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Thursday, September 10
Flower Piano 2026: Special Opening Night Celebration and Concert (Sept. 10)
One of the most unique interactive music festivals in the Bay Area is back! Flower Piano returns for its 11th year with 11 days of music, 12 pianos, and 130 performances in the Botanical Garden, plus plenty of open play opportunities, family-friendly activities, and more ...
Death Café with Christine Comaford, End-of-Life Doula
EOLPeace is holding a community gathering at Book Passage to explore death and the dying process. We will follow the format of Death Café, which was created by Jon Underwood in London approx. 12 years ago. It is a gently moderated conversation where all experiences are ...
Common Threads: An Evening of Connection
An evening of art, music, and connection — featuring the music of Kota Dosa and DJ Travl’r and benefiting our friends at PepToc, a nonprofit spreading kindness and joy through children’s words of love and encouragement via their hotline. If this is news to you, stop ...
What Now?
Join JD Beltran, Demetri Broxton, and Maria Jenson in conversation with Dean Rader on the future of art and art-making and how to support emerging visual artists with mentorship, community, and new models for training in the shifting Bay Area arts landscape.
Presented by the University ...
SF’s FREE “Valencia Live” Monthly Street Party (Sept. 2026)
Valencia LIVE! is back for a 2026 season! See you in the streets for a FREE, all-ages monthly neighborhood celebration with live music, cocktails to go, restaurants, art, shopping, and tons of fun in the streets. Live music curated by Carnaval SF. Select blocks of ...
Upper Polk Cleanup w/ Free Drink For Volunteers
Meet at Woods Polk Station (2255 Polk St) to grab our supplies and form our crew. Then, cleaning will occur from 5:00pm to 6:00pm around the neighborhood. Stay afterwards for a free drink and to meet fellow volunteers. Sign up on this Civic Joy Fund ...
Find Your Crew
Overview
Find your next collaborator, mentor, or crew. Bay Area creatives & industry pros connect Sept 10th at Berkeley City College. Free event.
About REEL
REEL is an immersive, hands-on after-school filmmaking program dedicated to empowering inner-city youth through storytelling and creative expression. Our students gain the unique ...
Wildtype’s $100M Sustainable Seafood Tasting + Career Panel (SF)
Cultured and cell-based foods is a rapidly expanding industry. San Francisco-based Wildtype (sustainable cell-cultivated seafood) recently raised $100 million from investors Jeff Bezos, S2G Ventures and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Blue Economy Careers:
Learn how Wildtype CEO and co-founder Justin Kolbeck is driving product development and consumer demand, partnering ...
$10 F-Line Historic Bar Crawl w/ Streetcars + 5 Bars (SF)
Market Street Railway’s annual F-Line Bar Crawl returns, taking guests via historic streetcars along the Embarcadero with stops at five notable bars, including Old Ship Saloon, Grumpy’s Restaurant & Pub, Pier 23 Cafe, Sweetie’s Art Bar, and The Buena Vista. The kickoff event is September ...
Free Small Business Expo at Windsor Community Center
The free event is sponsored by the local Lion’s Clubs & District 4-C2.You are invited to a Networking Night & Small Business Expo. Learn what the local small businesses have for retail or services. Get some free giveaways from the local small businesses. There will ...
Free Drive-In Movie Night + $2 Nachos at West Wind (East Bay + San Jose)
West Wind Drive-In hosts a free movie night featuring popular films including Toy Story 5, Moana (select locations), Michael, Project Hail Mary, PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie, and The Mandalorian & Grogu (select locations). The event includes music, bounce houses, family-friendly activities, and $2 nachos. ...
Nurse Happy Hour & Hiring Event at Avalon Vitality (SF)
Avalon Vitality is hosting a Nurse Happy Hour & Hiring Event at our San Francisco office every Thursday in September (10th, 17th & 24th, 2026) from 6-8 PM. Come meet our team, enjoy two free drinks and snacks, and explore nursing opportunities with us. What ...
Story Time with DIane Amos (The Pine Sol Lady) and Friends
STORY NIGHT AT CLUB FUGAZI — ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Join us for an unforgettable evening of live storytelling at San Francisco’s legendary Club Fugazi!
Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Featuring an extraordinary lineup of storytellers and performers:
Diane Amos — beloved comedian and storyteller & the PINE ...
Author Reading: An Evening with David B. Oppenheimer and Lois Corrin
Join us for a discussion with Law Professor David B. Oppenheimer and Lois Corrin on the deep history of diversity as a principle of equality, learning, and democracy.
Throughout his career, David Oppenheimer has worked to understand and address systemic inequality and discrimination through a legal ...
Free Film Crawl on Mission St – Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
Thursday, Sept. 10, 7–10 pm
Film Crawl on Mission Street by Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema Season #23
Join us for a new season of film crawl in 4 venues along Mission Street, including The Magic Patio, STEMful, Cafe Seventy8, and Studio45. Films show at all venues at ...
Bay Area Music Journalism: Covering A Changing Scene
Join KALW for a conversation about today’s Bay Area music journalism scene. Meet the reporters, ask questions, & share what you want to know
If you love going to Bay Area concerts and festivals, discovering new artists, reading reviews, or simply keeping up with what’s happening ...
Crushing
Crushing is a genre-defiant live show where multidisciplinary artists—playwrights, actors, novelists, poets, comedians—perform true stories from their love lives onstage.
Our performers are award-winning novelists, MacDowell Fellows, Off-Broadway playwrights, formerly incarcerated artists, and more.
They will be shedding light on everything from dating as a drag queen to ...
Friday, September 11
Flower Piano 2026: 12 Hidden Pianos in Golden Gate Park (Sept. 10-20)
One of the most unique interactive music festivals in the Bay Area is back! Flower Piano returns for its 11th year with 11 days of music, 12 pianos, and 130 performances in the Botanical Garden, plus plenty of open play opportunities, family-friendly activities, and more ...
Free Online Encore: 22nd Queer Women of Color Film Fest (2026)
Missed the International Queer Women of Color Film Festival (QWOCFF) in San Francisco? The films are coming to you, FREE, from September 11 to 21, 2026.
QWOCFF 2026 extends beyond June, with 47 films screening from LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. We Resist, and We Roll. Everywhere.
Pier 70 “Time Machine” Grand Opening: 150 Years of History (Sept. 11-13)
Celebrate the grand opening of the Pier 70 Time Machine at Historic Building 12, featuring interactive displays, hundreds of primary artifacts, a 24-foot 10,000-Year History Wall, Ramaytush Ohlone Cultural Display, and a photographic retrospective. Presented by the Bethlehem Shipyard Museum and Potrero Hill Archives Project, ...
“Union Square Dances” Free Outdoor Friday Night Dance Party (SF)
Come out to Union Square Park every Friday from 5 pm to 8 pm through October 16 for our free Union Square Dances. Enjoy rotating styles of live music and dancing, including Salsa, Country Western, Swing, Bollywood, and Tango. Each event starts with a lesson followed by ...Every Friday
SF’s Chinatown Night Market (Sept. 2026)
The BeChinatown Night Market returns to Grant Avenue on Friday, September 11, 2026, featuring lion dancing, live music by Jest Jammin’, games, arts and crafts, and a celebration of Asian American food and culture. The event runs from 5 PM to 9 PM, with activities ...
“Twin Peaks” Fest 2026: Screenings + Cherry Pie at SF’s Balboa Theater (Sept. 11-13)
Twin Peaks Fest at Balboa Theater features three days of screenings from all seasons of Twin Peaks and Fire Walk with Me, local art vendors, a raffle for paintings, live piano performances, and cherry pie. Costumes are encouraged, and tickets are sold by screening, day, ...
Giulia Varga & Siro Saracino: Rare Piano Four Hands Concert (SF)
Two pianists, one piano, and a dazzling program of rhythm, dance, and orchestral color. Dynamic Piano Duo — Giulia Varga and Siro Saracino — brings the rare art of piano four hands to San Francisco in an expressive and virtuosic live performance featuring music by ...
Free Rosh Hashanah Services w/ Music, Potluck + Shofar (SF)
Join Keneset HaLev’s inclusive Jewish (and Jew-ish, and non-Jewish) community for song, celebration, meditation, discussion, and teshuva – repair & return. Our participatory, post-denominational services feature creative Traditional, Renewal and Earth-Based Jewish liturgy in Hebrew and English.
With service leader Maggid-Chaplain Jonathan Furst, the KHL Band ...
“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 ...
Rosh Hashanah Community Dinner (Petaluma)
With delicious traditional Rosh Hashanah foods, great camaraderie, and inspiration, we will welcome in the New Year, and celebrate the special moment of Rosh Hashanah. Capture the spirit and tastes of Rosh Hashanah with family and community at this unique and memorable Rosh Hashanah Dinner.
Round ...
Free Film Crawl on Cortland – Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema
Friday, Sept. 11, 7–10 pm
Film Crawl on Cortland Avenue by Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema Season #23
We are thrilled to return to Cortland Avenue for a new season of film crawl in 5 venues, including our long-term partners Progressive Grounds Coffee House, Baukunst, Bernal Heights Library, ...
Free Summer Outdoor Movie Nights (Hayward)
Bring the entire family for these feature films playing all summer in parks around the district. Put together your movie setup with a picnic dinner, low-back small chairs and/or blankets and flashlight (keep them low, please). Zootopia 2 (PG)Friday, June 5, 7:00 pm Unity Park, ...Monthly
Feral Friday SF Square Dance
A community dance in the heart of the Mission District. It all takes place 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 ...
