Arts events in and around San Francisco this week
1,002 events in the next 7 days (Oct 31 – Nov 6) in and around San Francisco, 53 of them free. Each links to its original listing. Updated October 31.
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Saturday, October 31
- 10 AM Spooky Science at Chabot (Oakland) Chabot Space & Science Center See tickets
- 10 AM Tech or Treat at The Tech Interactive in Downtown San Jose The Tech Interactive
- 11:30 AM Bluegrass Breeze featuring Rare Company Salesforce Park
- 12 PM Halloween Hoopla at YBG Festival Children's Garden $0-$20
- 1 PM Scaling Intelligence: Modal x Gray Area AI Commissions Gray Area Free
- 1 PM Spooktacular Halloween Matinee Clarion Performing Arts Center Free
- 2 PM Bluey's Big Play - ASL Performance San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
- 2 PM Gallery Conversations | JANE! Cantor Arts Center Free
- 2 PM Jules Broussard New Orleans Jazz Festival | Mac's, Fairfax | CA Mac's at 19 Broadway $17.85-$23.18
- 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 ZHU - ON THE MOVE - Halloween San Francisco Gold Bar Whiskey Distillery Tasting Room $26.07-$169.64
- 2:30 PM Vintage Dress up before the Movie: Frankenstein at The Paramount Oakland Paramount Theatre Oakland Free
- 3 PM Halloween Block Party + Free Gumbo Tastings in SF’s Bayview (2026) Gumbo Social Free
- 4 PM Halloween by 365 Night Market Grand Century Mall Free
- 4 PM Midnight Carnival Block Party: Rl Grime, Imanu B2B Nitepunk, Casey Club B2B 2Spade, Strobez B2B Buns, Falldren, Odd Language, Ratchaelbeats, Re!Gn, Silcrow, Devyn, Dvan B2B Viceversa, Hiraeth, Ike B2B Jujuseph, Nykoe, Control Freak, Lucky & Wink The Midway See tickets
- 4 PM PERREOWEEN DAY PARTY @ THE ENDUP 4PM The EndUp $0-$19.98
- 5 PM Halloween Night at the Museum Museum of American Heritage Free
- 6 PM Boos & Brews Halloween Party at Taplands Taplands Free
- 6:30 PM The 10th Single City Series Poetry Show The Pour Up Wine Bar
- 7 PM HOUSE OF VELVET: HALLOWEEN (MUST BE 18+) Yoshi's Oakland
- 7 PM THTHNG: Desolation Unknown — Halloween Screening at Live Worms The Church of Mother Gong Free
- 7:30 PM Creature Features in the Fillmore An evening of theater + conversation African American Art & Culture Complex Free
- 7:30 PM Halloween Magic & Mystery The Sound Room $39.19
- 7:30 PM Halloween with The Illegitimate AC/DC and Electric Funeral Sebastiani Theatre
- 7:30 PM Mac’s Masquerade Halloween Costume Party Mac's at 19 Broadway $17.85
- 8 PM A Ghostly, Ghastly Get It?! Gameshow Cobb's Comedy Club
- 8 PM Hallorager XIII Kilowatt Bar
- 8 PM Rocky Horror Picture Show The UC Theatre
- 8:30 PM Chaminade Resort and Spa: Vampire Ball Chaminade Resort & Spa See tickets
- 9 PM All Hallow's Eve: OtebNSolrac, Digital KitKat, Artune, Aeromancer, Nicolo, 1Becoming11, Michael Liu, Nichi, Rainy, EggZen, CorporateTool, Atran, Hate2death, Crashfaster (Live), Bleeds (Live), E.N. Cowell (Live), Alice Knows Karate (DJ Set), Ceno.B1t (DJ Set) DNA Lounge See tickets
- 9 PM Christian Löffler >< Halloween Night >< presented by Public Works & Safra Public Works $53.47
- 9 PM Dusk to Dawn Halloween at the Palace of Fine Arts Palace of Fine Arts $72.54-$82.84
- 9 PM Garage of Horrors: An All-Night Halloween Rush of UKG and Hard House Swig Free
- 9 PM R&B and RIBS SF - HALLOWEEN SVN West - A NPU Venue $24.20-$47.41
- 9 PM The (Not So) Late Show - Sat Oct 31 2026 Quinn's Lighthouse $25
- 9 PM The Boo-Over SF The Great Northern $19.66-$48.85
- 9:30 PM De’Sean Jones & Friends Black Cat $20-$60, fees included
- 9:30 PM ZHU at Space 550 Space 550 $41.80-$48.08
- 10:30 PM Late Set: Simon Rowe Organ Trio Keys Jazz Bistro See tickets
Sunday, November 1
- 11 AM First Sundays at OMCA OMCA Free
- 11 AM “Travel Memories” by Jan Grady Viewpoints Art Gallery Free
- 1 PM 4th Annual Lowrider Art Showcase Montalvo Arts Center - Garden Theatre Free
- 1 PM Family Matters: A Next Gen Series ODC Theater Free
- 1 PM Public Tour | A Closer Look Cantor Arts Center Free
- 1 PM Scaling Intelligence: Modal x Gray Area AI Commissions Gray Area Free
- 2 PM Live Music for Voters Little Green A Plant Bar Free
- 2 PM Manon w/ San Francisco Opera War Memorial Opera House
- 2 PM Nala | Rooftop Party Blanco Urban Venue $23.18-$28.52
- 2 PM Rescue Rocks- Annual animal sanctuary benefit concert Lucca Bar & Grill $33.85-$68.53
- 2:30 PM Luna Mexicana Paramount Theatre See tickets
- 2:30 PM Necuhtli: VR Film & Artist Discussion Gray Area / Grand Theater Free
- 3 PM Dog Man - The Musical San Jose Civic
- 3 PM Ema Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano Sean Shibe, guitar Orlando Variations Hertz Hall See tickets
- 3:30 PM The Mutants, Short Dogs Grow, Fuzz Attack Bottom Of The Hill See tickets
- 4 PM "BAILE DIA DE MUERTOS" SAN FRANCISCO | OUTDOOR DAY PARTY The EndUp $0-$12.50
- 4 PM Banda Day Party: Day of The Dead at Providence SF Providence Free
- 5 PM RS26: Fall Edition at the Palace of Fine Arts Palace of Fine Arts $39.19-$92.55
- 6 PM Pablo Francisco San Jose Improv See tickets
- 7 PM Etana, with DJ Sep Sweetwater Music Hall
- 7 PM Hillside Echoes presents Folk Dancing with Da! Mozhem The Hillside Club $17.85-$20
- 7 PM Kapo Fox Theatre
- 7 PM The Musical Box The Regency Ballroom
- 7:30 PM Clutch The Pearls! Drag Cabaret // Put A Hat On It Make-Out Room $15-$20
- 8 PM bunii & Crayon Cornerstone Craft Beer & Live Music
- 8 PM NEIL LEVIN's COSMIC BLUES The Boom Boom Room Free
- 9 PM Steady Rockin The Knockout
- 9:15 PM De’Sean Jones & Friends Black Cat $20-$50, fees included
Monday, November 2
- 5 PM Tendon thread feat. Tanya Lukin Linklater Grimes Engineering Center Free
- 7 PM LEE RITENOUR Yoshi's Oakland
- 7 PM Oakland's Brand New "Mezcal & Mole" Comedy Night Mesa Maguey Free
- 7:30 PM Madre Cumbia Great American Music Hall
Tuesday, November 3
- 11 AM Palestine Cinema Days @ McMurtry & Harmony House (Day 2) McMurtry Building Free
- 12 PM Live Music Lunch Series Thrive City Free
- 5:30 PM Artist Talk with CFGNY: A Practice in Collaboration Anderson Collection Free
- 6 PM Dialogue in notes & fragrance with Yoko Lévy-kobayashi- Nov 3 Alliance Française de San Francisco $12.51
- 7 PM Decentered Open Mic Decentered Arts Studio Free
- 7 PM Gully Boys & Pollyanna Cornerstone Craft Beer & Live Music
- 7 PM LEE RITENOUR Yoshi's Oakland
- 7 PM Oakland's Brand New "Mezcal & Mole" Comedy Night Mesa Maguey Free
- 7 PM Trivia Night at Barebottle Brewing San Francisco Barebottle Brewing Company Free
- 7 PM Trivia Tuesday @ Alameda Brewing Alameda Brewing Free
- 7:30 PM The Marriage of Figaro w/ San Francisco Opera War Memorial Opera House
- 7:30 PM Winston Hodges Punch Line Comedy Club - San Francisco
- 8 PM Dirk & Amelia Powell The Freight
- 8 PM REBECCA BLACK The Castro Theatre
Wednesday, November 4
- 11 AM Natural Wonders Viewpoints Gallery Free
- 12:30 PM Noon Concert: Piano Students of Laura Dahl & Ory Shihor Braun Music Center Free
- 4 PM Charged Particles Plays Funky Latin Jazz at the Hedley Club The Hedley Club at Hotel DeAnza Free
- 4 PM Gallery Tour & Sketching Activity: Dread Scott & Rael San Fratello Gallery 1 & 2 Free
- 6 PM Presentation: Collectively Operating a Performance Theater in SF Main Library Free
- 7 PM MSA Theatre Presents Ride the Cyclone Novato High School Center for the Arts
- 7 PM Ryli Gallery 3 Free
- 7 PM Tango & Date | Singles Ages 22 and up ERIA SAUSALITO $10.92-$20
- 7:30 PM Raphaël Feuillâtre: Latin Passions Bing Concert Hall
- 8 PM Strawberry Fuzz Felton Music Hall
- 9 PM Strut SF & F8 Present Lee Reynolds F8 Nightclub & Bar Free
Thursday, November 5
- 11 AM Natural Wonders Viewpoints Gallery Free
- 1:15 PM Curator’s Tour / Anthony Graham on Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing BAMPFA
- 6 PM Adult Craft Club: Yarn & Thread Week Vallejo John F. Kennedy Library Free
- 6 PM Caribbean Cocktails: Migration, Memory, and Making Across the Diaspora Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) Free
- 7 PM First Thursday Blues Series: DANIEL CASTRO Club Fox
- 7 PM MSA Theatre Presents Ride the Cyclone Novato High School Center for the Arts
- 7 PM Oakland's Brand New "Mezcal & Mole" Comedy Night Mesa Maguey Free
- 7 PM Redwood Nights: Seedlings – Open Mic Storytelling @ Mac's | Fairfax, CA Mac's at 19 Broadway $12.51-$23.18
- 7:30 PM Georgia Parker w/ Tashi T The Lost Church San Francisco
- 7:30 PM Joshua Redman Quartet SFJAZZ Center
- 7:30 PM Tee Sanders Pleasanton Tommy T's
- 7:30 PM Terrence Brian Live in the Bay Area Ashkenaz
- 8 PM Jack Assadourian Jr. San Jose Improv See tickets
- 8 PM Solas The Freight
- 8:45 PM Jason Movrich & Friends Local Edition
- 9 PM 1984 vs Fringe -- Talking Heads vs INXS theme in front-- Fringe in back! Cat Club Free
- 9:15 PM Daniel Riera Black Cat $20-$50, fees included
Friday, November 6
- 10 AM Free First Friday at the San Mateo County History Museum San Mateo County History Museum Free
- 10 AM Harvest Festival® ~ Santa Rosa Sonoma County Fairgrounds Free
- 11 AM Natural Wonders Viewpoints Gallery Free
- 2 PM Gallery Conversations | JANE! Cantor Arts Center Free
- 3 PM Haiku in the Garden - Autumn Marin Art and Garden Center Free
- 4:30 PM Lombardi Food & Wine Festival (Milwaukee) with Hernan Valverde Gundland Bundschu Winery
- 5 PM Artist Reception Viewpoints Gallery
- 5 PM Rooftop Pop Up Market & Sip&Paint Torch rooftop bar $0-$87.21
- 6 PM Destination: Cosmos--A Sound Voyage Chabot Space & Science Center
- 6 PM Mini Masterpieces Holiday Gifts Show 2026 - Nov. 6th Reception Rythmix Cultural Works Free
- 6 PM Movies at Mechanics' Presents Forbidden (1932) Mechanics' Institute $7.18-$12.51
- 7 PM An Evening of Music from Steven Universe Grace Cathedral
- 7 PM Diwali Concert with Arjun Verma Cupertino Library Free
- 7 PM Geoffrey Asmus Cobb's Comedy Club
- 7 PM Jake Johannsen Punch Line Comedy Club - San Francisco
- 7 PM Lucy Bedroque The Regency Ballroom
- 7 PM MSA Theatre Presents Ride the Cyclone Novato High School Center for the Arts
- 7:30 PM Film Night: The Charlie O'Leary Story United Irish Cultural Center $12.51
- 7:30 PM Mark Normand San Jose Improv See tickets
- 7:30 PM Solas at Montalvo Arts Center | Saratoga, CA Carriage House Theatre
- 7:30 PM Studio 8 Film Festival 2026: Where to? (Juror Night) 4 Star Theater, 2200 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA… $10
- 8 PM Alvie & The Breakfast Pigs + Skip The Needle | Punk & Rock Mac's at 19 Broadway $12.51
- 8 PM The Strange Ones, Randy, Dollwash, No Captains The Phoenix Theater $15.49
- 8:30 PM Dan and Phil: Hard Launch World Tour San Jose Civic
- 9 PM airrica at Continental San Jose The Continental Bar Lounge & Patio $12.51
- 9 PM Bounce Music Festival Public Works - San Francisco
- 9 PM Bounce SF: Ueberrest, Flash Gea, & dj try Public Works $43.17
- 9 PM Elevation (1st Fridays) with Nina Sol, Mind Motion & Renoir Golden Ratio Free
- 9 PM Resurgence: Senyor, Anxious Drip, Sampphire, DJ Jaded, G!zmo, Endz, Afterprty, DJ Frank Nitty Buzzworks Free
- 9 PM Skyler Ultraviolet Tour w/Camillionaire, Burner.Bby, Devyn B2B Yanebun, Sardonix, Xilenyia, Amayita, DJ Cait, DJ Ell, Hoochi, Jae Coca, Snoflakez F8 See tickets
- 9:15 PM Geoffrey Asmus Cobb's Comedy Club
- 9:15 PM Jake Johannsen Punch Line Comedy Club - San Francisco
- 9:30 PM COURTNEY KNOTT: Celebrating Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson - with Original Soul Black Cat $20-$60, fees included
- 9:45 PM Mark Normand San Jose Improv See tickets
- 10 PM Hawthorn feat. Kromatic + Young Kid Speed, DJ the DJ & Will Masters Hawthorn Free
- 10 PM LIT DIWALI - BOLLYWOOD PARTY | SILVER KEY PARTY @ MYTH - NOV 6 Myth Lounge $0-$100
- 10 PM Mira (Berlin) + Justin Kan 1015 Folsom, 1015 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA, 94103 $27.25-$38.44
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