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Events for October 20, 2022

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Thursday, October 20

8:00 amFree Rooftop Bootcamp at the Park (Salesforce Park)  FREE*
*Free for all
10:00 amHidden San Francisco Walking Tours | SoMa  FREE
12:30 pmFree 30-Minute Core & Stretch Express | Salesforce Park  FREE
1:00 pmStrikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest (SF)  FREE*
*Free gallery entry on Thursdays
3:00 pmValencia-Guerrero Cleanup  FREE*
*Sign up on this TogetherSF Mobilize page: https://www.mobilize.us/togethersf/event/442198/
3:30 pmCow Hollow Cleanup  FREE*
*Sign up on this TogetherSF Mobilize page: https://www.mobilize.us/togethersf/event/434978/
5:00 pmFree Third Thursdays at California Historical Society | SF  FREE
Asian Art Museum’s $10 Thursday Nights (SF)
Thursday, October 20 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: $10*
*General admission tickets are $10 for adults, $8.50 for seniors, students and youths (age 13-17).   
| Asian Art Museum

Please note that as of 2024 the Asian Art Museum no longer offers discount admission on Thursday nights, but is still open late until 8pm Looking for a great date night on the cheap? The Asian Art Museum is open until 8 pm on Thursdays ...

Free Museum & Gallery Crawl: Yerba Buena Third Thursdays | SoMa

Yerba Buena Third Thursdays is a monthly outing of art, performance, music, and drinks in the Yerba Buena neighborhood in the heart of downtown San Francisco, between 2nd and 5th Street, and Market and Harrison Street. Free, but an RSVP is recommended to save time ...

Free K-Pop Dance Class at Salesforce Park
Thursday, October 20 – 5:30 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Salesforce Park

K-Pop in Public! K-Pop-Up is partnering with @mcentsf to bring you monthly FREE public performance and dance workshop at Salesforce Park @transitcentersf ! Beginner friendly! . … Class is Permission to Dance by BTS! … . Workshops will be the 3rd Thursday of the month starting ...Monthly

Oakland’s “Howlaween for Hounds” w/ Dog Costume Contest (Jack London Square)
Thursday, October 20 – 5:30 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: $12*
*$12 including non-alcoholic drinks, $20 with beer and wine, kids 5 and under are free
| Jack London Square
Howloween for Hounds, a Fundraiser & Dog Costume Contest Benefiting Nobody’s Perfekt rescue. Looking for an excuse to wrangle a costume onto your pup AND support a rescue organization that does amazing work? Join Sandy Cruz Realty, Amores Perros Professional Dog Wranglers and Diamond Dogs Pet Boutique ...
“MAKE: Halloween” SF’s Ghostly After-Hours Craft & Design Party (SF) Collaborate with artists and makers, explore unique themes, and re-think materials through creative design projects—all happening after-hours in the Museum of Craft and Design galleries! MAKE gets spooky with an other-worldly look at MCD’s exhibitions! Make a ghostly self portrait in an etched-glass mirror, create a ...
5:30 pm“Just Pull Up” Free Happy Hour Tour (SF)  
SF’s “Arts Night Out” Museum & Gallery Crawl 2022 Receive an interactive map that shows your local art galleries to visit on this day and buy some art. Then join Artspan Open Studies and late night at SFMoma and Museum of Craft and Design. Craving some inspiration? Want to explore some new exhibitions? Well we have the ...
$15 Off Tix: SF’s “Terror Vault” 1874 Halloween Haunt (2022)
Thursday, October 20 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: $15 Off*
*$10-$15 off tickets, but only 50 discount tickets available per date
| San Francisco Mint

San Francisco’s premiere haunted attraction returns for 2025 with “Hexed” an all-new, bigger, and more terrifying theatrical and immersive experience from the insane mind of Peaches Christ. Brand new for 2025: Coming this fall to Terror Vault…Three witches, spread across the globe, each from a different ...

6:00 pm“After Dark: Revealing Landscapes” Exhibit at Exploratorium (SF)  $19.95*
*After Dark 18+: USD 19.95
6:00 pmCommunity Centered Businesses’ “A Round Table Discussion” (Oakland)  Pay What You Can*
*$10-30 - Sliding Scale
FREE: Oakland Comedy Night at “Golden State Lounge”

Get ready for our “HellaSecret” speakeasy comedy show in Oakland. A series of pop-up live comedy shows at unique spots all across the bay. We’ll take over a venue and you’ll get an email with the secret location. This HellaSecret comedy show takes place in a ...

Free Drink + Art Party: SF’s Annual Open Studios Exhibition at SOMArts
Thursday, October 20 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Tickets are free but donations are encouraged.
| SOMArts Cultural Center
ArtSpan is pleased to host the 2022 SF Open Studios Exhibition at SOMArts Cultural Center in-person with an exciting celebration of this vast collection of featured artworks by Premier SF Open Studios Artists. For continued health safety precautions, a limited number of people will be permitted in the ...
6:00 pmMake: Monthly Artist Happy Hour & Local Vendors | Dogpatch  $8*
*Free with admission. Admission: Adults $8.00, Students/Senior $6.00.
6:30 pmAIDS Book Reading at a Mattress Company (SF)  FREE
“Winchester Mystery House” 2022 Halloween Haunt (Sept. 30 – Oct. 31)

Looking for one of the Bay Area’s scariest Halloween events? After two years of scaled back shows, the Bay Area’s premier Halloween haunt is back in full force for 2022 with an all-new storyline, new characters, and terrifying new scares – plus themed bars, games ...

Roundtable “Reproductive Freedom at the Ballot Box” (Oakland)
Thursday, October 20 – 6:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Laney College
Please join Congresswoman Barbara Lee for her panel “What’s at Stake: Reproductive Freedom at the Ballot Box” with Congresswoman Judy Chu, the author of the Women’s Health Protection Act, and reproductive justice leaders. This event will take place at Laney College in Oakland, CA on ...
KQED Live: Ballots & Brews + Political Trivia (SF)
Thursday, October 20 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: $10*
*In Person: $10.
| KQED Headquarters,
Come tap the keg and tap the minds of our political experts! Whether you want to take notes or to take home some swag, we’ve got you covered with simple explainers and political trivia hosted by KQED personalities. Get the info you need about this ...
“Puff Puff Laugh” SF’s Cannabis Lounge Comedy Show
Thursday, October 20 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP (21+ with Valid ID) - One item minimum purchase per person required, but pre-rolls start at just $7
| Barbary Coast Dispensary

Puff Puff Laugh is Back! And now we’re on Saturdays! HellaFunny is taking over one of SF’s premier cannabis lounges, Moe Greens, for a night of “Puff Puff Laugh.” That’s right… it’s the only comedy show in San Francisco where you can (legally in California) get high ...Every Saturday

7:00 pmOakland Art Library Open House | East Bay  FREE*
*Free, with an RSVP
“Army of Lovers” Book Talk w/ HIV-Positive Artist (The Castro)
Thursday, October 20 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Registration required for most events
| Strut

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 ...

7:00 pmChomp N Swig Trivia Night (SF)  FREE
7:00 pmSF’s “HellaSecret” Outdoor Comedy Night  $15*
*Get $5 off Tickets - Early Bird tickets $15 adv w/ code FUNCHEAP (otherwise $20). General Admission tickets $20 adv with code FUNCHEAP (otherwise $25) - limited to 40 tickets due to maintain social-distance. There is a two drink minimum
SF’s “The Red Shades: A Trans Superhero” Rock Opera (Oct. 19-Nov. 5)

Mixing elements of rock concert and musical theater, The Red Shades tells the story of Ida, a teenage trans girl, who runs away from her small-town life to join a gang of trans superheroes squatting in the Tenderloin. Written by Adrienne Price, with Music by ...

Every Thursday

Trivia Thursday: Pub Quiz in a Movie Theater | The New Parkway
Trivia Thursday: Pub Quiz in a Movie Theater | The New Parkway
Thursday Night at The New Parkway is Trivia Night.   This is a chance for you and your friends to compete and win prizes (like free beer and movie passes) if you can answer questions correctly about a range of topics that often include movie history, famous ...
Free Live Salsa & Jazz Music From Local Artists | SF
Every Thursday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Cigar Bar & Grill
Free Live Salsa & Jazz Music From Local Artists | SF
Join them every Wednesday & Thursday evening for a free Salsa and Jazz show by local Bay Area musicians. Shows start at 8 pm. Enjoy great food, drinks & live music night. For complete line-up and more information please visit their Facebook page. Free Live Salsa & Jazz ...
Haight Ashbury Comedy Night | Milk Bar
Every Thursday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Use promo code HELLAFUNNY for free tickets. Otherwise, it's $15.
| Milk Bar
Haight Ashbury Comedy Night | Milk Bar
Come out to Haight Ashbury Comedy Night every Thursday at Milk Bar located in the heart of the Upper Haight to see some of SF’s best comedians. The lineup changes every week, but expect to see comics that have performed at Cobbs, SF Sketchfest, the Punchline ...
“The Setup” Underground Comedy Show | SF
Every Thursday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: $5*
*Normally $15 use code FUNCHEAP for $5 tickets. 21+
| Ales Unlimited: Beer 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 ...
Nob Hill Free Comedy Night | SF
Every Thursday – 8:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free admission. Bring cash for drink purchase.
| Hops & Barrel
Nob Hill Free Comedy Night | SF
Nob Hill Comedy Night brings you the top local and touring comedians every Thursday at 8 pm in Nob Hill’s newest beer & wine bar, Hops & Barrel. Comedians you’ve seen at Nob Hill Comedy Night have been featured on HBO, Netflix, Conan, The Late Late ...
“Level Up Thursdays”: Free Video DJ Dance Party | SF
Every Thursday – 9:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 am | Cost: FREE | Raven Bar
"Level Up Thursdays": Free Video DJ Dance Party | SF
Every Thursday night, Raven Bar & Lounge hosts a free dance party with DJ Mark Andrus who will play your favorite throwback jams. Drink Specials All Night $10 Mixed Cocktails $6 Beer $6 Seltzer Video DJ Mark Andrus Level Up Thursday: Every Thursday at 9 pm Raven Bar & Lounge, 1151 Folsom St., SF FREE Updated ...
“Class of ’84” Dance Party & Cheap Drinks | SoMa
Every Thursday – 9:00 pm - Ends at 3:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Cover may change for special events.
| The Cat Club
"Class of '84" Dance Party & Cheap Drinks | SoMa
Every Thursday from 9 pm to 2 am at the Cat Club, it’s the best of the ’80s in two rooms with the coolest music and the best crowd in town. DJs Damon and Mr Washington spin ’80s pop, rock, and one hit wonders in the ...
SF’s Epic Karaoke Dance Party w/ Sax, Lasers + Fog | The Mission
Every Thursday – 9:30 pm - Ends at 1:30 am | Cost: FREE | Slate Bar
SF's Epic Karaoke Dance Party w/ Sax, Lasers + Fog | The Mission
Most students drop out of Stanford to create tech companies but DJ Purple dropped out to pursue music en route to becoming San Francisco’s DJ of the year in 2011 and one of America’s greatest karaoke KJ’s (Karaoke DJ). Get ready for an upbeat night (no ...
$1 Well Shots on Thursday Nights | SF
Every Thursday – 10:00 pm - Ends at 12:00 am | Cost: $1*
*$1 Per Well Shot, but no cover charge.
| Would You Believe Cocktails
$1 Well Shots on Thursday Nights | SF
Would you Believe Bar is bringing back $1 Well Shots and College Night Specials on Thursdays from 10 pm to Midnight for a limited time only. Thursdays $1 Shots Every Thursday | 10 pm to Midnight Would You Believe Bar, 652 Geary Blvd., SF $1- Must be 21 and over Must 21 and ...
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