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Hairspray

Jul 10 – Sep 12, 2026 · San Francisco Playhouse

San Francisco Playhouse closes its 2025-26 season with Hairspray, the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical set in 1962 Baltimore, where teen Tracy Turnblad dreams of dancing on her favorite TV show and ends up taking on racial segregation along the way. The production features...

Opera Ball

Sep 12 · City Hall / War Memorial Opera House

The annual benefit co-presented by San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Opera Guild opens San Francisco Opera's 104th season. The evening begins with a cocktail reception and dinner at City Hall followed by a performance of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra conducted by Eun Sun Kim at...

Shane Mauss

Sep 12 · Club Fugazi

Shane Mauss is a stand-up comedian, science communicator, and psychonaut who synthesizes comedy, evolutionary biology, and psychedelic exploration. Originally a factory worker from Wisconsin, Mauss transitioned to full-time stand-up comedy and achieved national prominence with...

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in Concert

Sep 10 – Sep 12, 2026 · San Francisco Symphony

Anthony Parnther conducts John Williams's score to Star Wars: Return of the Jedi performed live-to-picture.

Antony and Cleopatra

Sep 5 – Sep 13, 2026 · McLaren Park, Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, San Francisco

San Francisco Shakespeare Festival presents Antony and Cleopatra, directed by Katja Rivera, as part of the Festival's 44th season themed around Empire. This timeless tale of power, passion, and politics examines the conflict between duty and desire and the impact of personal...

Beauty and the Beast

Sep 8 – Sep 13, 2026 · San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose

Be Our Guest at Disney’s newly reimagined 30th Anniversary production of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the breathtaking musical filled with the romance and grandeur audiences know and love. This enchanting and timeless tale has been brought to life like never before, with spectacular...

Christian McBride's Ursa Major

Sep 12 – Sep 13, 2026 · Miner Auditorium

Bassist and composer Christian McBride's quintet showcases exciting young players including tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover, who has toured with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, guitarist Ely Perlman, Chicago pianist Mike King, and Oakland native drummer...

CONCEPT series salon

Sep 12 – Sep 13, 2026 · Green Room, San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

RAWdance's CONCEPT series salon serves up contemporary dance in an opulent yet intimate setting, marking the eve of the series' 20th anniversary with its first ever Guest Curator, Jocelyn Reyes of REYES Dance. Five Bay Area choreographers - Melí Gómez and Annalise Carrillo...

Equivocation

Aug 28 – Sep 13, 2026 · Spreckels Performing Arts Center, Rohnert Park

Flower Piano Chamber Music Concert

Sep 13 · Golden Gate Park

SF Symphony musicians perform a free chamber music concert at Flower Piano in Golden Gate Park.

Nduduzo Makhathini Trio

Sep 12 – Sep 13, 2026 · Joe Henderson Lab

South African keyboard great Nduduzo Makhathini, raised within Zulu spiritual traditions, has become one of the most visionary figures in contemporary jazz. His music fuses American jazz with African spirituality, ritual, and collective memory. With The Myth We Choose...

Opera in the Park

Sep 13 · Robin Williams Meadow, Golden Gate Park

This free annual concert, which began in 1971, features Eun Sun Kim conducting the San Francisco Opera Orchestra alongside stars of the Company's fall season. The program includes operatic favorites, musical theater, and popular hits. The event is presented by the San Francisco...

The Barber of Seville

Sep 11 – Sep 13, 2026 · Gallo Center for the Arts

Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville is a fast-paced comic opera featuring the clever and charismatic Figaro. It remains one of the most beloved works in the operatic repertoire, with melodies familiar to audiences of all ages. The production is presented by Opera Modesto.

The Girl of the Golden West (La Fanciulla del West)

Sep 4 – Sep 13, 2026 · Colligan Theater at the Tannery Arts Center

Puccini's opera in three acts, presented in a new English translation by Thomas Clark, based on the play by David Belasco. Set during the California Gold Rush around 1849, the story explores deception, desire, love, forgiveness, and redemption. The production stars Jordan Best...

SFJAM: Free Community Jam Session: 100 Years of Coltrane

Sep 14 · Joe Henderson Lab

These monthly open jam sessions provide a space for Bay Area musicians to come together and perform in an inclusive, multigenerational setting. Each session features a musical director and curated repertoire, welcoming musicians of all levels and ages to sign up.

Gregory Alan Isakov with the San Francisco Symphony

Sep 15 · Davies Symphony Hall

Folk and indie rock musician Gregory Alan Isakov performs with the San Francisco Symphony and conductor Christopher Dragon as part of the 2026–27 season.

Gregory Alan Isakov with the SF Symphony

Sep 15 · San Francisco Symphony

Folk musician Gregory Alan Isakov joins conductor Christopher Dragon and the SF Symphony for an evening of symphonic arrangements of his acclaimed songs. Born in Johannesburg and now based in Colorado, Isakov has released six full-length studio albums and toured internationally...

Brian Simpson featuring Grace Kelly

Sep 16 · Miner Auditorium

Los Angeles-based pianist and composer Brian Simpson gained fame for his decade-long tenure with George Duke and 12 releases as a leader that have regularly topped smooth jazz charts since his 1995 debut Closer Still. For this special matinee, co-sponsored by the Smooth Jazz...

Camille Kerani

Sep 18 · Joe Henderson Lab

Saxophonist Camille Kerani and her band take on Coltrane's 1965 masterpiece to honor his centennial, bringing an exuberant sense of exploration that pays tribute to his spirit. A Berkeley High alumnus who rose through the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars program to attend UCLA...

Takes All Kinds

Aug 7 – Sep 18, 2026 · The Marsh San Francisco

Dan Hoyle's journalistic theater work captures the heart-wrenching, funny, and complex stories of people navigating the present, offering tender and inspiring portraits of everyday Americans turned unlikely changemakers. In this 70-minute solo work, Hoyle recreates real...

David Afkham Conducts Chin, Schumann and Brahms

Sep 18 – Sep 19, 2026 · San Francisco Symphony

David Afkham conducts Unsuk Chin's subito con forza, Schumann's Symphony No. 4, and Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 1 featuring pianist Garrick Ohlsson.

Family Matinee with Destiny Muhammad

Sep 19 · Miner Auditorium

Harpist and bandleader Destiny Muhammad conjures the spirits of John and Alice Coltrane with this musical tribute to two giants of jazz, featuring tenor saxophonist James Mahone and pianist Glen Pearson alongside Muhammad's trio.

French Kiss

Sep 18 – Sep 19, 2026 · Lesher Center for the Arts

Smuin Contemporary Ballet opens its 2026/27 season with French Kiss, a program curated by Artistic Director Amy Seiwert featuring works by Seiwert, My'Kal Stromile and company founder Michael Smuin. The program includes Seiwert's vibrant French Kiss inspired by the music of Pink...