Oakland events this week

351 events in the next 7 days (Oct 23–29) in and around San Francisco, 64 of them free. Each links to its original listing. Updated October 23.

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Friday, October 23

9 AM Oakland Pastors Breakfast, October 23rd at 9 AM! The Peach Free
10 AM Level-Up Your Rhymes: Make Rhyming Feel Seamless All Out Comedy Theater-Improv Classes and Comedy Shows Sold out
12 PM Chair Yoga Dimond Branch Library Free
12 PM Leah Korican: DOILoveYou Too Mercury 20 Gallery Free
2 PM Teen Scape Lakeview Branch Library Free
5 PM experimental play nights >:) Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment - (MADE) $10
6 PM Games & Noodles Night Open Test Kitchen (OTK) Free
6 PM Rooftop Paint & Sip @ TORCH Torch Oakland Rooftop Bar $37.05-$44.52
6 PM Women Under One Sky: Sister, How Are You? Discover Community Cafe Free
6 PM YPE East Bay: Friday Nights at OMCA Oakland Museum of California Free
6:30 PM Bay Area Musical Improv Festival - Friday 6:30PM Show All Out Comedy Theater-Improv Classes and Comedy Shows $28.52
6:30 PM Three Years of Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with Ali Abunimah, Lara Kiswani, and Cat Brooks (OAKLAND) First Congregational Church of Oakland
7 PM Ace Maker Social Ace Makerspace Free
7 PM Hella510: Oakland Stand Up Comedy Nights Fluid510 $0-$23.18
7 PM HellaSecret Speakeasy Comedy & Cocktail Night : Oakland / 2026 Fluid510 $0-$22.85
7 PM Illusions The Drag Queen Show Oakland - Drag Queen Dinner Show - Oakland Illusions The Drag Queen Show Oakland $12.97-$901.34
7 PM Karaoke Night at Jaguar Karaoke Oakland Jaguar Karaoke Oakland
7 PM Lift Every Voice: A Festival Finale in Verse First Presbyterian Church of Oakland Free
7:30 PM Flamenco! The Sound Room $31.72-$38.12
7:30 PM Psyched! Radio Present Joey Cash w/ Jade 2008 + Discnogirl + Leakz Crybaby $17.79-$28.45
7:30 PM Science is a Drag! Chabot Space & Science Center See tickets
8 PM An Evening with Celtic Thunder Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts See tickets
8 PM FRIDAY HAPPY HOUR CRUISE (Two Hour Cruise) Jack London Square $23.09-$186.62
8 PM Gary Clark Jr. Fox Theater
8 PM The Well, Pink Fuzz, Glowing Brain Thee Stork Club
8 PM Weird Disko 6yr Anniversary: DJ Spun, R.Downstairs, Savalier, Ron Ison Room 389
9 PM Fridays at Lucy Blue Lucy Blue Free
9 PM Halloween Vybz Lucy Blue bar
10 PM R&B Karaoke After Dark @ FLUID510 Fluid510 Free
10:30 PM GEMS x 2000's Party! The Bay's Best Throwback Party w/ Amal + Chef Dre + Kodon & Old School Latin Patio by Her DJ Club Crybaby $0-$20

Saturday, October 24

8:30 AM Oakland Hills Trail Run Chabot Space and Science Center
9 AM Create your own Field Guide to the Birds of Lake Merritt Junior Center Of Art & Science $55.20-$108.55
9:30 AM MADE Classroom: Free Game Design Classes for Youth The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment Free
10 AM LETS BRING BALLHALLA TO PRESCOTT MARKET Prescott Market
10 AM Planting Party Volunteer Work Day! West Oakland Farm Park Free
10:30 AM Family Storytime Rockridge Branch Library Free
10:30 AM Halloween Kamishibai Rockridge Branch Library Free
10:30 AM Skull Glass Mosaic Workshop Small Steps Art Studio $103.22
11 AM MOCHA At The Library! Piedmont Avenue Branch Library Free
11 AM Oakland Drag Brunch Drake's Dealership $17.85-$33.85
11 AM Piedmont Avenue's 39th Annual Halloween Celebration Piedmont Ave in Oakland (4135 PIEDMONT AVE Oakland Free
11 AM SPOOK’D DRAG BRUNCH Drake's Dealership
11:30 AM Free 8-Week INTERMEDIATE Self-Defense Workshop Series, 11th Edition FOUR Elements Fitness $0-$23.18
12 PM A Classy Brunch. A Grown & Sexy Day Party. One Last Toast. Oeste Bar $0-$12.51
12 PM Breaking Down The Ballot 2026 Everett & Jones Barbeque - Broadway Free
12 PM Leah Korican: DOILoveYou Too Mercury 20 Gallery 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
1 PM KNO Monster Mixer 2026 KPOP Nation Oakland Free
1 PM Night Watch // Gregory Rick Johansson Projects Free
1:30 PM Dump Trump Peaceful Demonstration Park Boulevard & Excelsior Avenue Free
2 PM Black Panther Party Film Series African American Museum and Library at Oakland Free
5 PM Gamelan Sekar Jaya's Fall Fundraising Party The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab & Tasting Room $50-$100
5 PM Hike & Sip Chabot Space & Science Center See tickets
5 PM Oakland Stars: Special Collection Exhibition: From the Archives African American Museum and Library at Oakland Free
5 PM ✨ Oakland Speed Dating | Saturday Night Ages 25–39 | Fancy a Go? Iron & Oak Restaurant and Bar $36.22-$39.43
6 PM Haunted Howl-o-ween Party for Dogs at Wag Hotels Oakland Wag Hotels Oakland $14.64-$22.11
6 PM Mezcal and Tequila tasting event Mesa maguey $50
6 PM Mistah Fab & Philthy Rich - Motion Detected Tour 2026 - Live in Oakland Crybaby $18.81-$109.42
7 PM Christian Sands Trio (sat, 10/24/26) Yoshi's Oakland
7 PM Hella510: Oakland Stand Up Comedy Nights Fluid510 $0-$23.18
7 PM Oakland POC Comedy Night Fluid510 $0-$44.52
7 PM Saturday Night Laughs - Sat Oct 24 2026 Quinn's Lighthouse $25
7:30 PM Kate Lamont and Mia Pixley Quartet The Sound Room $31.72
8 PM THE UNKNOWN Spire the Church See tickets
8 PM William Black Fox Theater See tickets
8:30 PM Bay Area Musical Improv Festival - Saturday 8:30PM Show All Out Comedy Theater-Improv Classes and Comedy Shows $28.52
9 PM Hallow Glow Lux Pub and Club $7.18-$20
9 PM Hot Goth Night Halloween: Skoto, Hot Goth Gf Thee Stork Club See tickets
9 PM Red Dot Ball 2026 : The Deep Geoffreys Inner Circle $28.52-$33.85
9 PM The (Not So) Late Show - Sat Oct 24 2026 Quinn's Lighthouse $25
10 PM Desmadre! w/ Jae Coca + Wockie + DJ Romi & Latin Goth Patio Crybaby Free

Sunday, October 25

10 AM EBMC Sunday Sangha East Bay Meditation Center $0-$21.99
11 AM Game Changers Brunch + Werk The Walls HELLA BEES $20-$100
11 AM Mindful Wellness Walk in Oakland Awaken Cafe & Roasting $25.31
11 AM Rockridge Halloween Parade and Family Celebration Rockridge Branch Library Free
11 AM Tax Release: Art Installation and Public Shredding Event Local Economy Free
12 PM Beaded Tapestry Renegade Running $33
12 PM Gather & Make: Fused Glass Sugar Skull The Crucible $37.92-$43.19
1:30 PM Bay Area Musical Improv Festival - Sunday 1:30PM Show All Out Comedy Theater-Improv Classes and Comedy Shows $28.52
1:30 PM Illusions The Drag Brunch Oakland-Drag Queen Brunch-Oakland, CA Illusions The Drag Queen Brunch Oakland $13.25-$920.47
3:30 PM #SambaChurch African-Brazilian Dance and Drum Community Classes Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts $0-$28.52
4 PM Oakland Civic Orchestra: Rachmaninoff and Mussorgsky Valley Center for Performing Arts $15-$25
5 PM An Evening with Jon Klassen at Womb House Books Womb House Books $33.85
5 PM Relish | Ages 32-44 | Oakland’s Elevated Speed Dating Experience Iron & Oak Restaurant and Bar $37-$40.25
5:30 PM Bay Area Musical Improv Festival - Sunday 5:30PM Show All Out Comedy Theater-Improv Classes and Comedy Shows $28.52
5:30 PM Otsukimi Moon Viewing Event Lakeside Park Garden Center Free
6 PM HellaSecret Comedy & Cocktail Night 2026 : Oakland / TEMESCAL Mesa Maguey Free
6 PM Oakland's Brand New "Mezcal & Mole" Comedy Night Mesa Maguey $0-$23.18
6:30 PM Marion Meadows (sun, 10/25/26) Yoshi's Oakland
7 PM fakemink Fox Theater
8 PM Trough, Semuta, FEEFAWFUM Thee Stork Club

Monday, October 26

10 AM Intermediate/Advanced Mah Jongg East Bay Jewish Community Campus Free
11 AM Mindful Wellness Walk in Oakland Awaken Cafe & Roasting $25.31
1 PM Beginner/Intermediate Mah Jongg East Bay Jewish Community Campus Free
5 PM LETS BRING BALLHALLA TO PRESCOTT MARKET Prescott Market
5 PM MacArthur & High St Weekly Resistance Protest MacArthur Boulevard & High Street Free
6 PM Astrology and Tarot Salon with the Witch and Healer Collective Tandem Pilates $12.51-$33.85
6 PM Grant Hacks for Artists Workshop The BEAM $23.18
6 PM Sewing 101 Bootcamp @ Ace Makerspace Ace makerspace $71.21
7 PM Laura Anglade (mon, 10/26/26) Yoshi's Oakland
7 PM MONDAY Trivia at Dragon Gate Oakland in Jack London Square Dragon Gate Oakland Free
7 PM What Psychedelics Reveal About How We See the World The New Parkway Theater Sold out

Tuesday, October 27

10:15 AM Halloween Baby Bounce! Golden Gate Branch Library Free
10:15 AM Storytime and Playtime Melrose Branch Library Free
10:30 AM Zumba at Dimond Branch Dimond Branch Library Free
11 AM Storytime and Garden Play Elmhurst Branch Library Free
12 PM Indie Game Developer Co-Working The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment Free
5 PM Halloween Karaoke Singing Competition - $300 in Cash Prizes - Limited Space Que Rico Free
6 PM Lenny Pearce - Toddler Rave Fox Theater See tickets
6 PM Stagebridge Presents: Tell Your Story! Montclair Branch Library Free
6:30 PM Graphic Novel Group Rockridge Branch Library Free
7 PM Ballot Party New Life Community Church Free
7 PM Direct From Sweden: The Music Of Abba (tues, 10/27/26) Yoshi's Oakland
7 PM HellaSecret Comedy & Cocktail Night 2026 : Oakland / TEMESCAL Mesa Maguey $0-$25
7 PM Industry Tuesday’s w/ Live Music & Dj Ohelknows Sobre Mesa Free
7 PM Oakland POC Comedy Night 2026 / TEMESCAL Mesa Maguey Free
7 PM Trivia Night Drake's Dealership Free

Wednesday, October 28

10 AM Oakland Zoo Veterinary Hospital Tours Oakland Zoo $21.99-$27.24
2 PM Craft for Kids Lakeview Branch Library Free
2 PM Teen Gaming @ Golden Gate Golden Gate Branch Library Free
4:30 PM Overpass Visibility Brigade Action: I-580 @Keller I-580 Overpass @ Keller Free
5:30 PM Daley Preshow Vip Experience Yoshi's Oakland
5:45 PM Private Breathwork Session (In-person or Online) Cleveland Heights $160
6:30 PM WHB October Book Club: Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein Womb House Books Free
7 PM Foodies + New Friends: Oakland Entrepreneurs | 2026 Dinner Club Restaurant of the Week $108.55
7 PM Gorillaz - The Mountain Tour Oakland Arena See tickets
7 PM TRIVIA with Oakland's Finest Trivia Original Pattern Brewing Free
7:30 PM FREE DRINK & DRAW WEDS @ The New Parkway Theater *Make New Friends* The New Parkway Theater Free

Thursday, October 29

10 AM 2027 Medicare Oakland Seminar(in Chinese)紅藍卡講座 -Thurs@10am Simon Chew Free
11 AM Hot Rods, Art and Rock n Roll The Grand Gallery Oakland Free
11 AM Mindful Wellness Walk in Oakland Awaken Cafe & Roasting $25.31
12 PM Muffin Lab Pop Up at OPBC Original Pattern Brewing Free
5 PM 50 Cent Wings and Trivia in the Town Que Rico Nightclub and Restaurant Free
5 PM LETS BRING BALLHALLA TO PRESCOTT MARKET Prescott Market
5 PM Policy on the Plaza (Oakland) Northeastern University Oakland Free
5 PM Silent Disco at Lot 2270 Lot 2270 Free
7 PM BIPOC Oakland Lesbian, Bi, Trans & Queer+ Speed Dating Golden Ratio $17.85-$44.52
7 PM David Maisel and the Apocalyptic Sublime Clio's Books $10-$71.21
7 PM Free TEAM TRIVIA @ The New Parkway Theater *WIN FREE STUFF* The New Parkway Theater Free
7 PM Grace Kelly (thu, 10/29/26) Yoshi's Oakland
7 PM HellaSecret Comedy & Cocktail Night 2026 : Oakland / TEMESCAL Mesa Maguey $0-$25
7 PM Lez Out Loud Comedy Night White Horse Inn $33.85
7 PM Oakland POC Comedy Night 2026 / TEMESCAL Mesa Maguey Free
7 PM Trailride Thursdays: Soul Line-Dance Lessons Golden Ratio Free
7:30 PM Jules Leyhe & The Family Jules with Angela Petrilli The Sound Room $39.19
7:30 PM The Fright Crawl | Oakland Halloween Bar Crawl 2026 | Thursday, October 29 Little Bird Bar $12.45-$71.09
8 PM Punchlines at Portal | FREE Live Comedy Portal Free
8 PM Queer Flirt Night: Maracuya, Cowboy Blvck, Mama San There/There Bar See tickets

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