Culture events in and around San Francisco this weekend
60 events this weekend (Nov 6–8) in and around San Francisco, 41 of them free. Each links to its original listing. Updated November 4.
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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
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