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The week · Wednesday 21 to Tuesday 27 October 2026

What’s on around the Bay this week

103 events, every one read off the venue’s own page by a person. 39 of them cost nothing. Here is the week one day at a time, then cut by what you’re in the mood for. Only after Saturday and Sunday? Bay Area events this weekend →

103

events this week

39

free

43

classes and workshops

3

screenings

Show meThe whole week103Make36Listen4Watch3Kids14Spend nothing37

Three for the week

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Parkside Branch LibraryPapel Picado at Parkside Branch LibraryFreeWed 21 · 6:00 PMPapel PicadoParkside Branch Library · SF West SideSan José Museum of ArtCommunity Day: Día de los Muertos at San José Museum of ArtFreeSat 24 · 11:00 AMCommunity Day: Día de los MuertosSan José Museum of Art · South BayOakland Museum of California32nd Annual Día de los Muertos Community Celebration at Oakland Museum of CaliforniaFree · registerSun 25 · 11:00 AM32nd Annual Día de los Muertos Community CelebrationOakland Museum of California · Oakland & East Bay

The week, day by day

Three picks a day. Times are local; prices as printed.

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Wed

9:00 AMSan Francisco Habitat StewardsGolden Gate National Recreation Area (rotating SF sites)Free · register2:00 PMFree Art Workshop: Halloween GarlandYerba Buena Center for the Arts, Grand LobbyFree · register7:00 PMAce Makerspace TourAce MakerspaceFree

22

Thu

10:00 AMFerry Plaza Farmers Market (Tuesday and Thursday)Ferry BuildingFree12:00 PMSocial Media Mastery WorkshopSebastopol Center for the ArtsFree · register5:00 PMHeavy Metal: Industrial Artisan FairThe CrucibleFree · register

23

Fri

2:00 PMChinese Knot with Ms. YanSan Francisco Main LibraryFree6:30 PMAuthor Talk: Walter Mosley, Hanging and BurningSan Francisco Main Library, Koret AuditoriumFree · register7:00 PMAce Maker SocialAce MakerspaceFree

24

Sat

8:00 AMFerry Plaza Farmers Market (Saturday)Ferry BuildingFree9:30 AMFree Saturdays at the de Youngde Young MuseumFree · register6:30 PMSuperNaturalCalifornia Academy of SciencesFree

25

Sun

10:00 AMAutumn Views at Pole MountainPole Mountain / Little Black Mountain PreserveFree · register10:00 AMFree Family Day: K-Pop, Art, and BeyondSFMOMAFree · register11:30 AMOpening Celebration: Vishnu's Cosmic OceanAsian Art MuseumFree

26

Mon

10:00 AMHalloween Haunted HangarHiller Aviation MuseumFree3:00 PMDecoden Keychains and HairclipsNoe Valley/Sally Brunn Branch LibraryDrop-in · no pri…4:00 PMFull Moonrise from Borel HillRussian Ridge Open Space PreserveMidpen doesn't p…

27

Tue

9:30 AMTrees & FriendsBear Creek Redwoods Open Space PreserveMidpen doesn't p…10:00 AMLake Merritt Community CleanupLake Merritt Sail Boat HouseFree · register6:00 PMPoetry LivesSebastopol Center for the ArtsFree

All 103 events this week, by date →

Cut it by what you’re in the mood for

The same week, four ways. Each one is a path of its own: one stop a day, Monday to Sunday, with the price of the whole week added up.

Make somethingArt Club for Teens at Richmond Art Center

36 this week

Make something

Wed · Art Club for TeensRichmond Art Center · freeThu · Workshop Care NightAce Makerspace · freeFri · Sewing 101: Alberta Crossbody ToteWorkshop SF · $88
Walk the craft week →
ListenFriday Nights with DATANAGAN at Oakland Museum of California

4 this week

Listen

Fri · Friday Nights with DATANAGANOakland Museum of California · freeSat · Afro-Filipino Jazz ProjectYerba Buena Gardens, Great Lawn · freeSat · Saturday Organ ConcertsLegion of Honor · free
Walk the music week →
WatchRocky Horror Picture Show with a Full Shadow Cast at San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium

3 this week

Watch

Wed · Rocky Horror Picture Show with a Full Shadow CastSan Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium · freeSat · The World of Black Film: RevolutionsYerba Buena Center for the Arts, Screening Room · freeSat · Silent Shorts ProgramYerba Buena Center for the Arts · free
Walk the film week →
Bring the kidsPaint-A-Plane at Hiller Aviation Museum

14 this week

Bring the kids

Sat · Paint-A-PlaneHiller Aviation Museum · freeSat · Family HalloweenRandall Museum · freeSat · Meet an Animal AmbassadorRandall Museum · free
Walk the family week →

Free, and worth leaving the house for

6 of the 39. Free means free: where a listing needs registration, the card says so. The whole free week →

Museum of the African DiasporaNafissa Thompson-Spires: The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford at Museum of the African DiasporaFree · registerWed 21 · 6:00 PMNafissa Thompson-Spires: The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard MilfordMuseum of the African Diaspora · SF Downtown & WaterfrontAce MakerspaceLaser Lab at Ace MakerspaceFreeThu 22 · 7:00 PMLaser LabAce Makerspace · Oakland & East BayChabot Space & Science CenterFree Public Telescope Viewing at Chabot Space & Science CenterFreeFri 23 · 7:30 PMFree Public Telescope ViewingChabot Space & Science Center · Oakland & East BayLegion of HonorFree Saturdays at the Legion of Honor at Legion of HonorFree · registerSat 24 · 9:30 AMFree Saturdays at the Legion of HonorLegion of Honor · SF West SideCubberley Community CenterArtists' Portfolios: Present Your Best Work at Cubberley Community CenterFree · registerSat 24 · 2:00 PMArtists' Portfolios: Present Your Best WorkCubberley Community Center · PeninsulaGrace CathedralThe Forum with Arlie Russell Hochschild: Stolen Pride at Grace CathedralFree · registerSun 25 · 9:30 AMThe Forum with Arlie Russell Hochschild: Stolen PrideGrace Cathedral · SF Downtown & Waterfront

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