{"id":335500,"date":"2026-05-28T04:18:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/335500\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T04:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:18:30","slug":"best-bets-oakland-museum-free-friday-nights-redwood-city-summer-events-terence-blanchard-and-ravi-coltrane-opera-parallele-doubt-sf-symphony-chorus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/335500\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Bets:\u00a0Oakland Museum Free Friday Nights, Redwood City summer events, Terence Blanchard and Ravi Coltrane, Opera\u00a0Parall\u00e8le\u00a0\u2018Doubt,\u2019 SF Symphony Chorus\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Freebie of the week: Oakland Museum of California\u2019s free Friday night shows \u2013 sensibly titled Friday Nights at OMCA \u2013 are back for the 2026 season, and this week\u2019s event should get you busting a move in no time. The headliner is Non Stop Bhangra, a Bay Area-based music collective and cultural institution. The group, founded in 2004, delivers a mix of drumming\/percussion, music and dancing that presents a contemporary take on the traditional music and dance of the Punjab region of India. To say NSB is ingrained in the Bay Area culture\/entertainment scene would be putting it mildly. The band has performed at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, the Stern Grove Festival, the de Young Museum, Davies Symphony Hall, War Memorial Opera House and at previous editions of Friday Nights at OMCA. It\u2019s also known for hosting and headlining the Bhangra & Beats Night Market, a music, shopping and culinary event that routinely draws more than 10,000 participants and returns this year on July 24 and Nov. 13. This Friday\u2019s OMCA event also features a set from the formidable DJ duo known as Lychy Jelly, and there will be several food and beverage trucks on hand. Those with a museum ticket can access OMCA after hours and receive a special tour of the exhibits. The event runs 5 to 9 p.m. Upcoming performers at Friday Nights at OMCA include Oakland Rising (June 5), singer Kim Nalley (June 12), and The Seshen (June 26). The museum is located at Oak and 10th streets; more information is at museumca.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Redwood City\u2019s festive Pub in the Park takes place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 30 in Red Morton Park; it\u2019s the first of four such gatherings this summer. (Redwood City Events via Bay City News)<\/p>\n

Reveling in Redwood City: Redwood City\u2019s jam-packed summer event series boasting free music, movies and more is celebrating 20 years. It kicks off this weekend with Music on the Square on Friday, featuring the Santana tribute group, Carnaval. The concert runs from 6 to 8 p.m. in Courthouse Square. The appealing series continues most Friday evenings through Sept. 4; a multitude of musical styles are represented, as well as Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, David Bowie, Steely Dan and Michael Jackson tributes groups; how fun! This weekend also features the return of Redwood City\u2019s newest party, Pub in the Park. The 9-year-old event on four Saturdays in Red Morton Park offers cold local brews, free live bluegrass music and corn-hole. Guests are encouraged to bring their own blankets and lawn chairs to enjoy a sunny afternoon in a welcoming atmosphere. The fun runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 11, Aug 1, and Aug 29. This weekend\u2019s events are just a few of numerous happenings in Redwood City in the next few months. For the complete lineup, which includes kids\u2019 shows, outdoor films, classical music and more, visit redwoodcity.org.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"SFJAZZ executive artistic director Terence Blanchard performs with Ravi Coltrane May 28-31 at SFJAZZ Center. (Cedric Angels\/Terence Blanchard via Bay City News)<\/p>\n

Tale of 2 legends: The fact that the centennials of jazz legends Miles Davis and John Coltrane fall on the same year creates both a blessing and a headache for jazz programmers planning tributes to the American icons. One the plus side: What a wealth of classic songs to choose from!! On the downside: What a flood of classic songs to drown in!! How do you choose? However, that might not deter the renowned musicians performing this weekend at SF Jazz Center; they\u2019re intimately acquainted with the icons and their music. Trumpeter Terence Blanchard, executive artistic director of SF Jazz, got to know Davis when both were part of Art Blakey\u2019s Jazz Messengers. And the other headliner, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, is John\u2019s son. Although Terence and Ravi don\u2019t have a storied partnership like that of their predecessors, their performances on Thursday through Sunday in San Francisco ought to be fantastic. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and\u00a07 p.m. Sunday in SF Jazz\u2019s Miner Auditorium. Tickets are $44-$124.50 and going fast. SF Jazz members can also live-stream Friday\u2019s concert. More information is at www.sfjazz.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Matthew Worth as Father Flynn does not have the unflagging support of Sister Aloysius (Rhoslyn Jones) in Opera Parall\u00e9le\u2019s production of Douglas Cuomo\u2019s \u201cDoubt\u201d onstage in the Presidio in San Francisco May 29-30. (Better Rugged Photography via Bay City News) <\/p>\n

Faith fractured:\u00a0\u201cDoubt.\u201d Is the charismatic priest guilty of abusing a young charge, or is the overtly antagonistic nun so sure of her convictions just flat-out wrong? First\u00a0it was a riveting Broadway production that captured the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for drama; then it was the 2008 film starring\u00a0Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman, who got\u00a0Oscar nominations for their roles, as did supporting actors Amy Adams and Viola Davis, and\u00a0director\u00a0John Patrick Shanley, who adapted the screenplay from his own work.\u00a0Now, courtesy of the adventurous San Francisco company Opera\u00a0Parall\u00e8le, it is a new chamber opera version receiving its world premiere in three productions this weekend at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco. By creating a set that looks like a church interior and placing the orchestra onstage with the singers, the production effectively makes the audience the \u201ccongregation,\u201d markedly intensifying their involvement with what unfolds over the next 100 intermission-less minutes.\u00a0\u00a0Douglas Cuomo\u2019s reorchestrated score from a 2013 adaptation in Minnesota will be conducted by Nicole Paiement, with Brian Staufenbiel directing. Baritone Matthew Worth sings the role of Father Flynn, with soprano Rhoslyn Jones starring as the suspicious Sister Aloysius. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Friday\u00a0and\u00a0Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at 99 Moraga Ave. Find tickets, $66-$115.50, at\u00a0www.operaparallele.org\/doubt<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Jenny Wong, director of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, leads the award-wining ensemble in concert on the Davies Hall stage on May 31. (Dana Patrick via Bay City News) <\/p>\n

Vocal champions:\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0reasonable to posit that the San Francisco Symphony Chorus is the best darn large singing group in the Bay Area, given that of the eight Grammy-winning recordings that have featured the\u00a0vocalists,\u00a0three\u00a0are\u00a0for\u00a0Best Choral Performance.\u00a0But occasions to hear them perform center stage are not frequent, making their upcoming appearance in Davies Hall Sunday afternoon a rare opportunity. Chorus director Jenny Wong leads the\u00a0chorus, with pianist John Wilson\u2019s and organist Jonathan Dimmock\u2019s support, through works by Brahms, Faur\u00e9, MacMillan,\u00a0Boulanger\u00a0and Norwegian composer\u00a0Ola\u00a0Gjeilo\u00a0plus some traditional American songs, winding up with Morton Lauridsen\u2019s\u00a0ethereal requiem, \u201cLux\u00a0aeterna.\u201d Concert time is 2 p.m. Tickets, $39-$89, are available at\u00a0sfsymphony.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Freebie of the week: Oakland Museum of California\u2019s free Friday night shows \u2013 sensibly titled Friday Nights at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[136324,7984,138571,138572,138573,143,145,144,138574,138575,138576,138577,138578,138579,138580],"class_list":["post-335500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-carnaval","tag-jenny-wong","tag-john-wilson","tag-jonathan-dimmock","tag-music-on-the-square","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-ola-gjeilo","tag-pub-in-the-park","tag-ravi-coltrane","tag-redwood-city-events","tag-san-francisco-symphony-chorus","tag-santana-tribute","tag-sf-jazz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}