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Saturday, October 28

Spooktacular Chinatown Halloween Costume Party w/ Grant Avenue Follies (SF)
Saturday, October 28 – 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free Event
| Clarion Music Center
This month’s Community Potluck will be spookylicous! It will be spooktacular and spookylicious Halloween at Clarion! Get ready your costumes, your fave dishes and your most terrifyingly fun dances and songs! This Halloween we will enjoy: – great food – karaoke and open mic – film screening (starting around 4pm) – wine ...
“Eerie Ocular Oddities Tour” at the Museum of the Eye (SF)
Saturday, October 28 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with Eventbrite registration
| Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye
Join us on a Halloween tour at the Museum of the Eye that will discuss some of the eerie twists and turns on the way to modern medicine. Learn more about topics like dissections and old timey forensics, see our collection of glass diseased eyeballs, ...

SF’s Epic 10,000+ Halloween Pub Crawl is Back (Crawloween 2023)

40+ Bars – Over 10,000 Attendees – Cheap Beer, Cocktails and Shots – Free Party Shuttle If you are looking for the top things to do for Halloween in San Francisco, it doesn’t get much better than Crawloween, also known as The San Francisco Halloween ...

SF’s Valencia Street Saturday Block Parties (July 8-Nov 18)
Saturday, October 28 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Valencia Street

Valencia Street is back doing their block parties and closing off three blocks of the street for pedestrians and fun activations and live music every Saturday. Details are minimal, but here’s what they promise us: Valencia Street will be closed between 18th-21st from 2-9 PM ...Every Saturday

1st Annual Mare Island’s Halloween Block Party
Saturday, October 28 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but please RSVP
| 1015 Walnut Ave, Vallejo Ca 94592
Join us for a spooktacular journey that starts at the enchanting Vino Godfather Mansion and takes you on a hauntingly delightful adventure down Walnut Avenue, right on Officers Row. Inaugural Mare Island Halloween Block Party! Join us for a spooktacular journey that starts at the enchanting Vino Godfather Mansion ...
SF’s “Clean up The City” West SoMa Cleanup (w/ Free Drink for Volunteers)
Saturday, October 28 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Driftwood

Who’s ready for a clean up! Join the Civic Joy Fund, RefuseRefuseSF, Shine On, SF Public Works, and TogetherSF for a friendly neighborhood cleanup! Volunteers will meet at Driftwood (1225 Folsom St), clean for a bit, then enjoy a free drink after the 1 hour ...Every Saturday

Over Ruled: “No Dancing” Pop-Up Burning Man Halloween Dance Party (Golden Gate Park)
Saturday, October 28 – 4:30 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Skatin' Place
Looking Up Arts presents “Over Ruled.” Join us on Saturday, October 28, 2023 from 4:30-7:30pm (with 6:30-7:30pm being a silent disco)  for a sneak peak of our installation with our first of many pop-up dance parties. Event update – please note that the event was originally ...
SF’s 29th Annual Free “Brainwash Movie Festival” (Oct. 27-29)

The Brainwash Movie Festival 10/27-29/2023! Join us for the 29th Annual Brainwash Movie Festival At the New Farm, a San Francisco iconic venue. Showing an eclectic collection of mostly short, fiercely independent movies, the weekend (Oct. 27-29) promises to be a true eye-opener for cinephiles, ...

Oakland’s “Live in The Laurel” Music Fest w/ Ladin & Rose (2023)
Saturday, October 28 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free
| Vetiver

The Live in The Laurel offers outstanding locally-based live music in The Laurel district of Oakland. Each month, explore some rising stars and local favorites as they perform free shows in intimate venues along MacArthur Boulevard. Visitors are invited to dine at participating restaurant venues ...

$8 Flat Rate Parking in SF after 5pm (Chinatown/North Beach)
Saturday, October 28 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 12:00 am | Cost: $8*
*$8 flat rate parking after 5pm (7 days a week). Otherwise parking is $4/hour. Validation gets $5 off parking rates
| Portsmouth Square Garage

Where can you get $8 flat rate parking in SF?  How about while shopping, eating and drinking in Chinatown or North Beach! There’s no better place to park than Portsmouth Square Garage. Rates normally $4 per hour, but evening parking (after 5pm) is just $8, ...Every Saturday

Naked & Unafraid: A Special Halloween Reading (SF)
Saturday, October 28 – 5:30 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: $10*
*$10 recommended - No One Turned Away For Lack of Funds
| Theatre Rhinoceros
NAKED & UNAFRAID is a 90-minute cabaret-style presentation creatively produced in conjunction with Palace of Trash, a performance art group and a spiritual continuation of the now-defunct Grand Guignol theatre group, Thrillpeddlers. Horror drag numbers and interludes will be interspersed between scantily-clad dramatic readings of ...
Free Outdoor Halloween Movie Night at The Crossing (SF)
Saturday, October 28 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | The Crossing at East Cut
BOO! Join us for a spooky community movie night at The Crossing on October 28th at 6:00 pm! Scare you there!
FREE: Oakland Comedy Saturday Night @ Secret Speakeasy (7p + 9p Shows)

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 ...

Kaiyō Rooftop Halloween Party 怪談 Kaidan “The Hunger Gods” (SF)
Saturday, October 28 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 1:00 am | Cost: FREE | Kaiyo Rooftop
Kaiyoween presents 怪談 Kaidan – Japanese Ghost Stories of The Hunger Gods that will haunt you. From the mountain tops of Japan to right here in San Francisco. Featuring DJ Umami (SF Giants Resident Deejay) will be bringing the party beats from 8pm until late! Japanese Haunted Forest Theme ...
Laugh GPT: SF’s First AI-Powered Stand-up Comedy Show (2023)
Saturday, October 28 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Use secret code HUMAN for comp tickets, otherwise, $10 off with secret code FUNCHEAP
| Mayes Oyster House

The robot revolution is upon us, and they’ve infiltrated the world of comedy! Join us for “Laugh GPT,” the AI-powered comedy show that might just be humanity’s last stand-up hurrah. Laugh GPT was recently featured in the Washington Post! As artificial intelligence advances, who knows how ...Every Friday

4th Annual “Hieroween” Costume Contest + DJs (Oakland)
Saturday, October 28 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Moxy Oakland Downtown
Saturday 10.28 Join the legendary Hieroglyphics and Hiero Day crew for 4th Annual Hieroween Costume contest and party at Moxy Downtown! Groove with DJ sets by @djtourehiero @djblackwoman @soulflowerrey and more. FREE Admission, but make sure to RSVP—spots are filling up fast and this event WILL ...
SF’s “Black Laughs Matter” Comedy Night (Halloween Weekend 2023)
Saturday, October 28 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP (normally $15-25)
| Savoy Tivoli

Black Laughs Matter has moved to The Function! SF’s first black-owned comedy club at 1414 Market Street – Get Tickets We’re taking over one of North Beach’s most historic and fun bars, Savoy Tivoli (circa-1907) and turning it into a pop-up comedy club with a ...

SF’s HellaDesi Comedy Night (Every Saturday)
Saturday, October 28 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP for first 100 people. $10 advanced tickets or $15 at door without RSVP
| Neck of The Woods

It’s the return of San Francisco’s only weekly HellaDesi Comedy Night with HellaFunny and Funcheap at a HellaSecret comedy venue with easy access to BART. See a showcase of some of the Bay Area’s top comedians of Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi, Afghan, and South Asian descent ...Every Sunday

$5 Off: “Mayhem Mansion” Haunted Tours of 1886 Victorian (2023)
Saturday, October 28 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: $25*
*Regular price: $30 adv for adults - Use code FUNCHEAP for $5 off tickets
| Haas-Lilienthal House

The creators of Unhinged at the Winchester Mystery House and the hit immersive experience, The Speakeasy, are coming to San Francisco Heritage’s Haas-Lilienthal House in October 2024 with Nightmare: House on Franklin Street. Tickets are now on sale for 45-minute tours running on October 18, 19, 25, 26, 31 and November 1. Due to the disturbing nature of ...

“Crazy Funny Asians” Comedy Showcase (SF)

Inspired by the blockbuster movie, see some of the Bay Area’s top comedians at San Francisco’s Crazy Funny Asians comedy showcase, presented by Funcheap and HellaFunny. Let’s celebrate the Bay’s Asian-American culture and heritage with laughs at SF’s brand new comedy club on Market St – ...Every Saturday

20% Off Tix: Alex Edelman’s “Just For Us” Live in SF

Direct From Broadway, Alex Edelman’s JUST FOR US, – which centers on a meeting of neo-Nazis that Edelman attended in New York – comes to the Curran for two shows only — and you have $50 off tickets to opening night on October 26th. “Belly-laugh ...

SF’s “DIVA or Die: Shivering Seduction” Burlesque Show (The Lost Church)
Saturday, October 28 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 10:30 pm | Cost: $22*
*$3 off each ticket with the code earlybird18 at checkout. Offer expires October 22nd.
| The Lost Church
Prepare to have your heart race and your senses heightened at our spine-chilling Halloween burlesque show at the haunted Lost Church. Join us for a night of tantalizing terror, seductive thrills, and a plethora of bloody sparkles as we unleash an unforgettable spectacle that may leave you ...
Halloween Horror Comedy Show
Saturday, October 28 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Studio 210
Warning. Improv is coming to the Mission this Halloween. Watch us turn your life into a horror movie on the spot. Come watch us turn your real-life stories into a horror comedy show on the spot. Yes, on October 28, under the full moon, your stories will ...
Cobb’s Rare Free Halloween Comedy Weekend (Oct. 27-29)

Funcheap and HellaFunny take over Cobb’s Comedy Club for an awesome night of comedy at SF’s biggest comedy club. And you can get on our secret guest list. Every month we handpick some of SF’s top local comedians to showcase for you – often with credits ...

Freaks and Geeks: 5th Annual Halloween Costume Contest (SF)
Saturday, October 28 – 9:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 am | Cost: FREE | Emporium SF
Emporium’s famous Halloween Mega Party + Costume Contest with loads of cash $$$ prizes and decorations. Cash Prizes: 1st Place = $500, 2nd Place = $250, 3rd Place = $150, Group (4 or more) = $500… FREE ENTRY!
9:00 pmCelia’s “Noche De Muertos” Halloween Fiesta  FREE*
*Exclusive discount when you mention funcheap!
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