Extremely Close
2025-09-26 - 2025-10-05 | Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA, 700 Howard St., San Francisco, 94103
Extremely Close, by Alejandro Cerrudo – BAY AREA PREMIERE
Partita, by Justin Peck – WEST COAST PREMIERE
A Long Night, by Amy Seiwert – WEST COAST PREMIERE
Smuin’s Season 32 kicks off with a trio of Smuin premieres. Making its first appearance outside of New York City Ballet is Partita, choreographed by three-time Tony Award-winner and NYCB Resident Choreographer Justin Peck. Set to Caroline Shaw’s haunting, Pulitzer Prize-winning score for eight voices, Partita is an exploration of movement and an expression of hope. Artistic Director Amy Seiwert’s A Long Night, set to a medley of songs by Patsy Cline, Pink Martini, and Tom Waits, brings to life the mischievous Puck and hapless lovers of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Extremely Close, Alejandro Cerrudo’s contemporary classic, is a work of exceptional beauty and theatricality—including a feather-strewn stage—that will be a superb showcase for Smuin’s Artists. Don’t miss this spectacular program!
September 12 – 14, 2025 – Mountain View
September 19 – 20, 2025 – Walnut Creek
September 26 – October 5, 2025 – San Francisco
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The Jury Experience: An Immersive Courtroom Case
2025-09-26 - 2026-01-17 | Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th St, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
⭐ Step into the heart of a high-stakes trial with The Jury Experience in San Francisco. In this live theatre show, YOU are the jury—the power to deliver justice is entirely in your hands. You’ll examine every piece of the puzzle, from witness testimonies to forensic data, and ultimately decide: guilty or innocent?
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Jonas Brothers
2025-09-26 08:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Chase Center, 1 Warriors Way, San Francisco, 94158
The Jonas Brothers announced their JONAS20: LIVING THE DREAM tour will make a stop at Chase Center on Thursday, September 25 with special guest Boys Like Girls”.
“We’re beyond excited to hit the road and celebrate 20 years of music,” said the Jonas Brothers. “Our fans have been with us through every chapter, and this tour is our way of honoring them, the memories we’ve made, and the ones we’ll create together. We can’t wait to make this our biggest, most unforgettable tour yet.”
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Friday Nights at OMCA with Soulovely
2025-09-26 17:00 - 21:00 | OMCA | Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Friday Nights at OMCA has the stage set for you to experience the vibrant energy of Soulovely, the beloved Oakland dance party uplifting queer and trans BIPOC joy through genre-blending sets, live performances, and radical community spirit. Founded by Aïma the Dreamer, DJ Lady Ryan, and Emancipation, this high-vibe experience transforms the OMCA Garden into a space of movement, music, and unapologetic celebration.
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Glamp Out
2025-09-26 18:00 | Claremont Resort & Club, 41 Tunnel Rd, Berkeley, 94705
You’re invited! Glamp Out is our signature annual fundraiser. It’s also your open invitation to support all that we’ve accomplished and aspire to achieve in the outdoors. This year, we’re celebrating 16 years of Outdoor Afro and 11 years of Glamp Out. This always-special occasion will honor 2025 success stories and revisit past accomplishments in our organization’s history—from pioneering leadership to outdoor community programming.
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Suzanne Jackson and Friends
2025-09-26 18:00 | SFMOMA, 151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Throughout her creative life, Suzanne Jackson has uncovered creative outlets across a span of disciplines. From dance to theater, painting to curating, and much more, Jackson’s career is a fusion of inspiration and reflections that pull from her rich engagement across the arts, people, and communities. Today, hear from friends, fellow artists, and people influenced by Jackson. Through short presentations, each speaker will touch on a different aspect of Jackson’s work and life, along with their personal connection to her.
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Stranger Inside
2025-09-26 19:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
This terrific, rarely seen women’s prison drama from Cheryl Dunye stars Yolonda Ross (Whitney, The Chi) as a tough, young butch named Treasure seeking out her long-lost lifer mother in a maximum security lockup. This suspenseful, gritty drama thoughtfully grapples with the complex racial dynamics of a diverse array of incarcerated women. Like the Netflix series it predated by more than a decade (Orange Is the New Black), a massive amount of lesbian drama takes center stage.
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Twilight In Concert
2025-09-26 19:00 | Broadway San Jose, 55 S. Market St, Suite 250 San Jose, 95113
Step into the world of Twilight (2008) like never before with Twilight In Concert, a cinematic live-to-film event that brings the beloved saga to life through live music. Featuring a breathtaking performance by a 12-piece ensemble of rock and orchestral musicians, this extraordinary experience allows fans to relive Bella and Edward’s epic love story in a way that is both intimate and mesmerizing.
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Runnicles Conducts Mahler 1
2025-09-26 19:30 | Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102
Mezzo-soprano Irene Roberts joins Scottish conductor Donald Runnicles and the San Francisco Symphony for Berg’s Seven Early Songs. Although Berg was in his early 20s at the time and a devoted disciple of Schoenberg, these surging and sumptuous songs reveal his late-Romantic leanings, too. Occasional touches of Strauss, Mahler, Brahms, Debussy, and Wagner combine with Berg’s rigorous originality in an appealing package. Mahler understood the value of his First Symphony right away, confessing that conducting it “sent shivers down my spine.
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Common Kings
2025-09-26 19:30 | The Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
Common Kings are more than a band of musicians, they are a family, a lifestyle, a community, a brother and sisterhood, having grown up together in California’s Orange County, four college mates who first met at a backyard barbecue 20-some years ago. Music was the common bond for these Pacific Islanders (all but one first-generation Americans) who have together transcended their Polynesian reggae roots to achieve pop crossover success since releasing their first music in 2011 – Samoan-born Hawaiian lead singer Sasualei “Jr. King” Maliga and Hawaii-raised Samoan guitarist Taumata “Mata” Grey; Fiji-born bassist Ivan “Uncle Lui” Kirimaua, and L.A.-born Tongan drummer Jerome “Big Rome” Taito.
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Carmen Lundy
2025-09-26 20:00 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Carmen Lundy is celebrating 50 years in jazz this year as a vocalist, composer, recording and touring artist. With a new album due out in 2025, Carmen Lundy’s 17th, we’re thrilled to be presented at the legendary Freight. Joining Carmen is her core stellar band comprised of Julius Rodriguez on piano, Ben Williams on bass, Terreon Gully on drums, and Andrew Renfroe on guitar.
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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Candlelight: Coldplay vs. Imagine Dragons
2025-09-26 21:00 | 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 Coldplay vs. Imagine Dragons at St Ignatius Church under the gentle glow of candlelight.
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Michael Yo: Issa Truuue! Tour
2025-09-26 21:45 | Cobb’s Comedy Club, 915 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94133, United States
Michael Yo Simmons is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and television host who co-hosted The Insider on CBS, and currently hosts Yo Show on Yahoo! TV. Yo also appears regularly on the comedy panel of Chelsea Lately, as a guest host for The Talk on CBS, and as pop culture commentator on Showbiz Tonight.
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Fog Fest
2025-09-27 - 2025-09-28 | Downtown Pacifica, Palmetto Avenue, Pacifica, 94044
The Pacific Coast Fog Fest each year promotes the City of Pacifica, attracts visitors, celebrates our community and raises funds for local community groups as well as the “Gift for Pacifica Fund.” Now over 50 groups benefit and to date, an amount of $1,000,000 has been donated to back.

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2025 SF Chinatown Autumn Moon Festival
2025-09-27 - 2025-09-28 | Grant Avenue, Between California & Broadway, San Francisco, 94108
Get ready for the 35th Annual Autumn Moon Festival. This highly anticipated event will take place on Saturday, September 27, and Sunday, September 28, 2025, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. The festival will take place on Grant Avenue, between California and Broadway, where attendees will see a variety of exciting activities, including arts and crafts vendors, delicious food stalls, live music, local contemporary entertainment, mooncakes, lion dancing, and more.
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Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love
2025-09-27 - 2026-03-01 | SFMOMA, 151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
For over six decades, Suzanne Jackson has created lyrical, awe-inspiring paintings influenced by her deep respect for the natural world and continual belief in the connection between all living things. Jackson’s life has been driven by a search for creative freedom and a bohemian spirit indebted to the San Francisco ethos of the 1950s and 1960s in which she was raised. Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love — the first retrospective devoted to the full breadth of her career — celebrates her groundbreaking artistic vision through more than 80 paintings and drawings from the 1960s to the present that emphasize her innovative use of color, light, and structure to expand the parameters of painting and illuminate beauty, peace, and love.
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Art of Manga
2025-09-27 - 2026-01-25 | de Young – Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Golden Gate Park | 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA, 94118, United States
Manga — Japanese comics and graphic novels — have become a global phenomenon. Featuring rarely presented original drawings by major artists, this exhibition showcases the world of manga from the 1970s to today. The exhibition explores manga as a powerful medium for visual storytelling, highlighting themes across genres, from friendship to sexuality to the human condition. Looking closely at each artist’s narrative worlds and creative processes, the exhibition also spotlights manga’s cultural impact today and possibilities for the future.
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North Beach Coffee & Pastry Festival
2025-09-27 09:00 - 15:00 | Grant Avenue & Green Street, 1401 Grant Ave., San Francisco, 94133
Join us for an unforgettable celebration of Bay Area coffee culture in San Francisco’s historic North Beach!

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San Bruno's Chamber of Commerce First Annual Downtown Unity Day
2025-09-27 10:00 | Various Venues, [ South Bay ]
Join San Bruno’s Chamber of Commerce for the First Annual Downtown Unity Day on Saturday, September 27th from 10am-5pm, a free, family-friendly event celebrating the diversity, culture, and community spirit that makes San Bruno unique.
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Corgi Con
2025-09-27 10:00 - 17:00 | Alameda County Fairgrounds, 2005 Valley Ave Gate 8, Pleasanton, 94566
Ready fur the largest Corgi event in Northern Corgifornia?! Come spend a day with your fluffy stumpers and celebrate all things Corgi! We will have all our derptastic events and some new surprises up our stumpy sleeves!
Corgi Con is open to everyone! Come with your Corgi, ‘incorgnito‘ dog or just to celebrate the love of Corgis. Ticket admission is required for hoomins. Please be “poop fairies” and pick up after your own dog.
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2025 Healdsburg Arts Festival
2025-09-27 10:00 - 18:00 | Healdsburg Plaza, Healdsburg Ave & Matheson St, Healdsburg, 95448
The 2025 Healdsburg Arts Festival will feature over 50 fine art and craft booths, food, wine, music and entertainment. Featured creative arts and crafts include painting, ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, fiber arts, fine art prints, glass, photography, mixed media and wood.
Booths will be set up under the trees of Healdsburg’s Plaza which was named by Travel & Leisure as one of America’s Most Beautiful Town Squares.
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Healdsburg Arts Festival
2025-09-27 10:00 - 18:00 | Healdsburg Plaza, Healdsburg Ave & Matheson St, Healdsburg, 95448
Join us for a marvelous day of art, food, wine and entertainment in the Healdsburg Plaza! Sonoma County is home for so many wonderful artists and we are delighted to support them and showcase their work in this year’s Art Festival.
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Pear and Wine Festival
2025-09-27 11:00 - 15:00 | Hacienda de las Flores Park, 2100 Donald Drive, Moraga, 94556, United States
Enjoy the afternoon with family and friends at Moraga Commons Park. Don’t miss the pear pies, pear salad, specialty pear beverages and wine from the Lamorinda AVA while listening to live music. Stroll through the park and learn about various community organizations and services and Moraga history, and support local businesses.

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Chuseok Festival
2025-09-27 11:00 - 16:00 | Presidio Main Parade Lawn, 105 Montgomery St, San Francisco, 94129
The Chuseok Festival, organized by Korean Center, Inc., returns to Presidio Park for its 7th annual celebration of Korean culture, food, music, and community — welcoming thousands each year to this vibrant outdoor gathering.
Honoring Korea’s cherished harvest holiday, the festival brings together bold flavors, rhythmic performances, and cross-generational connections through a full day of cultural experiences.
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Theopolis Vineyards' Annual Harvest and Bottle Release Party
2025-09-27 13:00 | Theopolis Vineyards, 32674 Highway 128 , Yorkville, CA, 95494, United States
Theopolis Vineyards is a small lot vineyard and hand-crafted winery located in California’s prestigious Yorkville Highlands of the Anderson Valley. Situated along Highway 128 in southeastern Mendocino County near the border of Sonoma County, the AVA is a highly elevated, rugged interior wine-growing area.
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Stitching Words, Memory, Community
2025-09-27 14:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
How do we stitch together the story of a region? How do we remember family and home through keepsakes and traditions passed down? How do we map everyday practices within a larger genealogy of collective struggle and resistance?
Oakland-based poet and scholar Wendy M. Thompson asks these questions while centering the cultural labor of Black women, whose work and art are core to Black family identity, tradition, political organizing, and belonging in the Black West.
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Ojuelegba to Oakland | Nigerian Independence Day Weekend
2025-09-27 15:00 - 21:00 | Mad Oak Bar ‘N’ Yard, 135 12th Street, Oakland, 94607
Whether you grew up hearing about Ojuelegba or you’ve only experienced it through Wizkid’s music, this party will take you straight to the streets of Lagos without leaving Oakland.
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The 25th Annual White Party
2025-09-27 16:00 - 22:00 | The Meritage Resort, 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa, CA, 94558, United States
Join us at the lavish Meritage Resort for an unforgettable sunset in wine country.
Experience live music, a captivating fashion show, multiple DJs spinning beats, local vendors showcasing their finest, and an abundance of positive vibes.

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1st Friday Bay Area presents The 25th Annual White Party
2025-09-27 16:00 - 22:00 | The Meritage Resort, 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa, CA, 94558, United States
1st Friday Bay Area brings you the most Exclusive event of the year and we are back in Napa!
Indulge in the ultimate fusion of elegance and excitement at 1st Friday Bay Area’s signature event – The White Party with a twist of Napa!
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Cardinal Kids Day
2025-09-27 16:30 | Stanford Stadium, 625 Nelson Road, Stanford, 94305
Join us at Stanford Stadium on Saturday, September 27 for Stanford Football’s annual Cardinal Kids Day game, presented by Stanford Children’s Health!
Up to four (4) free youth tickets can be claimed with the purchase of a single game ticket in select areas of Stanford Stadium! Free youth tickets are non-transferable and restricted to kids in 8th grade and below per NCAA regulations.
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