Free events in and around San Francisco this week
1,908 events in the next 7 days (Nov 4–10) in and around San Francisco, 150 of them free. Each links to its original listing. Updated November 4.
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Wednesday, November 4
- 3:30 AM Bannering 280 (Cupertino) Mary Avenue Bridge over Highway 280 Free
- 11 AM Crissy Field Cleanup Sports Basement Presidio Free
- 11 AM Natural Wonders Viewpoints Gallery Free
- 12 PM HAI Seminar with Marcos Santiago Rojas Pino & Thomas Caruso Gates Computer Science Building Room 119 Free
- 4 PM Charged Particles Plays Funky Latin Jazz at the Hedley Club The Hedley Club at Hotel DeAnza Free
- 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 San Francisco Tech & AI Social Bella Free
- 5:30 PM Postgres Day SF Meetup PlanetScale Free
- 6 PM AI 101 Series: Build the Tool You Keep Asking Someone Else to Build Shack15 Free
- 6 PM Desafia SF Demo Day AWS Builder Loft Free
- 6 PM Presentation: Collectively Operating a Performance Theater in SF Main Library Free
- 6:30 PM Chef Eric Bédiat • 60-Minute Culinary Demonstration & Book Signing of Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts School: Volumes 1-7 Omnivore Books on Food Free
- 6:30 PM Trivia Night at SPARK Social SF Spark Social SF Free
- 7 PM Free Show- Ryli Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Free
- 7 PM Head Games Trivia Night @ O'Reilly's Pub SF - Haight O'Reilly’s Pub Free
- 7 PM PJCC Rock Music Players: Come Practice With Us! Peninsula Jewish Community Center Free
- 7 PM Ryli's special in-gallery performance Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Free
- 7 PM Trivia at The Riptide! The Riptide Free
- 8 PM Aki Kumar Blues Jam! Food, Drinks, No Cover ! Alhambra Irish House Free
- 8 PM Guajirón Blondie's Bar Free
- 9 PM Strut SF & F8 Present Lee Reynolds F8 Nightclub & Bar Free
Thursday, November 5
- 8 AM BoxWorks Dev Summit 2026 San Francisco Marriott Marquis Free
- 9 AM ALD SF - Enterprise AI Builders Conf AWS Builder Loft Free
- 11 AM Natural Wonders Viewpoints Gallery Free
- 12:45 PM Drop-in Mahjong Peninsula Jewish Community Center (PJCC) 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
- 2 PM Korean AI Startup Demo Day Frontier Tower Free
- 3 PM Wrenching News Workshop BAMPFA Free
- 3:30 PM One Richmond Cleanup One Richmond Free
- 4:30 PM Energy, Materials, and Water Use in Semiconductor Manufacturing Bishop Auditorium Free
- 5 PM Hayward B st Hold a Sign Protest Hayward Free
- 5 PM Opening Reception: From Street to Stage with Beaver Bauer San Francisco Public Library Free
- 6 PM Caribbean Cocktails: Migration, Memory, and Making Across the Diaspora Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) Free
- 6 PM Cypherpunk Society Inaugural Meeting - Members +3 Frontier Tower @ Spaceship 995 Market Street Free
- 6 PM John Rybak + Friends Shanty Shack Brewing Free
- 6:30 PM Imperfect Circles Discussion Group Orinda Library Free
- 6:30 PM Rachel Gurjar Author Talk • East to East: Recipes and Stories from Mumbai to New York Omnivore Books on Food Free
- 6:30 PM UNARMORED: Feel more confident, connected, & at ease in your life outside o HeartLab Free
- 7 PM Building & Monetizing Agents Entrepreneurs First Free
- 7 PM Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment – UMRU/UNREST Jewish Community Center of San Francisco Free
- 8 PM AZ Chike Brick and Mortar Music Hall Free
- 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 House of Shields DFT Afterparty House of Shields Free
- 8 PM Karaoke Zoe Cocktail Bar ZOE Cocktail Bar Free
- 8 PM Oksional: Tyler Ross, Sher1E Mothership Bar Free
- 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 SHELDON ALEXANDER FUNK JAM Boom Boom Room Free
Friday, November 6
- 8 AM Startup World Cup 2026 Grand Finale Hilton San Francisco Union Square Free
- 9 AM 10k Before 10a Belvedere Park Free
- 9 AM Big Tech, Democracy, and Human Rights Conference 2026 at Stanford Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center Free
- 10 AM FREE First Fridays San Mateo County History Museum Free
- 10 AM Harvest Festival® ~ Santa Rosa Sonoma County Fairgrounds Free
- 12 PM Jam Session with Creativity Explored Front Door Gallery Free
- 1 PM AI for Greater Good - Demo Day: RSI, AI Safety, Climate Change, Physical AI, and Personal Data Privacy AWS Builder Loft Free
- 1 PM eWEAR Health Prize @ Stanford U. Alumni Center Free
- 1 PM Hack The Feed - Creator Tools Hackathon Amplitude Analytics Free
- 2 PM Docent-guided museum tour San Mateo County History Museum Free
- 2 PM Gallery Conversations | JANE! Cantor Arts Center Free
- 3 PM Lecture: Visiting Composer – Melody Eötvös Braun Music Center Free
- 5 PM Dirtybird x Thrive City: Dirtybird Night Market Thrive City Free
- 5 PM First Fridays @ArtWalkSJ South First Street Free
- 5 PM Off the Grid: Fort Mason Center Fort Mason Center Free
- 5 PM Weekly Peace Vigil: San Jose Dr. Martin Luther King Free
- 5:30 PM First Fridays Family Art Night: after-hours! Dixon Library Free
- 6 PM Kristi Yamaguchi Ice Rink Opening Ceremony at City Center Bishop Ranch City Center Bishop Ranch Free
- 6 PM Mini Masterpieces Holiday Gifts Show 2026 - Nov. 6th Reception Rythmix Cultural Works Free
- 6:15 PM Low Cost Reiki Clinic for the Community Soulful Sanctuary Free
- 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
- 9 PM Bongo 1 Year Anniversary: Jim Hopkins, Buck Wilson, Golem, mind2motion Mothership Free
- 9 PM Nine Dog Dick, Future Kill, Black Bibles, Step Up Tequila Mockingbird Free
- 10 PM Hawthorn Feat. Kromatic + Young Kid Speed, DJ The DJ & Will Masters Hawthorn Free
- 10 PM Throw It Back: 2000s / 2010s Party | Providence San Francisco Providence Free
Saturday, November 7
- 9 AM Diamond Heights Median Project Cleanup St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church Free
- 9:45 AM Nob Hill Monthly Street Sweeps Le Beau Market Free
- 10 AM Baker Beach Cleanup South Baker Beach Parking Lot Free
- 10 AM Coffee Connection Best Artisan Empanadas Free
- 10 AM Dia de los Muertos and Diwali Festival at Crissy Field (SF) Crissy Field Center Free
- 10 AM Feed your garden with Worm Composting // Alimenta tu jardín con lombrices East Palo Alto Community Garden Free
- 10 AM First Saturday at Rafiki Coalition Rafiki Coalition For Health & Wellness Free
- 10 AM FLIPPER UPPER PROPERTIES TOUR: REAL ESTATE Remax Prestigious Properties Free
- 10 AM History in Motion FREE Grand Opening Celebration San Mateo County History Museum Free
- 10 AM Portola Cleanup Burrows Pocket Park Free
- 10 AM RoboRoots 2.0: Civic Tech Summit African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC) Free
- 11 AM Art & Crafts Fair at CCA California College of the Arts Free
- 12 PM Count Every Vote: After-Vote Rally San Jose City Hall Free
- 12 PM Reawakening Community Day New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU) Free
- 12 PM Trinity+St. Peter's Cleanup Trinity+St. Peter's Episcopal Church Free
- 1 PM Harry Clewans Artist Talk Triton Museum of Art Free
- 1 PM Harvest on Fourth: Aura Photos, Live DJ + Fall Makers | Berkeley Fourth Street Maker’s Row Free
- 1 PM Palina And The Cave, Electric Ex, Your Stray Dog Kilowatt Free
- 1 PM Two Films. One Manilatown Legacy Phyllis Wattis Theater @ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Free
- 1 PM 💻 interactive fiction meetup 💻 Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment - (MADE) Free
- 2:30 PM Swap Don't Shop- Clothing Swap Little Green a Plant Bar Free
- 3 PM ALAMEDUH Zine 2 Release Party Faction Brewing Free
- 3 PM CV Field Trip: The Dalai Lama: My Religion Is Kindness Film Screening + Director Q&A Roxie Theater Free
- 4:30 PM San Francisco Canes | Miami vs. Notre Dame Game Watch Standard Deviant Brewing Pier 70 Free
- 6 PM 16th Bita Prize for Persian Arts: Sima Bina Stanford Memorial Auditorium (MemAud) Free
- 6 PM Earlybirds Club The Ritz Free
- 6 PM Good Old Days new ceramic works by Ben Belknap The Compound Gallery Free
- 7 PM "No More Thank Yous" F/W 26 Fashion Show - Open Registration Frontier Tower @ Spaceship 995 Market Street Free
- 7 PM Mark Normand San Jose Improv Free
- 10 PM Crazy Sexy Queer Mother Free
- 10 PM Kym, Marshian, Briz, Label, B2Z Paname Free
- 10 PM Monroe Saturday Night Guestlist Monroe SF Free
- 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 AM Bodhi Health & Wellness Fest | FREE Community Open House! Bodhi Meditation San Francisco USA Free
- 10 AM Central Sunset Cleanup Uncle Benny's Donut & Bagel Free
- 10 AM Chic Boutique Redwood City Woman's Club Free
- 10 AM Inner Sunset Flea Market Season Finale Irving Street Free
- 10:30 AM Noriega Cleanup LoafHK Bakery & Restaurant Free
- 11 AM Bayview Beautification Day Gilman Playground Park Free
- 11 AM National STEM Day The Tech Interactive Free
- 11 AM South Sunset Cleanup South Sunset Community Center Free
- 12 PM 49ers vs Las Vegas Raiders Rocks Den Free
- 12 PM Blankets & Blockbusters: Toy Story 5 Thrive City Free
- 12 PM Dogpatch Cleanup Progress Park Free
- 12 PM LoveFest SF at Crucial Reggae Sunday Spreckels Temple of Music Bandshell Free
- 1 PM Language Alchemy Book Launch SF Dharma Collective Free
- 1 PM Lofi Legs at Boeddeker Park Boeddeker Park Free
- 1 PM San Francisco Diwali Festival (Sunday, Nov 8) Yerba Buena Gardens Free
- 1 PM Sunset Dunes Cleanup Sunset Dunes Free
- 1:30 PM Leap! (Family-Friendly Movie) Brava Theater Center Free
- 2 PM The Monuments Men: Art History Lecture & Reception Triton Museum of Art Free
- 2:30 PM Chamber Sessions The Drawing Room Free
- 3 PM Lab for Holding: a Poetry Puppet Parade through the Albany Bulb Albany Bulb Free
- 3 PM Presentation: Responding to Dementia-Related Behaviors Main Library Free
- 7 PM Balkan Sundays Muddy Waters Free
- 8 PM THAO The Independent Free
Monday, November 9
- 10 AM 2026 Rising Together: The Bay Adapt Summit Exploratorium Free
- 10:30 AM Gerrit User Summit Google Building MP6 Free
- 5 PM AI Builders Night AWS Builder Loft Free
- 5:30 PM Casa Feliz : A Live Audio Play Hugh Gillis Hall Room 226 Free
- 6:30 PM Conversing with Cardinals Book Signing The Love Potion Library - Books Free
- 6:30 PM Maria Geyman Author Talk • With Tea: Culture, Accoutrements, and Rituals Omnivore Books on Food Free
Tuesday, November 10
- 8 AM After Tokens TERRA Free
- 12 PM Akamai AI Summit Oracle Park Free
- 3:30 PM Metropolis (dir. Fritz Lang, 1927) with live music Martin Luther King Free
- 3:30 PM Richmond Library Cleanup Richmond/Senator Milton Marks Branch Library Free
- 5 PM Built on Bedrock Demo Night - Nov 2026 AWS Builder Loft Free
- 5 PM Foundry Live Demo Night GitHub Free
- 5:45 PM Author Talk with Jordan Ritter Conn on "American Men" North Gate Hall Free
- 6 PM Adult Craft Club: Cozy Coffee Sleeves Springstowne Library Free
- 6:30 PM The Swan Principle - Mental Detox in an Overloaded World Brahma Kumaris Meditation Center Free
- 7 PM Filmmaker Kahlil Joseph, In Conversation McMurtry Building Free
- 7 PM Jennifer Croft / Notes on Postcards: A Memoir City Lights Bookstore Free
- 7 PM Oakland POC Comedy Night 2026 / TEMESCAL Mesa Maguey Free
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