The Ember List

Kids' music & stage shows in the Bay Area

Browse family concerts, kids' sing-alongs, music and movement, and youth orchestra shows in the Bay Area. We reviewed 550+ Bay Area event sources and found 35 kids' music & stage events between October 23 and October 29. Updated daily.

All kids' music & stage events in the Bay Area — October 23–29

Friday, October 23Fri 10/23
FRIDAY
23
OCTOBER

6 PM·Mission City Memorial Park, 420 N Winchester Blvd. Santa Clara, California 95050

Sunset Cinema at Mission City Memorial Park shows Pixar’s Coco as the dusk movie, with limited parking and encouraged carpooling.

6 PM – 9 PM·800 Asilomar Boulevard, Pacific Grove, CA

Live music series at Asilomar featuring The Rudians and Sensory Tribe, free, all ages, with on‑site parking.

7:30 PM – 9 PM·Zellerbach Hall · Berkeley

Mariachi Herencia de México performs a 1‑hour‑40‑minute Día de los Muertos concert at Zellerbach Hall, blending traditional mariachi with salsa, bolero, bossa nova, son jarocho, huapango, and cumbia.

7:30 PM – 9:30 PM·101 Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720

Mariachi Herencia de México performs Día de los Muertos, blending salsa, bolero, bossa nova, son jarocho, huapango and cumbia at Zellerbach Hall, $10 tickets for Berkeley students.

5 PM – 9 PM·Dublin

Night Market at St. Pat's Row — Food vendors, handmade goods, and live music line the street between Golden Gate Drive and Regional Street.

SATURDAY
24
OCTOBER

11 AM · 3 PM·Presidio, San Francisco Public Library

Three-generation family band René y Familia performs original bilingual songs in Spanish and English, plus traditional and contemporary Latin music, ages 5 and under.

California Theatre, San Jose

Symphony San Jose presents a Halloween concert of classical themes, conducted by Peter Jaffe with vocalist Bianca Orsi, featuring a costume contest, California Theatre, $35–$125, all ages.

10 AM – 2 PM·Palo Alto Children's Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Palo Alto Children’s Theatre presents a story‑teller style Sleeping Beauty with simple sets, costumes and wiggle‑time for ages two to six.

11 AM·Miner Auditorium · San Francisco

Marcus Shelby performs at Miner Auditorium, San Francisco, all ages.

7:30 PM·California Theatre, San Jose

Symphonic Spooktacular at California Theatre presents Peter Jaffe conducting Symphony San Jose in a Halloween concert of heroic and villainous music themes.

2 PM·Davies Symphony Hall · San Francisco

Music for Families at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, all ages.

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM·Western Addition, San Francisco Public Library

Six Roses jazz duo performs jazz renditions and original songs at the Western Addition Branch Open House, San Francisco Public Library, all ages.

2 PM – 3 PM·Claremont Branch · Berkeley

Anna Presler and Leighton Fong perform a vibrant violin‑cello duet by Hungarian composer Pál Hermann at the Claremont Branch, ages 5 and up.

8 PM·Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St, San Francisco, CA 94114

Julia Jacklin performs at Castro Theatre, joined by opening act Jordan Patterson, all ages.

21 more events through Thursday, October 29.

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