Cindy Blackman Santana
2025-09-14 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
A singular artist possessed of unmatched passion, fire, and percussive mastery, Cindy Blackman Santana graces the Miner Auditorium stage for this long-awaited return appearance with her newest project. For these concerts, Blackman Santana’s band will be joined by special guests: Ravi Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Patrice Rushen on keyboards, and the iconic Carlos Santana on guitar.
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B-Legit w/ Live Band
2025-09-14 19:00, 2025-09-14 21:00 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Born and raised in the heart of Vallejo, California, a vibrant town north of Oakland and San Francisco, Brandt K. Jones, known in the rap world as B-Legit, has become a cornerstone of Gangsta Rap and Hip Hop. Vallejo’s rich cultural blend, thanks to its military town background and southern migrations, provided the perfect backdrop for B-Legit’s diverse, authentic sound. As the youngest of four siblings, B-Legit benefited from the wisdom and guidance of older brothers, equipping him with maturity and a deeper understanding of life’s complexities from an early age.
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Ran
2025-09-14 19:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
The incomparable Tatsuya Nakadai anchors Akira Kurosawa’s lavish adaptation of King Lear, a combination of chamber drama and brutal war epic that is simultaneously visceral and contemplative. Nakadai is a sixteenth-century lord who makes the mistake of first dividing his kingdom among his three sons, then banishing the only one who actually loves him. As in William Shakespeare’s tale, such decisions prove fatal, but Kurosawa pointedly concentrates on not only the effects on father and sons but also the much larger societal impact, as entire armies are dispatched, brutalized, and destroyed due to one man’s inability to understand human nature.
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ELEW Plays Sting
2025-09-14 19:30 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Virtuoso pianist, DJ, composer, and former member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Eric Lewis — better known as ELEW — brings a solo piano show to the Joe Henderson Lab. He presents daring and imaginative takes on the songs of pop icon and Police frontman Sting.
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Veotis Latchison
2025-09-14 21:15 | Black Cat, 400 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA, 94109, United States
Veotis Latchison is an innovative songwriter, producer, and vocalist from Oakland, California. His artistic expression is deeply influenced by a mix of hip hop, R&B, soul, and jazz, drawing inspiration from artists like James Brown, D’Angelo, Donny Hathaway, Big yuki, Robert Glasper etc. widely known as a strong spirited Vocalist Veotis plays extensively throughout the bay and beyond. His original music is best described as “Epic story tellings of a young man trying for better”. Incorporating colorful and expansive melodies with poetry comparable to Nat king Cole, Cy Colman and Biggie Smalls.
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Bobby McFerrin & MOTION: Circlesongs
2025-09-15 12:00 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Join Bobby McFerrin and Bay Area’s MOTION featuring Bryan Dyer, David Worm, Destani Wolf, and Tammi Brown. They will lead Circlesongs at 12:00 PM and encourage everyone to bring a spirit of adventure, curiosity, trust, and joy. Let it free your voice.
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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Community Mondays: Open Mic
2025-09-15 19:30 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
In the spirit of early days of The Freight, we’re embracing a more intimate, café-style setting– salon vibes, spontaneous connection, and up-close musical magic. All genres of music-making are welcome, and we’ll have a limited selection of instruments, mics, and amps on hand.
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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SFJAZZ Collective
2025-09-16 13:00 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
For this special matinee performance, our resident supergroup will revisit their 2024-25 Season collaboration with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, playing original compositions inspired by the work of Bay Area visual artists as part of their exhibition “About Place.” These shows will fully utilize Miner Auditorium’s immersive media system to take the audience through a stunning virtual tour of the artworks. Please join us for this special matinee concert celebrating sight and sound!
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El Grito Fest
2025-09-16 16:00 - 21:00 | Santa Rosa Downtown Square, 50 Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, 95404
Join us for the first-ever El Grito Fest in Santa Rosa, a free, family-friendly celebration honoring Latino Heritage Month and the Independence Days of Latin America. The event will take place on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Santa Rosa Downtown Square.

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Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons
2025-09-16 20:00 | Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway between 20th and 21st Streets, Oakland, CA, United States
Join us on a musical journey from your first day in the valley all the way to your arrival to the summit, with the brand new Stardew Valley concert Symphony of Seasons!
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Filoli Gardens Summer Nights
2025-09-17 00:00, 2025-09-18 00:00 | Filoli Historic House & Garden, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside, 94062
You have to check out the stunning Filoli Historic House & Gardens! With the majestic Santa Cruz Mountains as its backdrop, this place is pure paradise! Treat your ears to some acoustic music and stay for the most amazing sunset you’ll ever see. And how about sipping a refreshing drink at the Bluebird Bar or grabbing a bite on the lush lawn? No need to worry about the kids, bring the whole family – children under 5 enter for free! Roses in full bloom complete the enchanting experience. Let’s go!
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The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
2025-09-17 - 2025-09-21 | Various Venues (Berkeley), Berkeley, 94704, United States
The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention is a five day music gathering featuring a lovingly curated roster of local and national old-time music acts, with concert sets, rollicking square dances (and a Cajun dance too!), workshops, jams, an online crankie showcase, and the illustrious string band contest in venues throughout Berkeley.
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Curator's Tour: Victoria Sung on Lee ShinJa: Drawing with Thread
2025-09-17 12:15 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
BAMPFA Senior Curator Victoria Sung addresses ​the artist’s monumental textile works and the arc of her long and innovative career.
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Ron Carter Quartet
2025-09-17 13:00 | 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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Free Art Workshop: Accordion Book
2025-09-17 14:00 - 16:00 | YBCA | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street (at 3rd Street) , San Francisco, CA, 94103-3138, United States
Create art inspired by programs at YBCA in this series of drop-in art workshops for participants of all ages. Each workshop will explore different practices and art-making methods. Materials will be provided, and participants will be able to take their artwork home as a souvenir.
Play with meaningful words, statements, or affirmations and transform them into a creative accordion book. This workshop is inspired by artist Arnold Kemp’s work in the Bay Area Then exhibition, presented by YBCA.
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Virtual | Making the Healthcare System Work Better for You Series Part II
2025-09-17 14:30 | [ Virtual ], CA
Session 4: Where and How You Get Your Care
Navigating the healthcare system can be confusing. Many in our community face avoidable challenges—like knowing when to visit urgent care versus the ER, keeping up with preventive checkups, or feeling confident enough to speak up during a hospital stay.
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Rituals in Transfigured Time: Maya Deren, Sidney Peterson, and Kenneth Anger
2025-09-17 19:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Cinematic choreography and bodies in motion are central to the films in this program. Maya Deren’s iconic psychodramas are elevated by the specificity of gesture and movement in the films, while cinematography and editing allow her subjects to defy time, space, and gravity. Sidney Peterson and his students at the California School of Fine Arts (later the San Francisco Art Institute) transform San Francisco into a surreal dreamscape in The Lead Shoes, an oblique oedipal drama, shot with a distorting anamorphic lens and accompanied by a propulsive cacophony of traditional ballads.
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Ruthie Foster
2025-09-17 20:00 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Ruthie Foster’s musical journey is as eclectic and vibrant as her soulful voice. Born into a family steeped in gospel tradition, Ruthie’s earliest influences were the voices of her mother, grandmother, and the gospel singers she grew up listening to — artists like the Gospel Keynotes and the Blind Boys of Alabama. However, her path to becoming a solo artist wasn’t a straightforward one. Despite a deep love for music, Ruthie initially shied away from the spotlight, preferring to play guitar, piano, and write songs for others.
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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Fall Season 2025: “Deep River”
2025-09-18 - 2025-09-21 | Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA, 700 Howard St., San Francisco, 94103
Deep River, Alonzo King’s acclaimed masterwork, fuses dance with Black spirituals and Jewish liturgical music in a powerful reflection on love, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit. Named one of Pointe Magazine’s standout performances of 2024, Deep River has been praised for its beauty, emotional depth, and spiritual force. With soaring vocals by Lisa Fischer and an evocative score by Jason Moran, Deep River is a transformative journey of compassion, beauty, and transcendence.
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Newark Days
2025-09-18 - 2025-09-21 | MacGregor Playfields and Newark Community Center, 35501 Cedar Boulevard, Newark, 94560
Newark Days is a four-day festival held to commemorate the birthday of the City of Newark, California held every year in September. In 2025, we’ll be celebrating Newark’s 70th birthday from September 18-21 with the theme, Celebrating the 70s!
Newark Days is enjoyed by over 100,000 people every year. The festival is organized by Newark Days Celebration Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is made up entirely of volunteers. The volunteers of the Newark Days Committee work throughout the year to plan and host all the events.
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‘Iweš- ‘iweš kečkeyma: One Hundred Women Exhibit
2025-09-18 - 2025-10-13 | Faultline Gallery, 3908 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, 94619
This art is an ancestral reckoning.
Iweš-‘iweš kečkeyma: One Hundred Women; A legacy of Indigenous resistance and resilience shares the a story of the land we are on through an offering of 100 hand made ribbon skirts created in honor of the first 100 Indigenous women and girls that were taken into the Bay Area Missions in the first wave of colonization.
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Kim's Convenience
2025-09-18 - 2025-10-19 | Tony Rembe Theater (formerly the Geary Theater), 415 Geary St, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
This hilarious and heartwarming award-winning comedy drama about a Korean family-run corner store that inspired the popular Netflix hit is a feel-good ode to generations of immigrants who have made Canada the country that it is today. Mr. Kim works hard to support his wife and children with his Toronto convenience store. As he evaluates his future, he faces both a changing neighborhood landscape and the gap between his values and those of his Canada-born children. Playwright Ins Choi, who will also star in the production as the title character, calls Kim’s Convenience his “love letter to his parents and to all first-generation immigrants who call Canada their home.”
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Virtual | P.R.I.A. - Practicing the Pause: Grounding in Community
2025-09-18 10:00 | [ Virtual ], CA
Leading in the nonprofit and social sector is deeply rewarding—but it also comes with immense demands, uncertainty, and challenges that weigh on us and the communities we serve. In these moments, taking intentional time to pause and reconnect is not only restorative, but essential.
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Big Truck Day
2025-09-18 16:00 - 20:00 | Antioch Community Center, 4703 Lone Tree Way, Antioch, 94531
With great success and back by popular demand, the brightest and loudest day of the year is here. Thursday, September 18th, the City of Antioch Recreation Department will host its sixth annual Big Truck Day– a day that gives families and kids of all ages an opportunity to learn more about local companies and the large vehicles they use to keep our community safe and green. Enjoy food truck options brought to you by Foodie Crew, while you explore fire engines, school buses, tractors, and many more vehicles that help our city function.
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Culture Makers
2025-09-18 18:30 - 20:00 | The New Parkway Theater, 474 24th Street, Oakland, 94612, United States
Join us for The Oaklandside’s Culture Makers on Thursday, Sept. 18 at the New Parkway Theater, for an evening of community, conversation, and performance.
The Oaklandside’s Arts and Community Reporter Azucena Rasilla will be in conversation with Abby Sullivan Engen, Immigrants’ Rights Co-Directing Attorney at Centro Legal de la Raza, Gabriela Galicia, Executive Director of Street Level Health Project and Leva Zand, Founder and Executive Director of ARTogether. Together, they’ll share stories from Oakland’s immigrant communities and highlight critical resources-from navigating legal challenges and accessing health care to uplifting immigrant voices through the arts.
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BOTMC Thursday Concert: Bruce Molsky, Ozark Highballers, and Black Banjo & Fiddle Fellows
2025-09-18 19:00 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention presents a triple bill show featuring Bruce Molsky, Ozark Highballers, and Black Banjo & Fiddle Fellows. Hosted jamming in front of The Freight from 5-6PM; doors open at 6PM; showtime at 7PM. The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention (BOTMC) runs Sept. 17-22 with concerts, dances, string band contest, instructional workshops, activities for families and lots of jamming! Many free events too.
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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Caelan Cardello Trio ft. Jonathon Muir-Cotton & Domo Branch
2025-09-18 19:00 | 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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