2026 cultural events
This page lists 12 cultural events I attended in 2026. Movies are listed on my films page, not here. The program index page displays thumbnails of all the printed program images. Cities are in California, except as noted.
I started keeping event data in the format used by this page in 2010, so data from 2010 to date is accurate. I started keeping appointment calendar data in .txt format in August 2005. I later extracted 2005-2009 event data ex post facto, so data for 2005 to 2009 is less complete and a bit less accurate. I have older pocket calendars and hard copies of event programs going back to 1963, but I have not yet scanned programs for years before 2010 or entered event data for most years before 2005.
See also: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1971 1981 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 All
Click on a heading below to sort the list accordingly. Click on a Program link to see the printed program for an event. Enter a search string (e.g., "Mahler", "Berkeley", "piano") below to filter the output.
| Date | Category | Description | Performers | Venue | City | Works | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/10/26 @ 20:00 | Chamber | Noe Music | Nathalie Joachim & Decoda | Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | Joachim: Fanm d'Ayiti | |||
| 01/19/26 @ 19:30 | Chamber | Earplay | Earplay | Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | Ives: The Unanswered Question Logan: What Lies at Dream's End Harbison: Prelude—Variations Reynolds: Shadowed Narrative |
|||
| 02/01/26 @ 15:00 | Recital | Cal Performances | Steven Banks, baritone sax | Hertz | Berkeley | Program | Saint-Saëns: Sonata Musto: Shadow of the Blues Simon: hear them Beethoven: Variations Barber: Sonata for cello/piano |
|||
| 02/06/26 @ 19:30 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Nicolas McGegan, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Händel: Dixit Dominus Rameau: La Guirlande |
|||
| 02/22/26 @ 16:00 | Chamber | Noe Music | Junction Trio | Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | Cage:: Melodies 1-3 Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 70 'Ghost' Zorn: Ghosts Cage:: Melodies 4-6 Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 |
|||
| 02/26/26 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francisco Symphony | Manfred Honeck, conductor | Davies | San Francisco | Program | Mozart: Requiem Beethoven: Coriolan Overture Haydn: Symphony No 93 |
|||
| 03/01/26 @ 15:00 | Opera | Snapshot 2026 | West Edge Opera | Taube | San Francisco | Program | Schankler: The Joining Rokeach: Case Closed Nourbakhsh: Threshold of Brightness Marlor: Cry Wolf |
|||
| 03/08/26 @ 11:00 | Brunch | West Edge Opera | West Edge Opera | City Club | Berkeley | Program | ||||
| 03/08/26 @ 15:00 | Concert | Cal Performances | The English Concert | Zellerbach | Berkeley | Program | Händel: Hercules | |||
| 03/12/26 @ 19:30 | Chamber | Earplay | Earplay | Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | Ives: The Unanswered Question Na: Searching for the Way Casablancas: Naikus Notebook Winges: Loki's Lair Li: The Wild Party |
|||
| 03/21/26 @ 20:00 | Recital | Noe Music | Dan Tepfer, piano | Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | Bach/Tepfer: Inventions / Reinventions | |||
| 03/22/26 @ 16:00 | Recital | Noe Music | Dan Tepfer, piano | Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | Bach/Tepfer: Goldberg Variations / Variations |
