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Clement Street Happy Hour Cleanup w/ Free Drink And Meal For Volunteers Clement Street Happy Hour Cleanup w/ Free Drink And Meal For Volunteers

Meet at Richmond Republic Draught House (642 Clement St). Then, cleaning will occur from 4:00pm to 5:00pm around the neighborhood. Stay afterwards for free food & drinks and to meet fellow volunteers. Sign up on this Civic Joy Fund Mobilize page, or email info@refuserefusesf.org with …

Remains a Memory
Friday, October 9 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Autonomous Gallery
Remains a Memory

Remains a Memory is a still photo collection from Gaza City, encapsulating a placethat holds stories of the land and the sea. Within the frames, serene moments unfold against a backdrop that longs for genuine peace—a rarity in the artist’s hometown.
In this show, Lara Aburamadan …

USAF Golden West Brass at Ghirardelli Square
Friday, October 9 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Ghirardelli Square
USAF Golden West Brass at Ghirardelli Square

Join us at Ghirardelli Square as San Francisco celebrates Fleet Week with live music, waterfront events, and more.
Service members can also enjoy 15% off at participating retailers with valid ID. Here’s who’s participating:
Ghirardelli Chocolate
Gigi Rose
Gigi + Rosie
Broad Street Oyster Co.
Cultivar
Hardware Coffee Co.
Lola
Palette Tea House
San Francisco …

Free Live Ghost Stories + SF’s Deadly Past (Paxton Gate)
Friday, October 9 – 5:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Join us for this totally free event!
| Paxton Gate
Free Live Ghost Stories + SF's Deadly Past (Paxton Gate)

Are you into spooky ghost stories, learning that your neighborhood is most likely haunted, and hanging out with other fans of the paranormal? We are too, which is why we’re super excited to announce that the Dead Reckoning Podcast is coming to Paxton Gate San …

Ethan Iverson Plays James P. Johnson & John Coltrane
Friday, October 9 – 5:30 pm | Cost: $30 | Piedmont Piano Company
Ethan Iverson Plays James P. Johnson & John Coltrane

Pianist Ethan Iverson, “a master of melody” (Downbeat), returns with a unique program featuring music by James P. Johnson and John Coltrane. It’s uncommon for a modern jazz pianist to play music by Johnson, composer of the Jazz Age anthem “The Charleston” and stride piano …

Voting Matters: California Voter Guide Live with CalMatters
Friday, October 9 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | KALW
Voting Matters: California Voter Guide Live with CalMatters

Join KALW & CalMatters for a live voter guide presentation that will answer your questions about the candidates & issues on the Nov. ballot.

Do you have questions about the election? Where do the candidates stand on the issues? What does the insurance commissioner do?
Please join …

Community Game Night
Friday, October 9 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*All are welcome. Community Game Night is Free.
| St Francis Lutheran Church
Community Game Night

Join us for an evening of games, music, food, and fun!

Whether you love a good game night or just want a laid-back evening out, there’s a spot for you at the table.
We’ve got pizza and drinks covered!
Come meet new faces, catch up with familiar ones, …

“Humans Only” Music Showcase in the Park (Berkeley)
Friday, October 9 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*FREE
| Live Oak Park
“Humans Only” Music Showcase in the Park (Berkeley)

Get away from your screen every 2nd Friday at the Humans Only music showcase at Live Oak Park in Berkeley (Google Maps: Live Oak Area 2). Come meet a new artist. Come meet a new person. All ages, free admission, in a beautiful park in …

Spinsters of San Francisco’s 17th Annual Fleet or Flight
Friday, October 9 – 6:30 pm | Cost: $60 | Jaxson
Spinsters of San Francisco's 17th Annual Fleet or Flight

Spinsters of San Francisco is excited to partner with Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.) and Jaxson to bring you our highly anticipated Fleet or Flight Party—a Fleet Week celebration with a cause!
Join us for an evening of cocktails, community, and giving back at one …

SF’s Free Mission Rock Fall Friday Night Movies “Inside Out” (China Basin Park)
Friday, October 9 – 6:30 pm | Cost: FREE | China Basin Park
SF's Free Mission Rock Fall Friday Night Movies "Inside Out" (China Basin Park)

Movie nights are back at China Basin Park! Gather your friends and family and join us Friday nights this October for four cozy evenings of movies under the stars. Bring a blanket to the Great Lawn, grab your favorite movie-night snacks, and settle in for …

CRANE Opening Night Watch Party at Zaccho Dance Theatre (SF) CRANE Opening Night Watch Party at Zaccho Dance Theatre (SF)

Light, sound and memories on the Shipyard crane.
CRANE opens with a watch party at Zaccho Dance Theatre.
Artists transform the giant gantry crane at Hunters Point Shipyard into an after-dark theater of light, original music and community history, honoring the people who built and worked the …

San Francisco Co-Founder Matching: Find a Partner by Solving Real Problems
Friday, October 9 – 7:00 pm | Cost: $12.60 | For The Record
San Francisco Co-Founder Matching: Find a Partner by Solving Real Problems

Looking for a co-founder or startup collaborator? This San Francisco event skips profile-based matching and puts participants to work together on real startup problems.
Before the event, attendees submit one challenge they are currently facing. During the evening, the room votes on selected problems and small …

Pamela Rose with Hammond Organ Party
Friday, October 9 – 7:00 pm | Cost: $30*
*This venue serves great food and alcohol
| Keys Jazz Bistro
Pamela Rose with Hammond Organ Party

Pamela Rose with Wayne De La Cruz – Hammond Organ Party!
Live Jazz & Blues at it’s best, with this groovin’ quartet right in the heart of North Beach, at San Francisco’s most beloved Jazz club.
Hammond Organ Party!, an inexplicably rare encounter between a soul-drenched singer …

High on Fire
Friday, October 9 – 7:00 pm | Cost: $29.50 | The UC Theatre
High on Fire

High on Fire creates dynamic metal that merges primal fury and aggression, hesher bombast and hall of fame heaviness. Described as a “supersonic exercise in conquest by volume”, High on fire has rewritten the hard rock rule book since its formation in 1998, forging a …

Body Love Open Mic (Albany) Body Love Open Mic (Albany)

What is the Body Love Open Mic?
It’s an open mic with a theme! The theme is bodies and body liberation.
With so many messages coming at us every day saying our bodies are not good enough, we can choose to respond by actively seeking out counter …

“Skreamz” Coven Haunted House in Fairfield (Oct. 9-31)
Friday, October 9 – 7:00 pm | Cost: $12*
*$14 per person / $12 with a student, military or first responder ID
| Skreamz Haunted House
"Skreamz" Coven Haunted House in Fairfield (Oct. 9-31)

Who Goes First? sKreamz’s “Coven” Haunted House Opens October 9 in Fairfield
Eight nights of Halloween scares will help support Fairfield PAL’s Career Café
 
 
FAIRFIELD, Calif. — Everyone has a friend who says they never get scared. This October, invite them to go first. sKreamz’s Coven Haunted …

Free ‘I Love Boosters’ Outdoor Movie Night (Proxy SF)
Friday, October 9 – 7:15 pm | Cost: FREE | Proxy SF
Free 'I Love Boosters' Outdoor Movie Night (Proxy SF)

FREE and open to all!
Join us at PROXY for a fashion forward, mayhem extravaganza in I Love Boosters!
A crew of professional shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. It’s like community service.
* We recommend bringing seating, blankets, warm layers, and a few friends for …

NightFlow Debut: House Party w/ 2 Local DJs (Mission)
Friday, October 9 – 7:30 pm | Cost: $15*
*Sliding Scale, but $25 preferred to support the DJs and the space.
| HeartLab
NightFlow Debut: House Party w/ 2 Local DJs (Mission)

NIGHTFLOW — A HeartLab House Party We’re personally inviting you. 🫵
​This is the one we’ve been dreaming up.
​NightFlow is HeartLab’s brand new social party series — and this is the very first one. We’re kicking off this experiment and we want you in the room …

Friday Night Funnies
Friday, October 9 – 7:30 pm | Cost: $25 | Quinn's Lighthouse
Friday Night Funnies

Real Comedians, 1 Stage, 0 Algorithms. Experience standup comedy at its finest. East Bay Express Reader’s Poll Best Comedy Night Winner. https://go.airhorn.events/r/LO2mnw

Smuin 2026/27 Season Starts with a Kiss
Friday, October 9 – 7:30 pm | Cost: $25 | Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture
Smuin 2026/27 Season Starts with a Kiss

Smuin Contemporary Ballet opens its 2026/27 season with French Kiss, a dynamic program curated by Artistic Director Amy Seiwert that celebrates the company’s legacy while embracing its future. The program features Seiwert’s vibrant French Kiss, set to the music of Pink Martini; My’Kal Stromile’s world …

Tubong to Living Ancestors
Friday, October 9 – 8:00 pm | Cost: $30*
*Advance General Admission: $30 - until September 20th, 2026
| Dance Mission Theater
Tubong to Living Ancestors

Tubong to Living Ancestors explores the intersection of indigenous ritual and contemporary performance homage to diasporic Pilipino and Asian legacy artists and culture bearers. We honor [17] Pilipino and Asian American legacy artists and culture bearers with  new works and restaged works from 1980’s & …

Feral Friday San Francisco Square Dance
Friday, October 9 – 8:00 pm | Cost: $20*
*Age based fee scale: 12 + under = free, 13-18 $10, over 18 = $20
| The Polish Club
Feral Friday San Francisco Square Dance

A community dance in the heart of the Mission District.  With Live Music at the historic Polish Club: it is fun, it is frisky!
No experience necessary, bring your pals or come on your own; all dances taught, all ages and people welcome.
A free Old Time …

Kangaroo Court Kangaroo Court

Welcome to Kangaroo Court: a fully-improvised courtroom comedy where you, the jury, decide the verdict.
Share your past slights, pet peeves, or personal grievances, and we’ll put them on trial. No case is too trivial, and the pettier the “crime,” the better the drama. We’ll take …

Saturday, October 10

Pink Access and Lavender Too Annual Cancer Education Walkathon
Saturday, October 10 – 9:00 am | Cost: $25*
*$25 registration donation for P.A.A.L.T's educational programming
| Lake Merritt Amphitheater
Pink Access and Lavender Too Annual Cancer Education Walkathon

Join Pink Access and Lavender Too (P.A.A.L.T.) for our community Walk-A-Thon to support cancer survivors, patients, and their families!
This family-friendly event brings the Oakland community together to raise awareness and funds for cancer support programs serving persons of color who are at higher risk. Walk …