Culture events in and around San Francisco this week
100 events in the next 7 days (Nov 4–10) in and around San Francisco, 79 of them free. Each links to its original listing. Updated November 4.
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Wednesday, November 4
- 10 AM Berkeley History Room Open Hours @Central: Every Wednesday 10:00am-1:00pm Central Library Free
- 10 AM San Francisco Free Walking Tour Free SF Tour Free
- 11:30 AM Celebrate Diwali: Storytime and Art Activity Edenvale Library Free
- 11:30 AM Diwali Celebration + TOP Agent Panel KW Thrive Training Room Free
- 12 PM Leading by Unwritten Rules: Rural Educators in Myanmar’s Crisis Encina Hall Free
- 2:30 PM Traditional Copal Wood Alebrije Painting for Día de los Muertos Brisbane Library Free
- 3:30 PM 30 Years of Jazz Celebration San Ramon Library Free
- 5 PM Celebrate Diwali: Stories, Dance, and Light Golden Gate Branch Library Free
- 5:30 PM Adult Arts & Crafts Main Library Free
- 5:30 PM Elevating Untold Stories & Native Resilience Through Art & Placemaking Haines Gallery Free
- 6:30 PM The Native Story of Sonoma County Roseland Regional Library Free
Thursday, November 5
- 10 AM San Francisco Free Walking Tour Free SF Tour Free
- 10:30 AM Celebrating Diwali Storytime Educational Park Library Free
- 10:30 AM Stories of Light: Celebrating Diwali San Carlos Library Free
- 11 AM Celebrating Diwali Storytime Santa Teresa Library Free
- 2 PM Winning the Vote: San Francisco Suffrage Walking Tour - CEA San Francisco Department of Elections Free
- 2:30 PM Diwali Special Henna Art Millbrae Library Free
- 3 PM Castro District LGBTQ+ Historic Tour Harvey Milk Plaza $39.19
- 4 PM Diwali Crafts for Kids Fremont Library Free
- 4 PM El Dia de Los Muertos Craft and Cultural Tasting Cambrian Library Free
- 4 PM Traditional Copal Wood Alebrije Painting for Día de los Muertos Atherton Library Free
- 4:30 PM Diwali Storytime Evergreen Library Free
- 4:30 PM Leamos Autoras @Central: Club de lectura en español (presencial) Central Library Free
- 4:30 PM Lucha Libro Joyce Ellington Library Free
- 5 PM Celebrate Diwali: Traditional Stories, Music and Dance Almaden Library Free
- 7 PM Jane Austen Reader's Theatre: Pride and Prejudice The Yard Coffee Free
Friday, November 6
- 10 AM San Francisco Free Walking Tour Free SF Tour Free
- 11 AM Day of the Dead: Mini Ofrendas Brisbane Library Free
- 11 AM Historic Guided Tour at Hayes Mansion Hayes Mansion San Jose $14.64
- 12 PM San Francisco Self-Guided Tour & Scavenger Hunt Mission Dolores Park $11.98-$22.11
- 2 PM Docent-guided museum tour San Mateo County History Museum Free
- 3 PM Castro District LGBTQ+ Historic Tour Harvey Milk Plaza $39.19
- 5 PM First Fridays at IDA (Social) Harmony House Free
- 5 PM FREMONT HUB INVITES THE COMMUNITY TO A DIWALI CELEBRATION FREMONT HUB Free
- 7 PM Diwali Concert with Arjun Verma Cupertino Library Free
- 7 PM Six Stellar San Franciscans: a walking tour HI San Francisco Downtown Hostel Free
- 7:30 PM Statement Of Pride, Stand Tall, Strikeforce, altar, Caged View, From One Hell Neck Of the Woods See tickets
- 10 PM DIA DE LOS MUERTOS City Nights $13.11-$856.68
- 10 PM LIT DIWALI - BOLLYWOOD PARTY | SILVER KEY PARTY @ MYTH - NOV 6 Myth Lounge $0-$100
Saturday, November 7
- 10 AM Dia de los Muertos and Diwali Festival at Crissy Field (SF) Crissy Field Center Free
- 10 AM Día de los Muertos Celebracion en Cooley Landing Cooley Landing Education Center Free
- 10 AM San Francisco Free Walking Tour Free SF Tour Free
- 10:30 AM Celebrate Diwali: Stories, Dance, and Light Montclair Branch Library Free
- 10:30 AM Diwali & Dia de los Muertos in the Parks – Planting as Remembrance SF Children & Nature
- 11 AM Block Prints: Nahuatl Hieroglyphs of the Mexika Calendar Portola Valley Library Free
- 11 AM Dublin Diwali Mela Emerald Glen Park
- 11 AM Evergreen Branch Library's 20th Anniversary Celebration Evergreen Library Free
- 11 AM Winter Crafts: Diwali Paper Lanterns with SCRAP SF Union Square Free
- 11:30 AM Wee Love Art: Diwali West Valley Library Free
- 12 PM San Francisco Self-Guided Tour & Scavenger Hunt Mission Dolores Park $11.98-$22.11
- 12:30 PM Diwali Variety Show Newark Library Free
- 12:30 PM Diya painting for Diwali Saratoga Library Free
- 12:30 PM Henna Art for Diwali Saratoga Library Free
- 12:30 PM San Francisco's Gold Rush Century: a walking tour HI San Francisco Downtown Hostel Free
- 1 PM Dia De Los Muertos 2026 Pleasanton Senior Center Free
- 1 PM Mákkin Mak Wárep: Muwekma Ohlone Tapestries Castro Valley Library Free
- 1 PM Painting Diwali Diyas Pacifica Sharp Park Library Free
- 2 PM CHAI RAVE SF: DIWALI ON THE BAY @ ERIA ON NOV 7TH! (WATERFRONT EXPERIENCE) ERIA SAUSALITO $12.24-$17.54
- 2 PM Chinese Culture Club: Use AI Tools to Enhance Your Life Millbrae Library Free
- 2 PM Diwali Celebration @ Milpitas Library Milpitas Library Free
- 2:30 PM Kannada Rajyotsava 2026 Morris Dailey Auditorium Free
- 3 PM Castro District LGBTQ+ Historic Tour Harvey Milk Plaza $39.19
- 3 PM Diwali Celebration: Family Bollywood Dance Saratoga Library Free
- 3 PM Día de los Muertos & Diwali Festival Presidio Tunnel Tops
- 3 PM Queer Diwali El Rio
- 3 PM Village Rhythms African Drumming Claremont Branch Free
- 4:30 PM Dia de los Muertos Daly City City Hall Daly City - City Hall Free
- 5 PM Diwali & Annakut Celebration 2026 with Kirtan Sandhya SMVS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Free
- 6 PM Oakland Diwali 2026 Festival of LIght BLOC 15 Free
- 7 PM CARNAVAL- music of Santana Club Fox $28.52
- 8 PM CARNAVAL! Club Fox
- 10 PM BIGGEST BOLLYWOOD DIWALI PARTY 2026 Era Lounge $0-$81.88
- 10 PM KISMAT SE DIWALI ✨ | A Night of Mirrors & Magic | Oakland Fluid510 $12.51-$375.32
Sunday, November 8
- 9 AM Diwali at the Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile Outer Sunset Farmer's Market & Mercantile Free
- 10 AM San Francisco Free Walking Tour Free SF Tour Free
- 11 AM Diwali at LPL The Love Potion Library - Books Free
- 11 AM Diwali Celebration The Love Potion Library
- 11:30 AM Painting Diwali Diyas Atherton Library Free
- 12 PM Changing Commons Walking Tour Transamerica Redwood Park Free
- 1 PM Diwali Inspired Rock Painting Workshop Edenvale Library Free
- 1 PM Mákkin Mak Wárep: Muwekma Ohlone Tapestries Castro Valley Library Free
- 1 PM San Francisco Diwali Festival (Sunday, Nov 8) Yerba Buena Gardens Free
- 2 PM CELEBRATE DIWALI @ VIKS CHAAT - FAMILY EVENT Viks Chaat Free
- 2 PM Henna Designs for Diwali / Arte de Henna Gilroy Library Free
- 2 PM Volleys & Diwali Hosted by Arjun: SZN 6 x WEEK 20 Lowell High School Free
- 3 PM Castro District LGBTQ+ Historic Tour Harvey Milk Plaza $39.19
Monday, November 9
- 10 AM San Francisco Free Walking Tour Free SF Tour Free
- 12 PM For the Next Generation: Mental Health in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Youth Building 360 Free
- 2 PM Desi Khel Night SFSU Student Center Free
- 3 PM Castro District LGBTQ+ Historic Tour Harvey Milk Plaza $39.19
- 6:15 PM Hindi Diwali Storytime - दिवाली की कहानियाँ Fremont Library Free
Tuesday, November 10
- 10 AM San Francisco Free Walking Tour Free SF Tour Free
- 11 AM Day of the Dead: Mini Ofrendas Millbrae Library Free
- 12 PM Biosecurity in an Age of AI: Frontier Safety, Anticipatory Governance, and Defensive Innovation Encina Hall Free
- 1 PM Celebrate Native American Heritage Month: Afternoon Book Club @ VCC ~ Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange Vacaville Cultural Center Library Free
- 4 PM Celebrate Native American Heritage Month Vacaville Cultural Center Library Free
- 4 PM Science, Statecraft, and National Resilience: Rethinking Governance in the Philippines Encina Hall Free
- 4:30 PM Intro to Ukulele - Holiday Series Alviso Library Free
- 6:30 PM Diwali Treats Rockridge Branch Library Free
- 7 PM Filmmaker Kahlil Joseph, In Conversation McMurtry Building Free
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