Featured Events in Oakland in April 2025 (April Updated)

We’ll cover on-road, on-your-bike practice sessions, working in small groups with our certified instructors to improve your bike handling skills, emergency maneuvers, and ability to confidently and safely bike on all types of streets and pathways. Participants who participate in classes will receive a free pair of bike lights! This class will be split into two parts, as follows: Part 1, On-the-bike drills (2 Hours) : This first section includes a group orientation then an on-bike session in a controlled environment like a parking lot or playground blacktop, practicing bike handling and hazard avoidance skills in a relaxed setting.Part 2, On-road group practice (2 Hours): For this second section instructors will take participants out on the road around nearby neighborhoods, streets, and paths, practicing our skills drills in a real world environment.Attending one of our “Day 1” Urban Cycling 101: Classroom Workshops or equivalent LAB Smart Cycling course is a prerequisite for the Urban Cycling 101: Day 2 Road Class. If this class is full, you can be added to the wait list or be notified about future sessions as they are added. Please bring: A functional bicycle.Helmet is strongly recommended, and required for students under 18.Snacks, water, and sunscreen.Ages 15 and up only. Any minors joining us for this class must be accompanied by an adult who is also participating in the class, and both must be registered individually. Students under 18 must wear a helmet. This is not a learn-to-ride class, and all participants are expected to be comfortable with the basics of balancing, pedaling, and steering. — This class is made possible by funding from the Alameda County Transportation Commission. Information Source: Bike East Bay Education Program | eventbrite

Experience the ultimate throwback with The Millennium Tour coming to Oakland on April 26, 2025. The event will be held at the Oakland Arena, located at 7000 Coliseum Way, CA, 94621. Get ready to groove to the music of your favorite R&B artists and relive the hits of the 2000s. Don't miss out on this unforgettable night of nostalgia and get your tickets now to secure your spot at The Millennium Tour in Oakland.

The Oakland Civic Orchestra presents Season FInale, “Legends” featuring Alex Strachan in the exciting world premiere of Legend: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra by composer-in-residence Nikolaus Umar Durr. Bookended by Jean Sibelius’ legendary Symphony No. 5 and the Nocturne from his King Christian Suite No 2, the program also features the colorful Scarlet Sculptures by emerging Australian composer, Naomi Dodd. The concert is on Sunday, April 27 at 4:00 pm, at Valley Center for the Arts, 3500 Mountain Blvd. in Oakland. Tickets go on sale March 6 on Eventbrite and advanced purchase is strongly advised. Oakland Civic Orchestra: Legends For more information, visit our website at https://www.oaklandcivicorchestra.com and follow our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OCOEASTBAY. Tickets are available at the $25 and $15 levels. All tickets are general admission. Please support OCO at the highest level that you can! Advanced ticket reservations are recommended. Tickets will be available at the door, on a space-available basis. We encourage masking, and recommend audience members be both vaccinated and boosted. If you feel unwell, please stay home and take care of yourself. Oakland Civic Orchestra Member and Supporter Information The Oakland Civic Orchestra seeks to collect data from orchestra members, friends and supporters who attend our concerts, to support us in our fundraising efforts. This important demographic information is anonymous. Please follow this link to complete our survey, and we thank you for your support! Ticket prices cover only part of our operating expenses. If you would like to make an additional donation, please use this link in order to support OCO! In order to view the concert progam, please use this QR code: Information Source: Oakland Civic Orchestra | eventbrite

Barry Can't Swim is set to embark on their North America Tour in 2025, with a stop in Oakland at the renowned Fox Theater. The event is scheduled for April 27th at 1807 Telegraph Ave. Get ready for an unforgettable night filled with unique sounds and captivating performances at this iconic venue in California. Don't miss your chance to experience Barry Can't Swim live in Oakland during their highly anticipated tour.

Serving students in Edna Brewer Middle School in Oakland, CA, the music program is comprised of 3 string orchestras, 3 concert bands, 1 jazz ensemble, a world music ensemble, a percussion ensemble, music production classes, and chamber ensembles. This event features the Jazz Ensemble. Come see the future of jazz and support your community. Information Source: Bay Area Jazz & Arts at The Sound Room | eventbrite

When Vigdis Hjorth published Will and Testament in her native Norway, its frank discussion of family secrets caused quite the controversy. Find out why and experience the propulsive brilliance of queen Vigdis at Womb House Books. When a dispute over her parents’ will grows bitter, Bergljot is drawn back into the orbit of the family she fled twenty years before. Her mother and father have decided to leave two island summer houses to her sisters, disinheriting the two eldest siblings from the most meaningful part of the estate. To outsiders, it is a quarrel about property and favoritism. But Bergljot, who has borne a horrible secret since childhood, understands the gesture as something very different—a final attempt to suppress the truth and a cruel insult to the grievously injured. Will and Testament is a lyrical meditation on trauma and memory, as well as a furious account of a woman’s struggle to survive and be believed. Vigdis Hjorth’s novel became a controversial literary sensation in Norway and has been translated into twenty languages. Vigdis Hjorth is the author of over a dozen prize-winning and best-selling novels. Will and Testament sold 170,000 copies in Norway and has received several awards, including the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize, as well as being nominated for the National Book Award and Nordic Council Literature Prize. Long Live the Post Horn! won the Believer Book Award for fiction in 2020, and Is Mother Dead was listed for the International Booker Prize in 2023. Information Source: Womb House Books | eventbrite