San Francisco Metro: Wed, Oct 28, 2026 · East Bay · 19 events · data version 20261021-173303
8:00 PM · NEWT POOL (Cheryl Leonard + Wobbly) · Tom's Place (Berkeley) · live_music, experimental · rating 10
bayimproviser.com · details Thu 11/12 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight St SF] Tom Djll Close your eyes to see your possible selves unearthed, scraped and feather dusted, then entreated to self assemble in the anthropoid menagerie of vibration. https://djll.bandcamp.com/ Tanukispidercat With as many fangs as bright yellow eyes, from crouch to pounce, her blizzard of tooth, claw, fluff, synth and sampler come full fury with lethal-swift paddycakes of pure desire.
6:30 PM · Pollinators Pathways · Wyldflowr Arts (Oakland) · art · rating 9
viewcy.com · details TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE 6 improvisors walk into a bar... Chris Alford - guitar Lisa Mezzacappa - bass Matt Ingalls - clarinet Lorin Benedict - voice Jordan Glenn - drums Ari Brown - trumpet. Music at 7 doors 6:30 15$
7:30 PM · Pretty Good Stories · The Sound Room (Oakland) · literary · rating 9
soundroom.org · details In the mood for a good, true story? How about four?
Pretty Good Stories brings you stories you can sink into. Please join us as we gather to experience amazing guest storytellers. (Plus a story and a half from us, your hosts.) Guest storytellers will be announced soon…
We’ll also have JON on the piano getting things going with the Pretty Good Theme Song.
Take a look here to see what it’s all about.
About your hosts:
Beau Ryder Davis: Moth Grand Slam champ and winner of 9 Moth StorySLAMs.
7:30 PM · Brown Bag Jazz: John Calloway · CA Jazz Conservatory (Berkeley) · FREE · live_music, jazz · rating 8
concerts.jazzschool.org · details John Calloway is a nationally recognized multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator who has performed with global jazz luminaries including Israel “Cachao” López, Omar Sosa, Max Roach, John Santos, Mark Levine, and Marcus Shelby. He has composed and arranged music for numerous Grammy-nominated recordings; received an Emmy for his composition “No Hay Nada Más SF,” and arranged music for the HBO film Hemingway & Gellhorn .
5:30 PM · Daley VIP Experience · Yoshi's (Oakland) · $70 · community · rating 7
yoshis.com · details Wed October 28, 2026 SHOW TICKET NOT INCLUDED DALEY - PRESHOW VIP EXPERIENCE (SHOW TICKET NOT INCLUDED) Doors: 5:30 PM Show: 5:30 PM SHOW TICKETS NOT INCLUDED (For Show Tickets, CLICK HERE) Exclusive Meet & Greet with Daley Personal photo with Daley Access to an intimate pre-show Q&A with Daley Exclusive lavender candle by Tap Candles Official Meet & Greet laminate signed by Daley Priority merchandise shopping Limited availability Daley is an acclaimed British singer, songwriter, and creative…
7:30 PM · Angela Davis in Conversation · Cal Performances (Berkeley) · workshop · rating 7
secure.calperformances.org · details Angela Davis in conversation with Poulomi Saha: "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free": Movements for Liberation and Transfigurations of Freedom Item details Date October 28, 2026 7:30PM Additional Details Read More Hide In this lecture, Davis reflects on Nina Simone’s iconic song “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free,” one of the great anthems of the mid-20th-century Black liberation movement.
7:30 PM · DALEY · Yoshi's (Oakland) · $40 - $79 · live_music, rnb_soul_funk · rating 7
yoshis.com · details ONE OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE VOICES IN CONTEMPORARY SOUL
7:30 PM · Lauren Oraange And The Cuties · Ivy Room (Albany) · $14.98 · live_music · rating 7
ivyroom.com · details ivy room presents - genre - indie rock, pop
8:00 PM · Mumiy Troll · UC Theatre (Berkeley) · BUY TICKETS $60 + FEES · live_music, rock · rating 7
theuctheatre.org · details Mumiy Troll is a legendary rock band founded by Ilya Lagutenko in Vladivostok. Known for their distinctive “Rockapops” sound and iconic hits such as “Vladivostok 2000,” “Utekay,” and “Delfiny,” the band has remained one of the most influential and successful acts in the Russian-speaking music world for more than three decades.
time TBA · LIBERATION · Berkeley Rep (Berkeley) · theater · rating 7
berkeleyrep.org · details Written by Bess Wohl, this bitingly funny and poignant play follows a daughter delving into her mother's 1970s feminist consciousness-raising group to explore the legacy of the women's movement. It examines what freedom truly means across generations through messy, impassioned personal histories.
12:15 PM · Tour: Some Particular Heaven · Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley) · film · rating 6
bampfa.org · details Graduate students from the Departments of History of Art and Film & Media Studies offer exhibition tours on select Wednesdays at 12:15 PM and Sundays at 2 PM.
7:00 PM · Gorillaz, Little Simz, Deltron 3030 · Oakland Arena (Oakland) · $96.90+ · live_music, hiphop_rap · rating 6
edmtrain.com · details Featuring Little Simz and Deltron 3030
7:00 PM · Our Sister Hedy · Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley) · art · rating 6
bampfa.org · details Musical opening credits introduce the four grown Kong sisters: Hilda, Helen, Hedy, and Hazel. They live under one roof with their widower father. Hedy, the titular tomboy (a fencing instructor, preternaturally good at tennis), plays matchmaker for the workhorse of the family, the eldest, Hilda. The statuesque, seductive Helen keeps getting in the way. The youngest, Hazel, elopes.
7:30 PM · Stu Allen & Reflections · Ashkenaz (Berkeley) · TICKETS · live_music, rock · rating 6
ashkenaz.com · details Stu Allen & Reflections A Grateful Dead Night Wed Oct 28 Minimum age: All ages Show time: 8:00 PM Doors open: 7:30 PM Tickets Description Doors 7:30 SHOW 8 A tradition started back in the 20th century, Ashkenaz’s Grateful Dead Night is always evolving.
8:00 PM · Karaoke Wednesday · Little Hill Lounge (El Cerrito) · free · community · rating 6
littlehillelcerrito.com · details Karaoke Wednesday 8-11pm free; every Wednesday
7:00 PM · Origins of the Arts & Crafts Movement · Hillside Club (Berkeley) · Buy Tickets · workshop · rating 0 · no longer listed hillsideclub.org · details Ruskin, Morris, and the Arts & Crafts Movement in England
7:00 PM · THE FALL SHOW · Ashby Stage (Berkeley) · theater · rating 0 · no longer listed shotgunplayers.org · details Long-lasting love is marked by both comfort and conflict. In The Fall Show, an elderly couple’s unexpected romance unfolds against a maelstrom of memory and movement. Lovers collide, chaos erupts, and tenderness persists in an intimate examination of love ‘til the very end.