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Upcoming Concerts Greater Bay Area

Real events sourced from Bay Area orchestras & presenters across Northern California · May 30 – June 28, 2026

MAY 30
Chamber Violin Free

SF Symphony — Community Chamber Concert

Jeein Kim, violin · Davis You, cello · SF Public Library

  • 🕘 Saturday, May 30, 2026 · 2:30 PM
  • 📍 Anza Branch Library, San Francisco
  • 🎶
    Free community chamber set with Q&A; program details have not yet been published in the official May materials.
  • 🎫 Free · community event · sfsymphony.org
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JUN 1
Studio Recital Violin Free

Stanford — Violin Students of Joo-Mee Lee

Stanford violin studio recital at Braun Music Center

  • 🕘 Monday, June 1, 2026 · 7:30 PM
  • 📍 Braun Music Center
    541 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
  • 🎶
    Stanford students from Joo-Mee Lee's violin studio perform an evening recital; the official listing does not yet publish a detailed program.
  • 🎫 Free admission · Stanford Department of Music
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JUN 3
Recital Violin

SF Symphony — Njioma Grevious, Violin

Shenson Spotlight Series · with Andrew Goodridge, piano

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JUN 6
Competition Strings

Klein Competition — Semi Finals

International string competition · violinists among the semifinalists

  • 🕘 Saturday, June 6, 2026 · 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
  • 📍 San Francisco Conservatory of Music
    San Francisco, CA
  • 🎶
    Eight young string players compete across the day; official semifinalist materials confirm multiple violinists in the field.
  • 🎫 Pay-as-you-wish · official details via California Music Center
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JUN 12
Orchestra Violin

SF Symphony — Scheherazade with María Dueñas

Tianyi Lu conducts · Korngold concerto at Davies Symphony Hall

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JUN 13
Chamber Violin Free

SF Symphony — Community Chamber Concert

Kingston Ho, violin · Katarzyna Bryla, viola · Chinatown Branch Library

  • 🕘 Saturday, June 13, 2026 · 4:00 PM
  • 📍 Chinatown Branch Library
    1135 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
  • 🎶
    Free community chamber set as part of the library's 105th-anniversary open house; official materials confirm the SF Symphony appearance, but published repertoire has not yet been posted.
  • 🎫 Free · drop-in library event
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JUN 20
Chamber Violin Free

SF Symphony — Community Chamber Concert

Yvette Kraft, violin · Davis You, cello · SF Public Library

  • 🕘 Saturday, June 20, 2026 · 2:00 PM
  • 📍 North Beach Branch Library
    850 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133
  • 🎶
    Free community chamber performance with a post-concert Q&A; official SF Symphony June materials confirm the lineup and time, but published repertoire has not yet been posted.
  • 🎫 Free · library event
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JUN 24
Chamber Violin Free

SF Symphony — Community Chamber Concert

Jessie Fellows, violin · Katie Kadarauch, viola · SF Public Library

  • 🕘 Wednesday, June 24, 2026 · 5:30 PM
  • 📍 Sunset Branch Library, San Francisco
  • 🎶
    Free community chamber performance with audience Q&A; official SF Symphony June materials confirm the lineup and time, but published repertoire has not yet been posted.
  • 🎫 Free · library event
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Data note: Active 30-day window: May 30 – June 28, 2026. This pass rechecked official California Music Center, SF Symphony, Stanford, Chamber Music San Francisco, and SFCM sources. Program details marked TBA were not yet published at update time; verify directly with venues before attending.

Window note: The visible date-range metadata rolled forward to May 30 – June 28, 2026. Two late-June SF Symphony events entered scope in this pass: the June 24 Sunset Branch community chamber appearance and the June 28 Davies Symphony Hall chamber program.

SFCM / CMSF / Stanford note: Chamber Music San Francisco's official 2026 season pages still stop at the expired May 17 Escher listing, and focused Stanford / SFCM June 24–28 checks did not surface an additional official violin recital or masterclass worth adding.

SF Symphony / Klein note: Official source checks still support the current June set: June 1 Stanford studio recital, June 3 Njioma Grevious, June 6 Klein semifinals, June 12–14 Scheherazade, June 13 / June 20 / June 24 SF Symphony community chamber appearances, and the June 28 Davies Hall chamber program. The June 7 Klein finals copy still does not confirm violin representation.

Linking note: Chrome manual YouTube search was used for the newly added June 28 chamber-program links. The June 20 North Beach and June 24 Sunset community cards still rely on official SF Symphony June materials because stable public SFPL event pages were not available in this pass.

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