Nights Like This presents: Live music at Oeste<\/p>\n
The folks behind the Days Like This party at the Lake Merritt Pergola are launching a new night time party at Oeste, a bar and eatery in Old Oakland. The live music kicks off with a set by DJ Black followed by live jazz with Morgan Simon and the Iya Lingua quartet (no cover with a dinner reservation). An evening of Persian culture to celebrate Nowruz<\/p>\n A Persian classical trio composed of musicians Pezhham Akhavass (Persian tar), Aryan Rahmanian (Setar), and Ashkan Ghafouri (Persian Tombak drum) will join the Pezhham Tombak Ensemble in celebrating Persian New Year with a special show at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. The event is dedicated to Iranians who have lost their lives in the fight<\/a> for democracy and freedom. Prior to the event there will be a calligraphy demonstration by artist Arash Shirinbab and a mini market with local vendors. Oakland Theater Project 2026 season, \u2018The Land of the Free\u2019<\/p>\n Oakland Theater Project <\/a>kicks off its newest season with seven productions that touch on what it\u2019s like to live in the \u201cland of the free\u201d at a time when democratic rights are shrinking and authoritarian power is rising. The season begins on March 21 with the musical \u201cAssassin,\u201d based on the book by John Weidman, which presents a lineup of figures from American history, who assassinated \u2014 or tried to assassinate \u2014 American presidents. The season will end on Dec. 6 with \u201cShe Se Puede (A Chorus of Huertas),\u201d a world premiere about farm worker organizer Dolores Huerta and her lifelong fight for labor rights. Stay Gold Deli has become more than the place to get a delectable sandwich; it\u2019s now an unofficial punk rock venue as well. Veterans of Washington, DC\u2019s 1990s\u00a0 punk and cumbia scenes, Machetres<\/a> are teaming up with teen punk band The Knights of Molino<\/a> for a double-header show next week. The Knights formed in middle school in 2024, and the trio of teens recently went viral on TikTok<\/a> with their song \u201cTake Back Control\u201d that lashes out out AI.\u00a0 Celebrating Literary Foremothers at Chapter 510<\/p>\n Oakland author<\/a>, historian and former librarian Dorothy Lazard <\/a>will host a fundraiser for Chapter 510<\/a>, the arts nonprofit that provides low-cost writing and publishing programs for Black, brown, and queer Oakland youth. The event will feature readings by Berkeley poet, novelist and playwright Judy Juanita; children\u2019s book author Angela Dalton; novelist and activist Aya de L\u00e9on; and Oakland\u2019s award-winning journalist and mental health advocate Jene\u00e9 Darden.\u00a0 Hot Ticket in The Town this week: The Boys 4 Life Tour at the Oakland Arena<\/p>\n Millennials who grew up listening to R&B boy bands have a chance to relive the music of their youth with this show co-headlined by B2K and Bow Wow. The show will feature several other special guests. Coming soon to The Town: Social Distortion at the Fox<\/p>\n
Wednesday, March 18, 6 to 10 p.m., pay what you can up to $23.10<\/a>, Oeste, 722 Clay St.<\/p>\n
Friday, March 20, 6:30 p.m., free (donations encouraged), register for tickets<\/a>, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St.<\/p>\n
\u201cAssassins\u201d preview, Saturday, March 21, $10 \u2013 $70<\/a>, Oakland Theater Project, 1501 Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n![\"Culture](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/large-Culture-Makers_09212023_071.jpg\")
Oakland author, historian and former librarian Dorothy Lazard at Oaklandside\u2019s Culture Makers event in 2023. Credit: Carla Hernandez Ramirez
\nMachetres and Knights of Molino at Stay Gold BBQ<\/p>\n
Sunday, March 22, 6 to 10 p.m., all ages, $10 at the door, Stay Gold BBQ, 2635 San Pablo Ave.<\/p>\n
Sunday, March 22, 2 p.m., free, RSVP online<\/a>, Chapter 510, 546 9th St.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Friday, March 20, 7 p.m., $78.25 and up<\/a>, Oakland Arena, 7000 Coliseum Way<\/p>\n