The San Francisco Symphony’s 2026–27 season brings Esa‑Pekka Salonen back to Davies, new commissions by Gabriella Smith and Kyle Rivera, and dance and film collaborations. The plan arrives amid budget questions and Davies renovation planning.

Festival Napa Valley’s 20th season runs July 4–19, 2026, with a commissioned Jake Heggie opera, Renée Fleming, a Wynton Marsalis gala and new Allegro passes.

Monet and Venice opens at the de Young today, reuniting Monet’s Venetian canvases with 100+ works in Golden Gate Park. The show runs through July 26.

Nataki Garrett, who faced threats while leading the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, is interim artistic director at the African‑American Shakespeare Company as it rebuilds.

Castro art installation 'The Seed' at Jane Warner Plaza will light up one last time Wednesday night before being uprooted and hauled away on Friday.

The Contemporary Jewish Museum said it will put its SoMa building on the market after a prolonged closure and steep operating losses. The move reshapes the neighborhood’s cultural landscape.

Liza Minnelli will appear at the Sydney Goldstein Theater on April 9 for a conversation with Michael Feinstein. Public tickets go on sale March 19 and include her new memoir.

Final touches are being added to illuminated floats as San Francisco prepares for the Chinese New Year Parade on Saturday, March 7. Expect crowds, street closures and Muni reroutes.

A court has temporarily halted the city's plan to dismantle the Vaillancourt Fountain while preservationists challenge the emergency exemption at the center of the dispute. A preliminary injunction hearing is set for April 6.

Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters will have a West Coast premiere at SFFILM on April 28 with two screenings at Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre.

Hundreds of Aztec danzantes will descend on Emma Prusch Park next weekend for the 28th Mexica New Year, a three‑day blend of ceremony, drumming and a marketplace.

Illuminate LIVE returns with 125+ free concerts at the Golden Gate Bandshell, running March 1 through mid‑November and spotlighting local talent.

La Onda, the BottleRock-produced Latin festival in Napa, has been canceled; organizers promise refunds and say they hope to return.