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Arts events in and around San Francisco this weekend

712 events this weekend (Nov 6–8) in and around San Francisco, 37 of them free. Each links to its original listing. Updated November 4.

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Friday, November 6

10 AM Harvest Festival® ~ Santa Rosa Sonoma County Fairgrounds Free
11 AM Natural Wonders Viewpoints Gallery 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 PM Gallery Conversations | JANE! Cantor Arts Center Free
2:30 PM My Bloody Valentine - Loveless : LISTEN | Envelop SF (2:30pm) Envelop SF $27.13
3 PM Haiku in the Garden - Autumn Marin Art and Garden Center Free
3 PM Lecture: Visiting Composer – Melody Eötvös Braun Music Center Free
4:30 PM Lombardi Food & Wine Festival (Milwaukee) with Hernan Valverde Gundland Bundschu Winery
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
6 PM Movies at Mechanics' Presents Forbidden (1932) Mechanics' Institute $7.18-$12.51
6 PM World Deaf & Disabled Dance Film Festival 2026 YBCA Galleries and Forum Building Free
6:30 PM Steve Barton (Translator) Record Release with Victor Krummenacher (CVB) Make-Out Room $17.85
7 PM Blond in Car ft. Sophia Bacino @ The Faight The Faight Collective $23.64-$30.30
7 PM Diwali Concert with Arjun Verma Cupertino Library Free
7 PM Geoffrey Asmus Cobb's Comedy Club
7 PM Jake Johannsen Punch Line Comedy Club - San Francisco
7 PM Lucy Bedroque 003 Tour The Regency Ballroom
7 PM Max Cowan Madrone Art Bar
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 MSA Theatre Presents Ride the Cyclone Novato High School Center for the Arts
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 Mark Normand San Jose Improv See tickets
7:30 PM Solas at Montalvo Arts Center | Saratoga, CA Carriage House Theatre
7:30 PM Strauss in Concert War Memorial Opera House
7:30 PM Studio 8 Film Festival 2026: Where to? (Juror Night) 4 Star Theater, 2200 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA… $10
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 Synth & Tonic Alhambra Irish House
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 Elevation (1st Fridays) with Nina Sol, Mind Motion & Renoir Golden Ratio Free
9 PM Greek Night with Disciples of Markos a Tribute to Markos Vamvakaris Little Hill Lounge
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
9:15 PM Jake Johannsen Punch Line Comedy Club - San Francisco
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 A HIPHOP & RNB FRIDAY! @TEMPLE SF! Throwbacks and Current HIPHOP RNB Temple Nightclub San Francisco $0-$33.85
10 PM LIT DIWALI - BOLLYWOOD PARTY | SILVER KEY PARTY @ MYTH - NOV 6 Myth Lounge $0-$100
10 PM Mira (Berlin) + Justin Kan 1015 Folsom, 1015 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA, 94103 $27.25-$38.44
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

10 AM Esmé Quartet with Robert Greenberg Herbst Theatre
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 No Country for Mothers Film Screening Benicia Public Library 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
2 PM Total Vibez Live Discovery Meadow
2:30 PM Film Screening: Kwaidan BAMPFA
3 PM CV Field Trip: The Dalai Lama: My Religion Is Kindness Film Screening + Director Q&A Roxie Theater Free
3 PM Public Tour | A Closer Look Cantor Arts Center 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 Good Old Days new ceramic works by Ben Belknap The Compound Gallery Free
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
6:30 PM Film Screening: The Sword BAMPFA
6:30 PM Wendy Clarke: The Prison Tapes The Lab
7 PM CARNAVAL- music of Santana Club Fox $28.52
7 PM Geoffrey Asmus Cobb's Comedy Club
7 PM Jazz Commons Little Green A Plant Bar Free
7 PM Lucy Bedroque 003 Tour The Regency Ballroom
7 PM Mark Normand San Jose Improv Free
7 PM San Francisco Unplugged in North Beach: Paula Fong Trio + Anthony Arya Paname SF $23.18-$129.89
7:30 PM An Intimate Affair The Monkey House
7:30 PM Jackie Ryan Quintet The Sound Room $39.19-$44.52
7:30 PM The Zabrecky Hour - Magic Show Large Theater $28.52-$33.85
8 PM Bay Area Fest - Moneybagg Yo, DaBaby, G Herbo & Friends Oakland Arena
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
8 PM The Uninvited San Leandro Museum/Auditorium See tickets
8:30 PM Five songwriters, one night, no filler. The Starry Plough Pub
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 PM Wil Blades Trio ft. Otis McDonald Keys Jazz Bistro 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 Derrick Carter Audio SF $23.70
9:30 PM Mark Normand San Jose Improv See tickets
9:30 PM Salsa Night with Live Band: Andy Y Su Orquesta Callao - Sat, Nov 7, 2026 The Cigar Bar & Grill $23.18
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 All Souls' Requiem Grace Cathedral
11 AM Pearls Drag Brunch Mayes Oyster House $12.51-$28.52
12 PM Blankets & Blockbusters: Toy Story 5 Thrive City Free
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
1 PM Public Tour | A Closer Look Cantor Arts Center Free
1:30 PM "2nd Sundays" East Bay DRUMMM Circle Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center $12.24-$30
2 PM [pure joy.] launch party The Faight
2 PM Gallery Conversations | JANE! Cantor Arts 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
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
3 PM Jean Rondeau, harpsichord: All-French Baroque Program Hertz Hall See tickets
3 PM Public Tour | A Closer Look Cantor Arts Center Free
4 PM Veretski Pass St Alban's Episcopal Church $17.85-$33.85
4:30 PM The Azar Lawrence Experience Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society
5 PM Classic Rock n Roll Veterans Memorial Building
5 PM Irish Trad session with Valerie Rose Alhambra Irish House
5 PM The House That Poems Built Madrone Art Bar
5:30 PM Diabology & Enthrall & HELL BOUND POUND & METALMORFOSIS Stay Gold Deli
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
6:30 PM Roots Revival: Westerly Biscuits and Blues
6:30 PM RUBEN STUDDARD Yoshi's Oakland
7 PM Balkan Sundays Muddy Waters Free
7 PM Deep Improv - "Exploring Relationships" with Bay Area Playback Theater Marin Theatre Company See tickets
7:30 PM Leonid & Friends 2026 Tour Fox Theatre
7:30 PM Pierre Bensusan - The Infinite Guitar Tour 2026 The Back Room See tickets
8 PM Peach Tree Rascals Felton Music Hall
8:15 PM Geoffrey Asmus Cobb's Comedy Club
9 PM CHAMPION SUNDAYS The Knockout
9:15 PM COURTNEY KNOTT: Celebrating Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson - with Original Soul Black Cat $20-$50, fees included

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