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Men's Wellness Fellowship: Mental Wellness Support Group For Men of Color
2025-10-01 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation (The Black Panther Party Museum), 1427 Broadway, Oakland, 94612
Join us in Oakland for our monthly fellowship. We connect, learn, plan, & build amongst one another. Use the RSVP link and pull up on us Oakland fam. Look forward to seeing you all!
You’re invited to a Special Community Wellness Fellowship Experience Specifically for “Men Of Color”. Open invite for Fathers, Brothers, Uncles, & Sons.
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Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends
2025-10-01 19:30 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Saul Williams is a Writer, Musician, Poet, Director, and Actor who came into public attention with the release of the internationally acclaimed film Slam (dir. Marc Levin), which Saul co-wrote and starred in, introducing the world to the Slam Poetry movement, and winning Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize and the Cannes Camera D’Or, in 1998.
As an actor, Saul was a series regular as “Sivad” on the CW’s Girlfriends and has appeared in a handful of films including: K-Pax, Lackawanna Blues, New York, I Love You, and most recently the French-Senegalese Aujourd’hui- TEY (dir. Alain Gomis) which won 2013’s L’Etalon D’Or at FESPACO, where Saul was the first African-American to win Best Actor in the largest and oldest African film festival.
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Musical Story Time @The Freight
2025-10-02 10:30 - 11:30 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Please join us this summer at The Freight, one of Berkeley’s oldest and most beloved music venues, for a special musical story time series with the Berkeley Public Library’s Story Time Band! These FREE events will occur on second Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. beginning on Thursday, June 12. Each session will feature live music, movement activities, and read-aloud stories for children ages 2-7. See you there!
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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Loteria Game Night (Mexican Bingo) at Tacolicious
2025-10-02 18:00 | Tacolicious, 741 Valencia Street, San Francisco, 94110
Game Night at Tacolicious: Valencia Join us every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month for an evening of fun, food, and community at Tacolicious on Valencia Street!
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Artist Talk: Auudi Dorsey with Key Jo Lee moderated by Mattie Loyce
2025-10-02 18:00 - 20:00 | 954 Market St, 954 Market Street, San Francisco, 94102
Join us on Wednesday, October 2 from 6–8 PM for an evening of art, dialogue, and community with New Orleans–based artist Auudi Dorsey, in conversation with Key Jo Lee, Chief of Curatorial Affairs and Public Programs at Museum of the African Diaspora. The conversation will be moderated by interdisciplinary artist, curator, and community advocate Mattie Loyce.
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Candlelight: Queen vs. ABBA
2025-10-02 20:45 | 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 Queen vs. ABBA at St Ignatius Church under the gentle glow of candlelight.
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Fall Events in Oakland
2025-10-03 - 2025-11-07 | Various Venues (Oakland), Oakland, CA, 94606, United States
From mid-September to the first week in November Oakland’s Piedmont Avenue Pumpkin Patch 4414 Piedmont Ave.
Friday, Oct. 3 and Saturday, Oct. 4
70th annual Armenian Food Festival 650 Spruce St.
Saturday, Oct. 4
51st annual Black Cowboy Parade DeFremery Park, 1651 Adeline St.
Saturday, Oct. 4 and Sunday, Oct. 5
18th annual Oaktoberfest in Dimond Fruitvale Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard
Wednesday, Oct. B to Sunday, Oct. Oct. 12
Oakland Style Week various venues
Saturday, Oct. 11
Life is Living Festival DeFremery Park, 1651 Adeline St.
Thursday, Oct. 16 to Saturday, Oct. 18
Autumn Lights Festival 666 Bellevue Ave.
Friday, Oct. 17
Opening of the Oakland Symphony 2025-2026 season 2025 Broadway
Thursday, Oct. 30 and Friday, Oct. 31
Driveway Pollies Oakland Marionette Magic 2025 Broadway
Saturday, Nov. 1
Oakland Ballet’s 60th anniversary gala 2025 Broadway
Sunday, Nov. 2 30th annual Oakland Dia de Los Muertos International Boulevard between Fruitvale Avenue and High Street
Friday, Nov. 7 to Sunday, Jan. 26
Glowfari at the Oakland 200 9777 Golf Links Rd.

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
2025-10-03 - 2025-10-05 | Golden Gate Park, 501 Stanyan St. (office), San Francisco, CA, 94117, United States
A three-day free celebration of music in the most beautiful park in the world!
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Endure
2025-10-03 - 2025-10-05 | Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Alyssa Mitchel presents the premiere of Endure, a multimedia dance production featuring a cast of six dancers along with graphic designs and animations by Zach Litoff. The work explores the physical and mental grit required to take on any marathon-like challenge. Through the stories of six marathon runners, the piece celebrates running while paying tribute to the enduring human spirit, with the intention of empowering audience members to persevere through difficult challenges.
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FREE First Fridays at San Mateo County History Museum
2025-10-03 10:00 | San Mateo County History Museum, 2200 Broadway, Redwood City, 94063
Enjoy a day of history, family fun, and community connection at the San Mateo County History Museum’s FREE First Fridays on Friday, October 3, 2025. Admission is free all day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with special programs for both kids and adults.
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Mahogany Mamas Power Hour
2025-10-03 11:30 - 13:30 | Claremont Resort & Club, 41 Tunnel Rd, Berkeley, 94705
Join us at the Claremont Resort & Club (Outdoor Deck) on October 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM for a empowering and delicious lunch experience.
The Mahogany Mamas Midday Soirée (Power Hour) is an elevated gathering in a gorgeous setting to celebrate our brilliance, beauty, and power. Many of us are thriving through transitions, pivots, and season changes.
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Mind, Body, & Soul
2025-10-03 17:00 - 21:00 | Telegraph Ave. from W. Grand to 27th St, Oakland, CA, United States
This October, Oakland First Fridays is shining a spotlight on health and well-being in all its forms. Mind, Body, Soul is about creating space for our community to explore wellness in ways that nourish and inspire. From healthy bites and natural products to resources that support physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual balance, you’ll find opportunities to connect, recharge, and discover new paths to thriving. Come celebrate wellness in the heart of Oakland—an evening dedicated to self-care, community, and holistic living.
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Italian Festival Kickoff Dinner & Concert
2025-10-03 17:30 | Little Italy San Jose Business District, North Almaden Blvd &, W St John St, San Jose, 95110
Official VIP Dinner & Concert to kickoff the 8th annual Little Italy San Jose Italian Festival. Live Music, Four course Italian Dinner, & wine included.
Featuring a live auction and tours of Italian Museum/Gift Shop. Specialty Cocktails at the Italian Cellar Speakeasy available for purchase.
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Community Control through Creative Activism
2025-10-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Black Panther Party Museum, 1427 Broadway, Oakland, 94612
This workshop, presented by The Black School (TBS), will utilize TBS’s Process Deck cards to critically think about and cultivate creative activism projects that envision a liberated future for our communities based in self governance. Each card will prompts participants to navigate the nuance of their collective experience on a local level, while honoring our people’s treasured tradition of using art, design, and culture as tools for community organizing and power building.
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Candlelight: Tribute to Juan Gabriel
2025-10-03 18:30 | 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 the music of Juan Gabriel at First Presbyterian Church of Oakland under the gentle glow of candlelight.
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Lucía
2025-10-03 19:00 | BIng Studio, 327 Lasuen Street, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States
Lucía was the winner of the 2022 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and the first Mexican artist to enter. When it came time for the final round, she chose to sing “What a Difference a Day Makes,” a standard popularized by Dinah Washington, but originally a bolero written in Spanish by María Grever. Since winning the competition, Lucía has released her self-titled debut album and continued to develop her musical sensibility, colored in equal parts by the beauty of American jazz and the Latin American Songbook.
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Global Groove Remix
2025-10-03 20:00 - 2025-10-04 00:00 | YBCA | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street (at 3rd Street) , San Francisco, CA, 94103-3138, United States
Nexus SF Bay Area Black Art Week Presents Global Groove Remix: Featuring DJ Novena Carmel and Kooldrink In Partnership With MoAD, YBCA, Empire & The Svane Family Foundation
Join us for a night-only experience of art, music, and connection, honoring MoAD’s 20th Anniversary and kicking off Nexus Black Art Week across the Bay Area.
In partnership with MoAD, YBCA, Empire, and The Svane Family Foundation, this reimagined celebration builds on history: the original Global Groove was MoAD’s first public opening event in 2005. Now, twenty years later, Global Groove returns—renewed for a new generation.
To electrify the night, two extraordinary DJs will take center stage, bringing a soundtrack of movement, joy, and community. We are beyond thrilled to welcome DJ Novena Carmel and Kooldrink to set the vibe for an unforgettable evening.
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Candlelight: Tribute to The Beatles
2025-10-03 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 the music of The Beatles at First Presbyterian Church of Oakland under the gentle glow of candlelight.
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Paul Cornish
2025-10-03 21:00 | San Jose Jazz, 310 S First St, San Jose, 95113
Paul Cornish represents the latest evolution in Blue Note Records’ 86-year legacy, embodying a rare duality of honoring jazz tradition while forging an entirely new path forward as a Houston-born pianist now based in Los Angeles. Cornish emerges from Houston’s remarkable musical ecosystem, particularly the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, which has produced an extraordinary lineage of Blue Note artists including Jason Moran, Robert Glasper, and James Francies. His artistic development spans classical training from age five, church music that taught him service beyond self, and formal education at USC and UCLA’s prestigious Herbie Hancock Institute, where he studied directly with Hancock and Wayne Shorter.
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PUSHfest Dance Festival
2025-10-04 - 2025-10-05 | CAST Black Box Theater, 447 Minna Street, San Francisco, 94103, United States
Established in 2014, PUSHfest has evolved into a nationwide autumn festival. Occurring over two days, the festival presents choreographers exploring emergent ideas on two different stages, ready for barrier breaking performances.
Each year, PUSHfest showcases a fresh lineup of mixed-genre dance choreographers alongside the PUSHfest Awards, which awards one choreographer from each program an honorarium and a recognition vote from the audience. PUSH Dance Company situates the festival at its Sanctuary home where residencies and PUSHLab, the educational component of the festival, reside. PUSHfest performances will be held at the newly designed CAST Black Box Theater and on the outdoor stage at The Parks at 5M (5M), thanks to our neighbors CAST (Community Arts Stabilization Trust) and 5M.
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Oakland’s Family-Friendly Beer Festival
2025-10-04 - 2025-10-05 | Oakland’s Dimond District, Oakland, Oakland, 94602
Oaktoberfest returns in its full Bavarian glory with outdoor dining, drinking, and entertainment with free entry for the whole family. Don’t miss the live German music, traditional German food options, hundreds of vendors, 5 stages of live music, and the Bay Area’s best craft beers.
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Judith Schaechter: Super/Natural
2025-10-04 - 2026-02-08 | Museum of Craft and Design, 2569 Third Street, San Francisco, 94107
Centered around Judith Schaechter’s latest project, Super/Natural, this exhibition explores the universality of natural elements, patterns, and ornament as vehicles for meditations on beauty. The central stained glass structure, also titled Super/Natural, is her largest project to date, designed to accommodate a single viewer inside. Created during her residency at the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, this piece reflects her study of biophilic design and its impact on human consciousness.
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Wunderkammer: The Collection of Susan Beech
2025-10-04 - 2026-02-08 | Museum of Craft and Design, 2569 Third Street, San Francisco, 94107
After a lifetime of collecting art jewelry, Susan Beech’s collection reflects the distinctive personality of its owner. The Beech home is full of custom display cases, each showcasing an array of jewelry of various styles and functions. Together, they evoke 18th century Wunderkammern, or cabinets of curiosity.
Traditionally, a Wunderkammer housed objects that not only displayed wealth but also embodied humanist philosophies aimed at deepening our understanding of the world. These collections functioned as object-driven pedagogies, with treasures encased in glass and hidden within drawers.
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13th Annual Taste of Africa Festival
2025-10-04 10:00 | Bankhead Plaza, 2400 First St, Livermore, 94550
Aims to promote cultural education and diversity awareness in learning institutions, corporations, and communities that foster a more congenial relationship among its members.
Our mission is to preserve and encourage the appreciation of African culture by inspiring and educating the American public about Africa’s extensive and unique attributes, regardless of their heritage of origin.
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A Taste of Africa
2025-10-04 10:00 - 18:00 | Bankhead Plaza, 2400 First St, Livermore, 94550
Cheza Nami Foundation proudly presents the 13th annual Taste of Africa Festival in Livermore, CA
The countdown is on for A Taste of Africa — an unforgettable day of music, dance, food, and culture in the heart of Downtown Livermore!
Taste of Africa is a Staff picks showcasing musical and dance performances by local African and African diaspora artists, art exhibits, food, an African marketplace, a community art project, and a kid zone with a reading corner, crafts, and interactive instrument exploration.
Returning this year will be our “Moving Together” program in partnership with Chanel Aleta Presents, bringing master African & Diaspora Artists for dance and drumming workshops with our community. This year with an even stronger focus on creating space for youth and their families
🎶 Music Festival: 10AM–6PM at Bankhead Theater
🎉 Afterparty: 6PM–close at Little India
📍 2400 & 2417 First St., Livermore, CA
📆 Saturday, October 4, 2025
Bring your family, your friends, and your dancing shoes — this is a celebration you won’t want to miss.
🎟️ FREE & Family Friendly
💃🏽🪘 For the culture. For the community. For the joy.
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The Innovator Showcase: A Celebration of Ingenuity
2025-10-04 12:00 | California Ballroom, 1736 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Self-eSTEM’s annual fundraiser is a curated event for visionaries who are shaping the future of technology, entrepreneurship and social impact. Beyond a traditional fundraiser, it is an intentional gathering that brings together individuals, venture capitalists, philanthropists and industry leaders with the next generation of talent.
Our mission is to close the STEM opportunity gap for untapped talent, transforming them from students to innovators and founders. Your participation is a strategic investment in innovation, and in a more equitable and prosperous future.
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Sip & Connect: Tiburon Wine Festival Black, Latino, API in Tech
2025-10-04 12:00 - 17:00 | SF Ferry Building, Grand Hall 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, 94105
WeAre and MelaninInScience are turning the Tiburon Wine Festival & ferry ride into a whole vibe. Connect & enjoy community with fellow Black, Latino, API & Indigenous investors, leaders, entrepreneurs & professionals in Tech, Science & Sustainability as we head to the Tiburon Wine Festival on the SF ferry.
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Tiburon Wine Festival 2025
2025-10-04 13:00 - 16:00 | Point Tiburon Plaza, 1701 Tiburon Boulevard, Tiburon, CA, 94920, United States
60 + WINERIES. 10 RESTAURANTS. 1 EXTRAORDINARY EVENT.
We are excited to welcome you back to Tiburon this fall. There’s a reason the Tiburon Wine Festival is one of the Bay Area’s most popular wine events. Extraordinary Wine, Food & Live Music all on the bay!
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Día de Muertos BFM 2025
2025-10-04 14:00 | Calvin Simmons Theatre, 10 10th St, Oakland, 94607, United States
Named by the Mexican consulate in San Francisco as the official ambassador for ongoing cultural activities with Mexico, Ballet Folklorico de Carlos Moreno’s wide-ranging dance repertoire and stunning choreography empowers communities and educates the general public by providing a greater understanding and appreciation for Mexican cultural and folklore through music, dance, and traditional art forms.
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SONAS & Charleston Pierce Present Marin Fashion Night / Oct 4th 2025
2025-10-04 17:00 - 23:00 | Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Simmonds Rd, Sausalito, 94965
Marin Fashion Night isn’t just an event; it’s a movement towards nurturing local talent and giving back to the community.
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