Sunday, October 11
“Lindy in the Park” Swing Dance Party (Golden Gate Park)
Get ready to swing in Golden Gate Park every sunny Sunday at “Lindy in the Park,” a weekly free event near the de Young Museum, when the streets of Golden Gate Park are closed to traffic and the dancers take over. This in person event resumed ...Every Sunday
“Pitch” Free Outdoor Queer Dance Theater on a Softball Field (Oakland)
As the pilot performance of The Dyke HERstory Dance Tour, PITCH a new, site-specific dance theater project exploring Bay Area queer history through movement, storytelling, and community engagement. Set on the softball field, five dancers embody Bay Area dyke ancestors reuniting as an all-star “ghost ...
Improv(e) Your Dating Life
Explore your dating tendencies, expand your dating pool, and live in the moment in this improv-based dating course. This is a single day, 2-hour workshop. Choose from any of the dates below.
Dates:
Sunday Oct 11, 2-4pm
Friday Nov 6, 6:30-8:30pm
Friday Dec 4, 6:30-8:30pm
Requirements: 18 Years +
Location: 2 Marina Blvd, ...
San José Wind Symphony Presents, A Novel Concert
The San José Wind Symphony is pleased to present its 2026-27 season titled
“Storytellers.” This season explores the many ways music tells stories through
literature, mythology, cultural traditions, film, history, and community.
A Novel Concert, Sunday ,October 11. Step into the pages of great literature brought to life through ...
Poetry Night + Interactive Art “Who’s To Say This Isn’t A Garden” (SF)
Sunday, October 11 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: $20 | The Secret Alley
Join us for a night of poetry featuring poets:
Emma Wood
Collyn Cooper
Adrienne Gilliam
Emily Rose Cronan
Holly Juliet Zimbert
We will have an interactive art piece to engage with throughout the night. Please bring something to add to it—absurdity encouraged. Because who’s to say this isn’t a garden.
Hope to ...
Monday, October 12
53rd Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off (Half Moon Bay)
Will the impressive world heavyweight record of 2,749 pounds set at our 2023 event get squashed by a Volkswagen-sized pumpkin in 2026 in Half Moon Bay? No weigh? Weigh! Bring it on beefy, brawny, burly behemoths!
The excitement is building in Pumpkintown as the World’s Greatest Gourd ...
SalsaCrazy Mondays: Beginner Lessons + Social Dancing (SF)
Learn to salsa, then dance salsa and bachata at SalsaCrazy Mondays, San Francisco’s legendary Monday dance night for over 20 years. No partner or experience is needed: beginner lessons are taught step by step, and partners rotate so everyone can practice. Come solo, with friends, ...
Tuesday, October 13
SF’s “Circus By The Bay” Night: History Panel + Wild Live Acts (Fort Mason)
Cowell Theater hosts a panel conversation and live performances exploring San Francisco’s new American circus movement. Pickle Family Circus and New Pickle Circus veterans Gypsy Snider, Shana Carroll, Jeff Raz, and Tandy Beal will discuss the scene’s history, alongside archival photos and video and performances ...
Franks Cabaret: A Good Ships Fundraiser
Calling all unconventional conventionalists, Frank n Furter cordially invites you to his cabaret! Frank has decided to dabble in directing so what better chance to throw a party in his honor. Join us as for a night of spooky performances, including drag and live singing, ...
Wednesday, October 14
Salvi Soul Encuentro 2026: SF’s Free Salvadoran Culture Festival (Oct 14-18)
Wednesday, October 14 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Casa De Apoyo
Salvi Soul Encuentro is a four-date celebration of Salvadoran heritage in San Francisco’s Excelsior and Mission Districts. The program includes Salvadoran storytelling at Casa De Apoyo, a poetry and vinyl record showcase, a bike tour tracing the legacy of Los Siete de la Raza, and ...
Thursday, October 15
$10 Off Tix: SF’s “Terror Vault” 1874 Halloween Haunt (2026)
San Francisco’s premiere haunted attraction returns for 2026 with “SLASHED: Return to Hellville” an all-new, bigger, and more terrifying theatrical and immersive experience from the insane mind of Peaches Christ. Brand new for 2026: Thirty-seven years after the infamous Hellville massacre, a terrifying new evil has ...
Disney On Ice “Find Your Hero” (October 15-18)
Disney On Ice is bringing a new magical adventure for the whole family! Audiences will discover what it truly means to be a hero as Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and friends from around the Disney Kingdom come together to take families on a journey through ...
16th & Mission Open Mic (w/out a mic)
Time: 9pm to 12am, Celebrating 20 years in May 2023 (currently 19 years strong). Instagram: @16thmission. For 18 years, this outdoor “open mic-without-a-mic” has welcomed poets, musicians, emcees, comedy, and everything in between. In the best of San Francisco tradition, everyone is welcome, ...Every Thursday
Friday, October 16
$5 Off: “The Confessional” SF’s Wild “Sins & Secrets” Improv Comedy Show
From the mild to the wild, all of us have guilty pleasures, moments of being bad, and the down right awful. Audiences submit written sins and secrets, and we weave a fully improvised comedy show. Don’t worry, it’s anonymous. No one will know about the ...
SF Neo-Futurists “The Infinite Wrench” (30 Plays in 60 Minutes, every Fri & Sat)
See the show the SF Chronicle calls one of 22 San Francisco things everyone must do! 50 weekends a year, the critically-acclaimed San Francisco Neo-Futurists present The Infinite Wrench, an attempt to perform 30 bite-sized plays in a frantic race against the clock, in an ...
$5 Off: “Your Fucked Up Relationship” Live in SF (Every Friday & Saturday)
Since 2011, San Francisco’s hottest improv show remains “Your Fucked Up Relationship.” — Improvised scenes inspired by your ridiculous, fucked up relationships. Everyone has had at least one. You tell us your story, we show you ours. You laugh, we laugh, and we all hook ...
$5 Off: “The Ritual” Comedy Show in The Mission (SF)
Once a week, in the late hours of what used to be “not considered late,” a group of degenerates and misfits gather to perform a seance unlike anything seen before. So comically evil that you may get sick to your stomach. The Ritual will be ...Every Friday
Salvi Soul Encuentro 2026: SF’s Free Salvadoran Culture Festival (Oct 14-18)
Friday, October 16 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Casa De Apoyo
Salvi Soul Encuentro is a four-date celebration of Salvadoran heritage in San Francisco’s Excelsior and Mission Districts. The program includes Salvadoran storytelling at Casa De Apoyo, a poetry and vinyl record showcase, a bike tour tracing the legacy of Los Siete de la Raza, and ...
Dean Evans: Les Pervers – Flop Fest
Renowned Clown and Mime artist Dean Evans presents a series of darkly comedic personas, one after another, in a tour de force of physical transformation. Dean slips between an Edgar Allan Poe–esque horror writer, a retired showgirl from Branson Missouri, a dying Mime gasping out ...
“Lit Laugh Lyric” Haunted Spoken Word + Eerie Comedy (North Beach)
This autumn’s Lit Laugh Lyric comes to Mabuhay Gardens for a night of haunting spoken words, eerie comedy and frightening melodies.
Lit Laugh Lyric is a quarterly variety show that brings together three art forms in one night bringing you groundbreaking emerging Bay Area artists in ...
Terrifying Immigrant Takes the Form of a Soft Chubby Bear
Epic Party Theatre Presents the world premiere of
Terrifying Immigrant Takes the Form of a Soft Chubby Bear
Written & Performed by Baruch Porras Hernandez
Directed & Produced by Richard A. Mosqueda
Baruch Porras Hernandez is ready to bring the house down with his new solo tour-de-force, Terrifying Immigrant ...
Saturday, October 17
One-Night Market Street Arts & Theater Festival: 50+ Experiences (SF)
A one-night-only live arts and theater experience that celebrates the deep history of entertainment culture on Market Street. 104 partners, 50+ experiences, 35+ locations, 6 blocks, 3 public plazas, 1 Night Only!
Market Street transforms into a walkable arts spectacle. Free public performances, ticketed shows at ...
$5 Off: “The Confessional” SF’s Wild “Sins & Secrets” Improv Comedy Show
From the mild to the wild, all of us have guilty pleasures, moments of being bad, and the down right awful. Audiences submit written sins and secrets, and we weave a fully improvised comedy show. Don’t worry, it’s anonymous. No one will know about the ...
$5 Off: “Your Fucked Up Relationship” Live in SF (Every Friday & Saturday)
Since 2011, San Francisco’s hottest improv show remains “Your Fucked Up Relationship.” — Improvised scenes inspired by your ridiculous, fucked up relationships. Everyone has had at least one. You tell us your story, we show you ours. You laugh, we laugh, and we all hook ...
SF Neo-Futurists “The Infinite Wrench” (30 Plays in 60 Minutes, every Fri & Sat)
See the show the SF Chronicle calls one of 22 San Francisco things everyone must do! 50 weekends a year, the critically-acclaimed San Francisco Neo-Futurists present The Infinite Wrench, an attempt to perform 30 bite-sized plays in a frantic race against the clock, in an ...
“Brava” 40th Anniversary Celebration Block Party 2026 (Mission)
Saturday, October 17 – 11:00 am - Ends at 5:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Brava Theater Center
Brava Theater Center hosts a free, family-friendly block party on 24th Street between Bryant and Hampshire celebrating 40 years of Brava!, 30 years of community ownership, and 100 years of the historic theater. The event includes live performances, film screenings, and art activations.
Original Event Description:
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SF’s Free Salvadoran Culture Festival Bike Tour (The Mission)
Saturday, October 17 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Chan Kaaial Park
Salvi Soul Encuentro is a four-date celebration of Salvadoran heritage in San Francisco’s Excelsior and Mission Districts. The program includes Salvadoran storytelling at Casa De Apoyo, a poetry and vinyl record showcase, a bike tour tracing the legacy of Los Siete de la Raza, and ...
Brava Block Party: Celebrating 40 Years
Saturday, October 17 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Brava Theater
Brava! Block Party
Saturday, October 17, 2026 @11AM-5PM
40 Years of Brava!, 30 Years of Community Ownership and 100 Years of the Historic Theater
24th Street • Between Bryant and Hampshire
A free, family-friendly celebration of art, community, and 40 years of Brava!
Live performances • Film Screenings • Art ...
Falsettos and Sunsets – Flop Fest
Falsettos and Sunsets as part of Flop Fest
Falsettos and Sunsets is the story of Richard Begaldix and George Lamps, a pair of cartoony cool guys who fall in love and stumble through the world of polyamory with outrageous physical comedy, startling emotional honesty, and slapstick ...
Sunday, October 18
$5 Off Tix: San Francisco Playhouse’s “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” (Sept. 26-Nov. 28)
By Henry Lewis, Henry Shields & Jonathan Sayer The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society is back, and this time they’re taking on Peter Pan. Save $5 off tickets with code FUNCHEAP. It’s their most ambitious production yet, complete with flying rigs, sword fights, and a very ...
