San Francisco Metro: Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · East Bay · 21 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 · Charles Wheal Band · The Sound Room (Oakland) · live_music, rock · rating 9
soundroom.org · details Charles Wheal walked into a bar in Blacksburg Virginia to hear Muddy Waters' old guitar player "Steady Rollin" Bob Margolin light up the stage. That night, he went back to his apartment, picked up his roommate's acoustic guitar, and hasn't been without one since.
A few years later, he moved to London to pursue a career in global finance, but his passion for playing won out.
7:00 PM · TUBA SKINNY · The Freight & Salvage (Berkeley) · $44/$49
(INCLUDES ALL FEES) · live_music, jazz · rating 8
secure.thefreight.org · details New Orleans-based ensemble Tuba Skinny brings early jazz, ragtime, and country blues to life with spirited authenticity. Their performance features hot horns, steady rhythm, and the infectious energy of vintage street music.
7:30 PM · JACKIEM JOYNER · Yoshi's (Oakland) · $29 - $69 · live_music, jazz · rating 7
yoshis.com · details CONTEMPORARY SAXOPHONIST, AUTHOR, AND MUSIC PRODUCER
7:30 PM · Turnover · UC Theatre (Berkeley) · BUY TICKETS · live_music, rock · rating 7
theuctheatre.org · details The title track of the band’s new album, Myself in the Way, speaks to this mindset. “I can’t put myself in the way of love again,” sings Getz, “I promise I’m going to go all the way with you,” is specifically about Getz getting engaged to his longtime partner, but applies to the general outlook he had toward life in lockdown. “I was living in Sebastopol, California at the time and felt like I truly lived there for the first time since I wasn’t leaving for tour.
7:30 PM · William Kentridge: The Head & the Load · Cal Performances (Berkeley) · Subscribe May 5 · theater, dance · rating 7
secure.calperformances.org · details A “fiercely beautiful historical pageant” (The New York Times) that unfolds on a massive stage to trace the untold history of Africans in World War I. Learn More
8:00 PM · Isaiah Rahad · Fox Theatre OAK (Oakland) · live_music, hiphop_rap · rating 7
thefoxoakland.com · details Since emerging from Chattanooga, TN in 2012, Rashad has built one of the most impactful and emotionally resonant catalogs in modern rap. His debut Cilvia Demo immediately established him as a critical force, followed by The Sun’s Tirade, which debuted in the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 and earned Gold certification.
9:00 PM · Free Funk Glory Jams · The Starry Plough (Berkeley) · Free · live_music, rnb_soul_funk · rating 7
thestarryplough.com · details Live Jam Session
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.
6:30 PM · Ok Goodnight, Snooze, Eve, Soft Curse · The Planetarium Richmond (Richmond) · $20/$25 · live_music, rock · rating 6
stevelist.com · details all ages
7:00 PM · Band of Outsiders · Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley) · film · rating 6
bampfa.org · details Would-be tough guys Franz (Sami Frey) and Arthur (Claude Brasseur) have little better to do than drive around Paris and act out scenes from B movies. But when they team up with Franz’s English-class crush, wide-eyed Odile (Anna Karina), to plot a burglary, they stumble into the gap between playacting and reality. Jean-Luc Godard said, “It is not the people who are important, but the atmosphere between them.”
8:00 PM · Johnny Maraca & The Marockers · Thee Stork Club (Oakland) · $12/$15 · live_music, rock · rating 6
wl.seetickets.us · details Oakland garage rockers Johnny Maraca & The Marockers bring raw guitar riffs and lively rock 'n' roll energy to Thee Stork Club.
8:00 PM · Roger Clyne & PH Naffah · Cornerstone (Berkeley) · $This is some text inside of a div block. · live_music, rock · rating 6
tixr.com · details all ages
7:30 PM · 2ND THURSDAYS WITH GUITARIST: DON BALISTRERI · The Fireside (Alameda) · live_music, jazz · rating 5
planetzoop.com · details 2ND THURSDAYS WITH GUITARIST: DON BALISTRERI Rock/Jazz/Blues No Cover Charge 7:30-10:30 www.thefiresidelounge.com Featuring: Don Balistreri
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.
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 · 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.