San Francisco Bay Area Events, Things To Do This Week: April 6-12, 2026
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Weekly Recommendation
This week’s recommendation is to check out Joodooboo in North Oakland (photo above). This vegetarian Korean spot has some insanely delicious tofu.
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San Francisco Bay Area Weekly News Roundup
If You’re an Influencer & Want Restaurants to Survive, Stop Doing This -Food & Wine
The Unlikely TV Show Restoring Everyone’s Faith in Dating -New York Times
Is Uber responsible for its drivers’ behavior? -Gazetteer SF
Golden Gate Fields could soon turn into a public park -Berkeleyside
This Week In Food: Presidio Food Hall Nears Opening -SFist
Sunday Streets got the axe. Organizers are trying to save it. -SF Examiner
San Jose wants to spin off AI policy initiative -San Jose Spotlight
Berkeley’s Millenium (Vegan) Restaurant To Close After 3 Decades
Jay Edelson Made Facebook Pay. Now He’s Coming for Silicon Valley’s AI -The Information
Silicon Valley Is in a Frenzy Over Bots That Build Themselves -The Atlantic
‘A question of human dignity’: Biases in AI algorithms present unique harm to minorities -Daily Californian
Upcoming San Francisco Bay Area Events This Week
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Monday April 6th Events San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose & More
4/6 - The Strokes, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
4/6 - ArtSmart 10 Year Anniversary Gala, University Club
4/6 - Shinji’s (NYC) Pop-Up, Bar Crenn
4/6 - Bar Mauro (CDMX) Pop-Up, Cavana (retro Italian cocktails, 3yr Anniversary)
4/6 - Phage, Antibiotics & Bee Gut: Ecology, Resistance, & Synergies, Sonoma State
4/6 - D9 Neighbors for Housing Forum w/ Congressional Candidate Saikat Chakrabarti
4/6 - OpenTable & Visa: San Francisco Top 100 Restaurants
Monday April 7th Events San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose & More
4/7 - FKA twigs, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
4/7 - Taste of Montclair Village, Oakland
4/7 - Marissa Meyer & Tamara Moss YA mystery, Escape Game, Linden Books, Los Altos
4/7 - Longnow Foundation: Incorruptible by Design, Cowell Theater
4/7 - Curiosity Guild: Fool’s Errand (Things That Didn’t Quite Change The World), Public Works
4/7-12 - Revelations by Alvin Ailey | AILEY Dance Repertory, Berkeley
4/7-8 - Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips, The Freight, Berkeley
Monday April 8th Events San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose & More
4/8 - Presidio Theatre Presents: Meow Meow
4/8 - Tempeh Making Workshop, Preserved, Oakland
4/8 - KQED: Bay Curious Trivia, Mission District
4/8 - Gayme Show! w/ Matt Rogers & Dave Mizzoni, Castro Theatre
4/8-9 - Mermaid: Drug Addict Florida Man Saves Mermaid, Alamo Drafthouse
4/8-19 - CubaCaribe: 20th Annual Festival of Dance & Music
Monday April 9th Events San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose & More
4/9 - Peninsula Events: Writer’s Meet Up, Books Inc, Mountain View
4/9 - “40th Anniv Walt Disney’s RETURN TO OZ (1985) w/ Director Walter Murch IN-PERSON”, Castro Theatre
4/9 - Q&A w/ Congressional Candidate Connie Chan, Bookshop, West Portal
4/9 - FART MARKET: Community Art Draft Night, Madrone (Furnish Your Apt)
4/9 - Castro Magazine Release Gala, The Midway (Music, Art & More)
4/9 - San Francisco Local News Day, KALW
4/9 - SF Standard: AI vs. Everybody: Making Sense of AI w/ Jasmine Sun, Manny’s
4/9-12 - Pebble Beach Food & Wine 2026
4/9-12 - Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival
4/9-12 - Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Presidio Theatre
4/9-19 - Golden Thread Productions: Festival of Palestinian Art, Potrero Stage
Monday April 10th Events San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose & More
4/10 - Nancy Pelosi Reflects on Her Historic Political Career, Commonwealth Club
4/10 - THROTTLE: Anfisa Letyago, 1015 Folsom
4/10 - The Living Room Show (Variety Show: Art, Comedy & More)
4/10 - Date My Friend (4 Min Presentations), The Faight
4/10 - Rising Tides – Fundraiser for PangeaSeed, 111 Minna
4/10 - Detroit Love w/ Carl Craig feat. Mike Banks + more, Public Works
4/10 - Eat Like an Indian ... The Art and Etiquette About Eating With Your Fingers, New Dehli Restaurant
4/10-12 - International Ocean Film Festival, Fort Mason
4/10-19 - Spring SF Restaurant Week
4/10-September 7 - Guías Espirituales|Spirit Guides - Fantastical Creatures from the Workshop of Jacobo and María Ángeles, Sonoma Botanical Garden
4/10-January 10 - ‘Motherboards’, San Jose Art Museum (women’s work in tech)
Monday April 11th Events San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose & More
4/11 - Going to Extremes: A John Waters 80th Birthday Celebration, Berkeley
4/11 - Dabeull (DJ Set) presented by Public Works and DJ Dials
4/11 - Mimouna (Moroccan/Jewish) Celebration w/ JIMENA & JCCS
4/11 - Off the Grid, Treasure Island (free ferry rides w/ rsvp)
4/11 - 1st Annual Squat Competition, Fitness SF
4/11 - Black Coffee, Treasure Island
4/11 - Spring Awakening: Art & Cumbia at Outpost Meadow, Presidio Tunnel Tops
4/11 - ART MATTERS: Open Studios Weekend, 1890 Bryant Studios, Mission District
4/11 - Indian Thali - Vegetarian, Cooking Class, Cavallo Point, Sausalito
4/11 - A.C.T.: Ear Hustle, Live w/ Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods, Toni Rembe Theater
4/11 - The Silk Speaker Series Presents Nicole Kidman, USF
4/11 - Puppet Making With the Pros!, Cow Hollow
4/11 - Makers Market Local Artist Fair, Mill Valley Lumber Yard
4/11 - Battle of the Brews, Santa Rosa
4/11 - SF Neo Psych Fest, Golden Gate Park Bandshell (psychadelic music)
4/11 - 50th Anniversary of Punk Rock in San Francisco, The New Farm
4/11 - Celebration of Life: Brixton The Therapy Dog, Pier 23 (also National Therapy Dog Association Day)
4/11 - Creatives Only Social Club Picnic, Presidio, San Francisco
4/11 - Paws, Claws, and Hooves at California Trail, Oakland Zoo
4/11 - Night of Ideas, Asian Art Museum
4/11 - West Berkeley Community Print Festival
4/11 - Stanford vs Cal: Battle of the Bands, Pier 39
4/11 - Free Admission, 2nd Saturdays, MoAD, San Francisco;
MoAD & SFJAZZ Present: African Rhythms Alumni Quintet
4/11 - Las Cafeteras (East LA), Brick & Mortar
4/11-12 - San Francisco Cherry Blossom Festival
4/11-19 - SPRING 2026: LINES + esperanza spalding, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
4/11-26 - San Francisco Opera: Bohème Out of the Box, Various Locations
Monday April 12th Events San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose & More
4/12 - Book Swap in the Park, Golden Gate Park
4/12 - French Marin Market, San Rafael
4/12 - Oakland Join-Up Activity Fair
4/12 - Art Builds Community: Spring Cleaning, San Jose (clothes, art, music, vintage)
4/12 - Punks Parade: Craft Faire & Animal Shelter Fundraiser, Berkeley
4/12 - Litquake: How They Did It: The Art of Revision, Page St Co-Working
4/12 - Taste of Thrive City: Sample Bites From Local Businesses
4/12 - How To Eat Pussy Like A Champ, Oakland
4/12 - Market at the Marina, Rodeo (Spring Indoor Markets)
4/12 - Last Black Man In San Francisco, Castro Theatre
4/12 - Meet your Local California Native Plants in Spring! Alemany Farms
4/12 - Labor: The Hidden Workforce Behind Our Food, Clio’s Books, Oakland
4/12 - Ploverfest Community Music Festival, Sunset Dunes
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