San Francisco Metro: Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · East Bay · 27 events · data version 20261021-173303
3:00 PM · Black Women's Roots Festival · The Freight & Salvage (Berkeley) · $49/$54
(INCLUDES ALL FEES) · live_music, folk, festival · rating 8
secure.thefreight.org · details Linda Tillery is a Grammy nominated vocalist, producer, drummer, percussionist, and cultural historian. She has been an influential force in the San Francisco Bay Area music scene for nearly 60 years. Her entry into performing was as lead singer in the psychedelic soul band, Loading Zone. The Loading Zone released one recording on RCA Victor, played at the Fillmore East and West opening for Arlo Guthrie, Chuck Berry, Cream, Vanilla Fudge, Janis Joplin, Iron Butterfly and Tiny Tim.
4:00 PM · Berkeley Symphony: Night of the Imagination · Hillside Club (Berkeley) · live_music, classical · rating 8
purchase.berkeleysymphony.org · details Night has often been a canvas for composers—a space where reality blurs and the imagination takes ov... Read more
2:00 PM · Old Time Shred Sesh / Irish Session · The Starry Plough (Berkeley) · Free · folk, live_music · rating 7
thestarryplough.com · details Old Time Shred Sesh 2-4 PM (Free), Early kids session 4-5:30PM, Session at 5:30PM
5:00 PM · Uromastyx · Ivy Room (Albany) · PURCHASE TICKETS · live_music, rock · rating 7
ivyroom.com · details ivy room presents Uromastyx + Spider Garage + SourFlower - Food by VEGAN MOB genre - rock Sun Nov 15 Minimum age: 21 and over Show time: 6:00 PM Doors open: 5:00 PM TICKETS Description IVY ROOM PRESENTS SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15TH — UROMASTYX SPIDER GARAGE SUNFLOWER Food by VEGAN MOB 5pm doors / 6pm show ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE — IVY ROOM 860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+ — UROMASTYX — Uromastyx is an alternative rock band hailing from Berkeley California. Founded in 2009 by Jon Moses Schickman.
7:00 PM · BRIAN SIMPSON · Yoshi's (Oakland) · $33 - $79 · live_music, jazz · rating 7
yoshis.com · details Sun November 15, 2026 Contemporary jazz pianist and composer BRIAN SIMPSON Doors: 6:30PM Show: 7:00PM After graduating from Northern Illinois University, keyboardist and composer Brian Simpson relocated to Los Angeles, where he was soon playing alongside musicians Gerald Albright and Norman Brown and eventually on a world tour with Janet Jackson. In 1990, Simpson received a call from George Duke that led to a decade of touring and production work with the late jazz legend.
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.
1:30 PM · The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity · Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley) · film · rating 6
bampfa.org · details In Part II of Masaki Kobayashi’s nine-hour epic about Japan’s occupation of China during World War II, soldier Kaji (Tatsuya Nakadai) is appalled by the treatment afforded recruits. Given the rank of officer, he tries to install more humane procedures but only succeeds in attracting the ire of his fellow officers.
2:00 PM · Exhibition Tour: Maren Hassinger · Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley) · art · rating 6
bampfa.org · details Graduate students from the Departments of African American and African Diaspora Studies and History of Art offer exhibition tours on selected Wednesdays at 12:15 PM, Sundays at 2 PM, and Free First Thursdays at 1:15 PM.
4:30 PM · Communal Land Care · Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley) · community, workshop · rating 6
bampfa.org · details Landscape architecture design studio TERREMOTO and nonprofit Test Plot talk about their approach to radical communal land care that cultivates beauty and biodiversity, while providing a framework for how to live on Earth spiritually with all forms of life. This presentation explores the belief that ecological and climate crises require a repairing of kinship with our lands, a return to the commons and to care.
6:00 PM · Just Like Weather · Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley) · film · rating 6
bampfa.org · details Just Like Weather centers on a young couple on the rocks. Through interviews, reenacted scenes from their everyday lives, fictional episodes, and behind-the-scenes documentary, anxieties of Hong Kong’s future after 1997 bubble to the surface. “Fong has an unerring feel for the ways that people speak, think, laugh, console and wound each other” (Tony Rayns).
time TBA · The Head & the Load · Henry J Kaiser Center (Oakland) · theater · rating 6
thehenryj.org · details Conceived by South African artist William Kentridge, this expansive theatrical production combines music, dance, shadow play, and film projections to illuminate the untold history of African porters and soldiers in World War I.
4:30 PM · The Amazing Bubble Man · Rhythmix (Alameda) · theater · rating 5
rhythmix.org · details The Amazing Bubble Man has been thrilling audiences around the world for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles. He is a favorite at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where he has enjoyed 14 years of sell-out success.
Theater-goers will experience the breath-taking dynamics of bubbles, as the Amazing Bubble Man combines comedy and artistry with audience participation and enough spellbinding bubble tricks to keep everyone mesmerized.
time TBA · FORIEGN FAMILY COMEDY SHOW · Tommy T's (Pleasanton) · comedy · rating 4
tommyts.com · details The Foreign Family takes over Tommy T's for a lively comedy showcase packed with big laughs from a featured lineup of performers.
3:00 PM · The Head & the Load · Cal Performances (Berkeley) · theater, dance, live_music · rating 0 · no longer listed secure.calperformances.org · details
4:00 PM · Etta James Tribute · Historic BAL Theatre (San Leandro) · BUY TICKETS · live_music, rnb_soul_funk · rating 0 · no longer listed baltheatre.com · details Etta James Tribute Sun | Nov 15 Show: 4:00 pm Buy Tickets About This Event Kaye Bohler Tribute to Etta James, Celebrate the unforgettable voice and timeless music of Etta James in a powerful live tribute concert. From soulful ballads to rhythm and blues classics, this special performance honors the passion, strength, and unmistakable style that made Etta James a music legend. Enjoy beloved songs including At Last, Id Rather Go Blind, Somethings Got a Hold on Me, Tell Mama, and many more.
5:00 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.
8:00 PM · Allison Russell · UC Theatre (Berkeley) · BUY TICKETS · live_music, folk · rating 0 · no longer listed theuctheatre.org · details Montreal-born, Nashville-based Allison Russell is a Grammy, Juno, Americana, SOCAN, and Folk Award–winning artist and Polaris Prize–shortlisted singer-songwriter, producer, author, actor, and human rights advocate. Her acclaimed solo debut Outside Child (2021) was followed by The Returner (2023), released via Concord/Fantasy.
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 · Sonor Solo Festival 2026 — “French Impressions” · Berkeley Piano (Berkeley) · live_music, classical, festival · rating 0 · no longer listed sonormusicschool.com · details In-person themed solo-performance festival for young musicians, featuring French-composer or France-inspired repertoire. Exact performance times are to be announced.
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