The season has arrived. Music, dining, dancing, and elegance pair beautifully with important performing arts, cultural arts, and the design arts. Ensuring the future of our city’s wide-reaching cultural, educational, and training programs, Haute Living San Francisco is a proud media partner for the highly anticipated Opera Ball, the SF Symphony Opening Gala, and the Fall Show—among other major events— bringing arts and entertainment into the spotlight.
CURRENT
Through Sept. 7
San Francisco Playhouse | Evita
Electrifying music by Andrew Lloyd-Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, the Tony Award-winning musical follows Eva Duarte on her journey to becoming the most powerful woman in Latin America. 450 Post St. sfplayhouse.org
Through Oct. 13
BroadwaySF | Wicked
Photo: Joan Marcus 2024
The fourth-longest running show in Broadway history has been seen by over 67 million people and won 100+ awards. The untold true story of the Witches of Oz is now back in San Francisco for a limited seven-week run. Orpheum Theatre, 1192 Market St. broadwaysf.com
Through Oct. 20
de Young | American Beauty: The Osher Collection of American Art
Several significant “firsts”: A large-scale oil by Winslow Homer (The Angler, ca. 1874), a genre picture by William Merritt Chase (Spanish Bric-à-Brac Shop, 1883), a George Bellows landscape (In Virginia, 1908), Georgia O’Keeffe images of the Southwest (Front of Ranchos Church, 1930 and The Patio, 1940), plus 13 artists new entering the collection. 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr., Golden Gate Park. famsf.org
Through Jan. 12, 2025
de Young | Robert Bechtel: Prints and Drawings
Bay Area artist Robert Bechtle (1932–2020) captured local life in mesmerizing detail. This exhibition celebrates Bechtle’s legacy and his close relationship with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr., Golden Gate Park. famsf.org
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 6
San Francisco Opera | Opera Ball
Un Ballo in Maschera (photo ® Yasuko Kageyama-Opera di Roma 2015-16)
Bravo! Haute Living San Francisco is a proud media partner for a glamorous opening night experience at the year’s biggest fundraiser. Featuring Un Ballo in Maschera (performances through 9/27), with pre-party, after-party, music, dinner, and dancing. Presented by San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Opera Guild, with proceeds supporting the future of opera programming and education in the Bay Area. City Hall and War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave. sfopera.com
Sept. 8
San Francisco Opera | Opera in the Park
Courtesy SF Opera
An annual tradition is free to all, this year presented by San Francisco Chronicle. Music Director Eun Sun Kim leads San Francisco Opera Orchestra in an afternoon of arias and ensembles performed by stars from the 2024–25 season. 1:30 p.m. Robin Williams Meadow, Golden Gate Park. sfopera.com
Sept. 12 – Oct. 6
American Conservatory Theater | Private Lives
The 2024-25 season opens with a reimagined production of Noel Coward’s hysterical classic tale of the tempestuous dance that is marriage. Directed by Bay Area favorite KJ Sanchez. Toni Rembe Theater, 415 Geary St. act-sf.org
Sept. 13 – 22
Flower Piano | SF Botanical Garden
A unique and creative annual 10-day event, Flower Piano transforms San Francisco Botanical Garden into an al fresco concert hall where everyone is invited to play and listen. 1199 9th Ave., Golden Gate Park. sfbg.org
Sept. 14 – Oct. 1
San Francisco Opera | The Handmaid’s Tale
SF Opera, The Handmaids Tale (photo- Camilla Winther, Royal Danish Opera)
Based on the landmark novel by Margaret Atwood, with an evocative score by Poul Ruders, one of the most impactful operas of the late 20th century. Seen for the first time on the West Coast, a powerful new co-production with The Royal Danish Theatre. War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave. sfopera.com
Sept. 19 – 21
San Francisco Symphony | Verdi’s Requiem
Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts SF Symphony and San Francisco Symphony Chorus, translating the medieval Latin mass for the dead into the vivid and visceral idiom of Italian opera. Opens with a set of three choral works by celebrated composer Gordon Getty, longtime friend of SF Symphony. Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave. sfsymphony.org
Sept. 25
San Francisco Symphony | Opening Gala
Haute Living San Francisco is a proud media sponsor for the opening night gala. Superstar pianist Lang Lang with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting in a program featuring Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Carnival of the Animals (playing alongside his wife, pianist Gina Alice), plus selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. Proceeds support education, community, and artistic programs. Limited post-concert seated dinner tickets. Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave. sfsymphony.org
Sept. 27 – 29
67th Monterey Jazz Festival
Since 1958, the world’s longest, continuously running jazz festival, held annually on the 20-acre oak-studded Monterey County Fairgrounds. The nonprofit event is committed to celebrating America’s creativity and cultural heritage by presenting legendary jazz musicians, composers, and young rising stars. montereyjazzfestival.org
Sept. 27 – Jan. 6, 2025
Asian Art Museum | Hallyu! The Korean Wave
Saekdong by Darcygom, 2020. (Photo- Jihoon Jung, courtesy Darcygom, Asian Art Museum)
Korean dramas, music, film, TV, fashion, and beauty, from Netflix hits like “Squid Game” and Academy Award-winning “Parasite” to chart-topping K-pop idols and influential designers. Discover how South Korea reinvented itself as a 21st-century pop culture phenomenon. Created by the V&A and touring the world. 200 Larkin St. asianart.org
Sept. 29
Festival Napa Valley | Eileen Moon & Friends
Olivia Decker Power of Music proudly presents cellist Eileen Moon, along with Polina Sedukh (violin), David Chernyavsky (violin), Marcel Gemperli (viola), and Jonah Kim (cello), performing Franz Schubert’s celebrated Cello Quintet. Reception before and after performance at 2 p.m. with Miner Family Wines, concert at 2:45 p.m. Temescal Beach House, 6500 Broadway, Berkeley-Oakland Hills. festivalnapavalley.org/calendar/eileen-moon-friends