Sun November 9th Open 11 AM–5 PM
YBCA will be closed to the public for a private event November 19–20, 2025,
and for the Thanksgiving holiday from November 26–27, 2025.
Opened to the public in 1993, YBCA was founded as the cultural anchor of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens neighborhood. Our work spans the realms of contemporary art, performance, film, civic engagement, and public life. Centering artists as essential to social and cultural movement, YBCA is reimagining the role an arts institution can play in the community it serves.
What’s On at YBCA
Exhibitions
MAKIBAKA: A Living Legacy
Presented by SOMA Pilipinas in collaboration with YBCA
August 1, 2025–January 4, 2026
Music
Perla Batalla – A Letter to Leonard Cohen: A Tribute to a Friend
Presented by San Francisco Leonard Cohen Festival and Conspiracy of Beards
November 8, 2025, 7:30 PM
Public Programs
Bay Area Then and Now Poetry Series
Presented by YBCA
Saturday, November 8, 2025, 12–1 PM
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