Bay Area Arts Pulse

Sebastopol's summer calendar mixes live music, film, and visual arts with everyday community rhythms.

• Love Choir invites all voices for free Monday...

The Castro Valley Arts Foundation teams with TMC Arts to stage Disney's Newsies, a rousing musical about newsboys challenging media giants, running...

Terrapin Roadshow returns Grateful Dead music to the North Bay this July, with Grahame Lesh leading performances at Forest Meadows Amphitheater as a...

Nob Hill Gazette features the Dennis Jones Band in its local events calendar, highlighting a live music option for Bay Area audiences.

Downtown Oakland packs dozens of murals from local artists, underscoring the grassroots nature of East Bay public art. Eight mural walks let the walls do the curating across the area.

Public Art Voting & Installations

• 🔥 Vote for Bay Area Nominees: Four Bay Area public art projects, including the Naga Dragon Sculpture in Golden...

WAR + Malo & Los Yesterdays take the stage at Plaza de Cesar Chavez on July 26, 2026, as part of San Jose's Music in the Park series.

George Stoll's memento mori exhibition at Baldwin Gallery transforms silk organza into contemplative vanitas works exploring pride, remorse, and...

San Francisco's expanded SF LIVE platform now includes museums and galleries alongside an interactive event map and personalized itinerary builder,...

San Jose often gets labeled boring with its small downtown and faceless suburbs, but Japantown offers a vibrant counterpoint through arts, food, and...

Four Bay Area projects made the top 100 in CodaWorx's global public art contest, and public voting is open now.

• Naga Dragon Sculpture in Golden Gate...

Martin Wong's vivid paintings of San Francisco's Chinatown and hybrid cultural influences affirm his place as a pioneering queer Chinese American...

Patrick Amiot's recycled-metal sculptures turned a quiet Sebastopol residential street into an unexpected cultural landmark.

• A 14-foot fisherman...

Tonight's Bay Area Shows

• 🔥 Los Tranquilos at The Independent: Los Tranquilos performs tonight at 9:00PM at The Independent in San Francisco...

Ministry of Sound's 35th anniversary renovation marks a landmark evolution in global club culture, retiring its Martin Audio system for a custom KV2...

Cali Joy builds Oakland's creative community by linking artists, activists, and elders through events that treat music as a bridge to legacy and care....

• Free and open to all, the fair runs July 23-26 at three venues on Minnesota Street in San Francisco
• Dozens of exhibitors span local Bay Area...

Brave New Voices returns to the Bay Area tonight at Herbst Theater, celebrating Youth Speaks' 30th anniversary as the local team defends its championship in the nation's largest youth poetry competition.

Los Tranquilos bring their sound to San Francisco's vibrant live music scene tonight at The Independent, presented by Another Planet Entertainment. The all-ages show starts at 9PM with support from Los So-Lows and Sweet Lew.

Hands-on printmaking meets Bay Area book arts legacy at the San Francisco Art Book Fair, where Kala Art Institute hosts a free screenprinting workshop using Susan O’Malley designs in conjunction with her new mural installation.