San Francisco Metro: Sat, Nov 7, 2026 · East Bay · 37 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.
7:30 PM · Jackie Ryan Quintet · The Sound Room (Oakland) · live_music, jazz · rating 9
soundroom.org · details JazzTimes magazine calls Jackie Ryan “one of the most outstanding vocalists of her generation ..rivaling the dexterous sass of Sarah Vaughan, the instinctive smarts of Carmen McRae and the scintillating verve of Diana Krall.” Vocalist Jackie Ryan arrived on the ever-changing jazz scene at the dawning of the new millennium, deriving a classic, yet exotic style and sound. Of Mexican, Irish, French, and Spanish decent, Ryan throws her background it into her music.
10:30 AM · Lalo Guerrero Legacy Festival · The Freight & Salvage (Berkeley) · FREE · festival, community · rating 8
secure.thefreight.org · details Legacy Festival co-curator and The Freight's current Director of Programming PC Muñoz is a musician, producer, writer, and program designer based in San Francisco. His body of work as an artist and producer includes GRAMMY®-nominated contemporary classical music with composer/cellist Joan Jeanrenaud as well as recordings with rock legend Jackson Browne, Chicana poet/chanteuse Ingrid Chavez, Prince and the Revolution keyboardist Dr. Fink, Asian-American jazz pioneer Francis Wong, Oakland…
10:30 AM · Shotgun Spotlight – Susannah Martin · Shotgun Studios (Berkeley) · Pay-what-you-can · theater, community · rating 8 · unconfirmed shotgunplayers.org · details
7:00 PM · La Doña & Mark Guerrero · The Freight & Salvage (Berkeley) · $44/$49 GENERAL ADMISSION
$75 2-DAY PASS
(INCLUDES ALL FEES) · live_music, latin_world · rating 8
secure.thefreight.org · details La Doña was chosen as one of YouTube’s Foundry Artists (2019) and she has performed at Lollapalooza and Outside Lands music festivals. Her song, “Quién Me La Paga” was the first of the New York Times Magazine ’s “19 Songs that Matter Now,” for 2020, and her EPs, Algo Nuevo and Can’t Eat Clout have been selected by the San Francisco Chronicle as two of the best albums of 2020 and 2023, respectively.
3:30 PM · Piano Solo and Duet Works · Piedmont CFTA (Piedmont) · $40 at door, $35 in adv · live_music, classical · rating 7
ticketsignup.info · details Piano solo and duet works performed by pianists from the San Francisco Bay Area, with guests from Toronto
5:00 PM · Christian Artmann Quintet — Music Without Borders · Meyhouse San Ramon (San Ramon) · live_music, jazz · rating 7
meyhousejazz.com · details Christian Artmann Quintet — Music Without Borders (Sat 11/7 - 5 pm) Sat, Nov 07 | Meyhouse Jazz San Ramon Called a “composer with great vision” by All About Jazz and a “flute virtuoso” by The Boston Globe, Christian Artmann leads an extraordinary quintet featuring acclaimed pianist Laszlo Gardony, bassist Jeff Denson, drummer Yoron Israel, and vocalist Elena McEntire.
7:30 PM · As Meigas · Hillside Club (Berkeley) · Buy Tickets · live_music, folk, dance · rating 7
eventbrite.com · details The show will include a pre-show dance lesson, with opportunities to try your new skills during the show. Dance will be taught and led by Adrienne Simpson. Adrienne is very experienced at teaching Galician dance to beginners - no experience is needed!As Meigas plays traditional tunes and songs from Galicia, which is the northwesternmost province in Spain, located north of Portugal.
7:30 PM · DAN ASHLEY · Yoshi's (Oakland) · $35 - $55 · live_music, rock, folk · rating 7
yoshis.com · details FROM OUTSIDE LANDS TO YOSHI’S – ABC7 EVENING NEWS ANCHOR PERFORMS W/ HIS COUNTRY AMERICANA ROCK BAND
8:00 PM · Alborosie & Shengen Clan · Ivy Room (Albany) · TICKETS · live_music, latin_world · rating 7
ivyroom.com · details Today, Alborosie bridges reggae’s past and present, blending roots with global sounds. “You look back for lessons,” he says, “but the goal is forward motion.” His ninth studio album, Nine Mile, dropped on October 24. Named for Bob Marley’s birthplace, it revisits the music that first inspired him, enriched by years of travel and collaboration. Expect vintage analog textures fused with bossa nova, rock, hip-hop, and pop.
8:00 PM · Brandi Carlile · Fox Theatre OAK (Oakland) · SOLD OUT! · live_music, folk · rating 7
thefoxoakland.com · details Burn The Setlist Tour (The All Request Tour) An Evening With
8:00 PM · Christian Artmann Quintet — Music Without Borders · Meyhouse San Ramon (San Ramon) · live_music, jazz · rating 7
meyhousejazz.com · details Christian Artmann Quintet — Music Without Borders (Sat 11/7 - 8 pm) Sat, Nov 07 | Meyhouse Jazz San Ramon Called a “composer with great vision” by All About Jazz and a “flute virtuoso” by The Boston Globe, Christian Artmann leads an extraordinary quintet featuring acclaimed pianist Laszlo Gardony, bassist Jeff Denson, drummer Yoron Israel, and vocalist Elena McEntire.
time TBA · COVENANT · Berkeley Rep (Berkeley) · theater · rating 7
berkeleyrep.org · details In a small Georgia town, a blues star’s suspicious rise to fame and a desperate woman’s dream of escape unleash a series of secrets in a haunting Southern Gothic thriller. Peet’s Theatre, Berkeley.
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.
time TBA · Singer Songwriter Showcase · The Starry Plough (Berkeley) · Free · live_music, folk · rating 7
thestarryplough.com · details Singer songwriter showcase
2:30 PM · Kwaidan · Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley) · film · rating 6
bampfa.org · details Breathtakingly photographed on hand-painted sets, Kwaidan is at once a Japanese woodcut writ large, and an abstract wash of luminescent colors that seem to come from another world. An electronic soundtrack by avant-garde composer Toru Takemitsu plays hauntingly with natural sounds—crickets, rain, the cracking of wood, the loud silence of snow. Yet the stories—four of Lafcadio Hearn’s ghostly tales—strangely contradict this plastic splendor in their simple, aching humanity.
6:00 PM · Hugel · Greek Theatre (Berkeley) · $78.15 · dj_party · rating 6
thegreekberkeley.com · details Born in Marseille and raised on a foundation of funk, disco, and soul, HUGEL began DJing on vinyl at just 16 years old. Inspired by legends such as Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, Daft Punk, Amine Edge, and David Guetta, he developed a sound that is instantly recognizable — deeply rhythmic, emotionally charged, and built for massive dancefloors.
6:00 PM · The Stolen Hour, Uncle Superstar · Up The Creek Records (Walnut Creek) · $15 · live_music, rock · rating 6
stevelist.com · details all ages
6:30 PM · The Sword · Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley) · film · rating 6
bampfa.org · details An ambitious swordsman looking to bolster his reputation hunts for an older master to defeat in a duel. On his quest, he gets embroiled with a young woman chased by bandits (no slouch with a sword herself), his childhood sweetheart (unhappily married into wealth), and a cursed, evil sword. Patrick Tam’s iconoclastic convictions are already apparent in this feature debut: “Martial arts films give an impression of being conventional; I wanted to push the envelope in visual experiment.”
8:00 PM · Freddy Zarco, Grupo Homenaje & Nuevos Aventureros · Historic BAL Theatre (San Leandro) · BUY TICKETS · live_music, latin_world · rating 6
baltheatre.com · details Freddy Zarco Grupo Homenaje & Nuevos Aventureros Sat | Nov 7 Show: 8:00 pm Buy Tickets About This Event Freddy Zarco vocalista de Los Bondadosos con Grupo Homenaje y Nuevos Aventureros Una noche para cantar con el corazon y bailar en pareja. Disfruta de una velada llena de romanticismo, recuerdos y canciones inolvidables. Ven con tu pareja, reune a tus amigos y acompananos en una gran noche de musica en vivo y baile.
8:00 PM · Grease Traps, Tori Roze And The Hot Mess · Thee Stork Club (Oakland) · $15/$18 · live_music, rnb_soul_funk · rating 6
wl.seetickets.us · details Sat., 11/7/26 The Grease Traps, Tori Roze and the Hot Mess 8:00pm, $15 adv., $18 door The Grease Traps Filthy funk and raw soul out of Oakland, CA. “The Grease Traps are an eight-piece funk and soul group based in Oakland. Made up of rare 45s record collectors and DJs, the band has since 2005 put out a groovy throwback sound drawing inspiration from local funk/soul stalwarts such as Sly & the Family Stone, Tower of Power, as well as influences across jazz, afrobeat, and hip hop.”
9:00 PM · AZ Chike · Cornerstone (Berkeley) · live_music, hiphop_rap · rating 6
stevelist.com · details all ages
time TBA · The Sharps Removed · Danny Murry's (San Leandro) · live_music, rock · rating 6
stevelist.com · details 21+
10:00 PM · The Roast of Sally Limón · White Horse Inn (Oakland) · comedy · rating 5 · unconfirmed instagram.com · details
time TBA · Bay Area Fest · Oakland Arena (Oakland) · Buy Tickets · festival, live_music · rating 5
theoaklandarena.com · details Bay Area Fest November 7 , 2026 Buy Tickets Parking Premium Date November 7 , 2026 Event Starts 8:00 PM Venue Oakland Arena On Sale On Sale Now Add to Calendar Nov 7 / Saturday 8:00 PM (7:00 PM Doors) Buy Tickets
time TBA · Mini Masterpieces Holiday Gifts Show · Rhythmix (Alameda) · FREE – Please RSVP · art · rating 5
rhythmix.org · details Are you looking for that one-of-a-kind, handmade gift for your loved one this holiday season? Or just want a fun, small, quirky piece of local art for yourself?
Then get ready for the annual Mini Masterpieces Holiday Gifts Show — equal parts fine art exhibit and most unique holiday shopping experience in Alameda — presented by Art Jam at Rhythmix!
7:00 PM · Hirschfeld's Broadway · David Brower Center (Berkeley) · Check website for details · art, theater · rating 0 · no longer listed shotgunplayers.org · details Shotgun Players presents a special multi-media presentation hosted by David Leopold of the Al Hirschfeld Foundation. The event features behind-the-scenes stories of Al Hirschfeld's legendary theatrical artwork, along with a pop-up art gallery where limited-edition prints will be available for purchase.
7:00 PM · Hirschfeld’s Broadway · Ashby Stage (Berkeley) · art · rating 0 · no longer listed shotgunplayers.org · details Shotgun Players & The Al Hirschfeld Foundation Present David Brower Center @ 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley a BEHIND THE scenes look at the iconic art of the legendary american caricaturist al HIRSCHFELD. FEATURING IMAGES FROM THE NEW BOOK “HIRSCHFELD’S SONDHEIM”, & a POP-UP gallery FEATURING LIMITED-EDITION PRINTS HAND-SIGNED by HIRSCHFELD for sale to support shotgun players
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 · Joyful Raven: Tactical Frivolity · The Marsh Berk (Berkeley) · theater · rating 0 · no longer listed themarsh.org · details Joyful Raven’s Tactical Frivolity – How to Save the World in a Unitard Berkeley Theater Nov 6 – Dec 5, 2026 Friday at 7:30 pm, Saturday at 8pm Written & Performed by Joyful Raven Directed and Developed by Jael Weisma n Ticket Information Tickets: $25 – $35 General Seating | $50 & $100 Reserved Seating 60 min | No Intermission | Ages 13+ (Please do not bring infants to the show) Online ticket sales close 2 hours before each performance.
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