San Francisco Bay Area Events, Things To Do This Week: March 9-15, 2026
Festivals, Street Fairs San Jose, Oakland, Peninsula, Talks, Pop-Ups, Art, Live Music, Performing Arts, Community Events, Activities This Weekend SF Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area Activities, Events, Things To Do This Week
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Updated - March Event Calendar (more added this morning!), St. Patrick’s Day Events (read this before buying bar crawl tickets/wristbands), Holi Events; GDC Side Events, Outdoor Dining Spots San Francisco, More Lunar New Year Events This Month
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Weekly Recommendation
This week’s recommendation is to check out: ‘André Is an Idiot’ -NYT Review | NPR Director Interview (San Francisco creative advertising executive who documents journey after being diagnosed w/ terminal stage-four colon cancer). It’s playing at the Roxie and the first two showing have sold out.
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San Francisco Bay Area Weekly News Roundup
The trinket trade boom is taking over San Francisco -Axios San Francisco
Sexual harassment claim adds to decade-long pattern at de Young, SF Standard
Jeffrey Epstein paid UCB law student’s tuition in exchange for ‘assistants’ -DailyCal
Walking Bruce Lee’s Oakland with Jeff Chang -Oaklandside
The Tech Bro Problem in Public Art -Frieze
Top researcher leaves OpenAI due to Pentagon deal -Politico
Out-of-state police access Silicon Valley license plate readers -San Jose Spotlight
New Oakland speed cameras send 70K warnings in first month -Oaklandside
Yesterday’s CNY saw broken glass falling from a 3rd story window, Burning Man Cuttlefish appearance and people launching fireworks into crowds.
Vallejo’s drag show on Mare Island is a ‘hidden fantasy’ -Vallejo Sun
San Francisco Bay Area Events This Week, San Jose
Check w/ organizer (website, ticket page, & social media), as details can change.
More events in the March monthly calendars with more intimate, exclusive events, tech events, & timely notices for upcoming ticket sales (including tomorrow).
March 9th Events San Francisco Bay Area, Things To Do
3/9 - Meet the Candidates for Governor: Tom Steyer, Manny’s; Mission District. I may have an extra ticket to this (free), if interested, shoot me a note by this evening 6pm and I will respond if selected.