Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Ensemble for These Times, Wreckless Strangers, Inocencio Jiménez Chino, Cantare By The Artful Observer, Bay City News | May 13, 2026 Plus, Herbert Blomstedt, 98, returns to Davies Hall to conduct Mahler's Ninth this weekend.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Free Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, Sarah Cahill, Zainab Johnson By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | May 6, 2026 Plus, San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers at Freight & Salvage on Saturday.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: SF International Arts, Dance Through Time, spring festivals By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | April 29, 2026 Plus, Berkeley Bluegrass fest and Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Bay Area Dance Week, Angelique Kidjo, and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | April 22, 2026 Plus, celebrated pianist Yuja Wang returns to San Francisco Symphony this Sunday for an almost sold-out show.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: 1906 quake remembrance, CubaCaribe fest, and Joshua Bell By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | April 15, 2026 Also: Bilingual Shakespeare with "La Comedia of Errors," and Pocket Opera's “A Midsummer Night’s Dream."
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Music fest freebies, ‘Coast Starlight,’ Richard Goode, and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | April 9, 2026 Plus, Shotgun Players adds more dates for "The Goat, or Who is Sylvia."
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘Jeremy Frey: Woven,’ ‘Flex’ basketball play, brass band shows By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | April 1, 2026 Frey is a key figure in the preservation of Northeastern US Native American art and culture.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: SF Ballet’s ‘Don Quixote,’ organ with Oakland Symphony, Phillipe Jordan at SF Symphony By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | March 25, 2026 Plus, a brewery gathering for ocean lovers, and a free kids' show at the Golden Gate Park Bandshell.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘Monet and Venice,’ Rosie the Riveter Day, and symphonic resistance By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | March 18, 2026 Plus, Metalachi tour, and Augustin Hadelich at Herbst Theatre.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘Shantyoke,’ ‘Primary Trust,’ Pablo Francisco, New Century Chamber Orchestra, ‘La Belle et La Bête’ By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | March 12, 2026 New theater, contemporary orchestral music, and more.