Shen Yun Performing Arts

Wed.–Mon. through Jan. 8 War Memorial Opera House Don’t miss this spectacular, colorful, and exhilarating performance of classical Chinese dance and music. $70–$300, 888-... Read More

Just for Fun

Alfred Hitchcock’s S.F. Walking Tour

Sunday, Jan. 8, 11 a.m. Meet: Huntington Park Fountain (California & Taylor Sts.) See some of the hotels, clubs, retail stores and other locations featured in Vertigo and other... Read More

Nightlife

Andrew Jr. Boy Jones

Friday, Jan. 6, 7:30 & 10 p.m. Biscuits & Blues (401 Mason St.) From out of Dallas comes Andres “Jr. Boy” Jones, the son of a big-band singer with 50 years of b... Read More

Performances

North Beach Holiday Wine Walk

Thursday, Dec. 15, 4–8 p.m. Grant & Columbus Aves. & Vallejo & Green Sts. The tasting event will include merchants offering wine samples and special treats inside the... Read More

Potables & Edibles

Annual Crab Feed

Thursday, Dec. 8, 6–11 p.m. Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center This event held among the Christmas trees sells out every year. Start with cocktails, then enjoy a fresh crab and... Read More

Performances

Moscow Ballet: Great Russian Nutcracker

Monday, Dec. 19, 7 p.m. The Warfield Theatre (982 Market St.) Enchant the whole family with larger than life magical props, a 60-foot growing Christmas tree, and spectacular Russia... Read More

Child's Play, Performances

Peter and The Wolf with the SFS Youth Orchestra and Linda Ronstadt

Sunday, December 11, 11 a.m. Davies Symphony Hall Don’t miss S.F. resident Linda Ronstadt in her fourth year narrating, but her first since 2009, of this children’s classic. Th... Read More

Performances

Smuin Ballet: The Christmas Ballet

Thu.–Sun., Dec. 15–18 Tue.–Sat., Dec. 20–24 YBCA Theater (700 Howard St.) This enormously popular holiday celebration returns with equal parts sugar and spice, and somethin... Read More

Performances

S.F. Ballet: The Nutcracker

Daily, Dec. 10–29 (except Dec. 25) War Memorial Opera House A tradition since 1944, this annual production is set in early 20th-century San Francisco. Join the adventures of the ... Read More

Performances

31st Annual Dance-Along Nutcracker

Sat.–Sun., Dec. 10–11 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts This year’s show, The Fantastic Adventures of Captain Nutcracker is a zany superhero quest blended with Tchaikovsky’s ... Read More

Performances

Brian Setzer Orchestra: Christmas Rocks

Saturday, Dec. 24, 8 p.m. The Warfield Theatre Expect a wild evening from one of music’s great guitarists and vocalists, the ex-Stray Cats front man in this annual extravaganza o... Read More

Performances

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir

Saturday, Dec. 24, 6 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. Slim’s (333 11th St.) This multiracial and multicultural choir promotes a message of faith, hope, love, and joy in a rollicking, feel-go... Read More

Performances

Holiday Sing-Along

Thursday, Dec. 15, 6-8:30 p.m. Presidio Officer’s Club (50 Moraga Ave.) Gather around the piano to share music and holiday cheer, led by performers from 42nd Street Moon. Festiv... Read More

Performances

Handel’s Messiah

Wed.–Fri., Dec. 14–16, 7:30 p.m. Grace Cathedral American Bach Soloists present their celebrated annual performance of Handel’s masterpiece. $20–$118, 415-621-7900, america... Read More

Performances

A Chanticleer Christmas

Saturday, Dec. 17 8–10 p.m. St. Ignatius Church (650 Parker St.) The program includes old, new, and familiar music from Nanino. Byrd, Poulenc, Jennings, Shaw, Sametz, and others ... Read More

Events