Culture events in and around San Francisco this weekend
113 events this weekend (Oct 23–25) in and around San Francisco, 59 of them free. Each links to its original listing. Updated October 23.
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Friday, October 23
- 10 AM Stakeholder Forum and Public Walking Tour of Ravenswood Restoration Area Park Restroom Free
- 10:30 AM Stories of Light: Celebrating Diwali East Palo Alto Library Free
- 10:30 AM Understanding Día de los Muertos: Sugar Skull Making Shapell Lounge (MCC) Free
- 1 PM Flannel & Foliage Reading Challenge Danville Library Free
- 1:30 PM Mexican Sugar Skull Painting Belmont Library Free
- 3 PM Family Fall Festival! Stratford De Montfort Free
- 3:15 PM Teen Pride Group Rio Vista Library Free
- 3:30 PM Día de Los Muertos Calavera Decorating Temescal Branch Library Free
- 4 PM Witches & Brews at Devil's Canyon Devil's Canyon Brewing Company Free
- 4:30 PM Halloween at Family Connections Family Connections Centers • Portola Free
- 5 PM 3rd Annual Howl-O-Ween Yappy Hour & Costume Parade at Hayes Mansion Hayes Mansion San Jose Free
- 5 PM Barks & Boos! Springline Menlo Park Free
- 5 PM HALLOWEEN: SHOW & TELL / MURDER MYSTERY The Nest $23.18
- 5 PM Waterfront Halloween Game Night featuring the Marina Candy Crawl The Waterfront Rodeo Free
- 5:30 PM Ada's Happy "Haunted" Halloween Dance Lucie Stern Community Center Free
- 6 PM Carnival of Curiosities: A FREE Halloween Block Party on Ocean Avenue Ashton Avenue at Ocean Avenue Free
- 6 PM The USS Haunted Hornet USS Hornet Museum $38.77-$44.02
- 7 PM Boys Night Out Halloween at The Glasshouse The GlassHouse SJ Free
- 7 PM Ship of Spirits: Spaghetti & Spirits Paranormal Dinner and Tour USS Hornet Museum $65.02
- 7:30 PM House of Weird: San Francisco Haunted House Haas-Lilienthal House $72.27
- 7:30 PM Witches & Wine: A Halloween Paint & Sip Night Little Raven Gallery $40
- 8 PM SF Ghost Hunting Tour in Chinatown with a Paranormal Investigator Montgomery Street & Washington Street $60.54
- 8:30 PM House of Weird: San Francisco Haunted House Haas-Lilienthal House $72.27
Saturday, October 24
- 10 AM Fog Diwali Mela 2026 Washington High School
- 10 AM Kababayan Kids Storytime: Bilingual - Tagalog/English Dixon Library Free
- 10 AM Saturday Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Petaluma Petaluma Historical Library and Museum Free
- 10:15 AM Halloween Storytime for Toddlers Piedmont Avenue Branch Library Free
- 10:30 AM Filipino-American History Month Festival Schafer Park Elementary School Free
- 10:30 AM Halloween Photoshoot Expert Pet Free
- 10:30 AM Sausalito Secret History Walking Tour Sausalito Historical Society Museum $20
- 10:30 AM Una Ofrenda Musical - A Musical Altar for Our Muertos Belmont Library Free
- 11 AM Celebrate Diwali: Paint Your Own Ganesha or Diya Dougherty Station Library Free
- 11 AM Community Day: Dia de Los Muertos San Jose Museum of Art Free
- 11 AM Dia De Los Muertos Movie Screening Juntos Fruitvale Cultural Arts Center Free
- 11 AM FOG Diwali - Ramayan Drone Show Washington High School
- 11 AM Witch Way to Mocktails Downtown Lafayette Free
- 11:30 AM Azerbaijan Independence & Victory Day Picnic Cypress Pavilion Free
- 11:30 AM Family Halloween Party Church of Scientology of San Francisco Free
- 12 PM Halloween Drag Brunch Alhambra Irish House $0-$10
- 12 PM Oakland Halloween + Día de los Muertos: Tricks, Treats & Traditions in the Laurel (2026) Golondrino’s Mexican Grill Free
- 12 PM Oakland Youth Day Fruitvale Transit Village Free
- 12 PM Prescott Market Holiday Pop Up Craft Faires Prescott Market West Oakland Free
- 12 PM Total Wireless Spooky Giveaways | Gilroy, CA Total Wireless Free
- 12:30 PM San Francisco's Gold Rush Century: a walking tour HI San Francisco Downtown Hostel Free
- 1 PM Día de los Muertos Nicho Workshop Martinez Library Free
- 1 PM Flannel & Foliage Reading Challenge Danville Library Free
- 2 PM Black Panther Party Film Series African American Museum and Library at Oakland Free
- 2 PM Left Coast Chamber Ensemble @Claremont Claremont Branch Free
- 2 PM Orangefest | Dublin Brave Church - Dublin Campus Free
- 2 PM San Jose - Diwali Carnival, Festival of Lights (Free Event) Plaza de Cesar Chavez Free
- 3 PM Haunted Doll House: Paranormal Play Date Gregangelo Museum $124.56
- 3 PM Hillview's Lowrider Trunk or Treat Hillview Library Free
- 4 PM Halloween Bar Crawl San Francisco Rick & Roxy's $14.64
- 4 PM Nightmare on Polk St: Halloween Day Party (Day 1) | Providence SF Providence $0-$23.18
- 4 PM Oakland Halloween Bar Crawl Mad Oak Bar ‘N’ Yard $18.89-$35.78
- 4 PM San Jose Halloween Bar Crawl The Old Wagon Saloon & Grill $15.81-$46.03
- 4 PM Trick or Drink: San Francisco Halloween Bar Crawl (3 Days) NorthStar Cafe $19.25-$25.67
- 4:30 PM Pumpkin Path - Halloween Festival Wildcat Canyon Community School $7.18-$17.85
- 5 PM Downtown Pleasanton's Halloween Zom-Brew Crawl 2026 Pleasanton Museum on Main $44.52-$49.87
- 5 PM Haunted Farmhouse Mansion - Halloween Party Fundraiser Farmhouse Mansion and Haunted Gardens Free
- 5 PM Paint your Pumpkin & Spooky Hot Chocolate - Kids event The Original Hick'ry Pit $44.52
- 5:30 PM CHAND SE DIYE TAK – Celebrating Pre-Karwa Chauth & Diwali Jose Maria Amador Elementary School $17.85-$241.94
- 5:30 PM Haunted Houseboat ~ Halloween Party Cruise on the Bay! Jack London Square (Oakland $49.47-$54.74
- 5:30 PM Taste of Italy Pleasanton Senior Center 5353 Sunol Blvd. Pleasanton
- 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 Redwood City Wag Hotels Redwood City $14.64-$22.11
- 6 PM Haunted Howl-o-ween Party for Dogs at Wag Hotels San Francisco Wag Hotels San Francisco $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 “Coraline” Movie Night @ MKC | Ages 9+ | Oct 24 MKC Project $33.85
- 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
- 7:30 PM House of Weird: San Francisco Haunted House Haas-Lilienthal House $72.27
- 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 HalloRave Oyo $17.85-$23.18
- 9 PM Hallow Glow Lux Pub and Club $7.18-$20
- 9 PM SLUT SATURDAY: HALLOWEEN EDITION Power Exchange $23.18-$108.55
Sunday, October 25
- 9 AM Tenderloin LGBTQ+ Tour Academy of Art University - School of Fashion $39.19
- 10 AM Orangefest | San Francisco Brave Church San Francisco Free
- 10:30 AM Light of the Moon: Mid-Autumn Calligraphy Lantern Portola Valley Library Free
- 11 AM 32nd Annual Día de los Muertos Community Celebration Oakland Museum of California See tickets
- 11 AM Barks & Boos The Ameswell Hotel Free
- 11 AM Dia De Los Muertos Celebration Finn Center
- 11 AM Día de los Muertos CSMA Mountain View Free
- 11 AM Halloween Pet Parade & Costume Contest – San Jose | DogHood x WoofGang Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming Evergreen Free
- 11 AM Make & Decorate Sugar Skulls Biblioteca Latinoamericana Library Free
- 11 AM Trunk or Treat @ The Quest in Novato Sunday 10/25 The Quest Free
- 12 PM GrX Trunk or Treat - Sunnyvale The King's Academy - Sunnyvale Free
- 12 PM Malibu Farm Tiburon: Pumpkin Carving Party Malibu Farm Tiburon Free
- 12 PM Salsa & Sangria Picnic on the Plaza Village Plaza at Antioch Ct Free
- 12:30 PM Family Fun at the Park - Drop-In Event Delano Manongs Park Free
- 1 PM Diwali Celebration Brisbane Library Free
- 1 PM Haunted Doll House: Paranormal Play Date Gregangelo Museum $124.56
- 1 PM Honey Harvest Festival REAP Center $0-$55.20
- 1:30 PM XR for Chinese American History launch Chinese Historical Society of America Free
- 2 PM It's a Great Pumpkin Bash | Free Family Halloween Event Creekside Community Church Free
- 2 PM Palm House Halloween Bark Bash: Dog Brunch & Fashion Show Palm House $0-$33.85
- 2 PM Sungay Brunch- Oct 25th (Dia de los Muertos) Teeth Bar SF $23.11-$28.45
- 3 PM Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Carlos Moreno - Dia de Los Muertos Bankhead Theater See tickets
- 3 PM Halloween Bel Hannah Sawa: Belly Dance Tea Party The Belrose $40
- 3 PM Halloween Hike on Devil Mountain Mount Diablo State Park - Mitchell Canyon Visitor Center $0-$108.55
- 3 PM Orangefest | San Ramon Brave Church San Ramon Free
- 3 PM SEASON OF THE WITCH IV Bull Valley Roadhouse Free
- 3 PM Seasonal Circle: Samhain & the Season of Mystery Julie's Coffee & Tea Garden $33-$44
- 5 PM 17th Annual Downtown Burlingame Halloween Costume Bar Crawl Barrelhouse Free
- 5 PM Trunk-or-Treat with Current 2026 Current Silicon Valley Church (Parking Lot) Free
- 5:30 PM The USS Haunted Hornet USS Hornet Museum $38.77-$44.02
- 6 PM Empress 1 Year Anniversary & Halloween Party Empress Ouroboros $17.85
- 7 PM Bad Bitch Halloween White Horse Inn $39.19
- 8 PM SF Ghost Hunting Tour in Chinatown with a Paranormal Investigator Montgomery Street & Washington Street $60.54
- 9 PM Fiesta De Halloween Stampede Bar & Grill $39.19
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