Oakland Dia de los Muertos
2025-11-02 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Fruitvale Village, 3301 E 12th St, Oakland, 94601
The Oakland Día de los Muertos Festival is a free, outdoor festival that brings over 100,000 people to the vibrant, culturally-rich Fruitvale neighborhood to enjoy world-class live music, family-friendly games, rides and activities, traditional Latin American artisans, and the stunning altar artistic installations created by community members paying homage to los Muertos. The Día de los Muertos Festival was inducted into the U.S. Library of Congress by Congresswoman Barbara Lee as a “Local Legacy.”

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SFJAZZ Collective
2025-11-02 15:00, 2025-11-02 19:00 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Founded in 2004, the SFJAZZ Collective is our all-star resident ensemble and composer’s workshop featuring music director and tenor saxophonist Chris Potter, tenor saxophonist David Sánchez, trumpeter Mike Rodriguez, vibraphonist Warren Wolf, pianist Edward Simon, bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Kendrick Scott.
The concept behind the Collective’s yearly focus has been to perform newly commissioned pieces by each member and fresh arrangements of works by modern masters. Through this pioneering approach, simultaneously honoring music’s greatest figures while championing jazz’s up-to-the-minute directions, the SFJAZZ Collective has embodied the organization’s commitment to jazz as a living, ever-relevant art form.
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5th Annual Black Women's Roots Festival
2025-11-02 16:00 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
The fifth annual Black Women’s Roots Festival celebrates powerful, pioneering, Black women in blues, jazz, gospel, country, roots music, and beyond. Showcasing a dynamic lineup of legendary artists, renowned performers, and emerging talent, this intergenerational program features the finest vocalists and instrumentalists of roots music that you’ll find anywhere in the world! Join us for what is sure to be a fantastic evening of music and culture. Supported by City of Berkeley and Zellerbach Family Foundation.
Featuring: The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Lady Tramaine Hawkins, Linda Tillery, Bishop Yvette Flunder, Miko Marks, Big Gems Daughter
House Band featuring LJ Holoman (keys), James ‘Booyah’ Richard (bass), & Qyu Jackson (drums). Hosted by Traci Bartlow.
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Day of the Dead Celebration
2025-11-02 16:00 - 20:00 | San Mateo County History Museum, 2200 Broadway, Redwood City, 94063
The San Mateo County Historical Association will join the Casa Círculo Cultural to present a “Day of the Dead” event, observing this traditional Mexican celebration, on Sunday, November 2.
In front of the museum, Courthouse Square will be decorated with sugar skulls, marigolds, and lights. Dancers, artists, and musicians will perform. The museum will host free children’s crafts in the Rotunda and Festival of the Altars will be in Courtroom A and the Atkinson Room.
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Ghost-Note
2025-11-02 19:00 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Continuing to tour the world after the release of their acclaimed April, 2024 album Mustard n’Onions on Mack Avenue records, Ghost-Note is led by drummer Robert “Sput” Searight and features musicians who have performed and recorded with Prince, Kendrick Lamar, Herbie Hancock, Snarky Puppy, Marcus Miller, Kirk Franklin and other icons. Ghost-Note are bracing in their virtuosity, affecting in their soulfulness and inspired in their sonic choices. Their live shows are a tour de force of funk with dazzling solos and air-tight arrangements that will have you dancing and shaking your head in awe. The massive Percussion and Horn driven band delivers a “mind-blowing healing sensation that is positively, unapologetically funky.”
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Before Night Falls
2025-11-02 19:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
This sweeping cinematic portrait of the Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas covers the whole of the artist’s life, taking cues from his writing to spark the images and advance the narrative—from Arenas’s birth and childhood, the thrill of revolution, and his sexual awakening, to his persecution and exile. “In seamlessly weaving Arenas’s memories and fantasies with archival and simulated documentary footage, [Julian] Schnabel reveals how ‘reality’ and ‘fiction’ coalesce, facilitating a more truthful portrait of a poet’s life than one on which a filmmaker’s own preconceptions have been imposed” (Graham Fuller, Artforum).
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Bobby McFerrin & MOTION: Circlesongs
2025-11-03 12:00 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
10-time Grammy-winner Bobby McFerrin‘s mission is to get the world singing. So, he’s singing with MOTION almost every Monday afternoon right here at The Freight to welcome even more voices into the circle!
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 with Jamey Williams
2025-11-03 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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At the Table with Sam Altman and Steve Kerr
2025-11-03 19:30 - 20:30 | Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
At a moment of rapid change both locally and globally, Manny’s is bringing together two of San Francisco’s most inspiring leaders to share their lives and their stories in this rare and intimate conversation. This pairing may likely never be together again on one stage. The setting? Imagine you’ve just come home and you’ve invited OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Warriors Coach Steve Kerr to your kitchen table to catch up and discuss what’s motivating them right now, the lessons they’ve learned along the way and how they see the future unfolding for San Francisco and the world.
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The Robert Cray Band
2025-11-04 20:00 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Blues icon. Soul man. Rock and roller. Robert Cray is all these things – and more. The Georgia- born, Washington-raised musician first picked up a guitar after seeing The Beatles on TV then, having witnessed Jimi Hendrix perform in Seattle, determined that his destiny would also follow a similar path. And so, he has: across the past half century Robert Cray’s developed into one of American music’s most singular artists.
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The Woman in Black
2025-11-05 - 2025-11-23 | Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596, United States
The second longest-running play in the history of London’s West End, The Woman in Black is the chilling theatrical event that has kept over seven million theatergoers on the edge of their seats for more than 30 years. When a young lawyer encounters a mysterious figure on the lonely, desolate estate he is charged to settle after the death of its owner, he believes his life has become cursed. To help him exorcise the dark specter from his life, he engages a skeptical actor to help him tell his terrifying story and together they unspool the mysteries hidden among the moors of the haunted estate. Hailed by critics as “a white-knuckle thrill” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “Ingenious!” (New York Times) Center REP audiences will be lured into the pulse-pounding and spine-tingling ghostly world of their own imaginations… what happens next is something you must see to believe!
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Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square
2025-11-05 - 2026-01-19 | Holiday Ice Rink In Union Square, 333 Post St, San Francisco, 94102
A beloved Bay Area tradition returns for its 18th season, transforming Union Square into a festive outdoor skating wonderland. From the Opening Celebration on November 5 to fan-favorite themed nights like Drag on Ice and the Silent Skate Party, the rink offers classic holiday fun with new seasonal experiences for all ages. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. (closing at 9:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve). Tickets and full event details at UnionSquareIceRink.com.
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Mariza
2025-11-05 19:30 | BIng Studio, 327 Lasuen Street, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States
Mariza is one of the most recognized stars of contemporary fado—the traditional Portuguese genre of lovelorn song. Born in Mozambique but raised in Lisbon’s multicultural Moorish Quarter, Mariza became a local phenomenon and then an international success. Recognized by UNESCO as part of Portugal’s Intangible Cultural Heritage, fado dates back centuries, but has recently absorbed gospel, jazz, and flamenco influences into its lilting, nostalgic sound.
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Big Art Loop – Portside Art Parade & Launch Celebration
2025-11-06 16:30 - 18:00 | Pier 14, Pier 14, San Francisco, 94105
Join us for a festive walking tour and launch celebration of the Big Art Loop – Portside! This free, family-friendly event kicks off at Pier 14 with a joyful Art Parade along the waterfront, introducing the public to four of the ten new sculptures installed along the bay-side waterfront between Fisherman’s Wharf and Heron’s Head Park.
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SWIM Gallery Art Opening
2025-11-06 17:00 | Swim Gallery, 509 Ellis Street , San Francisco, CA, 94109, United States
SWIM Gallery presents One Big Room Full of Bad Bitches, a group exhibition celebrating queer, femme, and women-identifying artists in graffiti, featuring contributions from Xara Thustra, Lophi, Schatzi, Kolekt, UHOH, and Misia—all anchored by a solo showcase from Alrad, Everything Bad Comes Something Good.
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The Power of Pause: Cultivating Wholeness in a Busy World
2025-11-06 18:00 - 20:00 | 408 12th St, 408 12th Street, Oakland, 94607
In a world that moves at lightning speed, taking a moment to pause is more than self-care—it’s a radical act of wellness. Join the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce (OAACC) for an evening with mental-health experts and community leaders focused on restoring balance, building supportive connections, and navigating emotional health in real life.
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Thy Navel is a Goblet That Does Not Lack for Wine: The Visual Journey
2025-11-06 18:30 - 19:30 | MoAD | Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Join musician and visual artist Mark Montgomery French for an intimate viewing of his ambient protest film, Thy Navel is a Goblet That Does Not Lack for Wine, from his album of the same name. This evocative work employs trance-like animations and sensory immersion to explore themes of meditation, resistance, and recovery, reframing Blackness as an origin, an expansion, and a liberation. It sonically draws from across the Diaspora—Javanese gamelan, dub reggae, string quartets, and jazz noir—not just as a style, but as a way to map Blackness across geographies and time. The evening concludes with a Q&A with Mark Montgomery French, offering insights into the album’s themes and creation.
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Black Film: Unscreened & Unstreamed, A Family Affair
2025-11-06 18:30 - 21:00 | Oakstop, 1721 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Doug strives to uncover the stories of pioneering African Americans through extensive research & a warm and unique style of storytelling. Join us for a special screening of Uzikee: Washington, DC’s Ancestral Sculptor (90 min). A deeply personal film that explores the life & legacy of a master artist whose work blends African aesthetics with Afrofuturist vision. Uzikee is also Doug’s uncle and the reason Doug and his son drove across the country to capture this part of their family’s legacy.
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The Many Sides of Quincy Jones
2025-11-06 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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2025 Murphy & Cadogan Art Awards Ceremony and Opening Reception
2025-11-06 19:00 - 21:00 | SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
SOMArts is proud to partner with the San Francisco Foundation to present the 2025 Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition, a focused look at the future of the Bay Area visual arts. Join us for the opening reception and awards ceremony on Thursday November 6, 7–9 PM.
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Tech Bro 2.0: The new Silicon Valley archetype dominating the AI age
2025-11-06 19:30 - 20:30 | Manny’s, 3092 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Join The San Francisco Standard for a candid conversation about how young men are shaping and experiencing Silicon Valley in the age of AI. Featuring two longtime observers and two self-proclaimed tech bros, we’ll unpack the routines, lifestyles, and worldviews defining San Francisco’s tech bros. From their thoughts on AGI to how they approach dating, this event dives into the minds driving the city’s AI tech boom.
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Chrisette Michele
2025-11-06 20:00 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Chrisette Michele Is Home!
Grammy Award Winning, Recording Artist, Chrisette Michele is hitting the road and she’s debuting her new single “Home”! You’ll hear brand new music mixed in with her classics like, “A Couple of Forevers”, “Love Is You”, “If I Have My Way” and “Blame it on Me”.
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Candlelight: Featuring Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and More
2025-11-06 20:45, 2025-11-07 18:30 | St. Ignatius Church, 650 Parker Avenue, San Francisco, 94118
⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in San Francisco. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Vivaldi at St. Ignatius Church under the gentle glow of candlelight.
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2025 Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition
2025-11-07 - 2025-12-07 | SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
SOMArts is proud to partner with the San Francisco Foundation to present the 2025 Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition, a focused look at the future of the Bay Area visual arts, on view November 7–December 7, 2025
The Jack K. and Gertrude Murphy Award and the Edwin Anthony and Adalaine Boudreaux Cadogan Scholarships help fuel the forward-thinking visual arts movement that makes the Bay Area unique. These awards were established in 1986 and are designed to further the development of Bay Area master of fine arts students and to foster the exploration of their artistic potential.
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Glowfari
2025-11-07 - 2026-01-25 | Oakland Zoo, 9777 Golf Links Rd, Oakland, 94605
This wildly popular, family-friendly experience features hundreds of ALL new, larger-than-life animal lanterns throughout the Zoo. Each lantern tells the story of the ongoing journey of wildlife, the importance of every species on our planet, and Oakland Zoo’s commitment to conservation.
This year’s experience includes new themes — explore the future of Oakland, learn about coexisting with wildlife, swim through the reef to see colorful underwater creatures, go on a safari through the savanna to spot iconic African animals, meet some interesting bugs that are all around us, and end the night by taking the train through the reptile world.
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Special Movie Screening Event for Sarah’s Oil
2025-11-07 17:30 - 22:00 | Regal Jack London Cinemas, 100 Washington St, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
In the early 1900s, young Sarah Rector believes there’s oil beneath the barren land she’s allotted in Indian Territory. As greedy sharks close in, Sarah turns to family, friends, and some Texas wildcatters to maintain control of her oil-rich land, eventually becoming one of the first female African American millionaires.
Doors Open – 5:30P
Movie Screening – 6:00P-8:00P
Post event reception immediately following @ Everett & Jones BBQ
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Eric Darius
2025-11-07 18:30 | Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, CA, 94559, United States
With his iconic, signature jump and crowd-captivating energy throughout his world renowned live performances, Billboard chart topping, American saxophonist, songwriter, producer, and performer, Eric Darius, is breaking the mold of modern Jazz. His latest and boldest venture to date, Unleashed, is a testament to his ever evolving artistic vision, fearlessly pushing all musical boundaries while innovatively fusing Jazz with elements of R&B, Hip-Hop, Funk, Pop, and much more.
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Sugarcane
2025-11-07 19:30 | BIng Studio, 327 Lasuen Street, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States
Mali Obomsawin is a genre-defying bassist, composer, vocalist, and proud citizen of the Odanak First Nation. She scored the 2024 National Geographic documentary Sugarcane, which helped bring light to the injustice and abuses of the Canadian Indian residential school system. In this special screening of the film, the Mali Obomsawin Quartet plays the score live to picture. Obomsawin’s music models 21st-century Indigeneity, challenging listeners’ complacency while comforting with lush and haunting harmonies.
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