Arts events in and around San Francisco this week
1,172 events in the next 7 days (Nov 4–10) in and around San Francisco, 47 of them free. Each links to its original listing. Updated November 4.
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Wednesday, November 4
- 11 AM Natural Wonders Viewpoints Gallery Free
- 4 PM Charged Particles Plays Funky Latin Jazz at the Hedley Club The Hedley Club at Hotel DeAnza Free
- 6 PM Presentation: Collectively Operating a Performance Theater in SF Main Library Free
- 7 PM Film Screening: Harun Farocki’s War at a Distance and Videos by Mahmoud Alhaj BAMPFA
- 7 PM Frank Ocean - Channel ORANGE : LISTEN | Envelop SF (7pm) Envelop SF $27.13
- 7 PM Free Show- Ryli Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Free
- 7 PM Ryli's special in-gallery performance Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Free
- 7 PM The Sound Pour / Lower Haight Jazz [& more] and Wine Night! The Faight Collective $12.32-$115.19
- 7:30 PM Raphaël Feuillâtre Bing Concert Hall
- 8 PM Aki Kumar Blues Jam! Food, Drinks, No Cover ! Alhambra Irish House Free
- 8 PM Desert Daze presents Strawberry Fuzz w/ Little Critter Felton Music Hall
- 8 PM Guajirón Blondie's Bar Free
- 8 PM Los Train Wreck's All Star Jam El Rio
- 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 Free
- 1:15 PM Exhibition Tour / “Maren Hassinger: Living Moving Growing” BAMPFA Free
- 3 PM Wrenching News Workshop BAMPFA Free
- 5 PM Opening Reception: From Street to Stage with Beaver Bauer San Francisco Public Library Free
- 6 PM Brazilian Vinyl Sessions Madrone Art Bar
- 6 PM Caribbean Cocktails: Migration, Memory, and Making Across the Diaspora Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) Free
- 6 PM John Rybak + Friends Shanty Shack Brewing Free
- 7 PM Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment – UMRU/UNREST Jewish Community Center of San Francisco Free
- 7 PM Redwood Nights: Seedlings – Open Mic Storytelling @ Mac's | Fairfax, CA Mac's at 19 Broadway $12.51-$23.18
- 7 PM The Last Wild Buffalo ft Okeba, Alana Silver The Faight Collective $17.98
- 7:30 PM Georgia Parker w/ Tashi T The Lost Church San Francisco
- 7:30 PM Joshua Redman Quartet SFJAZZ Center
- 7:30 PM MIRO SPRAGUE/KARL MCCOMAS-REICHL/DAN SCHNELLE The Sound Room
- 7:30 PM Terrence Brian Live in the Bay Area Ashkenaz
- 7:30 PM The Old Souls Blues Experiment and George Palma's Bitter Blues Band The California Theatre of Santa Rosa
- 8 PM Aflacko DNA Lounge
- 8 PM Banda Sin Nombre Blondie's Bar Free
- 8 PM Fresh off the Page: New Musical Theater Feinstein's at the Nikko Free
- 8 PM Jack Assadourian Jr. San Jose Improv See tickets
- 8 PM TOGETHER (New Monthly - First Thursdays) Hawthorn Free
- 9 PM 1984 vs Fringe -- Talking Heads vs INXS theme in front-- Fringe in back! Cat Club Free
- 9 PM Local 500 & Public Works Present: Function 500 w/ FLUXIONS Public Works Loft $7.93
- 9 PM SHELDON ALEXANDER FUNK JAM Boom Boom Room Free
- 9:15 PM Daniel Riera Black Cat $20-$50, fees included
Friday, November 6
- 10 AM Harvest Festival® ~ Santa Rosa Sonoma County Fairgrounds Free
- 12 PM Jam Session with Creativity Explored Front Door Gallery Free
- 2 PM Docent-guided museum tour San Mateo County History Museum Free
- 2:30 PM My Bloody Valentine - Loveless : LISTEN | Envelop SF (2:30pm) Envelop SF $27.13
- 5 PM Artist Reception Viewpoints Gallery
- 5 PM Dirtybird x Thrive City: Dirtybird Night Market Thrive City Free
- 5 PM First Fridays @ArtWalkSJ South First Street Free
- 5 PM Rooftop Pop Up Market & Sip&Paint Torch rooftop bar $0-$87.21
- 5:30 PM First Fridays Family Art Night: after-hours! Dixon Library Free
- 6 PM AMOR PROHIBIDO: Selena Tribute + THE ROYAL HEARTBEATS: Latin American Hits Retro Junkie $28.52-$33.85
- 6 PM Destination: Cosmos Chabot Space & Science Center
- 6 PM Mini Masterpieces Holiday Gifts Show 2026 - Nov. 6th Reception Rythmix Cultural Works Free
- 7 PM Blond in Car ft. Sophia Bacino @ The Faight The Faight Collective $23.64-$30.30
- 7 PM Geoffrey Asmus Cobb's Comedy Club
- 7 PM Lucy Bedroque 003 Tour The Regency Ballroom
- 7 PM Mortar, Pestle, and Lights : Cooking and Light Show with Artists VC Tang and Combsy Chopsticks Alley Art Gallery at Open San Jose Free
- 7 PM Ratskin Records extended 20 year anniversary programming Roar Shack
- 7:30 PM DNA Presents Comedy on First Fridays Small Theater $23.18
- 7:30 PM Film Night: The Charlie O'Leary Story United Irish Cultural Center $12.51
- 7:30 PM Solas at Montalvo Arts Center | Saratoga, CA Carriage House Theatre
- 7:30 PM Strauss in Concert War Memorial Opera House
- 8 PM Alvie & The Breakfast Pigs + Skip The Needle | Punk & Rock Mac's at 19 Broadway $12.51
- 8 PM Elijah Scott Felton Music Hall
- 8 PM Patti LaBelle Graton Resort & Casino
- 8 PM Peter Antoniou The Guild Theatre - Menlo Park
- 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 Bounce Music Festival Public Works - San Francisco
- 9 PM Sasson at MadaRae MadaRae San Francisco $10-$1815.87
- 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
- 9:30 PM COURTNEY KNOTT: Celebrating Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson - with Original Soul Black Cat $20-$60, fees included
- 9:30 PM NU NOIZE @ MADRONE ART BAR Madrone Art Bar $23.18-$375.32
- 9:45 PM Mark Normand San Jose Improv See tickets
- 10 PM LIT DIWALI - BOLLYWOOD PARTY | SILVER KEY PARTY @ MYTH - NOV 6 Myth Lounge $0-$100
- 10 PM The Roast of Sally Limón White Horse Inn $12.51-$108.55
- 10 PM Throw It Back: 2000s / 2010s Party | Providence San Francisco Providence Free
Saturday, November 7
- 1 PM Harry Clewans Artist Talk Triton Museum of Art Free
- 1 PM Two Films. One Manilatown Legacy Phyllis Wattis Theater @ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Free
- 2 PM CHAI RAVE SF: DIWALI ON THE BAY @ ERIA ON NOV 7TH! (WATERFRONT EXPERIENCE) ERIA SAUSALITO $12.24-$17.54
- 2 PM Studio 8 Film Festival 2026: Personal Visions (Juried Show) 4 Star Theater, 2200 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA… $10
- 3 PM CV Field Trip: The Dalai Lama: My Religion Is Kindness Film Screening + Director Q&A Roxie Theater Free
- 6 PM 16th Bita Prize for Persian Arts: Sima Bina Stanford Memorial Auditorium (MemAud) Free
- 6 PM Christian Artmann Quartet Meyhouse San Ramon & Jazz Club
- 6 PM Go Country Cruisin' with Joe Nichols Pier 3
- 6 PM Live at The Knockout The Knockout
- 6 PM YACHT ROCKERS- Sail away to the best of 70s & 80s soft rock/pop... LIVE! Retro Junkie $17.85
- 7 PM CARNAVAL- music of Santana Club Fox $28.52
- 7 PM Geoffrey Asmus Cobb's Comedy Club
- 7 PM Lucy Bedroque 003 Tour The Regency Ballroom
- 7 PM Mark Normand San Jose Improv Free
- 7:30 PM An Intimate Affair The Monkey House
- 7:30 PM The Zabrecky Hour - Magic Show Large Theater $28.52-$33.85
- 8 PM Brandi Carlile: Burn The Setlist (The All Request Tour) Fox Theater
- 8 PM Drunk Theatre SF: The Wildest Bay Area Comedy! Eclectic Box SF $23.18-$33.85
- 8 PM HROC Fall Benefit 435 Broadway, 435 Broadway, San Francisco, CA, 94133 $12.51-$23.18
- 8 PM Jeffrey Foucault w/ John Convertino & Kris Delmhorst Felton Music Hall
- 8 PM Louder Than Silence benefit concert feat Dead Again, Violet Visions & more! The Phoenix Theater $19.74
- 8 PM PINHEAD GUNPOWDER August Hall
- 8 PM Saturday Night Sunday Morning Tour The Castro
- 9 PM AZ Chike Cornerstone Craft Beer & Live Music
- 9 PM Bootie-Con: Fandom Mashup Party Cat Club $12.51
- 9 PM Calling All Scorpios w/ MPHD, Ceci G, and Jaysea Monarch $0-$11.28
- 9 PM DR. GABBA, Narciss, Dazegxd presented by PW, STRAPT & Flux Aeterna Public Works $38.02
- 9 PM POP LIFE Madrone Art Bar $23.18-$375.32
- 9 PM RIVO (FR) at MadaRae Madarae $12.51-$1869.22
- 9:15 PM Geoffrey Asmus Cobb's Comedy Club
- 9:30 PM COURTNEY KNOTT: Celebrating Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson - with Original Soul Black Cat $20-$60, fees included
- 9:30 PM Derrick Carter Audio SF $23.70
- 10 PM Hello Gatita Perreo @ Temple Nightclub TEMPLE SF $0-$33.85
- 10 PM Monroe Saturday Night Guestlist Monroe SF Free
- 10 PM Oasis Open Ball Vol 6 OASIS $23.53
- 10 PM SPICY ELÉCTRICO | LATIN HOUSE & EDM | NORTH BEACH SAN FRANCISCO | PARIS 75 Paris 75 Free
- 10 PM The Beyoncé Night | Every Era of Bey at Providence SF Providence Free
Sunday, November 8
- 10:05 AM Museum Gameday Pass- 49ers vs Raiders Levi's Stadium
- 11 AM Pearls Drag Brunch Mayes Oyster House $12.51-$28.52
- 12 PM Crucial Reggae Sundays Golden Gate Park Bandshell in SF
- 12:30 PM Studio 8 Film Festival 2026: Babeth Mondini VanLoo (Studio 8 Legacy Award) Roxie Theater $15-$30
- 1 PM Girl Scouts Brownie Art and Design Badge New Museum Los Gatos + Art Studio $0-$49.87
- 1 PM Lofi Legs at Boeddeker Park Boeddeker Park Free
- 2 PM The Monuments Men: Art History Lecture & Reception Triton Museum of Art Free
- 2:30 PM Chamber Sessions The Drawing Room Free
- 2:30 PM Home, Suite Home Bing Concert Hall
- 2:30 PM Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Isata Kanneh-Mason Bing Concert Hall
- 3 PM How They Did It: Getting Unstuck Page Street Co-Working $28.52
- 4 PM Veretski Pass St Alban's Episcopal Church $17.85-$33.85
- 5 PM The House That Poems Built Madrone Art Bar
- 6 PM Geoffrey Asmus Cobb's Comedy Club
- 6 PM Sunday Sound Bath with Hugo House of Sound - AlumRock $48.80
- 6:30 PM Film Screening: Contempt BAMPFA
- 7 PM Balkan Sundays Muddy Waters Free
- 7:30 PM Leonid & Friends 2026 Tour Fox Theatre
- 8 PM Peach Tree Rascals Felton Music Hall
- 8:15 PM Geoffrey Asmus Cobb's Comedy Club
- 9:15 PM COURTNEY KNOTT: Celebrating Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson - with Original Soul Black Cat $20-$50, fees included
Monday, November 9
- 5:30 PM Casa Feliz : A Live Audio Play Hugh Gillis Hall Room 226 Free
- 6 PM Pro Jam with Quique Gomez The California Theatre of Santa Rosa $17
- 6:30 PM Sabbath Queen | Film Screening and Talk Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life <p> Admission Prices:<br /> General
- 8 PM My House Tour The Castro
- 8 PM Shanghai Qiutian Cornerstone Craft Beer & Live Music
Tuesday, November 10
- 3:30 PM Metropolis (dir. Fritz Lang, 1927) with live music Martin Luther King Free
- 6 PM Adult Craft Club: Cozy Coffee Sleeves Springstowne Library Free
- 6 PM Movie Night : Une affaire de principe - November 10th 2026 Alliance Française de San Francisco $12.51
- 7 PM Filmmaker Kahlil Joseph, In Conversation McMurtry Building Free
- 7 PM Oakland POC Comedy Night 2026 / TEMESCAL Mesa Maguey Free
- 7 PM SFFFF Presents: Frozen Theater Live! The Lost Church $23.18
- 7:30 PM Claudio Simonetti's Goblin Performs the Live Score to Tenebre The Castro Theatre
- 7:30 PM The Tallest Man on Earth:: Palace of Fine Arts:: San Francisco:: 11/10 Palace of Fine Arts $54.30-$85.87
- 8 PM Jeffrey Martin Felton Music Hall
- 8 PM Keenan Te Cornerstone Craft Beer & Live Music
- 8 PM YUKI CHIBA The Regency Ballroom
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