Thursday, October 8
Lunchtime Concert w/ Quinteto Latino (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026)
Thursday, October 8 – 12:30 pm - Ends at 1:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
Thu, Oct 8 | 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts.
San Francisco, CA
A wind quintet with an imperative mission, Quinteto Latino is a singular Bay Area-based chamber ensemble devoted to breaking down the racial and social barriers that have long plagued ...
$5 Off Tix: San Francisco Playhouse’s “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” (Sept. 26-Nov. 28)
By Henry Lewis, Henry Shields & Jonathan Sayer The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society is back, and this time they’re taking on Peter Pan. Save $5 off tickets with code FUNCHEAP. It’s their most ambitious production yet, complete with flying rigs, sword fights, and a very ...
Flight Club: Adult Flight Night for Ages 18+ at “House of Air” Trampoline Park (SF)
Take full advantage of our 70+ trampolines — without the worry of running into (or launching) a 9 year old! Flight Club is House of Air’s exclusive 18+ takeover where the only thing flying through the air is you. Flight Club: Adult Flight NightWednesday & ...Every Thursday
Oakland’s Free POC Comedy Night (Temescal)
Diversity takes center stage at HellaFunny’s brand new “People of Color” Comedy Night in Oakland Welcome to Oakland’s newest comedy night, spotlighting the vibrant humor of People of Color! RSVP for Free Tickets Prepare for an evening of laughter as HellaFunny showcases handpicked talent that normally ...Every Thursday
Free HellaFunny Thursday Comedy Night (Downtown SF)
Welcome to the heart of laughter right on the edge of SF’s vibrant Hayes Valley district! Step into a world of hilarity and at the newest addition to the city’s comedy scene – a chic, upscale comedy club boasting avant-garde decor, an upstairs lounge and a roster of top-notch comedians. ...
Crazy Karaoke: SF’s Wild New Thursday Night Party + $3 Shots (SF)
Sing all night. 1000+ songs. Crazy Hour $3 shots every hour! 🎤 CRAZY KARAOKE THURSDAYS AT THE FUNCTION Thursdays | 9PM until close Grab the mic and sing your heart out at San Francisco’s newest karaoke night. Free with RSVP – 21+ Whether you’re a ...Every Thursday
SF Tech Week’s Free “DigitalOcean” 8a-8p Downtown Shuttle 2026 (Oct 5-9)
DigitalOcean offers free hop-on, hop-off shuttle rides during SF Tech Week, connecting Caltrain, BART, downtown San Francisco, Yerba Buena Gardens, Embarcadero Plaza, and select Tech Week locations. DigitalOcean-branded coach buses run daily from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, with stops and routes shifting by time ...
SF’s “Electric Dream Home 2026” Mobile Showroom (Oct. 8-10)
Thursday, October 8 – 10:00 am - Ends at 6:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Civic Center Plaza
Electric Dream Home is a mobile electric-appliance showroom appearing at Civic Center Plaza on October 8, 2026 and Pier 35 on the Embarcadero on October 10, 2026. Visitors can explore electric appliances in a home-like setting, including induction cooktops, heat pumps, and electric fireplaces, while ...
SF’s Free Concerts & Food Trucks: “Civic Center Soundtrack” (Every Tue/Thu)
Thursday, October 8 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 3:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Fulton Plaza
San Francisco’s free lunchtime concert series is back. The Civic Center Soundtrack returns for its third season starting Tuesday, April 14, 2026, bringing live music to Fulton Plaza twice a week through October. Concerts take place Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 pm to 3 pm ...
SF’s Fleet Week 2026: Navy Band SW Woodwind Quintet (Ferry Building)
Thursday, October 8 – 12:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco Ferry Building
Look up in the sky when you hear the roaring of jet engines and head down to SF’s northern waterfront for San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week air show and festival. San Francisco Fleet Week returns October 4-12, 2026, bringing more than a full week of ...
SF’s Fleet Week 2026: Blue Angels Arrival & Practice Survey Flights (2026)
Thursday, October 8 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Marina Green
Although it’s not the full airshow later in the week, typically the Blue Angels will do survey flights periodically during the time period of about 1-5 pm on Thursday.
So, although it’s not guaranteed, on Thursday you should be able to see (and hear) the Blue Angels ...
SF’s Fleet Week 2026: USAF Band of Golden West Brass (Crab Wheel Plaza)
Thursday, October 8 – 1:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Fisherman’s Wharf Crab Wheel Plaza
Look up in the sky when you hear the roaring of jet engines and head down to SF’s northern waterfront for San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week air show and festival. San Francisco Fleet Week returns October 4-12, 2026, bringing more than a full week of ...
SF’s Final FREE “Valencia Live” Street Party of 2026 (October)
Valencia LIVE! is back for a 2026 season! See you in the streets for a FREE, all-ages monthly neighborhood celebration with live music, cocktails to go, restaurants, art, shopping, and tons of fun in the streets. Live music curated by Carnaval SF. Select blocks of ...
SF’s “Valencia Live” Night Market in The Mission (Every 2nd Thu)
Thursday, October 8 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Valencia Street
A free, monthly neighborhood celebration on Valencia Street with live music, dancing, art-making and more. Valencia LIVE! is back for a 2026 season! See you in the streets for a FREE, all-ages monthly neighborhood celebration with live music, cocktails to go, restaurants, art, shopping, and tons of fun in the ...
Free “Zero Empty Spaces” Artist Studio Open House at Former Half Price Books (Berkeley)
Step inside Berkeley’s former Half Price Books and discover its new life as an arts marketplace. Meet local artists, tour Zero Empty Spaces at 2036 Shattuck Avenue, and learn about affordable studios for artists, makers, designers and creative entrepreneurs. The free Open House Preview + ...
District 9 Mission Family Summit
This is Your City. This is Your Voice. This is Your Future. Share your story about growing up and raising your family in San Francisco.
Every family has a story. Every voice matters. Please share yours.
Join us for the District 9 Mission Family Summit! The This Is ...
SF’s Fleet Week 2026: USAF Band of Golden West – Mobility (Pier 39)
Thursday, October 8 – 5:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Pier 39
Look up in the sky when you hear the roaring of jet engines and head down to SF’s northern waterfront for San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week air show and festival. San Francisco Fleet Week returns October 4-12, 2026, bringing more than a full week of ...
Fleet Week 2026 Heroes Block Party w/ SF’s Biggest American Flag (North Beach)
Celebrate Fleet Week at the Heroes Block Party!
San Francisco residents and visitors are invited to an unforgettable evening in North Beach at the Heroes Block Party, hosted by American Legion Cathay Post 384!
Experience a patriotic street celebration featuring San Francisco’s biggest American flag, DJs, musical ...
Upper Polk Cleanup w/ Free Drink For Volunteers
Meet at Woods Polk Station (2255 Polk St) to grab our supplies and form our crew. Then, cleaning will occur from 5:00pm to 6:00pm around the neighborhood. Stay afterwards for a free drink and to meet fellow volunteers. Sign up on this Civic Joy Fund ...
SF’s Fleet Week 2026: Navy Band SW Brass Band (Castro – Jane Warner Plaza)
Thursday, October 8 – 5:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Jane Warner Plaza
Look up in the sky when you hear the roaring of jet engines and head down to SF’s northern waterfront for San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week air show and festival. San Francisco Fleet Week returns October 4-12, 2026, bringing more than a full week of ...
Free KPFA Event: “The People’s History” Dave Zirin’s New Howard Zinn Biography (Oakland)
KPFA co-presents this evening celebrating the publication of The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn, by Dave Zirin, a columnist at The Nation.
The new book examines the life and work of the iconic radical historian Howard Zinn, whose bestselling work, A People’s History of the United States, changed the ...
SF Election 2026: Big Donors, Power Grabs + What Voters Need to Know (SF)
Wealthy special interests are trying to grab more power in San Francisco — whether they succeed is up to voters.
At a time when public oversight is shrinking and power is being concentrated fewer hands, understanding the role of large campaign donors in our political process ...
Free “Syd Mead” Exhibition Opening: Sci-Fi Blade Runner Futurist (Transamerica Bldg.)
Following its critically acclaimed 2025 debut in New York, Syd Mead: Future Pastime comes to the West Coast at the Transamerica Pyramid Annex Gallery, opening Thursday, October 8th, from 6pm to 8pm.
Few artists have shaped how the world pictures tomorrow as thoroughly as Syd Mead. ...
What’s At Stake: Free 2026 Ballot Breakdown (SF LGBT Center)
Thursday, October 8 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | SF LGBT Center
The 2026 election is closer than it feels, and the decisions on the ballot will shape health, housing, food access, and safety net programs for Black San Franciscans for years to come.
Join us for AACHEC’s Fall Civic Engagement Teach-In Series: a nonpartisan, community-centered conversation about ...
SF’s Fleet Week 2026: Ceremonial Band aka Wind Ensemble (Honor Our Fallen Marines Memorial)
Look up in the sky when you hear the roaring of jet engines and head down to SF’s northern waterfront for San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week air show and festival. San Francisco Fleet Week returns October 4-12, 2026, bringing more than a full week of ...
Workshop: Writing Hard Enough to Shift Gravity
Thursday, October 8 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:15 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco Public Library, Main Library, Latino Room (lower level)
San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck, host of SFPL’s Poem Jam poetry reading series, offers a free one-hour poetry writing intensive workshop, in the hopes of encouraging newer poets and providing strategies to established poets. Please bring a notebook, a pen and your best ...
Resort-O-Rama 2026: Mid-Century ’50s Architecture Bash at Santa Rosa’s Flamingo Resort (Oct. 8-11)
Event: Resort-O-Rama When: October 8th -11th Where: Flamingo Resort in Santa Rosa, California. FREE Marketplace on Sunday! There are Day Seminars Free- $27.76, Lots of ala carte options depending on interest from $27.76-$499. Evening events are higher priced tickets We are thrilled to announce ...
Free Talk: Ocean Beach + Fort Funston Dunes (SF)
Despite a history of urbanization and military use, two major distinct dune systems directly connected to San Francisco’s Ocean Beach persist: the mostly artificial fringe of Sunset Dunes along the Great Highway fill embankment, and the perched bluff-top dunes on uplifted ice-age (Colma formation) sand ...
SF’s Fleet Week 2026: Navy Band SW Destroyers (DD)
Look up in the sky when you hear the roaring of jet engines and head down to SF’s northern waterfront for San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week air show and festival. San Francisco Fleet Week returns October 4-12, 2026, bringing more than a full week of ...
Translator to Translator: Translating Diaspora
Thursday, October 8 – 7:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | KALW
Aaron Coleman and Jon Cho-Polizzi discuss the challenges and revelations of translating the Black diaspora: examining continuities and ruptures across languages, geographies, and time. The global popularity of Black American culture can provide a reference point across the Black diaspora, but it also serves to ...
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