Free events in and around San Francisco this week
1,965 events in the next 7 days (Oct 23–29) in and around San Francisco, 150 of them free. Each links to its original listing. Updated October 23.
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Friday, October 23
- 9:30 AM Beta Fund X AWS X OpenAI Multi-Model Hackathon AWS Builder Loft Free
- 10 AM Harvest Festival® ~ Pleasanton Alameda County Fairgrounds Free
- 10 AM Help out at the D8 office ✨ Darshini's D8 Office Free
- 10:30 AM Understanding Día de los Muertos: Sugar Skull Making Shapell Lounge (MCC) Free
- 12 PM CREATIVE FUNDRAISING: Abundance vs Scarcity Homebridge Free
- 3:30 PM KEEP West Portal Clean BookShop West Portal Free
- 4 PM 2nd Annual Lower Polk Live! Music, Art & Community Street Festival Polk Street Free
- 6 PM Beats & Crafts: Artspan Open Studios Opening Night Party w/Discomakes, Cold Leftovers, Fygma The Faight Collective Free
- 6 PM YPE East Bay: Friday Nights at OMCA Oakland Museum of California Free
- 6:30 PM Fuchsia Dunlop Author Talk • Five Tastes: Delicious Recipes for Chinese Flavors Omnivore Books on Food Free
- 6:30 PM Walter Mosley: Hanging and Burning Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free
- 7 PM 9th Ave: K-Ming Chang Green Apple Books on the Park Free
- 7 PM Ace Maker Social Ace Makerspace Free
- 7 PM Carolina Pihelgas: The Cut Line Telegraph Hill Books Free
- 7 PM Free College Admissions Talk for Grades 5-11 Families Palo Alto Chinese School Free
- 7 PM HALEH LIZA GAFORI presents RUMI: GOLD & WATER A night of music and poetry Dinkelspiel Auditorium Free
- 7 PM Lift Every Voice: A Festival Finale in Verse First Presbyterian Church of Oakland Free
- 7 PM Queerly Beloved: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Writing in Foglifter The Stud Free
- 8 PM LIVE BAND NIGHT Rocks Den Free
- 9 PM Fridays at Lucy Blue Lucy Blue Free
- 9 PM Just Dance! Golden Age EDM Party The EndUp Free
- 9 PM Rahaan + Alston Bar Part Time Free
- 9 PM The Midway Presents: LOVRA The Midway Free
- 9 PM The Velvet Vault: Amelia, hooCHi, Natasha Xo, Reedemit, S+ Question Mark Bar Free
- 10 PM Chinatown After Dark: Hidra, Yuka Yu 260 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA Free
- 10 PM Close Quarters: Midtwn, Operator SF, Corbin Mason DecoDance Free
- 10 PM Justin Bieber Vibes | Fri Oct 23 | Providence SF Providence Free
- 10 PM Tiffvny Joy, Peter Lo Pure Nightclub Free
Saturday, October 24
- 9 AM Little Green's Market of Mysteries Little Green a Plant Bar Free
- 9:30 AM Hilltop Yoga + Coffee at the Lodge at Marconi (Donation-Based) Lodge at Marconi Free
- 9:30 AM Unmute Your Intuition: A Silent Reset Day Retreat Brahma Kumaris Meditation Center Free
- 10 AM Civic Joy Corps Park Volunteering @ Aptos Park Check the description below for meeting location Free
- 10 AM San Mateo County History Museum Volunteer Orientation San Mateo County History Museum Free
- 10 AM Valkyries Watch Party SILVERCLOUD SF Free
- 10:30 AM Filipino-American History Month Festival Schafer Park Elementary School Free
- 10:30 AM Paint Party inspired by Pacita Abad Morgan Hill Library Free
- 11 AM 44th Annual Sandcastle Classic Sandcastle Classic on the beach Free
- 11 AM Coffee & Beats: Caley, Chris Sedayao, Good Question Hedge Coffee Free
- 11 AM Community Day: Dia de Los Muertos San Jose Museum of Art Free
- 11 AM Piedmont Avenue's 39th Annual Halloween Celebration Piedmont Ave in Oakland (4135 PIEDMONT AVE Oakland Free
- 11 AM Turn the Volume UP! - (Pinole) Honk & Wave - Indivisible North East Bay Tennent Avenue & San Pablo Avenue Free
- 12 PM NOPA Cleanup Central Avenue & Hayes Street Free
- 12 PM Satt Yoga at Stanford Old Union at Stanford Free
- 12 PM Social: Tenderloin Passport Main Library Free
- 1 PM Cass Hosts Volleys & Vibes: SZN 6 x WEEK 17 Crocker Amazon Tennis Courts Free
- 1 PM John Lewis: Good Trouble, free film screening and conversation Niles Discovery Church Free
- 1:30 PM Billionaire Takedown (Saturdays) Tesla Palo Alto Free
- 1:30 PM Dump Trump Peaceful Demonstration Park Boulevard & Excelsior Avenue Free
- 1:30 PM Whack Donuts 2-Year Anniversary Jam + Breakin’ Battle (Embarcadero Plaza) Embarcadero Plaza (Formerly Justin Herman Plaza) Free
- 2 PM Centerville Library's Halloween Carnival Centerville Library Free
- 2 PM End Experimentation on Dogs: SF March for the COMPACT Act UN Plaza Free
- 2 PM Good Samaritan Hospital’s Annual Trunk or Treat Event (San Jose) Good Samaritan Hospital Main Parking Lot Free
- 2 PM Movimiento Y Bienestar: Zumba en Familia Starting Arts Free
- 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 When Manilatown Swung: The Manila Serenaders International Hotel Manilatown Center Free
- 2:30 PM 4TH Annual American Roots Mini-Fest - Sonoma- Murphys Murphy's irish Pub Free
- 3 PM Silicon Valley Whisk(e)y Festival 2026 Palo Alto Elks Lodge #1471 Free
- 4 PM "It's Just a Shot Away" Art Exhibition Opening Reception Floating Museum 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
- 5 PM Sunnyvale Halloween Crow Ride 2026 Columbia Park Free
- 6 PM Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Free
- 6:30 PM Free Hotel Transylvania Outdoor Movie Night in San Jose De Anza Park Free
- 7 PM Bear Ghost Cornerstone Craft Beer & Live Music Free
- 7:30 PM Naoko Kasai: Colors of Sound: An Evening of Piano Imagery Community School of Music and Arts Free
- 9 PM French Tech & Afro House Dj Samson at MadaRae - FREE GUEST LIST Madarae Free
- 9 PM Mod 80s Disco: XsonicwavesX, Little treasure Rumpus Room Free
- 10 PM Desmadre! w/ Jae Coca + Wockie + DJ Romi & Latin Goth Patio Crybaby Free
Sunday, October 25
- 9 AM Visitacion Valley Cleanup Mission Blue Free
- 9:30 AM Silver Terrace Playground Cleanup Silver Terrace Playground Free
- 9:30 AM Veterans for Connie: One More Mission IBEW Local 6 Free
- 10 AM Detroit Steps Maintenance Day Detroit Steps Free
- 10 AM NW Potrero Hill Cleanup The Benches Garden 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 Halloween Pet Parade & Costume Contest – San Jose | DogHood x WoofGang Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming Evergreen Free
- 11 AM World Of Dumplings 2026 Ferry Building Free
- 11:30 AM 🎶 SF Music Day -- Herbst Theater Herbst Theater Free
- 12 PM Dogpatch Games Cleanup Dogpatch Games Free
- 12 PM Fillmore North Cleanup MATTINA Restaurant Free
- 1 PM Afghan Cassette Archive: Stories, Sounds, and Music from Afghanistan Mountain View Library Free
- 1 PM Lower Pacific Heights Cleanup Suze Riley Studio Free
- 1:30 PM Sunday Afternoon Resistance Fremont Mowry and Fremont Free
- 3 PM Public Tour | A Closer Look Cantor Arts Center Free
- 5 PM Honors Wind Ensemble Concert Music Building Free
- 5 PM SALSERO SUNDAY Cavana Free
- 6 PM Bannering 101 (Palo Alto) Adobe Creek pedestrian & bike bridge Free
- 7 PM LIVE CUBAN SALSA DANCE PARTY Boom Boom Room Free
- 8 PM Black Flag Cornerstone Craft Beer & Live Music Free
Monday, October 26
- 2:30 PM RENCONTRE AVEC YVES BIGOT - October 26, 2.30pm Alliance Française de San Francisco Free
- 4:15 PM Physics Colloquium with Alexander Sushkov: Quantum noise from a piece of Teflon: macroscopic magnetic resonance at the standard quantum limit Lecture Hall #1 Free
- 5 PM Revolutionizing Privacy and AI with Meredith Whittaker Computing and Data Science (CoDa) Free
- 5 PM Valkyries Watch Party SILVERCLOUD SF Free
- 6:30 PM Timothy Pakron Author Talk • Garden Variety: Plant-Focused Recipes Inspired by My Garden Omnivore Books on Food Free
- 7 PM 9th Ave: Exhibit G with Fady Joudah: Poems, Essays and Photographs of Gaza Green Apple Books on the Park Free
- 7 PM Booksmith presents: Fatimah Asghar with R.O. Kwon and Ingrid Rojas Contreras / Daughter of the Mountains The Booksmith Free
Tuesday, October 27
- 10 AM Transportation & Senior Services Resource Fair - Burlingame CC Burlingame Community Center Free
- 12 PM Sustainable Systems Seminar Lunch Series - From Reliability to Resilience: Risk-Informed Asset Management for the Energy Transition Y2E2 Building 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 2026 States Win CA Peninsula Happy Hour Various Free
- 5:30 PM Catie Cuan // Physical AI: Giving AI a Robot Body Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Free
- 6 PM The American Dream & Me: Dinner w/Friends of the Immigrant Founder Experience. By Polaris Collective & AI Insiders @OneWay Summit '26. Perry's Embarcadero Free
- 6:30 PM Morgan Eckroth Author Talk • Coffee, for Here: The Ultimate Handbook for At-Home Coffee Enthusiasts Omnivore Books on Food Free
- 7 PM 90 Seconds Comedy Time Bomb – Free Tuesday Comedy in Fairfax Mac's at 19 Broadway Free
- 7 PM City on the Edge Book Talk Noe Valley Books Free
- 7 PM Public Lecture: Gravitational Wave Detection Sapp Center for Science Teaching and Learning Free
- 9 PM House/Not House - Huffy Make-Out Room Free
- 9 PM Interzone - Hell-O-Ween Costume Party: Hex Embrace, Byter, Rafael Fierro F8 Free
Wednesday, October 28
- 9 AM The Future of Decision-Making Conference Encina Hall Free
- 11:30 AM October 2026 Greet Networking Lunch - Chef Chao Chef Chao Restaurant Free
- 12 PM Faculty and Artist Lunch Time Conversation with Teaching Professor Kristin Kusanovich de Saisset Museum Free
- 2 PM Cookie Decorating: with Miss Kate Springstowne Library Free
- 2 PM Free Art Workshop: Pop-up Mini Haunted House Grand Lobby Free
- 3:30 PM Bannering 280 (Cupertino) Mary Avenue Bridge over Highway 280 Free
- 4 PM Postcard Writing with Swing Left Marin at Book Passage Book Passage Bookstore & Cafe Free
- 4 PM Recharge Wednesday – Open Meditation, 4–5:30 PM Dharma Treasury Temple Free
- 4 PM Tax the Billionaires: Protest Tesla HQ for YES on Prop 40 Tesla Engineering Headquarters Free
- 4:30 PM ITV Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station Tabling Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station Free
- 4:30 PM Overpass Visibility Brigade Action: I-580 @Keller I-580 Overpass @ Keller Free
- 4:30 PM Peace Corner Castro Valley Wednesday Demonstration Redwood Road & Castro Valley Boulevard Free
- 6 PM Lotería Night / Noche de Lotería Morgan Hill Library Free
- 6:30 PM Rebekah Moyer Author Event • Simple Kitchen Magic: Whole-Food Recipes and Remedies for a Holistic Life Omnivore Books on Food Free
- 7 PM Indivisible Mid-Peninsula October General Meeting Mahany Hall Free
- 7 PM Offsite: Douglas Stuart with Matthew Clark Davison Swedish American Hall Free
- 7 PM Scaling Intelligence —Modal x Gray Area Commissions — OPENING NIGHT Gray Area / Grand Theater Free
- 8 PM Karaoke Fun & Kontest at Mac's in Fairfax, CA Mac's at 19 Broadway Free
- 8:30 PM NO MERCY BAND Boom Boom Room Free
- 9 PM F8 Annual Halloween Party Feat Sean Majors, Jeff Straw, US Grant, Decibel b2b Chrissy Please, Yung Anne, Womazzle, Cherry On Top, Noods F8 Free
Thursday, October 29
- 3:30 PM Worse than War: The Global Costs of Violence Encina Hall Free
- 4 PM 3rd Annual of Treat Walk San Rafael Community Center Free
- 4 PM Banner Drop: San Rafael Pedestrian Overpass San Rafael Pedestrian Overpass Free
- 4 PM Gaetani Real Estate Cleanup Gaetani Real Estate Free
- 4 PM Harvest Social Gamble Garden Free
- 5 PM Policy on the Plaza (Oakland) Northeastern University Oakland Free
- 5 PM Zero Trust for AI: Securing Models, Data, and Autonomous Agents Cloudflare Free
- 5:30 PM Agents After Dark: Mini Golf & Arcade @ GitHub Universe Subpar Miniature Golf Free
- 5:30 PM Good Samaritan Hospital's Annual Breast Symposium Toll House Hotel Los Gatos Free
- 5:30 PM Weintz Art Lecture Series: Elizabeth Dospěl Williams Oshman Hall Free
- 6 PM Cosmic Connections Springstowne Library Free
- 6 PM Halloween-Screening: Zombie Films Goethe-Institut San Francisco Free
- 6 PM Opening Night // Echoes of the Past: Nature as Metaphor Francophone museum (inside Alliance Francaise building) Free
- 7 PM 9th Ave: Daisy Fried with Katie Peterson Green Apple Books on the Park Free
- 7 PM Booksmith presents: Dana Mashoian Walrath with Nick Sousanis / The Book of Genocides The Booksmith Free
- 7 PM Oakland POC Comedy Night 2026 / TEMESCAL Mesa Maguey Free
- 9 PM 1984 at Cat Club every Thursday Cat Club Free
- 9 PM Glamoween III @ Madare SF Madarae Free
- 9 PM Mixed Sounds: Alkemiss Erika, Reza, Nisa, Cwiz, Teego, Ancarco, Hidra F8 Free
- 9 PM TEA POT LOGIC Boom Boom Room Free
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