Community events in and around San Francisco this week

465 events in the next 7 days (Oct 23–29) in and around San Francisco, 77 of them free. Each links to its original listing. Updated October 23.

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Friday, October 23

7:15 AM GET ON THE BUS: UC SANTA CRUZ Comet Way
9 AM Nursery Workday Our City Forest Nursery and Training Center Free
10 AM Café littéraire with Guy Alexandre Sounda "Les mots marcheurs" - Oct 23 Alliance Française de San Francisco $23.18
10 AM Hakone Gardens - Summer Daytime Admission Ticket Hakone Estate and Gardens $12.51-$17.85
11 AM Random Acts of Kindness Spree in San Francisco Leroy King Carousel $25.31
12 PM San Francisco Scavenger Hunt Mission Dolores Park $11.98-$22.11
3 PM Castro District LGBTQ+ Historic Tour Harvey Milk Plaza $39.19
3:30 PM Guadalupe Gardens Workday Guadalupe Gardens
4 PM 2nd Annual Lower Polk Live! Music, Art & Community Street Festival Polk Street Free
4 PM Movie & Craft Afternoon w/ Safe Space! Morgan Hill Library Free
5 PM 3rd Annual Howl-O-Ween Yappy Hour & Costume Parade at Hayes Mansion Hayes Mansion San Jose Free
6 PM Carnival of Curiosities: A FREE Halloween Block Party on Ocean Avenue Ashton Avenue at Ocean Avenue Free
6 PM Halloween Hangout The Social Connection Free
6 PM The Night the Witches Were Invited In Pelican Inn $81.88
6 PM The USS Haunted Hornet USS Hornet Museum $38.77-$44.02
6 PM Women Under One Sky: Sister, How Are You? Discover Community Cafe Free
7 PM Ace Maker Social Ace Makerspace Free
7 PM Disney On Ice presents Find Your Hero SAP Center at San José
7 PM Moonlight Market Moka & Co Free
7:30 PM Stanford Football vs NC State | Heroes Appreciation Stanford Stadium See tickets
7:30 PM Sunset Disco Dandiya 2026 San Francisco City Hall $5-$29
8:30 PM House of Weird: San Francisco Haunted House Haas-Lilienthal House $72.27
10 PM Dirty Boots - October 23rd The Stud $12.51-$23.18

Saturday, October 24

9 AM Open House Stratford Fremont Washington
9 AM San Francisco Canes | Pittsburgh vs. Miami Game Watch Standard Deviant Brewing Pier 70 Free
9 AM Stratford School Open House Stratford School of Morgan Hill Free
9 AM Stratford School Palo Alto Fall Open House 870 N California Ave, 870 North California Avenue, Palo… Free
9 AM Tenderloin LGBTQ+ Tour Academy of Art University - School of Fashion $39.19
9 AM Trash or Treat and the Invasion of Exotic Weeds! Lagunita BBQ Pit Free
9:30 AM Lattes & Leashes Voyager Craft Coffee Free
10 AM Innerart Annual Art Show & Sale by Shiva Nourpouri Innerart / Shiva’s Arts — Home Garden Exhibition Free
10:30 AM Maracas & Movement Gilroy Library Free
10:30 AM Sausalito Secret History Walking Tour Sausalito Historical Society Museum $20
11 AM 44th Annual Sandcastle Classic Sandcastle Classic on the beach Free
11 AM Community Day: Dia de Los Muertos San Jose Museum of Art Free
11 AM Halloween Trick or Treat Spooktacular (Downtown Martinez) Downtown Martinez Participating Businesses Free
11 AM Harvest Festival at Alemany Farm Alemany Farm Free
11 AM Makers Market™ Local Artist Street Fair @ Broadway Plaza Broadway Plaza Free
11 AM Oakland Drag Brunch Drake's Dealership $17.85-$33.85
11 AM Random Acts of Kindness Spree in San Francisco Leroy King Carousel $25.31
11 AM STEMPeers Bay Area Fall Meetup 2026 Mission Bay Housing Community Room $7.18
12 PM CALIFORNIA FREE TENNIS OPEN HOUSE Mission College Parking Lot E (Staff) Free
12 PM Halloween Drag Brunch Alhambra Irish House $0-$10
12 PM LGBTQ+ Singles PotLuck Cragmont Rock Park $8.24
12 PM Matcha + Meetup: San Francisco | Small Business Owners Edition Cafe of the Week $12.51
12 PM NOPA Cleanup Central Avenue & Hayes Street Free
12 PM Oakland Halloween + Día de los Muertos: Tricks, Treats & Traditions in the Laurel (2026) Golondrino’s Mexican Grill Free
12 PM Prescott Market Holiday Pop Up Craft Faires Prescott Market West Oakland Free
12 PM Resist to Exist: Voting Block Party Allen Temple Free
12 PM Social: Tenderloin Passport Main Library Free
12 PM Total Wireless Spooky Giveaways | Gilroy, CA Total Wireless Free
1 PM Devil's Slide: A Road Shaped by the Land San Mateo County History Museum Free
1:30 PM Whack Donuts 2-Year Anniversary Jam + Breakin’ Battle (Embarcadero Plaza) Embarcadero Plaza (Formerly Justin Herman Plaza) Free
2 PM Good Samaritan Hospital’s Annual Trunk or Treat Event (San Jose) Good Samaritan Hospital Main Parking Lot Free
2 PM Halloween Tea Party @North (Registration Required) North Branch Free
2 PM Orangefest | Dublin Brave Church - Dublin Campus Free
2 PM San Francisco Queer Women’s History Tour: The Mission — Feminist Enterprise Dolores Park Cafe $29.95-$39.95
2 PM San Jose - Diwali Carnival, Festival of Lights (Free Event) Plaza de Cesar Chavez Free
2 PM SF Craft & Learn at the Museum of the Eye: Ojo de Dios (Oct. 24-31) Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye Free
2 PM Voting Matters with CalMatters Rinconada Library Free
2:30 PM Dungeons & Dragons Teen Club Morgan Hill Library Free
3 PM Dog Costume Parade at The Village at San Antonio Center The Village at San Antonio Center Free
3:30 PM Cajon: Afro-Peruvian Drumming Circle Gilroy Library Free
4 PM Mare Island Halloween Block Party 2026 (Vallejo) Officer's Row - Walnut Ave Free
4 PM Trunk or Treat Family Fest (Alameda) Coastline Christian Schools Free
5 PM Gamelan Sekar Jaya's Fall Fundraising Party The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab & Tasting Room $50-$100
5 PM Sunnyvale Halloween Crow Ride 2026 Columbia Park Free
6 PM GAY SAN FRANCISCO PAGEANT The Café $39.19
6 PM Haunted Howl-o-ween Party for Dogs at Wag Hotels Oakland Wag Hotels Oakland $14.64-$22.11
6 PM Haunted Howl-o-ween Party for Dogs at Wag Hotels Santa Clara Wag Hotels Santa Clara $14.64-$22.11
6 PM O69 BINGO at The Riptide The Riptide Free
6 PM SI ALAS Latinx Showcase 2026 St. Ignatius College Preparatory - Cowell Gymnasium $0-$35
6:30 PM Mission-Roxie SF Neon Walking Tour 10/24 On the sidewalk in front of the Roxie Theater $19.45-$37.05
6:30 PM The USS Haunted Hornet USS Hornet Museum $38.77-$75.52
7 PM Cypress Lawn Night Walking Tour Cypress Lawn Memorial Park $23.18-$33.85
8 PM Fright Night Halloween Party: Graton Resort & Casino Graton Resort & Casino See tickets
8 PM Monster's Bash 2026 USS Hornet Museum $33.52-$44.02
8 PM SF Firefighters Halloween Bash Verdi Club SF $17.85
8 PM SF Ghost Hunting Tour in Chinatown with a Paranormal Investigator Montgomery Street & Washington Street $60.54
9 PM Hallow Glow Lux Pub and Club $7.18-$20
9 PM Lit Crawl Afterparty The Drawing Room: ANNEX $12.51
9 PM Red Dot Ball 2026 : The Deep Geoffreys Inner Circle $28.52-$33.85

Sunday, October 25

8 AM LGBTQ+ Singles Coffee Gathering Twisted St. Cafe Free
9:45 AM Community Volunteer Event at Townsend Park Townsend Park Free
10 AM Halloween Family Costume Party Palo Alto Magical Bridge Playground Free
10 AM Orangefest | San Francisco Brave Church San Francisco Free
10 AM Silicon Valley Coffee Meetup Red Rock Coffee Free
10 AM Sunday Volunteer Workday @ REAP! REAP Climate Center Free
11 AM Halloween Pet Parade & Costume Contest – San Jose | DogHood x WoofGang Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming Evergreen Free
11:30 AM Paper Lanterns: Creating Lasting Peace From War (Film Screening) New People Cinema (Basement Floor 1) $17.85-$28.52
12 PM San Francisco Scavenger Hunt Mission Dolores Park $11.98-$22.11
1 PM Honey Harvest Festival REAP Center $0-$55.20
1 PM Lower Pacific Heights Cleanup Suze Riley Studio Free
2 PM Artists Gather: A Community Launch for the Bay Area Artist Census Community Center Free
2 PM Cinema Sunday: Yellow Rose Campbell Library Free
2:30 PM South County Dementia Caregivers Support Group, in-person @ CRC Centennial Recreation Senior Center Free
3 PM Castro District LGBTQ+ Historic Tour Harvey Milk Plaza $39.19
3 PM Seasonal Circle: Samhain & the Season of Mystery Julie's Coffee & Tea Garden $33-$44
3:30 PM Puzzle Swap Cloverdale Regional Library Free

Monday, October 26

9 AM Tenderloin LGBTQ+ Tour Academy of Art University - School of Fashion $39.19
10 AM Rosh Hashanah Around the Jewish World - Tastings Jewish Engagement Center $18
12 PM Rainbow Lunch Morton B Blatt & Peter G Holmstrom LGBTQ+ Senior Community Center
12 PM San Francisco Scavenger Hunt Mission Dolores Park $11.98-$22.11
6 PM Board Game Night for Adults Saratoga Library Free
6 PM VolunTEEN Hour Atherton Library Free
8 PM SF Ghost Hunting Tour in Chinatown with a Paranormal Investigator Montgomery Street & Washington Street $60.54

Tuesday, October 27

8:45 AM Negocios Hispanos de Concord Gratitude Coffee Bar
10 AM Transportation & Senior Services Resource Fair - Burlingame CC Burlingame Community Center Free
10:45 AM Music & Movement Storytime Campbell Library Free
12 PM San Francisco Scavenger Hunt Mission Dolores Park $11.98-$22.11
12:30 PM Aging in Place vs. Moving: Which Option Is Right for You? Scotts Valley Senior Center
5 PM San Francisco Syntax Meetup Barebottle Beer Garden at Salesforce Park Free
6 PM 48 Hills Triple Gala 2026 El Rio $50
6:30 PM Color A Tote Spooktacular! Morgan Hill Library Free
6:30 PM Sugar Skulls Decorating party with Calaveritas Sunshine and Kukull foods Plants by Post $80

Wednesday, October 28

9 AM Volunteering at Stanford Educational Farm - Weekday O'Donohue Educational Farm Free
11 AM Random Acts of Kindness Spree in Palo Alto Verve Coffee Roasters $25.31
11 AM Random Acts of Kindness Spree in San Francisco Leroy King Carousel $25.31
11 AM Random Acts of Kindness Spree in Sonoma Basque Boulangerie Café $25.31
4 PM Edenvale Teens Reach Meeting Edenvale Library Free
5 PM Celadon House Open House Celadon House Free
5 PM Dia de los Muertos Altars Exhibition & Celebration (evento bilingüe) Napa Valley Center for Spiritual Living Free
5 PM Wednesday Bonfire Potluck REAP Climate Center Free
6:30 PM The USS Haunted Hornet USS Hornet Museum $38.77-$44.02
7 PM Death By Aria: Haunted Halloween Concert w/ Aerial Spectacle (Grace Cathedral) Grace Cathedral $75-$125
7 PM Witchy Wednesdays: Tarot with River | Downtown Santa Rosa Barrel Proof Lounge Free
7:30 PM MSU Grad Student Quarterly Dinner EVGR $14.72
7:30 PM Trivia Night - The Plough and Stars The Plough and Stars

Thursday, October 29

10 AM Fort Miley Cleanup and Workday Battery Chester Free
1 PM Financial Literacy Discussion Group for Retirees West Valley Library Free
1 PM The End of the Anchor Outs in Richardson Bay The Outdoor Art Club Free
3 PM [Cal Alumni SF] Bears at the Pyramid: Cal Alumni of San Francisco Is Back! Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP $21.99
3 PM Castro District LGBTQ+ Historic Tour Harvey Milk Plaza $39.19
3 PM ODSC AI Meetup: How AI Actually Entered The Hiring Funnel Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
4 PM Harvest Social Gamble Garden Free
4 PM Sugar Skull Decorating for Kids, Grades K-8th Cupertino Library Free
4 PM Trick-or-Treat at the Ferry Building Ferry Building Free
4:30 PM Howl-oween Pet Costume Parade and Contest Seacliff Inn Free
5 PM Thursday Night Bingo! Rohnert Park Senior Center Free
5 PM ☕️ Codex Community Meetup-San Francisco #11 Sports Basement Bryant Street Free
5:30 PM Botanical Collage Marin Art and Garden Center $103.07
6 PM HALLOWEIRD El Infierno Cantina $25-$337.98
7 PM Día de los Muertos: Cacao Ceremony & Sound Bath Rooted Locust $28.52
7 PM The Haunt: Halloween Art Maze w/ Tarot Readings + DJs at SF’s YBCA (Oct. 29-30) Yerba Buena Center for the Arts See tickets
7 PM Trailride Thursdays: Soul Line-Dance Lessons Golden Ratio Free
7 PM Who’s My Match Singles Mixer | Ages 21 and up Beta Lounge $7.50-$20
7:30 PM The Fright Crawl | Oakland Halloween Bar Crawl 2026 | Thursday, October 29 Little Bird Bar $12.45-$71.09
7:30 PM The Fright Crawl | San Francisco Halloween Bar Crawl 2026 | Thurs, Oct 29 CHIEF SULLIVAN'S $17.79-$71.09
8 PM I H*te Gay Halloween Because What Do You Mean You Are... El Rio $17.85
9 PM PRE PRE HALLOWEEN DOOMSDAY WITH MILES MEDINA SP2 Communal Bar + Restaurant $0-$12.51

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