San Francisco Bay Area Events, Things To Do This Week: February 2, 2026
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I am extremely proud of everyone who turned out for the various protests on Friday in San Francisco, Oakland, and other parts of the Bay Area, especially all the youth. As I saw groups of children waiting to board buses at various intersections with signs in hand, I began to tear up. January was a difficult month, but Friday’s demonstrations gave me lots of hope.
Please support the 150+ businesses that closed Friday in solidarity with the economic blackout on 1/30. Many of these businesses took a financial hit closing that day. Please support them today, tomorrow and beyond as well as the countless other businesses who support our communities year-around, past strikes (in the link above) and through other emergencies like the missing SNAP payments (also in link above). If I missed any, I apologize. Use the contact form above and I will update it as soon as possible.
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San Francisco Bay Area Weekly News Roundup
Beloved Bar, The Parkside, To End Live Music In March, Bar Shortly Thereafter
Murdoch’s News Corp Launches California Edition of New York Post -Eddie’s List
Longtime arts leader & cultural advocate is Oakland’s new cultural affairs manager -Oaklandside
Financial crisis forces S.F.’s Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts to close -El Tecolote
Pliny The Younger Drops This Week; Bay Area Tracker w/ Tappings -Eddie’s List
Tokyo Central Grand: Emeryville’s First New ‘Supermarket’ in 30+ Years - The E’ville Eye
These SF Bay Area companies have ICE and CBP contracts -SF Gazetteer
Lawsuit that halted ICE courthouse arrests in NorCal could go national -Mission Local
Guns, meth, slot machines: Contraband in Tenderloin stores spurs call for expanded curfew -SF Standard
SFJazz founder is building city’s first affordable housing for artists at historic site -SF Chronicle
BART Valentraine tickets sold out! If you like random, unique, quirky events like this, consider becoming a paid supporter; it was added to Valentine’s calendar (above) within minutes. I purchased two tickets, which I may be giving away soon (TBD based on logistics of ticket transfer, timing of survey by BART etc.). Paid supporters can enter giveaway for 1 pair (2 tickets) here; deadline to enter is 12pm PST February 2, 2026.
San Francisco Bay Area Events, Things To Do This Week
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All events are in San Francisco, unless otherwise noted.
Some of the best events are announced within days (in monthly calendars only).
A Few Ongoing Events, Exhibits Ending This Week In The Bay Area
Studio Ghibli Collection Pop-Up Shop, Kinokuniya USA, Santana Row Ending 2/8
More events in the Super Bowl week, Valentine’s Day calendar & Pliny The Younger & February monthly calendars above.