San Francisco Metro: Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · Oakland · 8 events · data version 20261021-173303

  1. 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.
  2. 8:00 PM · Falling For The Rising Sun · Piedmont CFTA (Piedmont) · live_music · rating 7
    piedmontcenterforthearts.org · details
  3. 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. 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.
  5. time TBA · CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL CHAMBER GROOVE · Piedmont CFTA (Piedmont) · https://www.ticketsignup.io/SSB · live_music, classical · rating 0 · no longer listed
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    STRING, SKIN, & BREATH QUARTET Tickets: https://www.ticketsignup.io/SSB
  6. time TBA · INAUGURAL CONCERT! · Piedmont CFTA (Piedmont) · https://www.ticketsignup.io/lefe · live_music, classical, folk · rating 0 · no longer listed
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    LAND’S END FOLK ENSEMBLE:CLASSICAL MUSICIANS EXPLORE FOLK MUSIC Tickets: https://www.ticketsignup.io/lefe
  7. time TBA · RAGTIME AND TRADITIONAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE · Piedmont CFTA (Piedmont) · https://www.ticketsignup.io/ragtime · live_music, jazz · rating 0 · no longer listed
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    VIRGINIA TICHENOR’S RAGTIME QUARTET Tickets: https://www.ticketsignup.io/ragtime
  8. time TBA · TRIBUTE TO JIMMY VAN HEUSEN · Piedmont CFTA (Piedmont) · https://www.ticketsignup.io/JVH · live_music, jazz · rating 0 · no longer listed
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    “IN THE TRADITION” JAZZ & POP PIANO TRIO Tickets: https://www.ticketsignup.io/JVH