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Branford Marsalis Quartet – Belonging Tour
2025-10-24 19:30, 2025-10-25 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
2011 NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis represents “the highest echelon of jazz tenor saxophonists” (Los Angeles Times). He returns with his superlative quartet featuring pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Reevis, and drummer Justin Faulkner to perform a range of music including a selection of the Keith Jarrett compositions that make up his 2025 Blue Note debut, Belonging — a reinterpretation of Jarrett’s landmark 1974 ECM quartet release of the same name.
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KRS-One
2025-10-24 20:00 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Appearing on the rap scene in 1986 as Boogie Down Productions, KRS-One released his first hit single “South Bronx” with the late DJ Scott La Rock and made it clear that hip-hop was going to have to take itself a lot more seriously than simply being a music genre.
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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Lyfe Jennings - The Adventures of Lyfe
2025-10-24 20:00, 2025-10-24 22:00, 2025-10-25 19:30, 2025-10-25 21:30 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Not that he’d wish it on anyone, but it was during his ten-year sentence in prison that Lyfe Jennings developed his honest sound, thanks to isolation and Erykah Badu. It was an arson charge that put the Toledo, Ohio native in prison. His musical aspirations started in the church choir and grew up in the Dotsons, a teenage group that Lyfe formed with his brother and a couple cousins. Prison made his music deeper, according to Lyfe, and when a copy of Erykah Badu’s Baduizm ended up in his cell in 1997, he was inspired and had the feeling that this introspective edge to his music was worth developing.
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Katalyst
2025-10-24 20:00 | San Jose Jazz, 310 S First St, San Jose, 95113
Katalyst is a nine-piece band born and bred in Los Angeles. Katalyst’s style of music can best be described as “contemporary instrumental,” combining sounds from all over the world integrated with jazz.
Katalyst is not just a band, however, it is a collective of producers, composers, session musicians and writers who have worked with the likes of Beyonce, Solange, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Anderson.Paak, Nas, Alina Baraz, Soulection, SiR, Kamaal Williams, Big Sean, and more, on notable stages from the Walt Disney Concert Hall to Coachella.
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Amaro Freitas, Solo
2025-10-24 20:30, 2025-10-25 19:00, 2025-10-25 20:30 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
DownBeat magazine says, “Brazilian pianist Amaro Freitas has developed an approach to the keyboard that’s so unique it’s startling.” The Recife-reared instrumentalist performs over two nights in Joe Henderson Lab, including material from his new album Y’Y, an all-star session inspired by his life-changing visit to the Amazon rainforest.
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Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
2025-10-24 20:45 | First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, 2619 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
🎃 Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Oakland. Get your tickets now to discover music inspired by Halloween at First Presbyterian Church of Oakland under the gentle glow of candlelight.
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Candlelight: The Best of Joe Hisaishi
2025-10-24 20:45 | The Chan National Queer Arts Center, 170 Valencia St, San Francisco, 94103, United States
⭐ 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 Joe Hisaishi at The Chan National Queer Arts Center under the gentle glow of candlelight.
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The Reclaiming-Healing to Joy Part 2
2025-10-25 - 2025-10-26 | Valley Center for Performing Arts, 3500 Mountain Blvd, Oakland, 94619
Dimensions Dance Theater, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected African American dance companies, announces the world premiere of The Reclaiming: Healing to Joy Part 2 for its Fall home season. This powerful, two-part production honors the resilience and brilliance of Black dance traditions, bridging generations while presenting bold new work that reflects the urgency and beauty of our current cultural moment.
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Hello, Star
2025-10-25 - 2025-10-26 | Creativity Theater, 221 Fourth Street (@ Howard),, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Composer Carla Lucero
Librettist Jarrod Lee
Based on the book by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic
Co-commissioned by Opera Parallèle and The Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University
A young girl is captivated by a call from a bright dying star. With curiosity as her leader and her Mother as guide, she questions her ability to meet the star before it fades away. A multigenerational opera that celebrates the contributions of Black women to science.
Based on the book Hello, Star, written by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic, illustrated by Vashti Harrison, and published by Little Brown Books for Young Readers.
Approx. 50 minutes without intermission
Sung in English with English supertitles
Pay What You Can: $15 / $30 / $60
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The Haunt: An Artistically-Twisted Haunted House
2025-10-25 - 2025-11-01 | YBCA | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street (at 3rd Street) , San Francisco, CA, 94103-3138, United States
This annual event brings the American haunted house tradition to life with the spirit and resourcefulness of San Francisco’s creative underworld—spooky yet campy, scrappy but full of wonder, DIY and open to everyone.
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Hybrid | 4th Annual Kelly Brush Ride: Bay Area
2025-10-25 07:00 | The Depot Plaza, 87 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, 94941
The Kelly Brush Ride is back for its fourth year in the Bay Area! Join us for a fun day cycling picturesque Marin County on Saturday, October 25, to support the Kelly Brush Foundation’s mission to inspire and empower people with spinal cord injuries to lead active and engaged lives. From leisurely family-friendly jaunts to challenging routes for mountain and road cyclists alike, pick your route and pedal for a purpose. Afterward, join us for a post-ride celebration with delicious eats and drinks, music, and prizes! Can’t make it to Mill Valley? No worries! Join us remotely from anywhere, anytime, leading up to October 25. Every mile counts towards our mission.
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Oct 25 Azazie Berkeley Pop-Up
2025-10-25 09:00 - 17:00 | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Berkeley Marina, 200 Marina Blvd, Berkeley, 94710
Brides-to-be, bridal parties, and fashion lovers are invited to shop Azazie’s Berkeley Pop-Up on Saturday, October 25, 2025, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Berkeley Marina. For one day only, Azazie will bring its most popular collections offline, including Bridal, Bridesmaid, and Azazie Atelier styles.
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The Free Breakfast Program
2025-10-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Black Panther Party Museum, 1427 Broadway, Oakland, 94612
Join us for a conversation on the power and purpose of the Free Breakfast for Schoolchildren Program with Black Panther veteran Katherine Campbell.

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Fabric Painting Workshop
2025-10-25 10:00 - 14:00 | Livermore Valley Arts, 2400 First St, Livermore, CA, 94550, United States
Designed to introduce participants to the basics of this traditional art form, suitable for beginner skill levels, with the goal of teaching attendees to create their own batik designs!
Starts with a brief overview of batik’s history, followed by a hands-on session where participants will learn how to apply wax and dye to fabric. All participants will be able to take a finished piece they have made home. All necessary materials, including fabric, wax, dyes, and brushes, will be provided. There is a material charge of $40 that is due on class day.
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Oakland Soul Arts & Music Festival
2025-10-25 11:00 - 17:00 | Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts, 10 10th Street, Oakland, 94607, United States
Join the fun, the excitement and the experience of the Bay Area at the Oakland Soul Arts & Music Festival. It all begins at 11am at the HENRY J. KAISER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS (Note New Location) loctaed at 10 Tenth Street in Oakland for two days( instead of one as previoulsy schedule) SATURDAY OCTOBER 25th. Gates open on Satuday at 11am and Sunday at 11am. The event schedule is Saturday 11am-5pm.
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Symposium: Gathering by the Motheroot
2025-10-25 13:30 - 16:30 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Join us for an afternoon of conversations with contemporary quiltmakers, scholars, curators, and artist-activists reflecting on African American quiltmaking as a present practice and an inheritance to steward for the future. Inspired by the epigraph from poet Marilou Awiakta to Alice Walker’s classic essay “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens,” the symposium will bring together those working in the expanded field of Black textile art to explore how the “motheroot” of quiltmaking—understood as a creative repository and source of collective care and power—can be nurtured and extended through contemporary practices of preservation and art making.
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JJJJJerome Ellis
2025-10-25 14:00 - 15:15 | MoAD | Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
JJJJJerome Ellis (any pronoun) is a disabled Grenadian-Jamaican-American artist, surfer, and person who stutters. The artist works across music, performance, writing, video, and photography.
JJJJJerome has the great privilege of being married to poet-ecologist Luísa Black Ellis. They live in a monastery on a creek in traditional Nansemond and Chesepioc territory, aka Norfolk, VA. JJJJJerome dreams of building a sonic bath house!
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Spooky Kava & Karaoke Bash
2025-10-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Obsidian Healing Camp, 1200 24th St, Oakland, 94607
We’re putting together a fun, free community event on Friday, Oct 25 from 6–8pm, and I’d love your help spreading the word!
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Spooked Live Tour
2025-10-25 19:00 | Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway between 20th and 21st Streets, Oakland, CA, United States
The hit podcast Spooked comes to life onstage as host Glynn Washington and guests celebrate the Halloween season with a night of Snap Judgment live storytelling magic.
Join us for amazing, true-life supernatural stories from people who can scarcely believe it happened themselves. Featuring stories by Tiyi Schippers, Esther Squires, Lopaka Kapanui . Music by Clay Xavier and Simon Keyser-Petty. Animations by Joe Presser.
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Hysterical: Hairy Situation—A New Comedy Show by ALOK
2025-10-25 19:30 | BIng Studio, 327 Lasuen Street, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States
Over the past few years, transphobia has flared up like an allergic reaction, which is why ALOK thought it would be an amazing time to hard launch their career in Hollywood. Now that’s what we like to call impeccable comedic timing! In their new standup show, ALOK keeps finding themself in hairy situations: being mistaken as a mega-famous Brazilian DJ, botching TikTok makeup tutorials, and signing up for an appointment at the European Wax Center. This unmissable evening is flippant and fabulous, wicked sharp, and delightfully silly.
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The Groundlings
2025-10-25 19:30 - 20:45 | Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596, United States
For over 50 years, The Groundlings has been the launching pad for some of the biggest names in comedy—with alumni including Will Ferrell, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, and more! An improvisational and sketch comedy institution in Los Angeles, The Groundlings Theatre & School is both a school that trains aspiring performers and a theater that entertains audiences weekly, with a focus on original character work, ensemble collaboration, and the magic of spontaneous comedy.
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Breathwork: Welcoming The Fall with an Emotional Detox
2025-10-26 10:00 | Black Panther Party Museum, 1427 Broadway, Oakland, 94612
This breathwork experience is approximately 45-55 minutes long. During the class, you will have your own designated space where you can lay down on a cozy yoga mat or blanket, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in the process. We will start with a brief five-minute introduction, where you will learn how to activate the powerful active breath technique. For the next 20-25 minutes, you will be doing the breathwork as I guide you through the journey. The music will be tailored to help you release trapped emotions, elevate your spirit and energize your soul. For this particular session, we will focus on peeling our emotional layers and releasing what no longer serves us.
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Soul Food Stroll: Back Down Memory Lane
2025-10-26 12:00 - 15:00 | Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts, 10 10th Street, Oakland, 94607, United States
Get ready to take a delicious trip back in time! The Soul Food Stroll is back, and we’re going on a journey Back Down Memory Lane with a menu that tastes just like the good old days.
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Dia De Muertos
2025-10-26 12:00 - 18:00 | Healdsburg Plaza, Healdsburg Ave & Matheson St, Healdsburg, 95448
Join us for a vibrant and heartfelt celebration of Día de Muertos at the Healdsburg Plaza on Saturday, October 26. Hosted annually by Corazón Healdsburg in collaboration with the City of Healdsburg, this cherished community event honors the rich traditions of this beloved holiday, where families come together to remember and celebrate the lives of loved ones who have passed.
The event features a stunning, marigold-adorned community altar where guests are invited to leave photos or mementos in tribute. The day will be filled with live music performances, a classic car show, food vendors, face painting, games and crafts for children, and interactive cultural activities that celebrate heritage and community.
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