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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Friday Nights at OMCA Special Members Lounge
2025-09-19 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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, 2025-09-19 21:00 | 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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Caelan Cardello Trio ft. Jonathon Muir-Cotton & Domo Branch
2025-09-19 19:00, 2025-09-19 21:30 | 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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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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Dominique Fils-Aimé
2025-09-19 19:00, 2025-09-19 20:30 | 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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Ron Carter Quartet
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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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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Funny Women of A Certain Age
2025-09-19 20:00 | Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St, Livermore, CA, 94551, United States
Comedy. Non-stop Laughter. Fierce.
Get ready for a night of no-holds-barred comedy as Funny Women of a Certain Age returns to the Bankhead Theater! Featuring a powerhouse lineup of veteran comedians, this show proves that hilarity only gets better with age. Don’t miss these fierce, funny women delivering sharp, unapologetic stand-up that keeps audiences laughing nonstop! A Bankhead favorite and sure sell-out.
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Mary Jane Girls
2025-09-19 21:30 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
A Detroit, Michigan native VAL YOUNG began performing professionally at an early age singing background vocals for greats like The Gap Band, George Clinton & The P-Funk and Roy Ayers. It wasn’t until the 1980’s that Punk Funk superstar Rick James impressed by her striking physical appearance as much by her musical talent he promoted her as the “Black Marilyn Monroe” and signed her to Motown Records, helping her produce her debut album Seduction which included the hits “Mind Games”, “Piece Of My Heart”, “If You Should Ever Be Lonely” and her second album Private Conversations was released on Amherst Records.
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Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival
2025-09-20 - 2025-09-21 | Old Mill Park, 64 Cascade Dr, Mill Valley, 94941, United States
68th Annual Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival: Where art and community meet under the redwoods. Explore curated handmade art from 135 juried artists. Shop, connect, and wander amongst the majestic redwoods.
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Northern California International Dragon Boat Festival
2025-09-20 - 2025-09-21 | Leo Ryan Park, 650 Shell Boulevard, Foster City, 94404
This two-day event, held at Foster City’s picturesque lake, is a premier dragon boat racing spectacle that draws teams from near and far. Whether you’re a seasoned competitor or a newcomer, there’s a race for everyone. Challenge yourself in our mixed crew races, showcase your skills in specialty divisions like open, women’s, masters, college, and youth races, or feel the adrenaline rush in our exhilarating 250-meter sprint race.
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Lafayette Art & Wine Festival
2025-09-20 - 2025-09-21 | Downtown Lafayette, 3557-3551 Mount Diablo Boulevard, Lafayette, 94549
The Lafayette Art & Wine Festival is perhaps the largest annual festival in Contra Costa County. In 2024, over 85,000 people strolled among the booths of art and handmade crafts, enjoying foods from our local restaurants, food vendors and food trucks as well as quality wines and microbrews, pausing to enjoy continuous music from our four stages.
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Muni Heritage Weekend
2025-09-20 - 2025-09-21 | San Francisco Railway Museum, 77 Steuart Street, San Francisco, 94105
The popular Muni Heritage Weekend is coming up on Saturday and Sunday, September 21-22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The traction (and bus) action will again center around our San Francisco Railway Museum, across from the Ferry Building on Steuart Street.
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Bay Area African Restaurant Week Festival 2025
2025-09-20 - 2025-09-21 | For The Culture, 701 Clay Street, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Join us for an unforgettable celebration of African culture, cuisine, and community!

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Portola Music Festival 2025
2025-09-20 - 2025-09-21 | Pier 80, 401 Cesar Chavez, San Francisco, CA, 94124, United States
If you’re looking for a weekend filled with some of the most forward-thinking names in electronic music, Portola is a must! This year’s lineup includes Dom Dolla, Peggy Gou, Anti Up, Mau P, The Dare and more! Legendary icons are in full force including Moby, LCD Soundsystem, The Prodigy, Underworld, and The Chemical Brothers, just to name a few. Plus, DESPACIO all weekend long.

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San Francisco Chocolate Week Passport
2025-09-20 - 2025-09-28 | 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl, 1 Doctor Carlton B Goodlett Place, San Francisco, 94102
Get ready, San Francisco Bay Area — Chocolate Week is coming! For one decadent week, explore 20+ of the Bay Area’s finest chocolate shops, bakeries, restaurants, cafés, and bars with your very own digital Chocolate Passport.
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Europe in the Park 2025
2025-09-20 08:00 - 20:00 | Peacock Meadow, 240 John F Kennedy Drive, San Francisco, 94117
Join us for a day of culture, community, and connection!We’re looking for enthusiastic, reliable volunteers to support Europe in the Park, a one-day outdoor festival organized by the European Union Member States in the Bay Area.
You’ll help with event setup and wrap up/clean-up, guest support, booth and vendors coordination, cultural activities, and general event support as needed— all while soaking in live music, delicious food, and the spirit of Europe!
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Morning Cow Milking Experience
2025-09-20 08:30 | Hidden Villa Dana Center, 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, 94022
Start your day off right with our morning cow milking experience! You will intimately connect with your food system by putting in the effort to get milk the old-fashioned-way, by hand! Enjoy your time with our lovely dairy cows and make a lasting memory with your family and friends!
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Public Art Walking Tour
2025-09-20 10:00 - 11:00 | Bedford Gallery, 1601 Civic Dr,Walnut Creek, 94596
Join us for a guided tour exploring the public art of Plaza Escuela and surrounding shopping areas, including Locust Street, Plaza Escuela, and California Blvd. Discover stunning sculptures and murals that enhance Walnut Creek’s lively downtown atmosphere.
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