The Lesher Center hosts three days of unscripted comedy Oct. 16-18, with a festival co-founder saying improv applies to every part of life.

The WWII carrier already has a reputation for ghosts — now it's hosting a full haunted house with a freak show and silicone oddities.

The free two-day festival at Fruitvale and MacArthur returns October 3-4 with five stages and hundreds of craft brews.

The It's Iconic Tour lands at Concord Pavilion Oct. 11, with En Vogue returning to the Oakland roots that birthed them in 1989.

A 900-foot inflatable obstacle course and moon-crater ball pits land at Contra Costa Fair and Event Park, and adults are invited too.

Margaret Cho says the ultra-rich “cannot afford jokes at their expense.” She performs in Berkeley on Sept. 18 and 19.

Good Medicine returns for its fourth year at OMCA, mixing stand-up from Showtime and CBS veterans with food, handcrafted art, and jewelry.

Two 1990s rock icons who barely knew each other now share a stage at UC Berkeley's Greek Theatre on Wednesday.

Kelly Bishop and Scott Patterson headline a free fan festival transforming downtown Danville into the show's cozy fictional town.

Cosplayers, artists and up to 7,500 fans packed Faction Brewing for the fourth annual Cape & Cowl Con, thrown by an award-winning Oakland comic shop.

The punk legends hit Oakland Sept. 29 with Descendents in tow, playing rare deep cuts after a 15-year album gap.

Bay Billiard & Snooker could open by late September, but it still needs its alcohol license and a food-free, 21-and-up floor plan.

Warm Springs/South Fremont Station hosts BART's second anime festival on September 19, with an itasha car show and free giveaways for train riders.