Foreverland Thriller Halloween Ball

Saturday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m. Bimbo’s 365 Club (1025 Columbus Ave.) Celebrate with this 14-piece tribute band to Michael Jackson with four dynamic vocalists and a powerhouse rhythm a... Read More

Dance

ODC/Dance: Path of Miracles

Friday, Oct. 11, 8 p.m. Presidio Theatre (99 Moraga Ave.) This critically acclaimed site-specific performance experience is an immersive, personal journey told through music and da... Read More

Music

S.F. International Boogie Woogie Festival

Sunday, Oct. 20, 4 p.m. SFJazz Center (201 Franklin St.). This year’s lineup features Luca Sestak from Germany; Balazs Daniel from Hungary; Wendy DeWitt, from the U.S, Jean-Pier... Read More

Music

The Who: Moving On

Wednesday, Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m. Chase Center Special guest Liam Gallagher joins the band to perform an exciting mix of classics plus songs from the band’s first new release in 13 ye... Read More

Music

Dave Mason & Richie Furay

Thursday, Oct. 3, 8 p.m. Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Mason’s Feelin’ Alright Tour will feature all the classic songs fans love in addition to those that have inspired him as we... Read More

Music

Lang Lang with the S.F. Symphony

Monday, Oct. 21 Davies Symphony Hall Experience the musical fireworks of pianist Lang Lang in his much-anticipated return in a program of Glinka, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky. $155�... Read More

Music

S.F. Bach Choir

Sunday, Oct. 20, 4 p.m. Calvary Presbyterian Church (2515 Fillmore St. St.) “The Soul Rejoices, The Spirit Sings” is music of joy and thanksgiving from a variety of sacred trad... Read More

Music

S.F. Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

Various days, Oct. 11–Nov. 1 War Memorial Opera House Here comes the bride. And her rival. And the man trying seduce her. And his wife. Lust, power, and gossip threaten to throw ... Read More

Theater

AASC: Othello

Sat.–Sun., Oct. 12–27 Marines’ Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St.) This classic Shakespeare tale of race is set in a contemporary time in Washington, D.C. and Syria. Othello, a... Read More

Theater

The Simon & Garfunkel Story

Fri.–Sat., Oct. 11–12 SHN Golden Gate Theatre (1 Taylor St.) This immersive concert-style theater show chronicles the amazing journey shared by the folk-rock duo from their hum... Read More

Theater

Magic Theatre: The Chinese Lady

Wed.–Sun., Oct. 9–13 Tue.–Sun., Oct. 15–Nov. 3 Bldg. D, Fort Mason Center Inspired by the true story of the first Chinese woman to arrive on American soil, The Chinese Lad... Read More

Arts & Culture

S.F. Open Studios

Sat.–Sun., Oct 12–13 through Nov. 2–3, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Various S.F. locations Explore the studios of 800 local artists throughout the city and collect their works in painti... Read More

Museums & Galleries

Changing and Unchanging Things: Noguchi and Hasegawa in Postwar Japan

Tue.–Sun. through Dec. 8, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Asian Art Museum (200 Larkin St.) This exhibition considers the consequential friendship of two artists, one Japanese American but draw... Read More

Galas & Benefits

15th Annual This Old Bag: The Power of the Purse

Friday, Oct. 25, 6:30–9:30 p.m. Fairmont S.F. (950 Mason St.) Join fashionistas, philanthropists, and those for whom breast cancer is a personal cause to bid on bags for women, m... Read More

Galas & Benefits

Bummer’s Ball featuring Emmylou Harris

Friday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m. (VIP cocktails 6 p.m.) Castro Theatre (429 Castro St.) A spectacular dreamland of delicious food, beautiful people, magic, and soul-healing music benefiting... Read More

Events