San Francisco Metro: Sun, Oct 25, 2026 · Live Music · Oakland · 15 events · data version 20261021-173303
7:30 PM · Paul Dresher Ensemble: Subconscious Life · Dresher Ensemble Studio (Oakland) · experimental, live_music · rating 10
dresherensemble.org · details SUBCONSCIOUS LIFE
LARRY OCHS (tenor and sopranino saxophones) offers up a deeply felt set of improvised music, created by this stellar ensemble of San Francisco Bay Area improvisers BEN DAVIS (cello); DARREN JOHNSTON (trumpet); LISA MEZZACAPPA (acoustic bass)… and we invite you, the creative listeners, to dig in to our spontaneous but thoughtfully sculpted music as it happens, in real time.
4:00 PM · Oakland Civic Orchestra: RACHMANINOFF AND MUSSORGSKY
S · Valley Center for Performing Arts (Oakland) · live_music, classical · rating 8
eventbrite.com · details Concert 1
RACHMANINOFF AND MUSSORGSKY
Sunday, October 25, 2026
4:00 PM
Valley Center for the Performing Arts
3500 Mountain Blvd
Oakland, CA
4:00 PM · Festival Opera Salon: Mad Scenes! · Piedmont CFTA (Piedmont) · $25 ON SERIES · live_music, classical · rating 7
tinyurl.com · details Acclaimed sopranos Aura Versuni and Lila Khazoum are joined by pianist Daniel Lockert to perform diabolical scenes from Idomeneo, Macbeth, The Magic Flute, Anna Bolena, Hamlet, and Lucia di Lammermoor
7:00 PM · MARION MEADOWS · Yoshi's (Oakland) · $39 - $89 · live_music, jazz · rating 7
yoshis.com · details Sun October 25, 2026 A staple of contemporary jazz MARION MEADOWS Doors: 6:30PM Show: 7:00PM Marion Meadows was born in West Virginia and grew up in Stamford, Connecticut. He began playing the clarinet and studying classical music at the age of nine. He started playing tenor sax in high school and then migrated to soprano sax. His passion for various types of music led him down an eclectic musical path.
12:00 PM · Rock and Roll Playhouse: The Beatles · Henry J Kaiser Center (Oakland) · live_music, rock · rating 6
thehenryj.org · details A family-friendly concert series introducing children to the music of The Beatles through an interactive live performance with singing, movement, and games.
8:00 PM · Trough, Semuta, FeeFawFum · Thee Stork Club (Oakland) · $12/$15 · live_music, rock · rating 6
wl.seetickets.us · details Sun., 10/25/26 Trough, SEMUTA, FeeFawFum 8pm, $12 adv., $15 door Trough Body horror jangle-skronk from Oakland, CA. https://troughband.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/troughband SEMUTA (Portland) A couple of dudes in Portland named Ben, noodling their way through the end times.
8:00 PM · fakemink · Fox Theatre OAK (Oakland) · $56.25 · live_music, electronic · rating 6
thefoxoakland.com · details a Terrible Beauty . - The Tour . part 2 .
9:00 AM · Morning Raga: Kamal Ahmad · Rootstock Arts (Temescal) · live_music, indian_classical · rating 5
viewcy.com · details Raga Music on a Sunday morning with the rare, transformative beauty of a live time specific Morning Raga. In the Indian classical tradition, ragas are intimate expressions aligned with specific times of day—a concept known as samay raga . Because most modern concerts take place in the evening, hearing morning ragas performed live during their intended hours is a rarity.
time TBA · Squishers, Things Lucky · Eli's Mile High (Oakland) · RSVP · live_music, rock · rating 5
elismilehighclub.com · details Local Idiot Presents: Squishers, Things Lucky Sun, Oct 25 | Eli's Mile High Club RSVP Time & Location Oct 25, 2026, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA 94609, USA About the event Doors: 6pm - Music 6:30pm 21+ Members of This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, ADD/C, and the Bananas age before your very eyes and scream slightly strange songs about the South, California, Life, Death, Cats, Weird Al, the Innernettes, Addiction, Skateboarding, Family, Garbage…
9:00 PM · Improvisation Workshop · Temescal Arts Center (Temescal) · Free · workshop, experimental, live_music · rating 0 · no longer listed temescalartcenter.org · details Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Bring your instrument, your body, your poetry. Come ready to be surprised. Hosted by Lewis Jordan. Inviting musicians, poets, dancers, to a non-hierarchical setting to improvise together. Spontaneously composing or contributing, can't be on a guest list.
time TBA · INAUGURAL CONCERT! · Piedmont CFTA (Piedmont) · https://www.ticketsignup.io/lefe · live_music, classical, folk · rating 0 · no longer listed ticketsignup.io · details LAND’S END FOLK ENSEMBLE:CLASSICAL MUSICIANS EXPLORE FOLK MUSIC Tickets: https://www.ticketsignup.io/lefe
time TBA · RAGTIME AND TRADITIONAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE · Piedmont CFTA (Piedmont) · https://www.ticketsignup.io/ragtime · live_music, jazz · rating 0 · no longer listed ticketsignup.io · details VIRGINIA TICHENOR’S RAGTIME QUARTET Tickets: https://www.ticketsignup.io/ragtime
time TBA · TRIBUTE TO JIMMY VAN HEUSEN · Piedmont CFTA (Piedmont) · https://www.ticketsignup.io/JVH · live_music, jazz · rating 0 · no longer listed ticketsignup.io · details “IN THE TRADITION” JAZZ & POP PIANO TRIO Tickets: https://www.ticketsignup.io/JVH