Join us for an exciting new season starting in January!
Winter Events for 2023!
We are thrilled to announce the KQED Live Winter event calendar! Join us for our next season of storytelling, performance, tastings, games and behind-the-scenes looks into what brings your favorite radio and TV programs to life.
Our events are not possible without your interest and participation, and it is with immense gratitude that we thank you for helping us keep the spirit of public media tangible and sincere.
Get your In-Person or Livestream tickets today! Register at kqed.org/live!
In Dialogue
Bringing together newsmakers, politicians, entertainers and community voices from near and far for lively discussion and reflection.
Join author Kim Stanley Robinson for a conversation discussing his new book The High Sierra: A Love Story, a personal, cultural and geologic exploration of the place he calls the “best mountain range on Earth."
Actress-activist Erika Alexander and filmmaker Whitney Dow preview their PBS documentary The Big Payback, which looks at the first tax-funded reparations bill in the USA and at a local leader as she and her community struggle to realize restitution.
Music, Storytelling & Arts
Experience the incredibly diverse community of artists, musicians, performers and storytellers who make the Bay Area one of the most uniquely influential cultural centers in the world.
Meet the OG pioneers of Bay Area street dance, who defined urban youth culture before hip-hop had a name, as well as the next generation of dancers adding their own stylistic innovations.
KQED Live and the YR Media pod squad present an environmentally friendly, all-natural, compostable, net-zero sustainable party hour hosted by Nyge Turner and Dominique French of the Adult ISH podcast.
Games & Happy Hours
Join other public media lovers and make new friends through our informative game nights and happy hours.
Comedian Dahya Lakshminarayanan is back to play matchmaker for one local KQED fan while subjecting contestants to hilarious rounds of revealing questions and some gentle roasting as they vie for a date.
Join a host of local chefs to share the stories, traditions and techniques behind culinary creations that help to place the Bay Area as a center of the food universe.
How is fire changing wine in Northern California? KQED climate reporter Danielle Venton and Check, Please! Bay Area's Leslie Sbrocco host a science and tasting event with wines from smoke-tainted and unaffected grapes.
