Events for October 31, 2025
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Japanese Tea Garden’s Free Admission Hour (Golden Gate Park)
The Japanese Tea Garden provides visitors from around the world with an opportunity to experience the natural beauty, tranquility, and harmony of a Japanese-style garden in the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Originally created as a “Japanese Village” exhibit for the 1894 California ...Every Friday
Friday Morning Free “Counter Culture” Coffee Tasting (Emeryville)
Join us for a free coffee tasting!
Every Friday morning at 10 am, we open our Training Centers to coffee lovers who want to learn more about Counter Culture Coffee’s high-quality, sustainably sourced menu.
A longstanding tradition at Counter Culture Coffee, our team shares the story behind ...
Trick or Treat Time + Free Goodie Bags (SF’s Chinatown)
Stop by the Visitor Information Center on October 31, 2025, and grab your FREE goodie bag! ✨
Come in costume, snap some spooky pics, and celebrate with us! ️🧡
Visitor Information Center10/31/25
“Pay-What-You-Can” Taco Day at SF’s Tato (Every Friday)
While many restaurants are struggling, San Francisco Mexican restaurant TATO wants to give back. They’re bringing back their “Taco Love” special which features a two taco plate with sides, and pay-what-you-can pricing. Pay-What-You-Can Taco Day Tato 4608 3rd St. (@ McKinnon) San Francisco (Bayview) Every ...Every Friday
Trunk or Treat Halloween Event at the Lake Merritt (Oakland)
Trunk or Treat at Lake Merritt!
Stop by on Friday, October 31 from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM at the Edoff Memorial Bandstand (666 Bellevue Ave, Oakland, CA) for a FREE community Trunk or Treat event!
Bring your family and friends for a fun-filled day featuring: Candy & treats from decorated trunks Music and games Activities for youth ...
Halloween Jam: Mad Science Magic at Fairyland (Oakland)
Trick-or-treating at Fairyland under the night sky? Yes pleeease! Halloween gets a mad science makeover this year. Fairyland is going bonkers and beakers!
On Halloween day, the park becomes a mad science laboratory full of glowing goo, bubbling brews, frightful formulas, and eek-citing experiments!
Spend Halloween trick-or-treating ...
| 12:30 pm | Free Rooftop Yoga at Salesforce Park (SF) | FREE |
Noe Valley’s Halloween “Pirate House” is Back for 2025
Thanks to Justina Vanessa @justinavanessa for letting us know that the Noe Valley Pirate House is back at it for 2025 with a crazy fun looking pirate-themed Halloween decorations (it’s not open to the public, but you can view it from the street) with a ...
“Nightmare on Front Street” Free Halloween Block Party (Downtown SF)
FREE HALLOWEEN BLOCK PARTY: Nightmare on Front Street
Get ready for a spook-tacular Halloween celebration in the heart of downtown San Francisco…and it FREE!
Join us for Nightmare on Front Street, a hauntingly fun block party featuring themed cocktails, Multiple areas with live music and DJs , creepy-cool activities, and costumes ...
Petaluma’s Downtown Trick or Treat Trail (2025)
A time of Bats and Broomsticks, Blood and Bugs – and of course, Downtown Petaluma’s Safe “Trick or Treat Trail” with the downtown Merchants!
Parents – gather your little ghosts, goblins, monsters, Harry Potters, witches on broomsticks and princesses, and join the participating downtown merchants for the ...
Ocean Beach Halloween Bonfire Night (Final Bonfire Until March 1, 2026)
For the first time in four months, it’s finally legal again to have a bonfire at Ocean Beach. During the “No Burn” Season (which runs from November 1 to the end of February), bonfires are not allowed, but starting March 1, 2025 bonfires are back ...
Free “Spooktacular” LGBTQ+ Family Halloween Gathering (SF)
Celebrate Halloween with Our Family Coalition and Openhouse at our Intergenerational Community Gathering!
This joyful event brings LGBTQ+ families, kids, and LGBTQ+ seniors together to share traditions, laughter, and Halloween magic before little ones head out to trick-or-treat.
In previous years, this celebration took place later in the evening ...
| 4:00 pm | Dave & Booster’s Halloween Bash (Daly City) | $14.99 |
Halloween on Cortland Ave (SF)
Enjoy car-free Halloween magic on Cortland Avenue. We believe every little monster and superhero deserves a safe, unforgettable night!
5pm Trick-or-Treat Kickoff
6pm Costume Contest
5:15 Pumpkin Decorating
7pm Monster Mash Dance Party
6:45 Spooky Storytime
Street parking available throughout the neighborhood, but spots fill up fast. Consider carpooling, biking, or ...
Precita Eyes Trick- Or-Treat and Dia de los Muertos Altars (SF)
Precita Eyes Trick-Or-Treat
Join us for an evening honoring community tradition and culture.Enjoy Halloween treats , explore the Día de los Muertos altars exhibit: Spirits of Our Culture , and take part in marigold making for all ages .
Trick-or-Treating: 5:00–8:00 PMPrecita Eyes Muralists2981 24th Street, San ...
SF’s New “Halloween Night Bazaar” Block Party
A new Halloween event from Sunset Mercantile!
Sunset Mercantile and Smoking D’s BBQ are bringing a new event to the spooky season line-up with the Halloween Night Bazaar! We’ll be taking over three blocks on Irving Street (between 22nd and 25th) for a whole market of ...
$1 Drink Fridays: “Battle of the Decades” DJ Party (North Beach)
Fridays are now a little bit more awesome. Did someone say $1 drinks? Monroe in North Beach hosts “Battle of the Decades” DJ party and happy hour every Friday with a DJ spinning progressive tunes. Every hour is a different decade – with drink prices ...Every Friday
Halloween Night Bazaar + Block Party (Outer Sunset)
Looking for an exciting, unique, and family-friendly Halloween event? Sunset Mercantile, Smoking D’s BBQ, and Sunset Youth Services have it covered with their first ever Halloween Night Bazaar! Join us on Friday, October 31st on Irving Street between 22nd and 25th Avenue from 5 PM ...
Halloween on Cortland 2025 (SF)
Halloween on Cortland
A Bewitching Community Tradition Returns
Halloween magic comes alive on Cortland Avenue as our beloved Bernal Heights tradition returns for another unforgettable year – no broomstick required!
Halloween on Cortland brings families together for safe, spirited trick-or-treating and plenty of ghoulishly good fun.
| 5:00 pm | Halloween Paint + Sip Rooftop Costume Party (Oakland) | $20* *Ticket required for entry, drink included
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Pumpkin Painting at Public Market Emeryville
Celebrate Halloween with a fun, family-friendly Pumpkin Painting event at Public Market Emeryville! This free, hands-on activity is perfect for all ages and includes up to 40 small pumpkins. While you’re there, enjoy browsing a variety of food vendors inside the market’s lively food hall.
Also ...
Free Halloween Night at the Museum + Ghost Hunt (Palo Alto)
Looking for something to do with your family on Halloween? Join us at the Museum of American Heritage for Halloween Night at the Museum on Friday, October 31 from 5 pm to 9 pm. Stop by the museum for spooky tricks and fun treats. “Ghost ...
“Most Best” Halloween Fun: Karaoke, Poetry + Live Art at KALW (SF)
Start your Most Best Halloween night with KALW! Join us for an evening of karaoke, open mic, live art, poetry, costumes, prizes, and the final night of the OPEN DECKS art show.
Bring your voice, your verse, your weird, your wonderful. Step up to the mic, ...
Every Friday
Free Bad-Ass Morning Workout: Conquer SF’s Hills | Every Friday
Every Friday morning at 6:30 am, gather at a different San Francisco hill for a free badass workout and a chance to meet fellow fitness enthusiasts in your city.
The hills change each week (it might be Alamo Square, Moraga Steps, Twin Peaks, Lombard…), but expect ...
CANCELLED: Friday Farmers Market & Bazaar | UN Plaza
UPDATE: Due to Coronavirus concerns, this event has been cancelled temporarily.
Every Friday from 7am to 4pm, UN Plaza will feature the best of San Francisco. Grab fresh fruits and veggies, buy gifts from local vendors, and grab lunch at delicious food stalls representing cuisine from ...
Free “Oysters on the Half Shell” Fridays | El Rio
El Rio, a neighborhood dive in the deep Mission, gives away free Oysters on the half shell from local folks in Tomales Bay, every Friday at 5:30 pm. Arrive on time, they go fast.
And get your drink on with happy hour on Friday from 5-8 pm ...
Big Mood Comedy: Free Stand-Up Comedy Show | Oakland
Big Mood Comedy is an intimate standup comedy show featuring the best local and touring comics every Friday upstairs at Oakland’s very own Legionnaire Saloon.
Hosted by Hayley Beacon, Jordan Thewlis, and Jeff Dean. Free cookies.
Please note that from February 7th, the shows happens every Friday ...
“HellaFunny Fridays” Stand-Up Comedy Showcase | SoMa
San Francisco has one of the best underground comedy scenes in America. Come check out some of the Bay’s best rising comics at HellaFunny’s weekly stand-up comedy show “HellaFunny Fridays.”
HellaFunny Fridays
Every Friday at 7:30pm & 9:30pm
Trademark and Copyright, 1123 Folsom Stree (and 7th St.), SF
FREE ...
Free Burlesque: Hunny Bunny & Her Hot Toddies | Skylark Bar
Join Hunny Bunny and Her Hot Toddies for Mischief at the Skylark Bar every Friday at 8 pm.
Free Burlesque: Hunny Bunny & Her Hot Toddies Every Friday | 8 pm Skylark Bar, 3089 16th St, SF, CA FREE
Enjoy drinks, dancing, DJs and more at this free ...
Pamtastic’s Comedy Clubhouse | Mutiny Radio
Pamtastic’s Comedy Clubhouse on Mutiny Radio is a free comedy show every Friday from 8-11 pm at Mutiny Radio on the corner of 21st and Florida in the deep Mission District.
Pamtastic’s Comedy Clubhouse
Every Friday | 8-10 pm
Mutiny Radio, 2781 21st Street, SF, CA
$10
Over 25 of San ...
“Best of SF” Stand-Up Comedy Night | SF
Check out a fresh line-up of SF’s comics every Friday at 8 pm at the beautiful Variety Preview Theater in downtown SF’s iconic Hobart Building.
Funcheap Deal: Get tickets for $5 with promo code FUNCHEAP. Otherwise, tickets are $15.
Located in the iconic Hobart Building, right next ...
Jazz at The Atlas Cafe | SF
Jazz at The Atlas is a weekly jazz residency with five rotating jazz bands. Music is always free, though tipping is encouraged.
Closed for Thanksgiving holiday.
Updated 1/20/2020 – Event info last checked via website.
“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 ...
Friday Night Outdoor Roller Skate DJ Party: “Midnight Rollers” | SF
Strap on your skates and roller disco around the city at the Midnight Rollers Friday Night Skate party.
This weekly skate (as long as it’s not raining or during Burning Man) hits up San Francisco’s main attractions, all while blasting their own beats from two jogging strollers ...
SF Beer Olympics: Beer Pong, Flip Cup & $2 Beers | North Beach
Meet and compete against locals, travelers, couch surfers, au pairs, and hostelers. Games are free to play (including flip cup, beer pong and relays) and many weeks they have themed events for holidays, or just because.
Get 6 drink coupons for $1 each. Use coupons before ...
“Comedy Soup”: Music, Comedy, Free Wine & Popcorn | Oakland
Comedy Soup is Oakland’s very own little Stand-Up house show that features top local and touring comics, complimentary Wine and popcorn and musical guests from a variety of styles.
Past guests have appeared on Comedy Central, Netflix, Viceland, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Conan, Colbert & Corden.
In November ...
“The Function” SF’s Newest Hip-Hop Dance Party | Milk Bar
Come party at Milk Bar located in the heart of the Haight for a early 2000s hip-hop and R&B club bangers.
DJ Beats Me plays everything from Missy Elliot, Aaliyah, Lil Jon, Mac Dre, Black Eyed Peas, Outkast, Notorious B.I.G., Rihanna, SOB X RBE, Usher, Robin ...
F!#&ing Free Fridays: Improv Comedy | SF
EndGames Improv is bringing something new to the genre, what could turn out to be a very hot affair (in that release of tension, funny kind of way) with “Your F!#&ed Up Relationship.”
“YFUR” is an entirely improvised comedy show inspired by stories of your own ...
