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Events for October 15, 2016

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Saturday, October 15

9:00 amWorldWideWomen Girls’ Festival: Exploration & Empowerment | SF  $10*
*Free for kids under 12 years old.
9:00 amRandom Fitness Saturdays: Fun Fitness Adventures for All-ages | Oakland  FREE
10:00 amHalloween Open House & Mask Making Workshop | SF  FREE
10:00 amLast of 2016: Free Oakland Walking Tours | Oakland’s Churches & Temples  FREE*
*Reservations are recommended by leaving a message on the Tours’ 24-hour hotline at (510) 238-3234 or via email to aallen@oaklandnet.com
All DayFree PresidiGo Shuttle | Downtown to Presidio  FREE
10:00 amFree Guided Walk In The Park | SF  FREE
SF Chamber Orchestra: The Sound Of Music | San Mateo
Saturday, October 15 – 10:30 am | Cost: FREE | San Mateo Main Library
Vibrating strings, buzzing reeds, and puffs of air all work together to make beautiful music in the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. At this very first concert, you and your little ones will get to know a few of your favorite instruments in the string, woodwind, and ...
11:00 am2016 Cow Hollow Pumpkin Festival | SF  FREE*
*Admission is free, but there might be nominal fee for games and other activities.
11:00 amCow Hollow Pumpkin Festival: Pumpkin Picking, Carnival Games & Farmers Harvest | SF  FREE*
*Admission is free, but there is a nominal fee for games and the haunted house. Proceeds benefit Sherman elementary school.
11:00 amDrop-In Bike Workshop & Advice | Mountain View  FREE
11:00 amHealth & Wellness Expo: Screenings for Blood Pressure & Blood Sugar | San Mateo  FREE

BART’s “Fleet of the Future” Test Train Open House | Walnut Creek
Saturday, October 15 – All Day | Cost: FREE | Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre Station

The Fleet of the Future is closer than ever to becoming a reality for BART riders. Your chance to get an up close look at a test train for the new fleet is coming. BART will hold a series of free open house events in October. The ...

11:00 amSpooky Mini Zine Fest: Support Your Local Artists | Berkeley  FREE
12:00 pmWin Tix: 2nd Annual All Oakland Beerfest | Oakland  WIN
Spooky E-Bike Ride at Mountain View Cemetery | Oakland
Saturday, October 15 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required.
| GenZe Experience Center
Join GenZe at their Oakland Experience Center for an e-bike tour of the Mountain View Cemetery. This historical graveyard has the magnificent tombs of many of Oakland’s founders as well as some celebrities and all sorts of spooky stories. They will be offering free e-bike rentals for the ...
“Punk Rock” Awesöme Orchestra w/ Special Guest Vocalists | Oakland
Saturday, October 15 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 3:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required; donations are welcome.
| American Steel Studios
Punk Rock Orchestra was a group of orchestral and punk rock musicians that played tons of punk songs arranged for orchestra. They haven’t played together in a while, but many of them are still in the Bay Area and have played with Awesöme Orchestra, so they thought ...
“The Bluegrass Festival” in the Park | McLaren Park
Saturday, October 15 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre (McLaren Park)
The Bluegrass Festival showcases several of our local troubadours at a non-stop afternoon of new and traditional tunes sung and played by The Back Porch Band, The Beauty Operators String Band, Canyon Johnson and The Windy Hill Bluegrass Band. The organizers say the event is Rain ...
12:00 pmWin Tix: Oyster Oyster Block Party: Free Beers | Oakland  WIN
Closing Reception: “Here” APAture 2016 Arts Festival & Live Performances | SF
Saturday, October 15 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 3:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Arc Studios & Gallery

Kearny Street Workshop, the country’s oldest and longest-running Asian Pacific American community arts organization, is bringing tomorrow’s artists to the forefront with APAture 2016: Here. This year, the theme is “Here. Explore about locations, spaces, homes; the way in which we move through and live in these ...

Free Events on the Final Day of Liquake 2016 | Oct. 15
Saturday, October 15 – All Day | Cost: FREE*
*Some events require an RSVP.
| All Over San Francisco

San Francisco’s literary festival with author events, poets, activists and performers – 500+ authors at over 140 events, with many of the events being free. And it’s capped by the epic “Lit Crawl” on Saturday, October 25, 2025 – with 50+ authors and close to ...

1:00 pm“Agents Of Change” Film Screening | SF Main Library  FREE
1:00 pm“The Great Ocean” Book Club Discussion | The Presidio  FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is required.
Free All-You-Can-Dance Class Day | SoMa
Saturday, October 15 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 5:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Alonzo King Lines Ballet
Enjoy a whole day of sampler classes for free at Alonzo King Lines Ballet from 1 pm to 5:30 pm on Saturday, October 15, 2016. Dance with the best and brightest teachers of cultural dance forms from Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia. Dance forms include ...
2:00 pm3rd Saturday Guided Gallery District Tour | Oakland  FREE
3:00 pm“The Sea Forager’s Guide to the Northern CA Coast” Book Launch | Omnivore Books  FREE
“La Caída” Community Demolition Party: Guajolotas & Piñata Candies | Mission Dist.
Saturday, October 15 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Southern Exposure
Come together for a celebration of food, music, and destruction that crosses borders. People’s Kitchen Collective will narrate the demolition of the wall along with music by La Pelanga. Free, but an RSVP is requested. Chefs Norma Listman and Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik will prepare guajolotas, sandwiches stuffed with a ...
4:00 pm“Actualidades/Breaking News” Opening Reception | SF  FREE
BART to Bar: The Litcrawl Caravan Aboard BART | Berkeley to SF
Saturday, October 15 – 4:39 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Just board the first car. Regular BART fare required
| BART
BART to Bar Lit Crawl Caravan. Start the party early on this pre-Crawl reading on BART. Four readers will battle the elements of noise pollution as they read in the first car of the Richmond/Daly City train from Downtown Berkeley to 16th and Mission. Start time warning? Please ...
6:00 pm“Mutha Up” at the Litquake Litcrawl 2016 | SF  FREE*
*Free. Cash Bar Available
6:00 pmSchroeder’s Final Oktoberfest Celebration, Live Music & Games | SF  FREE*
*Free, but food and drinks are for purchse.

Every Saturday

Free Community Yoga Class | Berkeley
Every Saturday – 10:00 am - Ends at 11:00 am | Cost: FREE | Sports Basement (Berkeley)
Free Community Yoga Class | Berkeley
Grab your yoga mat and come to Sports Basement Berkeley for some relaxing weekend yoga. Community classes take place every Saturday. Free Community Yoga Class Every Saturday | 10 am Sports Basement, 2727 Milvia St, Berkeley, CA FREE Please BYOM (Bring Your Own Mat) and water bottle. All levels are welcome. Updated 1/28/2020 ...
Historic Ferry Building Tour | SF
Historic Ferry Building Tour | SF
Enjoy an hour-long walk on the rise, tragic fall, and modern rebirth of one of San Francisco’s most renowned historic landmarks. Visit a contemporary swirl of shops and learn the history of ferries, freeways, and quakes. Meet at the foot of the stairs at the front ...
Free Outdoor Yoga Day | Golden Gate Park
Every Saturday – 11:30 am | Cost: FREE | Golden Gate Park
Free Outdoor Yoga Day | Golden Gate Park
Take yourself outside and into the beauty of this city’s heart and soul. Practice yoga under the trees and let the ocean air sooth and invigorate you. This class expertly blends breathing and movement, strength and grace, imagination and form. You will gain a personal understanding ...
“The Setup” Underground Comedy Show | SF
Every Saturday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: $5*
*$5 online with discount code FUNCHEAP; otherwise, it's $10.
| The Basement
"The Setup" Underground Comedy Show | SF
The Setup is an underground stand-up comedy show in the heart of San Francisco. This venue used to be the green room for the legendary Blackhawk jazz venue where Miles Davis used to play. Now, it’s a comedy show that features established comedians from around the ...
“Critical Hit” Comedy Show | Oakland
Every Saturday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: $10 | It's Your Move Game Store
"Critical Hit" Comedy Show | Oakland
Critical Hit is hosted by Erik Krasner, Hayden Greif-Neill and Jim McVeigh at It’s Your Move Games & Hobbies in Temescal for over 4 years and still going strong. Every week, some of our favorite comedians are invited to perform. Along with the producers, you can ...
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