Family events in and around San Francisco this week
348 events in the next 7 days (Oct 23–29) in and around San Francisco, 116 of them free. Each links to its original listing. Updated October 23.
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Friday, October 23
- 9 AM CIRC PreK presents: Environment ‒ Designing Possibilities La Scuola International School Sold out
- 9 AM Vigilant Mama Conference Courtyard by Marriott San Francisco Airport Free
- 9:30 AM Toddler Storytime Vacaville Cultural Center Library Free
- 10 AM 120 Minute Art Session - In Person at Valley Fair Westfield Valley Fair $97.11
- 10 AM 60 Minute Slime Lab: Create 3 Custom Slime Westfield Valley Fair $71.21
- 10 AM Baby Bounce: at Dixon Library Dixon Library Free
- 10 AM Digital Drawing: Digital Art Master Series - In Person at Valley Fair Westfield Valley Fair $66.35
- 10 AM Family Event: Caregiver & Child Developmental Playgroups 2025-202606 Children's Council of San Francisco Free
- 10 AM Junior Picassos: Kids Painting Mastery Class Westfield Valley Fair $54.67
- 10 AM Mold, Shape, Create Clay Art - In Person at Valley Fair Westfield Valley Fair $66.94
- 10:30 AM Family Storytime Downtown Library Free
- 10:30 AM Tiny Tot Jamboree Morgan Hill Library Free
- 11 AM WWI: America In The Great War Moffett Field Museum $0-$25
- 12 PM Itty Bitty Jamboree Morgan Hill Library Free
- 12 PM WGSS Lecture: Drag Story Time as a Site of Resistance, Queer World-Making and Community Building Student Union Free
- 3 PM 🎃 Family FUNtaz Night! Children's Museum of Sonoma County
- 5 PM Kung fu for kids ages 7-13.BEGINNER. (Fist/weapons) Tues - Fridays @ 5p.m. My Shaolin KungFu school $38
- 5 PM Parents Night Out at the Flamingo Resort & Spa Flamingo Resort $30-$55
- 6 PM When Concerns Arise | Cuando se Presentan Preocupaciones Napa Valley Community Foundation Free
- 7 PM Disney On Ice presents Find Your Hero SAP Center at San José
- 7 PM Free College Admissions Talk for Grades 5-11 Families Palo Alto Chinese School Free
Saturday, October 24
- 7 AM 5th Annual Kelly Brush Ride: Bay Area Depot Plaza See tickets
- 9 AM Stratford School Palo Alto Fall Open House 870 N California Ave, 870 North California Avenue, Palo… Free
- 10 AM CAFFE’ A CASA - INTRO TO CASA KINDERARTZ : ITALIAN THROUGH ART AND PLAY PHOENIX Free
- 10 AM EBMUD Underworld: A Halloween Wastewater Tour, 10am (must be 10yo+) EBMUD Main Wastewater Treatment Plant Free
- 10 AM FREE Suzuki Early Years Music Class Suzuki Music School of San Jose Free
- 10 AM Martinez Library Halloween Storytime Martinez Library Free
- 10 AM San Lorenzo Area, CA | Discover Girl Scouts at Pumpkins in the Park! Marina Park Free
- 10 AM Three Stone Hearth 20th Anniversary Kids & Family Day Three Stone Hearth Free
- 10:30 AM Family Storytime Rockridge Branch Library Free
- 10:30 AM Family Storytime at Cupertino Library Cupertino Library Free
- 10:30 AM Filipino-American History Month Festival Schafer Park Elementary School Free
- 10:30 AM Persian Storytime (Bilingual Farsi) San Carlos Library Free
- 10:30 AM Saturday Storytime Centerville Library Free
- 11 AM Community Day: Dia de Los Muertos San Jose Museum of Art Free
- 11 AM Family Matinee w/ Marcus Shelby & Friends Miner Auditorium at SFJAZZ Center
- 11 AM Piedmont Avenue's 39th Annual Halloween Celebration Piedmont Ave in Oakland (4135 PIEDMONT AVE Oakland Free
- 11 AM Spooky Craft Corner w/ JC Craft LAb Autonomous Gallery Free
- 11:15 AM Family Storytime With Stay and Play Pacifica Sanchez Library Free
- 12 PM Oakland Halloween + Día de los Muertos: Tricks, Treats & Traditions in the Laurel (2026) Golondrino’s Mexican Grill Free
- 1 PM Children's Area Scavenger Hunts Santa Teresa Library 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 SF Craft & Learn at the Museum of the Eye: Ojo de Dios (Oct. 24-31) Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye Free
- 2 PM The Reading Nest: in the Children's Section! Vacaville Cultural Center Library Free
- 3 PM Hillview's Lowrider Trunk or Treat Hillview Library Free
- 3 PM LEGO® Club - Club LEGO® Biblioteca Latinoamericana Library Free
- 3 PM Pacific Commons Shopping Center (Free) Halloween Spooktacular Event Pacific Commons Shopping Center Free
- 4 PM Hagerty's RADwood NorCal: Bay Area '80s & '90s Car Festival Gold Bar Hangar Free
- 4 PM Trunk or Treat Family Fest (Alameda) Coastline Christian Schools Free
- 4 PM Trunk-n-Treat @ First Palo Alto UMC First United Methodist Church Free
- 6:30 PM Free Hotel Transylvania Outdoor Movie Night in San Jose De Anza Park Free
Sunday, October 25
- 9 AM 90 Minute Art Session - In Person at Valley Fair Westfield Valley Fair $75.89
- 9 AM Opening Day of the Antioch Farmers' Market Antioch Farmers' Market Free
- 9:45 AM FREE Suzuki Early Years Music Class Suzuki Music School of San Jose Free
- 10 AM Animal Day 2026! University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley
- 10 AM Family Fun Time Etz Chayim Free
- 10 AM Shalom Play with Jewish Baby Network Temple Beth Abraham Social Hall Free
- 10:30 AM Mandarin/Cantonese Storytime 國語，廣東話故事会 Millbrae Library Free
- 10:30 AM Playtime Storytime San Carlos Library Free
- 11 AM Bark at SPARK: Howl-O-Ween San Francisco SPARK Social SF Free
- 11 AM Family Day in the Garden: Pollinators and Pumpkins LEAF Urban Farm Free
- 11 AM Kung fu class for kids ages 4-7. (Fist/weapon) Saturday/Sunday @11a.m. My Shaolin KungFu school $38
- 12 PM MOG Events Children's Museum of Sonoma County
- 1 PM Haunted Hub 2026 The Hub
- 1 PM Kids' Pumpkin Floral Workshop EXPRESSIONS FLORAL $39.19
- 2 PM Board Game Zone Seven Trees Library Free
- 2 PM Howl-O-Ween Costumed Pet Parade at City Center Bishop Ranch City Center Bishop Ranch Free
- 2 PM Learning Chinese language and Culture For Kids Ages 8-13 years old Gilroy Library Free
- 2 PM The Reading Nest: in the Children's Section! Vacaville Cultural Center Library Free
- 2 PM Wii Gaming for Tweens and Teens Bascom Library Free
- 3 PM Kung fu - FAMILY - ALL AGES 4+ (Sunday @ 3p.m. ) My Shaolin KungFu school $38
- 3 PM Math Festival Alviso Library Free
- 3 PM Vietnamese Class for Kids Tully Library Free
- 4:30 PM Beginner Friendly Procreate Digital Arts Class with Jasmine (Kids/Parents) Jiaren Cafe $39.19-$268.61
- 5 PM An Evening with Jon Klassen at Womb House Books Womb House Books $33.85
- 5:30 PM Otsukimi Moon Viewing Event Lakeside Park Garden Center Free
Monday, October 26
- 10 AM 60 Minute Creative Experience- In Person at Valley Fair Westfield Valley Fair $54.67
- 10 AM Baby Bounce Storytime Half Moon Bay Library Free
- 10 AM SMART (Sing, Move, and Read Together) Dublin Library Free
- 11 AM Hora de Cuentos/Storytime North Fair Oaks Library Free
- 11 AM U.S. Citizenship Test Preparation Series Santa Clara City Library - Central Park Free
- 12 PM WGSS Lecture: Drag Story Time as a Site of Resistance, Queer World-Making and Community Building Student Union Free
- 2 PM Circle Time with Alya Children's Museum of Sonoma County
- 3 PM Read to a Dog Dixon Library Free
- 3:30 PM Game Zone Hillview Library Free
- 6 PM Paint Nite • Mountain Mike's Pizza • Santa Rosa Mountain Mike's Pizza $42.23
- 6 PM Pajama Storytime Newark Library Free
- 6:30 PM Pajama Storytime [Hora de Cuentos en Pijama] Gilroy Library Free
Tuesday, October 27
- 9 AM October First Steps: Excelsior Family Connections Centers • Excelsior Free
- 10 AM Preschool Storytime Vacaville Cultural Center Library Free
- 10:15 AM Bilingual Storytime Fairfax Library Free
- 10:15 AM Halloween Baby Bounce! Golden Gate Branch Library Free
- 10:15 AM Musical Storytime and Stay & Play Dougherty Station Library Free
- 10:15 AM Storytime and Playtime Melrose Branch Library Free
- 10:30 AM Preschool Storytime: with Miss Galila Fairfield Civic Center Library Free
- 10:30 AM Signs and Rhymes Storytime With Stay and Play! Atherton Library Free
- 10:30 AM Spanish Bilingual Storytime | Hora de Cuentos Bilingue Portola Valley Library Free
- 10:45 AM Music & Movement Storytime Campbell Library Free
- 11 AM Baby and Me Time: Playdate for Children and Their Caregivers Berryessa Library Free
- 11 AM Bilingual Storytime / Hora de cuentos bilingüe Brisbane Library Free
- 11 AM Storytime and Garden Play Elmhurst Branch Library Free
- 11:30 AM Baby Bouncers Lapsit for Prewalkers Milpitas Library Free
- 3:30 PM Kids' Crochet Club Melrose Branch Library Free
- 4 PM Boo Bash, Tues. Oct. 27, 4pm to 8pm- a family friendly event Chan Zuckerberg Community Space Free
- 4 PM Lego Racers Turk and Hyde Mini Park Free
- 4:30 PM Calabazas Adult Activities: Easy Exercise Calabazas Library Free
- 4:30 PM Halloween Storytime Newark Library Free
- 4:30 PM Đọc truyện song ngữ & Thủ công | Bilingual Storytime & Craft Evergreen Library Free
- 5 PM Kung fu for kids ages 7-13.BEGINNER. (Fist/weapons) Tues - Fridays @ 5p.m. My Shaolin KungFu school $38
- 5 PM Santa Rosa, CA | Girl Scout table at Quest Forward Fall Festival! Quest Forward High School Santa Rosa Free
- 5:45 PM Bilingual Hindi-English Storytime द्विभाषी हिंदी-अंग्रेज़ी कहानी समय Almaden Library Free
- 6 PM Lenny Pearce - Toddler Rave Fox Theater See tickets
- 6:30 PM Bilingual Family Storytime / 中英雙語故事時間 Milpitas Library Free
Wednesday, October 28
- 10 AM Baby Bounce Dublin Library Free
- 10 AM FREE Suzuki Early Years Music Class Suzuki Music School of San Jose Free
- 10 AM Oakland Zoo Veterinary Hospital Tours Oakland Zoo $21.99-$27.24
- 10:30 AM Baby Bounce Storytime With Stay and Play Pacifica Sharp Park Library Free
- 10:30 AM Bilingual Babytime Central Santa Rosa Library Free
- 10:30 AM Halloween Baby/Toddler Storytime & Parade Vineland Library Free
- 10:30 AM Little Ones Storytime Children's Library Free
- 10:30 AM Toddler & Me Dance Fitness Class Castro Valley Library Free
- 10:30 AM ¡Hora de Cuentos Bilingue con Quedar y Jugar! |Spanish Bilingual Storytime With Stay and Play Belmont Library Free
- 11 AM Infant & Toddler Storytime King Library Free
- 11 AM October Pop N Play • Portola Family Connections Centers • Portola Free
- 11 AM Playdates for Children and Their Caregivers Seven Trees Library Free
- 11 AM Spanish Bilingual Storytime | Hora de Cuentos Bilingue Half Moon Bay Library Free
- 11 AM Toddler Time: Costume Playdate Atherton Library Free
- 11 AM WWI: America In The Great War Moffett Field Museum $0-$25
- 1 PM Baby Storytime & Stay and Play Los Altos Library Free
- 2 PM Craft for Kids Lakeview Branch Library Free
- 2:30 PM Afternoon Playdate at the Library Suisun City Library Free
- 4 PM 3D Printing for Kids - Light up Pumpkins Windsor Regional Library Free
- 4 PM Bilingual French Storytime Seven Trees Library Free
- 5 PM Kids Draw and Paint - Pikachu Dublin Library Free
- 5 PM Kung fu for kids ages 7-13.BEGINNER. (Fist/weapons) Tues - Fridays @ 5p.m. My Shaolin KungFu school $38
- 6 PM Community Forum: Parenting in the Digital Age Lincoln Glen Church Free
- 6 PM Paint Nite • Mountain Mike's Pizza • sa Mountain Mike's Pizza $42.23
- 7 PM Bedtime Story Time Cupertino Library Free
Thursday, October 29
- 10:15 AM Babytime Windsor Regional Library Free
- 10:15 AM Halloween Storytime & Parade Almaden Library Free
- 10:30 AM Baby Storytime (0-12 months) + Stay and Play Cupertino Library Free
- 10:30 AM Bilingual Family Storytime: Celebrate Día de Los Muertos! College Terrace Library Free
- 11 AM Kids Go Mandarin Union City Library Free
- 11 AM Lapsit Storytime Clayton Library Free
- 11 AM Reading to Children in Japanese にほんご おはなし会 West Valley Library Free
- 11 AM WWI: America In The Great War Moffett Field Museum $0-$25
- 4 PM Sugar Skull Decorating for Kids, Grades K-8th Cupertino Library Free
- 5 PM Kung fu for kids ages 7-13.BEGINNER. (Fist/weapons) Tues - Fridays @ 5p.m. My Shaolin KungFu school $38
- 6 PM Paint Nite • San Jose Municipal Golf Course • SAN JOSE San Jose Municipal Golf Course $42.23
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