KQED Event Calendar

The best of the Bay Area for KQED fans: discover events hand-picked by our editors, sponsored listings, and more.

Sat, July 4

Tilden Botanical Garden Tours in Tilden Regional Park
The Regional Parks Botanic Garden is a naturally beautiful and tranquil living museum of California native plants. Located within Tilden Park in the hills above Berkeley, California, this enchanting 10-acre ...
Categories: Community Outreach
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free
Edible Edible Expeditions at the Conservatory of Flowers
Take a tasty trip to the Conservatory of Flowers and its edible exhibit. Visitors will discover plants from all over the world that are fit to admire as well as ...
Categories: Family Friendly
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Cost: Free-$5
Educator Exhibit: Putting Marine Science on the Map
QUEST Education and Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures co-present this full day Google Maps/Explorations workshop at the National Marine Educators Association Conference. Come explore Asilomar State Beach and learn about this ...
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Cost: Free
Fillmore Jazz Festival
The West Coast's largest free jazz festival celebrates the Fillmor's rich musical history with three stages and over 20 acts including 'the Queen of Classic Jazz' Lavay Smith.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: free
Ardenwood Horse Drawn Carriage Rides at Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont
A visit to Ardenwood is a journey back to the time of the Patterson Ranch -- a prosperous, 19th-century country estate including a beautiful mansion and its elaborate Victorian Gardens. ...
Categories: Family Friendly
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Cost: Varies
Ardenwood Independence Day Celebration at Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont
Celebrate July 4th at Ardenwood in 1900-style with rousing patriotic music from a brass band on the lawn and fiddle music in the farmyard. There will be games, contests and ...
Categories: Family Friendly
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Cost: Free-$8
Chabot KQED KTEH Family Fun Adventures at Chabot Space & Science Center
Five, four, three, two, one: blastoff! Get a glimpse into the life of an astronaut and experience the mixture of exhilaration, adventure, and confinement that is living and working in ...
Categories: Family Friendly
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Free-$14.95
Diamond Visit the Hazel Atlas Sand Mine Tours in Antioch
From the mid-1920s to the mid-1940s, the Hazel-Atlas Mine produced silica sand to make jars, bottles, and other glass items. Tour participants can take a 800-foot walk into the mine ...
Categories: Family Friendly
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 AM
Cost: $3
SF Mime Troupe- To Big to Fail
The San Francisco Mime Troupe celebrates 50 years with a variety of performances. They kick things off with a tale of the 'magical spell of Credit.'
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: 1:30 PM
Cost: free
Copeland Brian Copeland's Not A Genuine Black Man
After smash runs Off Broadway and in L.A., Not A Genuine Black Man returns to celebrate its fifth anniversary in San Francisco where it became the longest running solo show ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: 3:00 PM
Cost: $30
San Francisco Symphony 4th of July Celebration
The San Francisco Symphony presents a cosmic take on holiday fireworks. Special guest: George Takei, a.k.a. Mr. Sulu of Star Trek.
Categories: The Do List
Time: 5:00 PM
Cost: $15-30
Madonna 5 Years of SF Chronicle's All Over Coffee
Spark featured artist, Paul Madonna's solo show '5 Years of All Over Coffee' celebrates half a decade of 'All Over Coffee' in the San Francisco Chronicle. This exhibition features original ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free
Alameda County Fair
Who needs Bay Meadows when you have the All-Alaskan Pig Races and Kids Pedal Tractor Pulls?
Categories: The Do List
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $8-28.00
At Home at the Zoo
From American master Edward Albee comes a new spellbinder that's a meticulously calibrated and brutal look at the lives of three New Yorkers.  Show runs June 5 through July 5, ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Marin County Fair
Along with standard rides and fair attractions check out natural wonders around the world in 3-D, the 39th Annual International Short Film and Video Festival, and a performance by Los ...
Categories: The Do List
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $12-14
SF Opera Summer Seduction
The summer season runs June 2 through July 5 and features such works as Tosca, Porgy and Bess and La Traviata. Also, there's free opera at the ballpark on Friday, ...
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
The Cannery's Family Festival
Take the family out to The Cannery's courtyard for food, music and face-painting by Janelle the Clown.
Categories: The Do List
Time: All Day Event
Cost: free
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
See the 3,000-year-old 'boy king' Tutankhamun along with over 100 artifacts from his tomb and ancient Egypt in this traveling exhibit.
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free-$10
Spamalot
An adaptation of the wildly hilarious film Monty Python and the Holy Grail -- this has been a smash hit on Broadway and across the world.
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: TBA
Cost: $50-$100

Sun, July 5

Tilden Botanical Garden Tours in Tilden Regional Park
The Regional Parks Botanic Garden is a naturally beautiful and tranquil living museum of California native plants. Located within Tilden Park in the hills above Berkeley, California, this enchanting 10-acre ...
Categories: Community Outreach
Time: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: Free
Edible Edible Expeditions at the Conservatory of Flowers
Take a tasty trip to the Conservatory of Flowers and its edible exhibit. Visitors will discover plants from all over the world that are fit to admire as well as ...
Categories: Family Friendly
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Cost: Free-$5
Educator Exhibit: Putting Marine Science on the Map
QUEST Education and Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures co-present this full day Google Maps/Explorations workshop at the National Marine Educators Association Conference. Come explore Asilomar State Beach and learn about this ...
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Cost: Free
Fillmore Jazz Festival
The West Coast's largest free jazz festival celebrates the Fillmor's rich musical history with three stages and over 20 acts including 'the Queen of Classic Jazz' Lavay Smith.
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Cost: free
Chabot KQED KTEH Family Fun Adventures at Chabot Space & Science Center
Five, four, three, two, one: blastoff! Get a glimpse into the life of an astronaut and experience the mixture of exhilaration, adventure, and confinement that is living and working in ...
Categories: Family Friendly
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: Free-$14.95
Diamond Visit the Hazel Atlas Sand Mine Tours in Antioch
From the mid-1920s to the mid-1940s, the Hazel-Atlas Mine produced silica sand to make jars, bottles, and other glass items. Tour participants can take a 800-foot walk into the mine ...
Categories: Family Friendly
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 AM
Cost: $3
Copeland Brian Copeland's Not A Genuine Black Man
After smash runs Off Broadway and in L.A., Not A Genuine Black Man returns to celebrate its fifth anniversary in San Francisco where it became the longest running solo show ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: 3:00 PM
Cost: $30
Madonna 5 Years of SF Chronicle's All Over Coffee
Spark featured artist, Paul Madonna's solo show '5 Years of All Over Coffee' celebrates half a decade of 'All Over Coffee' in the San Francisco Chronicle. This exhibition features original ...
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free
Alameda County Fair
Who needs Bay Meadows when you have the All-Alaskan Pig Races and Kids Pedal Tractor Pulls?
Categories: The Do List
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $8-28.00
At Home at the Zoo
From American master Edward Albee comes a new spellbinder that's a meticulously calibrated and brutal look at the lives of three New Yorkers.  Show runs June 5 through July 5, ...
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: All Day Event
Marin County Fair
Along with standard rides and fair attractions check out natural wonders around the world in 3-D, the 39th Annual International Short Film and Video Festival, and a performance by Los ...
Categories: The Do List
Time: All Day Event
Cost: $12-14
SF Opera Summer Seduction
The summer season runs June 2 through July 5 and features such works as Tosca, Porgy and Bess and La Traviata. Also, there's free opera at the ballpark on Friday, ...
Categories: Arts: Music
Time: All Day Event
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
See the 3,000-year-old 'boy king' Tutankhamun along with over 100 artifacts from his tomb and ancient Egypt in this traveling exhibit.
Categories: Arts: Visual Arts
Time: All Day Event
Cost: Free-$10
Spamalot
An adaptation of the wildly hilarious film Monty Python and the Holy Grail -- this has been a smash hit on Broadway and across the world.
Categories: Arts: Performance
Time: TBA
Cost: $50-$100

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