Berkeley events this week
152 events in the next 7 days (Oct 31 – Nov 6) in and around San Francisco, 71 of them free. Each links to its original listing. Updated October 31.
This weekend · Search the full calendar
Saturday, October 31
- 10 AM Ballet & Books Central Library Free
- 10:30 AM Family Story Time @Central CCR Central Library Free
- 11 AM Salsa, Bachata & Merengue Class – Beginner 2: Practice & Turns La Peña Cultural Center $101.35
- 11 AM Seed Saving with Transition Berkeley Bancroft Community Garden Free
- 1 PM Performance / Entanglement: Steffani Jemison and Leslie Cuyjet on Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi BAMPFA
- 1 PM Spooky Swiss K-12 Berkeley Chess School
- 2 PM Musical Instrument Petting Zoo @West: Music Program West Branch Free
- 2 PM Stepping into STEM @Central: Strawberry DNA and Brain Science! for 3rd-5th grades Central Library Free
- 4 PM LEGO Halloween Themed Coding @Central Central Library Free
- 4 PM Vivre sa vie BAMPFA
- 5 PM Scream Queens and Creeps: Halloween at Tupper & Reed Tupper & Reed Free
- 5:30 PM You Scared of a Revolution?: Black August Movie Screening SoCo - coworking space in Berkeley Free
- 6:30 PM Kwaidan BAMPFA
- 7:30 PM Berkeley Shakespeare Company presents: Measure for Measure Live Oak Theater $17.85-$23.18
- 8 PM 4th Annual Lord of the Rings Square Dance Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center See tickets
- 8 PM Darkhaven Lighthaven $50
- 8 PM film Rocky Horror Picture Show with Live Cast UC Theatre See tickets
- 8 PM Halloween Comedy Show Gilman Brewing Company $12.50-$25
- 8 PM Rocky Horror Picture Show The UC Theatre
- 8 PM Wake the Dead The Freight
- 8:30 PM 24th Annual Starry Plough Murder Ballads Bash The Starry Plough See tickets
- 8:30 PM The 24th Annual Murder Ballads Bash! The Starry Plough Pub
Sunday, November 1
- 9 AM Art Build to defend the election results!! Come down the driveway! Free
- 9 AM Sunday in the Stacks: Sound Bath with Gaby Castro Book Society $47.25
- 10 AM Grief Tending Circle The Alembic
- 10:45 AM Living Tantra Satsang with Lisa Engles-Witter The Green Yogi $39.19
- 11 AM Kopi Bar First Anniversary Celebration at BAMPFA, Berkeley, CA Kopi Bar and Bakery $28.52
- 11 AM Sound Bath University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley
- 1 PM California Women’s Soccer vs NC State Berkeley
- 1 PM Stillpoint Breath: Regulate, Restore & Reconnect with Mo Islam Hana Holistic Medical Center / Anas Hana MD $49.87
- 2 PM Berkeley Shakespeare Company presents: Measure for Measure Live Oak Theater $17.85-$23.18
- 2 PM Exhibit Tour: Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing 2155 Center Street Berkeley, CA Free
- 3 PM Beginner Tai Chi Classes By Xin Huang Hana Holistic Medical Center / Anas Hana MD $39.19
- 3 PM Ema Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano Sean Shibe, guitar Orlando Variations Hertz Hall See tickets
- 3 PM ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, CHEESE book signing Mrs Dalloway's
- 3 PM W. Kamau Bell & Adam Mansbach's ROCK PAPER SCISSORS CHEESE In-Store Event Mrs Dalloway's Free
- 4 PM The Valiant Ones BAMPFA
- 6 PM Intermediate Tai Chi Classes By Xin Huang Hana Holistic Medical Center / Anas Hana MD $39.19
- 7 PM GoodFellas BAMPFA
- 7 PM Hillside Echoes presents Folk Dancing with Da! Mozhem The Hillside Club $17.85-$20
- 7 PM Mt. Rubidoux, Hollyfrancis Spats Free
- 7 PM Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Dizgo UC Theatre See tickets
- 7 PM Sam's Corner w/ Jeremy Steinkoler & Joe Kyle Jr. The Back Room See tickets
- 8 PM bunii & Crayon Cornerstone Craft Beer & Live Music
Monday, November 2
- 12 PM Free 6-week Prenatal Yoga Series West Berkeley Family Wellness Center Free
- 4:15 PM Physics Colloquium with Chung-Pei Ma: Gravity’s Fatal Attraction: Black Holes at the Centers of Galaxies Lecture Hall #1 Free
- 5 PM Berkeley Line Dancing Party (Every Monday) Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center $23.18
- 5 PM BIO Pickup Soccer Game Willard Park Free
- 5 PM California Men’s Basketball vs Adams State - HOME OPENER Berkeley
- 5 PM Tendon thread feat. Tanya Lukin Linklater Grimes Engineering Center Free
- 6:30 PM Monday Evening Storytime @Central CCR Central Library Free
- 6:30 PM Salsa, Bachata & Merengue Class – Beginner 1: Fundamentals + Social Dancing La Peña Cultural Center $118.37
- 7 PM California Women’s Basketball vs Washington State Haas Pavilion
- 7:30 PM Fireside Meeting - November 2026 The Hillside Club Free
- 8 PM IVY Cornerstone Craft Beer & Live Music
Tuesday, November 3
- 1 PM Line Dancing at the Library @Central Central Library Free
- 3:30 PM Beads For Every Body @West West Branch Free
- 3:30 PM Fiber Arts @Central: Join our Crafting Community Central Library Free
- 4 PM Once Upon a Time: Story Time for School-Aged Children Claremont Branch Free
- 4:30 PM LEGO Club @Central CCR Central Library Free
- 5 PM Curated Music Listening Session @Central: A Function of The Break Room Central Library Free
- 5 PM Dia De Muertos Printing @West: Lino Block Printing West Branch Free
- 5 PM Free Yoga Classes - November West Berkeley Family Wellness Center Free
- 5:30 PM Stefanie Hutka // What Your Machines Should Do: The Science and Strategy of Human-Centered Automation Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Free
- 6 PM Election Night: 2026 Midterm Election Watch Party Institute of Governmental Studies Library Free
- 6 PM Election Watch At Spats Spats Berkeley Free
- 6 PM Finding Synchronicity: An Election Night Living Room Conversation Book Society $47.25
- 6 PM Music of Four Centuries: A Solo Guitar Recital: Guitarist Peter Fletcher live and unmiked Central Library Free
- 6:30 PM Weekly Fitness Planning With Hands-on Personal Training And Nutritional Advice Hana Holistic Medical Center / Anas Hana MD $39.19
- 7 PM Election night party! 🗳️🎉 Fieldwork Brewing Co. Free
- 7 PM Gully Boys & Pollyanna Cornerstone Craft Beer & Live Music
- 7 PM Trivia Night at Great Notion Brewing Berkley Great Notion Brewing - Berkeley Free
- 7:10 PM Chancellor Lyons at the Berkeley Forum Banatao Auditorium Free
- 7:30 PM Daria for D1: Election Night Party Cafe Leila Free
- 8 PM Dirk & Amelia Powell The Freight
Wednesday, November 4
- 10 AM Berkeley History Room Open Hours @Central: Every Wednesday 10:00am-1:00pm Central Library Free
- 10:30 AM A Sprinkle of Spanish / Un poquito de Español Storytime Central Library Free
- 10:30 AM Storytime @North North Branch Free
- 11 AM Stay & Play @North North Branch Free
- 11 AM Stay-n-Play @Central Children's Room Central Library Free
- 11:30 AM Secrets of the Trade Bridge Association of REALTORS Free
- 12 PM REI Colloquium: Sanctuary Making: Immigrant Families Reshaping Geographies of Deportability Social Sciences Building 402 Free
- 12:15 PM Exhibit Tour: Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing 2155 Center Street Berkeley, CA Free
- 2 PM Teen Hangout @Claremont Claremont Branch Free
- 2 PM Teen Hangout @North North Branch Free
- 4:30 PM Reading Buddies @ Central Central Library Free
- 5 PM Berkeley Beginners Line Dancing Party (Every Wednesday) The Finnish Hall $23.18
- 5 PM Indivisible Berkeley Wednesday Anti-Trump Protests In front of the Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch of the Berkeley Public Library Free
- 5 PM Zumba with Kimmie Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center $17.85
- 5:30 PM Ms. Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean: Celebrating 30 years of Fugees’ The Score Greek Theatre-U.C. Berkeley
- 6 PM A Life Between Cultures: Rachel Gurjar on East to East Book Society $47.25
- 6 PM California Men’s Basketball vs Radford Berkeley
- 6 PM International Guitar Sensation Alexandr Misko with Special Guest Forest Bailey The Back Room See tickets
- 6:30 PM Board of Library Trustees Regular Meeting: BOLT Meeting @West West Branch Free
- 7 PM Harun Farocki’s War at a Distance and Videos by Mahmoud Alhaj BAMPFA
- 7 PM Headlands Brewing Company On Campus - Berkeley Headlands Brewing - On Campus at UC Berkeley Free
- 7:10 PM Teach for America Founder Wendy Kopp at the Berkeley Forum UC Berkeley Campus Free
- 8 PM Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wycllef Jean Greek Theater
- 8:30 PM International Guitar Sensation Alexandr Misko with Special Guest Forest Bailey The Back Room See tickets
Thursday, November 5
- 8:30 AM Philomathia Day: Bioelectricity at the Interface: Molecules, Membranes, and Models Alumni House Free
- 9 AM BLS Classes in Berkeley Safety Training Seminars 1700 Solano Ave Suite F
- 10 AM iPhoneography with Yoni Mayeri University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley See tickets
- 12 PM Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement® with Dr. Ifátólú Gardner Hana Holistic Medical Center / Anas Hana MD $39.19
- 12 PM Free Pottery Painting Class West Berkeley Family Wellness Center Free
- 1 PM Berkeley Master of Design Admissions In-Person Visit Days Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Free
- 1:15 PM Curator’s Tour / Anthony Graham on Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing BAMPFA
- 1:15 PM Exhibit Tour: Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing 2155 Center Street Berkeley, CA Free
- 3 PM Hearing Loss Presentation @West: A Family Conversation about Hearing Loss West Branch Free
- 3 PM Wrenching News Workshops BAMPFA
- 4 PM Grounded in Birth: A Childbirth Education Series for BIPOC Birthing People West Berkeley Family Wellness Center Free
- 4:30 PM Leamos Autoras @Central: Club de lectura en español (presencial) Central Library Free
- 5 PM Free Yoga Classes - November West Berkeley Family Wellness Center Free
- 5 PM Next Move Berkeley | Tech Venture Builders Gathering Mudrakers Café Free
- 5 PM Seeing Through a Mirror: The 1948 War in the Eyes of the World Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life Free
- 5:30 PM Family Game Night @West West Branch Free
- 5:30 PM Qi Gong with Elvia Perez Hana Holistic Medical Center / Anas Hana MD $39.19
- 6 PM California Golden Bears Womens Basketball vs. Long Beach State Athletics Womens Basketball Haas Pavilion
- 6 PM HydraPak Night at Berkeley Run Club Sports Basement Berkeley Free
- 6 PM Ranzel Merritt Band – Father & Son Edition Claremont Resort & Club Free
- 7 PM Shwayze Cornerstone - CA See tickets
- 7 PM The Secret BAMPFA
- 7:30 PM Berkeley Shakespeare Company presents: Measure for Measure Live Oak Theater $17.85-$23.18
- 7:30 PM GROOVE with Marcus Roberts Trio First Congregational Church of Berkeley
- 7:30 PM Terrence Brian Live in the Bay Area Ashkenaz
- 8 PM Solas The Freight
Friday, November 6
- 9 AM (Re)Parenting with Presence: Free Mindfulness Series for Parents & Adults West Berkeley Family Wellness Center Free
- 10:30 AM Bilingual Baby Bounce (Spanish/Español) @West: Hora de cantos y juegos para bebé West Branch Free
- 10:30 AM Ver la memoria: una conversación con Queralt Solé y Espe Pons || Seeing Memory: A Conversation with Queralt Solé and Espe Pons Doe Library Free
- 11 AM Stay-n-Play @West West Branch Free
- 12 PM BETR/EECS Solid State Technologies Seminar: Prof. Vivian Feig, Stanford University | Engineering Piezoelectric Biomaterials Across Length Scales for Transient Bioelectronics Grimes Engineering Center Free
- 3 PM Bones at Central Berkeley Public Library Free
- 3 PM First Friday on the Gilman Wine Block Donkey & Goat Winery Free
- 3:30 PM MOCHA Creative Art Play @Central: Fall 2026 series! Central Library Free
- 4 PM Collage Club @Central A&M Central Library Free
- 4 PM Mean Streets BAMPFA
- 4:20 PM CBCB X Comedy Come Up : The Cultivated Comedy Experience Berkeley Chapel of the Flowers $23.18-$151.23
- 6:30 PM Moon Circle with Sonya Genel Dresser The Green Yogi $23.18
- 7 PM Bay Area Ghost Hunters' 20th Anniversary Bash at Claremont in Berkeley Claremont Resort & Club $355
- 7 PM Big Ballers: Dinner with Entrepreneurs | Manhattan Shattuck Avenue $108.55
- 7 PM Chef Eric Bédiat 60-Minute Culinary Demonstration & Book Signing Mrs Dalloway's $10-$450
- 7 PM Harakiri BAMPFA
- 7 PM Plini, Portraits, Night Verses UC Theatre See tickets
- 7:30 PM Beethoven, Ravel, and Shostakovich Hertz Hall
- 7:30 PM Berkeley Shakespeare Company presents: Measure for Measure Live Oak Theater $17.85-$23.18
- 7:30 PM UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra University of California See tickets
- 8 PM Covenant Berkeley Repertory Theatre See tickets
- 8 PM Jet Black Pearl + Rosie + Joe The Back Room See tickets
- 8 PM Rockin' Jalapeno Band, Mark Guerrero, Jerry Salas, mc Chuy Varela The Freight See tickets
- 8 PM Soul Sister Dance Circle with Lacou, Lily and Alicia The Green Yogi Sold out
- 8 PM Y&T Cornerstone - CA
Showing 150 of 152. Search the whole calendar for the rest.
By type
By area
- Alameda
- Albany
- Antioch
- Aptos
- Atherton
- Bayview
- Belmont
- Benicia
- Bernal Heights
- Brisbane
- Burlingame
- Calistoga
- Campbell
- Capitola
- Castro
- Castro Valley
- Chinatown
- Clayton
- Concord
- Cupertino
- Daly City
- Danville
- Dublin
- East Palo Alto
- El Cerrito
- Emeryville
- Excelsior
- Fairfax
- Fairfield
- Felton
- FiDi / South Beach
- Foster City
- Fremont
- Gilroy
- Glen Park
- Golden Gate Park
- Haight
- Half Moon Bay
- Hayes Valley
- Hayward
- Inner Richmond
- Inner Sunset
- Japantown
- Lafayette
- Livermore
- Los Altos
- Los Gatos
- Marina
- Martinez
- Menlo Park
- Mill Valley
- Millbrae
- Milpitas
- Mission
- Mission Bay
- Morgan Hill
- Mountain View
- Napa
- Newark
- Nob Hill
- Noe Valley
- North Beach
- Novato
- Oakland
- Orinda
- Outer Mission
- Outer Richmond
- Pacific Heights
- Pacifica
- Palo Alto
- Petaluma
- Pittsburg
- Pleasant Hill
- Pleasanton
- Portola
- Portola Valley
- Potrero Hill
- Presidio
- Presidio Heights
- Redwood City
- Richmond
- Rodeo
- Rohnert Park
- Russian Hill
- San Carlos
- San Francisco
- San Jose
- San Leandro
- San Lorenzo
- San Mateo
- San Pablo
- San Rafael
- San Ramon
- Santa Clara
- Santa Cruz
- Santa Rosa
- Saratoga
- Sausalito
- Sebastopol
- SoMa
- Sonoma
- South San Francisco
- Stanford
- Sunnyvale
- Sunset / Parkside
- Tenderloin
- Treasure Island
- Union City
- Vacaville
- Vallejo
- Walnut Creek
- Watsonville
- West of Twin Peaks
- Western Addition
- Woodside