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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...

Little Shop of Horrors

Sep 12 – Sep 19, 2026 · New Conservatory Theatre Center, Decker Theatre

Little Shop of Horrors, with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken, is based on the film by Roger Corman with screenplay by Charles Griffith. Seymour discovers a new species of plant with an appetite for human blood, and soon has everything he ever wanted...

Webop at SF Jazz: Stompers

Sep 19 · Joe Henderson Lab

Imaginative, spontaneous, and exploratory play are key for the Stompers age group, with guided activities highlighting the rhythmic energy and emotional content of jazz music. Children become characters in musical stories, interact through call and response singing and movement...

A Chorus Line

Sep 11 – Sep 20, 2026 · Young Actors' Theatre, el cajon

Branford Marsalis & Dianne Reeves Celebrate John Coltrane

Sep 17 – Sep 20, 2026 · Miner Auditorium

Saxophone great and NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis and his quartet are joined by fellow NEA Jazz Master Dianne Reeves for a week devoted to the immortal music of John Coltrane, honoring the centennial of his birth.

Chamber Music Concert with Garrick Ohlsson

Sep 20 · Davies Symphony Hall

Pianist Garrick Ohlsson joins SF Symphony musicians for a chamber music concert at Davies Symphony Hall.

Macbitches

Sep 4 – Sep 20, 2026 · Raven Players, Healdsburg

Myra Melford Splash Trio with Ches Smith & Michael Formanek

Sep 19 – Sep 20, 2026 · Joe Henderson Lab

Visionary pianist Myra Melford's adventurous new trio with bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Ches Smith continues her series of projects inspired by painter Cy Twombly. They perform compositions from her new album SPLASH.

Opera Day in the Bay

Sep 20 · Transamerica Pyramid Center Redwood Park

A free outdoor concert uniting thirteen Northern California opera companies, including Ars Minerva, Festival Opera, Lamplighters Music Theatre, Livermore Valley Opera, Opera Parallèle, Opera San José, Pocket Opera, and West Edge Opera. The performance features music spanning...

The Glass Menagerie

Sep 18 – Sep 20, 2026 · SPARC Theater, Hayward

The White Chip

Aug 27 – Sep 20, 2026 · Marin Theatre

The White Chip is a semi-autobiographical sharp-witted comedy written by Sean Daniels, directed by Marin Theatre Executive Artistic Director Lance Gardner. The play follows Steven, a successful theatre director whose promising career is increasingly overshadowed by his struggle...

The White Chip

Aug 27 – Sep 20, 2026 · Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley

Theatre People, or The Angel Next Door

Aug 27 – Sep 20, 2026 · Scripps Ranch Community Theatre, San diego

Bright Star

Sep 12 – Sep 21, 2026 · Cedar Street Theatre, Lancaster

Opening Gala with Hilary Hahn

Sep 24 · Davies Symphony Hall

Violinist Hilary Hahn joins conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and the San Francisco Symphony to celebrate the start of the 2026–27 season. The program includes Hahn performing Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, alongside John Adams's The Chairman Dances and Nicolai...

All San Francisco Concert

Sep 25 · Davies Symphony Hall

Giancarlo Guerrero conducts the 47th annual All San Francisco Concert, which honors local social service and neighborhood organizations. The program includes John Adams's The Chairman Dances, Carl Maria von Weber's Bassoon Concerto featuring Principal Bassoon Joshua Elmore in...

The Republic of Love featuring Sexmob

Sep 25 · Curran Theatre

Laurie Anderson returns to ATG San Francisco's Curran Theatre with The Republic of Love featuring Sexmob, a collection of songs and stories about the current state of America with some history included. The performance features Anderson's songs including Big Science and Language...

America 250

Sep 26 · Monterey County Fair & Event Center

America 250 is the MJF69 commission piece debuted by three-time Grammy-winning bassist, singer-songwriter, and Blue Note recording artist Meshell Ndegeocello, making her debut at the Monterey Jazz Festival. The work commemorates the semiquincentennial of the founding of the...

Fantastic Negrito with the San Francisco Symphony

Sep 26 · Davies Symphony Hall

Oakland native and multi-Grammy Award-winning artist Fantastic Negrito joins the San Francisco Symphony and conductor Jonathan Taylor Rush for a collaboration that brings his bold, genre-defying sound into a symphonic setting.