Francisco, 94103
San Francisco’s long-running and beloved Greek Food Festival, “A Journey of Greek Culture,” returns to the Mission District this fall. The three-day food festival will offer for purchase a wide variety of freshly homemade Greek food, including Spanakopita, Moussaka, Gemista, Gyros, and other meat and vegetarian options. Greek desserts and wine will also be available for purchase, and vendors will be on hand selling a selection of items. Traditional dance performances by award-winning folk dance groups will grace the festival, and new and classic Greek music for all to enjoy!
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Armenian Food Festival & Bazaar
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-21 | St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church, 51 Commonwealth Avenue, San Francisco, 94118
The Annual Bazaar and Food Festival, the largest Armenian festival in the Bay Area, has been serving food, friends and the community for the past 67 years! Time and again, the most satisfying part of the Festival is being able to share our food and our culture with YOU, our friends! As we’ve strived to do for nearly six decades in true Armenian fashion, we hope once again that our hospitality is wholeheartedly felt as you soak up the culture and savor the fare.
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2025 San Francisco Open Studios
2025-09-19 - 2025-10-19 | Various, CA, United States
The ArtSpan Team, Open Studios Committee, and Board of Directors, are thrilled to share our 2025 SF Open Studios weekend and dates.
Since 1975, ArtSpan’s citywide SF Open Studios program has connected local artists to San Francisco’s residents and visitors. Today, the program spans multiple weekends, engages hundreds of artists, and welcomes thousands of visitors.
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Julio César Morales | My America
2025-09-19 - 2025-11-01 | Gallery Wendi Norris, 436 Jackson St, San Francisco, 94111
Gallery Wendi Norris presents My America, Julio César Morales’ sixth solo presentation with the gallery. Marking the artist’s homecoming to San Francisco after twelve years in Arizona working as a senior curator and museum director, Morales returns full-time to his multidisciplinary artmaking practice that, over the last two decades, has explored migration, labor, and underground economies. My America coincides with his first career survey, OJO, at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis, on view August 7 – December 1, 2025, underscoring a pivotal career moment and the impact of his deeply rooted and continually evolving practice.
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Jitish Kallat: Covering Letter (Terranum Nuncius)
2025-09-19 - 2026-03-23 | Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Jitish Kallat’s installation Covering Letter (Terranum Nuncius) engages with sounds and images launched into space in 1977 as a cosmic greeting from humanity. Encoded in the Golden Records (gold-plated phonograph LPs) carried by NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 and now traveling over 13 billion miles away, these messages were conceived as a “time capsule” meant to last beyond the potential extinction of our species and planet, as well as an introduction to humanity and life on Earth for potential extraterrestrial recipients.
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Pirate Day at the Children’s Museum
2025-09-19 09:00 - 16:00 | Children’s Museum of Sonoma County, 1835 West Steele Lane, Santa Rosa, 95403
🏴‍☠️ Ahoy, mateys! Set sail for adventure during Pirate Day at the Children’s Museum!
Dress in your pirate best and join us for swashbuckling fun, a treasure hunt, and pirate crafts for little buccaneers of all ages!
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Empowerment Weekend: The Johnnie D. Giles Golf Classic
2025-09-19 10:00 - 14:00 | Metropolitan Golf Links, 10051 Doolittle Dr, Oakland, CA, 94603
Honoring a Legacy of Community Leadership
We invite you to join us for the first annual Johnnie Giles Golf Classic, a tournament dedicated to celebrating the life and enduring legacy of a man who exemplified service, leadership, and unwavering commitment to our community.
Johnnie Giles was more than a leader – he was a mentor, advocate, and friend who touched countless lives through his dedication to creating opportunities and building bridges. His passion for bringing people together and his belief in the power of community continue to inspire us all.
This inaugural tournament honors Johnnie’s memory while supporting the causes he cared about most. Whether you are an avid golfer or simply want to celebrate Johnnie’s impact, we welcome you to be part of this meaningful day.
Join us in keeping his spirit alive through service, fellowship, and remembrance.
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Yõg ãtak: My Father, Kaiowá
2025-09-19 15:30 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
When she was just six months old, filmmaker Sueli Maxakali’s father, Luis Kaiowá, was taken away from his Tikmũ’ũn family in Minas Gerais, Brazil, by the administrators of the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) and relocated to the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, the traditional lands of the Kaiowá people that he had left behind years earlier. Separated by more than forty years and one thousand miles, Maxakali and her partner document her search for her father, while highlighting the struggles of the Indigenous peoples of Brazil to maintain their traditions and autonomy.
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Friday Nights at OMCA Special Members Lounge
2025-09-19 17:30 - 19:30 | OMCA | Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Friday Nights at OMCA are teaming with music, art, and lively conversation. Experience the vibrant sounds of Cuba with Yeny Valdés & TeamBahia, blending timba, salsa, son, and tropical fusion in an electrifying live set. Known as the former lead singer of the legendary Los Van Van, Yeny’s powerhouse vocals bring soul, rhythm, and joy to the stage. In the Gallery of California Art, Sketchboard Co. hosts open figure drawing sessions where all are welcome to sketch, reflect, and celebrate the beauty of the human form. Later, DJ Digital KitKat keeps the energy high with groove-heavy mixes of funky edits, smooth house, and global beats.
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Michael Lington
2025-09-19 18:30 | Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, CA, 94559, United States
Launching his career in the 90s touring with the late Bobby Caldwell and Randy Crawford, Lington’s rise in the genre began with his breakthrough album Vivid, which included the Top 5 singles “Twice in a Lifetime” and “Sunset (Por Do Sol).” After years of recording hit albums and singles for various labels, in 2014 he established his own label Copenhagen Music, releasing Soul Appeal (which produced four hit radio singles) Second Nature and Silver Lining, an audio love letter to the city and sound of Memphis.
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Summer Sessions: Gregory Porter
2025-09-19 19:00 | The Meritage Resort and Spa, 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa, 94558
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Gregory Porter was raised in Bakersfield, California and cites the Bakersfield Southern Gospel sound, as well as his mother’s Nat King Cole record collection, as fundamental influences on his own sound.
Porter began singing in jazz clubs in San Diego while attending San Diego State University on a football scholarship. Eventually Porter moved to New York City to pursue music full-time and his career began to ascend with the release of his first two albums—Water (2010) and Be Good (2012)—both of which received GRAMMY nominations.
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Syleena Johnson
2025-09-19 19:30 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Experience the Voice. The Legacy. The Flesh. Syleena Johnson Live – 20-Year Anniversary Tour!
The Voice of a Generation. The Album That Changed R&B. The Celebration You Don’t Want to Miss.
Join us for an unforgettable night as Grammy-nominated R&B powerhouse Syleena Johnson brings the heat to the stage for the 20-Year Anniversary Tour of her iconic album Chapter 3: The Flesh.
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Arundhati Roy
2025-09-19 19:30 | Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Arundhati Roy is the author of the novels The God of Small Things, which won the Booker Prize in 1997, and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, which has been translated into more than forty languages and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2017. She has also published several works of nonfiction including The End of Imagination, The Doctor and the Saint, My Seditious Heart, and Azadi. Her forthcoming memoir, Mother Mary Comes to Me, is a soaring account of how the author became the person and the writer she is, shaped by circumstance, but above all by her complex relationship to the extraordinary, singular mother. Roy lives in Delhi.
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