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East Bay Outdoor Comedy Festival 2025
2025-10-16 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Bay Street Emeryville, 5616 Bay Street, Emeryville, 94608
HellaFunny, the Bay Area’s most popular comedy collective joins forces with Funcheap to take over Bay Street Emeryville’s newly reimagined dining terrace for a brand new FREE monthly outdoor comedy festival featuring some of the Bay’s top comics, plus loads of giveaways from Bay Street’s restaurants and shops.
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Lessons from the Oakland Community School with Ericka Huggins
2025-10-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Black Panther Party Museum, 1427 Broadway, Oakland, 94612
The Oakland Community School was the Black Panther Party’s model school that continues to shape education to this day. Learn about the school from its director, Ericka Huggins, and its students.

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Jelani Cobb
2025-10-16 19:30 | Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
One of the definitive journalists of this era, Jelani Cobb is an acclaimed historian, staff writer at the New Yorker, and Dean of Columbia Journalism School. His books include To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic and The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress. His newest, Three or More is a Riot, is a collection of narrative journalism, criticism, and penetrating profiles that capture the crises, characters, movements, and art of an era – and helps readers understand what might be coming next.
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Aba Diop & The Yermande Family
2025-10-16 20:00 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Aba Diop & The Yermande Family are on a mission to share the healing medicine of sabar drums with a global audience. At the heart of the music is the sabar, its rhythms, and a captivating live performance. Aba Diop is a master percussionist, composer, and arranger from Senegal, West Africa, descended from over a thousand years of unbroken griot lineage: the prestigious and hereditary wisdom-holders, historians, poets, and healers of their culture.
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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Musiq Soulchild
2025-10-16 20:00, 2025-10-16 22:00, 2025-10-17 20:00, 2025-10-17 22:00 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Musiq Soulchild, born Taalib Johnson, is one of the most influential R&B singers of his generation. Weaned on Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Donny Hathaway, Musiq pioneered the “neo-soul” movement of the early millennium He has received 13 Grammy nominations and has sold millions of records world-wide. He is still one of the most popular performers of his time and a true artist. Known for his raw vocal talent. Musiq went from signing on the street corners of Philadelphia in the late go’s, to landing a big record deal with Def Jam in 2000: ushering in a new age sound of his own.
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Oakland Comedy Festival 2025
2025-10-17 - 2025-10-18 | Multiple Venues, Fairfield, SF, Oakland, Sacrarmento, CA, United States
The 7th annual Oakland Comedy Festival is coming this October 17th & 18th! Five venues and two days of laughter, ending with our headliner, Louis Katz, that you don’t want to miss!
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Candlelight: Queen vs. ABBA
2025-10-17 18:30 | Hammer Theatre, 101 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose, CA, 95113, United States
⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in San Jose. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Queen vs. ABBA at Hammer Theatre Center under the gentle glow of candlelight.
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Aloe Blacc
2025-10-17 18:30, 2025-10-17 21:00, 2025-10-18 18:30, 2025-10-18 21:00 | Blue Note Napa, 1030 Main St, Napa, CA, 94559, United States
Grammy nominated Aloe Blacc has long been a voice for the people—a globally recognized singer, songwriter, and changemaker whose music uplifts, empowers, and unites. Best known for genre-defying anthems like the international smash “Wake Me Up” with Avicii, anthemic “The Man”, and the timeless “I Need A Dollar”, Blacc continues to inspire through sound and purpose.
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The Cookers
2025-10-17 19:30 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
A multi-generational powerhouse band far greater than the sum of their legendary parts, The Cookers have each made an estimable mark on the jazz world as both leaders and sidemen since the 1960s. Founded by acclaimed trumpeter David Weiss, the band is made up of a dizzying array of jazz giants.
Oakland-born alto saxophonist Craig Handy is a veteran of work with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Wynton Marsalis, and Freddie Hubbard, and is a member of the Mingus Big Band.
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Hari Kondabolu
2025-10-17 19:30 | Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596, United States
Hari Kondabolu is a comedian, writer and podcaster based in Brooklyn. The NY Times called him “one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today” and described his 2018 Netflix special Warn Your Relatives as “an incisively funny and formally adventurous hour that reveals a comic in command of his powers.” The special was named on many “Best of” lists, including for Time, Paste Magazine, Cosmopolitan, E! Online, and Mashable. He was also named one of 2018’s “Comics To Watch” by Variety. Hari currently hosts the new Netflix food competition series Snack vs Chef along with Megan Stalter. His newest special, Vacation Baby, is available on Hulu and YouTube.
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Ziggy Marley & Burning Spear
2025-10-17 19:30 | The Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
Ziggy Marley is an eight-time Grammy winner, Emmy winner, musician, producer, activist and humanitarian who has cultivated a legendary career for close to 40 years. The eldest son of Bob and Rita Marley, Ziggy has hewed his own path as a musical pioneer, infusing the reggae genre with funk, blues, rock and other elements through mindful songcraft. Equal parts master storyteller and motivational guide, he deftly explores issues from environmental awareness to self-empowerment, social injustice to political inequity, while returning again and again to the transformative power of love. And over the past 15 years with his own companies, Tuff Gong Worldwide and Ishti Music, Marley has complete control of his masters and publishing; alongside his charity URGE – benefiting the well-being of children in Jamaica, Africa and North America. For more, visit ziggymarley.com and all socials at @ziggymarley.
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Campbell Oktoberfest
2025-10-18 - 2025-10-19 | Downtown Campbell, Downtown Campbell California: East Campbell Avenue from 3rd Street to Railroad Ave, Campbell, CA, United States
Campbell Oktoberfest has been awarded Best South Bay Festival by Metro readers multiple years running.
Set along the streets of historic Downtown Campbell, this two-day German-themed event is a family-friendly affair that is free and open to the public. Filled with over one hundred artisan booths, five stages of live music featuring German, Rock & Roll, R&B, Blues, Country and more, a Community Stage featuring performances by local musicians, dance teams, and martial arts studios, multiple food vendors, Kids Zone (Kinderplatz); and a Biersch Garden, the hub of Oktoberfest with Gordon Biersch beers and ales, Bavarian pretzels, German food vendors, and a stage with continuous live German music with the Zicke Zacke band. The large covered tent has tables, making it an ideal place to enjoy a meal, or watch the costume or stein-holding contests.
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Family Matinee w/ Andre Thierry
2025-10-18 11:00 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Accordion virtuoso Andre Thierry blends traditional and contemporary compositions, immersing participants in Creole culture and the vibrant sounds of Zydeco, a distinctive music from Southwest Louisiana. Thierry’s “Are You Ready to Learn” program explores the rich tapestry of African and Native American Blues and French Creole dance melodies with Afro-Caribbean influences. Experience the joy of iconic Zydeco music and witness the blending of the washboard, drums, and accordions!
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Exhibition Tour: Object Oriented: Abstraction and Design in the BAMPFA Collection
2025-10-18 14:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Graduate students from the Departments of History of Art and Film & Media offer tours of Object Oriented on Wednesdays at 12:15 PM and Sundays at 2 PM.
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Chronicles of Ori, An African Epic with Harmonia Rosales
2025-10-18 15:00 - 16:00 | MoAD | Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
From the acclaimed fine artist Harmonia Rosales, a sweeping retelling of African myth illustrated throughout with Rosales’s spectacular paintings. In Chronicles of Ori, her debut book, Rosales retells the African myths she has long treasured, crafting an enthralling epic that spans the birth of the universe to the modern world of colonialism and resistance. She writes of the powerful, temperamental deities called the Orishas; of the founding of Yorubaland by the shrewd leader Oduduwa; of the young heroine Eve, born in a time of violence and despair, who would help her people regain their past splendor; and of shimmering serpents and monstrous shadows who stalk the lands of mortals. Come for the vividly brought to life African myths but don’t miss Rosales’ artwork, featured in MoAD’s current exhibition, Unbound: Art, Blackness & the Universe. In conversation with Chief of Curatorial Affairs & Public Programs at MoAD, Key Jo Lee.
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30 Years of Legacy: Celebrating the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation
2025-10-18 18:00 - 21:00 | Geoffreys Inner Circle, 410 14th Street, Oakland, 94612
Join us as the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation celebrates 30 years of preserving, protecting, and pushing forward the true legacy of the Black Panther Party. From founding the nation’s first Black Panther museum to defending history from erasure, we’ve spent three decades building with our community—and we’re just getting started.

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Puppet Wars: Marionette Massacre
2025-10-18 18:30 - 21:00 | Drake’s Brewing Company, 1933 Davis Street ##177, San Leandro, 94577
FAMILY FRIENDLY LIVE PRO WRESTLING: Puppet Wars Returns to Drake’s Barrel House for MARIONETTE MASSACRE! Puppet Wars Returns to Drake’s Barrel House in San Leandro, CA, with our annual Halloween event. Join us Saturday, October 18th for a unforgettable night of live pro wrestling, surprises, and high-flying puppet-fueled action that you won’t find anywhere else.
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Aki Kumar: Diwali Celebration
2025-10-18 19:00, 2025-10-18 20:30 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Mumbai-born vocalist and harmonica master Aki Kumar is a visionary artist, blending traditional Indian music with a singular brand of Chicago blues, known as “the only Bombay Blues Man.” He makes a stop at the Joe Henderson Lab to help commemorate the Hindu Festival of Lights with a joyous program of celebratory music.
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door
2025-10-18 19:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Based on the explosive 1969 novel by Sam Greenlee, who cowrote the screenplay, director Ivan Dixon’s pull-no-punches adaptation follows the CIA’s first Black agent—recruited as part of a Potemkin integration policy—from the halls of power to the streets of Chicago, where he uses the agency’s own training to foment a violent Black revolution. For his part, Dixon shot the film guerrilla-style, deploying the action tropes of Blaxploitation to revolutionary ends, using their camera as a weapon in the ongoing cultural war of self-representation.
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Maysa
2025-10-18 19:30, 2025-10-18 21:30 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Maysa is an exceptional singer whose unique style captures the essence of each song she performs, creating an unforgettable experience for her audience. Her distinct honey-toned mezzo-soprano voice and magnetic stage presence set her apart, making her a cherished figure in the music industry. Known for her honesty, humor, and integrity as an artist, Maysa has earned accolades and recognition, including Soul Train’s Centric Award and a Grammy nomination.
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7th Annual Oakland Comedy Festival
2025-10-18 20:00 - 21:30 | Calabash, 2300 Valdez Street, Oakland, 94612, United States
Comedy Oakland, 2016-2023 winner of “Best Comedy Night” in East Bay Express Reader’s Poll features funny, diverse, industry pros alongside up-and-coming comedians. Our comedians have featured on TV, Radio, Comedy Festivals, Late Night Talk Shows, won competitions, and have performed on every habitable continent!
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Fallen Angels
2025-10-19 - 2025-11-17 | Aurora Theatre Company, 2081 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Five years into their supposedly happy marriages, Jane and Julia’s perfectly polished lives are thrown into delightful disarray when an old flame announces his sudden return to London. Past passions and present desires – along with generous helpings of champagne – send the two friends into a frenzy of anticipation, jealousy, and determination to choose their own destinies. Set in the glamorous 1920s, this classic from the famously witty and charming Noël Coward is a hilarious excavation of the complexities of love and desire.
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