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ELEW Plays Sting
2025-09-13 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Virtuoso pianist, DJ, composer, and former member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Eric Lewis — better known as ELEW — brings a solo piano show to the Joe Henderson Lab. He presents daring and imaginative takes on the songs of pop icon and Police frontman Sting.
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GOOD THINGS: An Evening with Samin Nosrat
2025-09-13 19:30 | Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Spend an uplifting evening with Samin Nosrat as she discusses her new book, Good Things, on stage with a local host. Samin will share stories around the inspiration for the cookbook, her development and selection of the recipes, and the culinary rituals she shares with close friends. In an evening about creativity and connection, Samin will remind us how cooking can not only nourish our bodies but also satiate our desire for kinship and community.
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Richard Howell And The Joy Protocol Ensemble
2025-09-13 19:30 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Richard Howell and the Joy Protocol Ensemble presents an exhilarating experience of soul-stirring, genre-defying music grounded in the original compositions of Richard Howell. With every performance, the ensemble delivers a powerful fusion of deep grooves, spiritual uplift, and dynamic improvisation that speaks directly to the heart. This collective of extraordinary artists—Jack West, Frank Martin, Jenny Scheinman, Gary Brown, Lily Stern, Art Khu, David Frazier, Ian Dogole, Adrian Areas, and Elé Howell—comes together under Howell’s visionary leadership to create a sound that is vibrant, healing, and unmistakably joyful.
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Cindy Blackman Santana
2025-09-13 19:30 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
A singular artist possessed of unmatched passion, fire, and percussive mastery, Cindy Blackman Santana graces the Miner Auditorium stage for this long-awaited return appearance with her newest project. For these concerts, Blackman Santana’s band will be joined by special guests: Ravi Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Patrice Rushen on keyboards, and the iconic Carlos Santana on guitar.
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49th Annual San Francisco Comedy Competition Semi-Finals
2025-09-13 20:00 | Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, CA, 95403, United States
One of the most prestigious comedy events in North America, the San Francisco Comedy Competition is an outrageously funny evening, where you will see the comedy stars of tomorrow competing for their chance at fame and fortune. Hundreds of comedians audition each year. Only 30 are chosen.
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Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty in a Sparkling Show
2025-09-14 - 2026-04-04 | Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th St, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
⭐ Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty has arrived in SF Bay Area! This beloved tale is brought to life through classical dance, stunning choreography, and beautiful glow-in-the-dark costumes. Get your tickets for Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty in a Sparkling Show in SF Bay Area!
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Daybreaker SF // Have Fun Be Nice // Sept 14
2025-09-14 10:00 - 13:00 | SF Ferry Building, Grand Hall 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, 94105
What if we woke up dancing… with free coffee & matcha shots at the bar, no overpriced drinks. Your favorite dance music artists, no hangovers, no VIP, no drunk bros, and dance floors for real dancing.
We start with breathwork or yoga to ground you. Then DJ sets to move you. Live performers to wow you. We lead with local talent, DJs, yogis, horns, and dancers, plus secret artists to surprise & delight.
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Solano Avenue Stroll
2025-09-14 10:00 - 17:00 | Solano Avenue, Solano Avenue, Albany, 94706
A mile of entertainers, music, shops, crafters, food booths & family fun on Solano Avenue in Berkeley/Albany
Since 1974 Solano Avenue and the twin-cities of Albany and Berkeley CA, have hosted the Solano Avenue Stroll, the East Bay’s largest street festival! The Solano Avenue Association invites you to see what makes Solano Avenue a wonderful place. In addition to the more than 200 businesses that are always waiting for you on Solano Avenue, the Solano Avenue Stroll features over four hundred vendors including 50 entertainers, 25 food booths, 100 government and non-profit agencies, 100 artisans, jewelers, makers, and much more!

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Comedy Day
2025-09-14 12:00 - 17:00 | Robin Williams Meadow, 588 Kezar Dr, San Francisco, 94117
Comedy Day is a nonprofit event that has turned into a long-standing tradition in San Francisco. Nearly 50 of America’s funniest comedians perform throughout the day free-of-charge.
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Fiesta de Independencia
2025-09-14 13:00 - 19:00 | Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, CA, 95403, United States
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a taste of Latin America in Sonoma County! Enjoy authentic food, music, games, and activities for the entire family. Organized by the Center’s Latino Advisory Council, this free, family-friendly, campus-wide festival honors Latin American countries that recognize their independence during this month.
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Superflip: 30th Anniversary Film Screening
2025-09-14 14:00 | YBCA | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street (at 3rd Street) , San Francisco, CA, 94103-3138, United States
Join SOMA Pilipinas for a screening of SUPERFLIP, a monumental short film by Celine Parreñas Shimizu, Dean of UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, filmed in the summer of 1995.
The 30-minute film explores the life, love and labor of a Filipino immigrant couple and was shot in iconic SOMA locations such as the original Carmen’s Restaurant, Blanche’s Garden, Rigo’s Inner City/Home mural and 330 Ritch/Victory Hall.
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Bluesadelix returns to Winters Tavern
2025-09-14 15:00 | Winters Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd, Pacifica, 94044
Veterans of numerous rock, blues and folk bands from Los Angeles and San Francisco in the 1980s and 1990s, Bluesadelix was formed in 2019, focused on performing their own brand of psychedelic blues rock, relying on the songwriting talents of Robert Hill and Mark Ungar. The five members – two drummers, bass, guitar and keyboards – infuse many different styles into infectious rhythms and memorable melodies. You’ll hear elements of 60s British Blues, improvisational psychedelic San Francisco jam bands, and the power of hard rock, tipping their hats to such bands as Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers, Cream and Steve Miller.
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Fiestas Patrias
2025-09-14 15:00 - 20:00 | Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway, Redwood City, CA, 94063, United States
Courthouse Square will be transformed into a festive, beautiful, and fun setting in celebration of this important patriotic holiday in the Mexican culture.
Enjoy live music and entertainment, authentic Mexican food, arts and crafts vendors, and there will be a traditional Flag Ceremony conducted by Consul General de Mexico. The Square will be filled with colorful and glamorous Ballet Folklorico dancing, live Mariachi music, kids area, and live musical performances.
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Visions of Elyisum
2025-09-14 16:00 | First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Berkeley Symphony’s opening concert, conducted by Montreal’s Dina Gilbert, invites audiences on a quest for transcendence that spans from tranquility to triumphant heroism. The evening opens with Samy Moussa’s otherworldly vision of Elysium, the paradisiacal afterlife of Grecian heroes. Next, cello soloist Gabriel Cabezas leads listeners through shadow and fog in Alyssa Weinberg’s Caligo and to emotional heights in Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky’s Pezzo capriccioso. We conclude with Ludwig van Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 3, a bold declaration of humanity’s aspiration toward an ideal world.
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Electric Squeezebox Orchestra
2025-09-14 17:30 - 19:00 | Hardymon Hall @ The Jazzschool, 2087 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra is the Bay Area’s own 17-piece big band, led by trumpeter Erik Jekabson, playing music composed and arranged by its members. The composers and arrangers, some of the very best in the Bay, draw from a wide variety of influences but always come up with powerful music with groove, beauty and subtlety. The band, which started a steady Sunday residency at the California Jazz Conservatory, has collaborated with a number of special guest artists, including John Santos, Kenny Washington, Alan Ferber, Dayna Stephens, Mads Tolling, Sandy Cressman, Kellye Gray, Avotcja, Spok and Ben Goldberg.
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Candlelight: Tribute to Bad Bunny
2025-09-14 18:30 | Corinthian Grand Ballroom, 196 N 3rd St, San Jose, 95112
⭐ 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 Bad Bunny at Corinthian Grand Ballroom under the gentle glow of candlelight.
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Veotis Latchison
2025-09-14 19:00 | Black Cat, 400 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA, 94109, United States
Veotis Latchison is an innovative songwriter, producer, and vocalist from Oakland, California. His artistic expression is deeply influenced by a mix of hip hop, R&B, soul, and jazz, drawing inspiration from artists like James Brown, D’Angelo, Donny Hathaway, Big yuki, Robert Glasper etc. widely known as a strong spirited Vocalist Veotis plays extensively throughout the bay and beyond. His original music is best described as “Epic story tellings of a young man trying for better”. Incorporating colorful and expansive melodies with poetry comparable to Nat king Cole, Cy Colman and Biggie Smalls.
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B-Legit w/ Live Band
2025-09-14 19:00 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Born and raised in the heart of Vallejo, California, a vibrant town north of Oakland and San Francisco, Brandt K. Jones, known in the rap world as B-Legit, has become a cornerstone of Gangsta Rap and Hip Hop. Vallejo’s rich cultural blend, thanks to its military town background and southern migrations, provided the perfect backdrop for B-Legit’s diverse, authentic sound. As the youngest of four siblings, B-Legit benefited from the wisdom and guidance of older brothers, equipping him with maturity and a deeper understanding of life’s complexities from an early age.
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Ran
2025-09-14 19:00 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
The incomparable Tatsuya Nakadai anchors Akira Kurosawa’s lavish adaptation of King Lear, a combination of chamber drama and brutal war epic that is simultaneously visceral and contemplative. Nakadai is a sixteenth-century lord who makes the mistake of first dividing his kingdom among his three sons, then banishing the only one who actually loves him. As in William Shakespeare’s tale, such decisions prove fatal, but Kurosawa pointedly concentrates on not only the effects on father and sons but also the much larger societal impact, as entire armies are dispatched, brutalized, and destroyed due to one man’s inability to understand human nature.
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Bobby McFerrin & MOTION: Circlesongs
2025-09-15 12:00 | The Freight, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
Join Bobby McFerrin and Bay Area’s MOTION featuring Bryan Dyer, David Worm, Destani Wolf, and Tammi Brown. They will lead Circlesongs at 12:00 PM and encourage everyone to bring a spirit of adventure, curiosity, trust, and joy. Let it free your voice.
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
2025-09-15 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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SFJAZZ Collective
2025-09-16 13:00 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
For this special matinee performance, our resident supergroup will revisit their 2024-25 Season collaboration with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, playing original compositions inspired by the work of Bay Area visual artists as part of their exhibition “About Place.” These shows will fully utilize Miner Auditorium’s immersive media system to take the audience through a stunning virtual tour of the artworks. Please join us for this special matinee concert celebrating sight and sound!
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El Grito Fest
2025-09-16 16:00 - 21:00 | Santa Rosa Downtown Square, 50 Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, 95404
Join us for the first-ever El Grito Fest in Santa Rosa, a free, family-friendly celebration honoring Latino Heritage Month and the Independence Days of Latin America. The event will take place on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Santa Rosa Downtown Square.

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Stardew Valley: Symphony of Seasons
2025-09-16 20:00 | Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway between 20th and 21st Streets, Oakland, CA, United States
Join us on a musical journey from your first day in the valley all the way to your arrival to the summit, with the brand new Stardew Valley concert Symphony of Seasons!
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The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
2025-09-17 - 2025-09-21 | Various Venues (Berkeley), Berkeley, 94704, United States
The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention is a five day music gathering featuring a lovingly curated roster of local and national old-time music acts, with concert sets, rollicking square dances (and a Cajun dance too!), workshops, jams, an online crankie showcase, and the illustrious string band contest in venues throughout Berkeley.
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Curator's Tour: Victoria Sung on Lee ShinJa: Drawing with Thread
2025-09-17 12:15 | BAMPFA, 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
BAMPFA Senior Curator Victoria Sung addresses ​the artist’s monumental textile works and the arc of her long and innovative career.
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Ron Carter Quartet
2025-09-17 13:00 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Ron Carter is, quite simply, the face of the bass. A towering figure who has defined the instrument’s evolving role in jazz for more than six decades, he was already a creative force on the roiling early ‘60s scene when he joined Miles Davis in 1962, the first piece of what became the trumpeter’s second great quintet.
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Free Art Workshop: Accordion Book
2025-09-17 14:00 - 16:00 | YBCA | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street (at 3rd Street) , San Francisco, CA, 94103-3138, United States
Create art inspired by programs at YBCA in this series of drop-in art workshops for participants of all ages. Each workshop will explore different practices and art-making methods. Materials will be provided, and participants will be able to take their artwork home as a souvenir.
Play with meaningful words, statements, or affirmations and transform them into a creative accordion book. This workshop is inspired by artist Arnold Kemp’s work in the Bay Area Then exhibition, presented by YBCA.
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Virtual | Making the Healthcare System Work Better for You Series Part II
2025-09-17 14:30 | [ Virtual ], CA
Session 4: Where and How You Get Your Care
Navigating the healthcare system can be confusing. Many in our community face avoidable challenges—like knowing when to visit urgent care versus the ER, keeping up with preventive checkups, or feeling confident enough to speak up during a hospital stay.
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