Chew on This: A Food Game Show with Cecilia Phillips

Wednesday, May 29 | 7 PM
In Person: $20 | Livestream: Free

Check, Please! host Cecilia Phillips holds a mic on stage next to a contestant

Do you love food? Prove it! In this original game show from the mind of Check, Please! Bay Area producer Cecilia Phillips, KQED foodies participate in a series of challenges where they must answer, analyze, and eat their way to the top of the food pyramid. Whether you’re ready to get on stage or you just want to watch, follow your stomach to find out, and join us for some spectacular gastronomy! Ticket includes tasting portion of theme food…which in this edition is: PASTA!

Disco's Mighty Real Bay Area Roots

Thursday, June 6 | 7 PM
In Person: Free | Livestream: Free

Get ready to boogie! Learn about the disco era’s explosion of music, nightlife and culture in the Bay Area. This event will preview clips from the groundbreaking new three-part PBS series Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution, exploring disco’s rise, fall and enduring influence. Through iconic tracks, archival footage, and conversation with Bay Area DJs, we explore disco’s impact on San Francisco’s Black, queer, and minority communities and how locals are preserving the genre. Then, the disco floor is yours for a dance showdown!

Check, Please! Taste & Sip 2024

Monday, June 10 | 7 PM
In Person: $109-$149
San Francisco Design Center Galleria

A hand with a ring holds a wine glass as wine is being poured into it.

Join host Leslie Sbrocco to celebrate a new season of Check, Please! Bay Area. More than 50 restaurants featured on the show and many of Leslie’s favorite local wineries come together to showcase the flavorful diversity and heart of the Bay Area’s culinary community as you sample their most popular dishes.

Participating restaurants and wineries to be announced in May!

VIP tickets are available for early entry from 6:15-7:00pm with special bites from a select group of restaurants, artisanal food crafters, and sips from some of our favorite winemakers.

All food and beverages are included in the ticket price. Must be 21 years or older to attend.

Special thanks to the Check, Please! Bay Area sponsors:

Crab House logo Graham's Port logo . IRG logo Oakland Airport logo San Francisco Fire Credit Union logo Sutter Health logo

SongWriter Live with Susan Orlean and Diana Gameros, co-presented by Litquake

Thursday, June 13
In Person: $29 | Livestream: Free

A composite photo of author Susan Orlean with donkeys and musician Diana Gameros with her guitar on a blue background.

Litquake and KQED Live present a night with SongWriter, a podcast that turns stories into songs (featured guests include Questlove, Joyce Carol Oates, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, Roxane Gay, and Craig Finn of The Hold Steady).

In this special live recording event, bestselling author Susan Orlean (The Orchid Thief, The Library Book) will share a story from her recent collection On Animals, and local songwriter Diana Gameros will play a brand new song written in response. SongWriter’s creator Ben Arthur will host, and engage the artists in a conversation with UC Berkeley researcher Laura Simone Lewis on animal intelligence.

Liner Notes Live: A Rightnowish Jazz Production

Thursday, June 20
In Person: $20 | Livestream: Free

A female jazz musician plays a baritone saxophone on stage.

The podcast Rightnowish invites you to a night of modern jazz music and a conversation about labor in the music industry. This event, inspired by the Rightnowish’s music series, ‘Liner Notes,’ will feature a showcase of musicians steeped in the local Bay Area jazz scene: Howard Wiley, Lidia Rodriguez and Jamie Lee. They’ll share a bit of their personal stories as well as insight on how musicians are holding it down for jazz in this region of the world.

COVID-19 Safety Policy

Guests are encouraged to wear masks inside the building. To provide the safest possible experience for our guests, performers, volunteers and staff, KQED recommends that ticket holders continue to wear masks inside the building and when in close proximity to other guests.

This policy is subject to change. Please visit our Plan Your Visit page for the most up-to-date COVID-19 safety policy. Questions: Email live@kqed.org.

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