Free Events
San Francisco… land of the free. Here’s just the free stuff in SF and the Bay Area. Keep your wallet in your pocket and enjoy!
Saturday, October 31
Halloween 2026: Trick-or-Treat Trail w/ Full-Size Candy Bars (SF’s Portola)
Portola’s Halloween celebration includes a 3-4 pm Haunted Hunt for ages 6-10 at Portola Library, followed by neighborhood trick-or-treating from 5-8 pm along Somerset, Burrows, and Bacon streets. The evening concludes with the free Spooky Garden Reverie at the Green Between from 6-10 pm, featuring ...
2026 “Fillmore After Dark” Halloween Night Market (SF)
Get ready for the ultimate family fright night w/live acts, spooky bounce houses, creepy sweets & treats, costume contest, games & prizes.
Fillmore After Dark: “Kids Scream Zone” Halloween Night Market
The Ultimate Family Fright Night in the Heart of the Fillmore
This Halloween, San Francisco’s historic Fillmore ...
Halloween Night Market + Kids Scream Zone “Fillmore After Dark” 2026 (SF)
Fillmore After Dark transforms San Francisco’s historic Fillmore District into a family-friendly Halloween night market, featuring live stage entertainment, a Kids Scream Zone with spooky bounce houses and trunk-or-treating, costume contests, classic cars, games, prizes, and a food and merchant bazaar. The event is free, ...
Alameda Landing Shopping Center: 2026 Free Halloween Spooktacular Event
Get ready for thrills, treats, and a whole lot of fun! Alameda Landing Shopping Center is excited to announce its highly anticipated Annual Halloween Spooktacular, a free community celebration that promises festive fun for families, kids, and Halloween enthusiasts of all ages.
What: An afternoon filled ...
Nob Hill Halloween In The Park + Dog Costume Contest 2026 (SF)
The Nob Hill Association hosts Halloween in the Park at Huntington Park, with free candy for trick-or-treaters and a dog costume contest at 5:00 PM. Dogs may participate without advance registration, and pet prizes will be awarded to contest winners.
Original Event Description:
Calling all little ghosts, ...
Free Halloween Harvest Fest w/ Inflatables in Willow Glen (San Jose)
WILLOW GLEN HARVEST FEST
Looking for a fun, family-friendly way to celebrate Halloween? Or looking for a Halloween alternative? Come celebrate with us!
Join us for a FREE family event at the Church of God of San Jose in Willow Glen! We’re opening our doors ...
Free Outdoor Video Art Walk Through SF’s Mid-Market (Oct. 30 – Nov. 1)
Meet the Moment Video Festival brings politically and socially engaged video art to storefront windows, vacant spaces and outdoor projections along a walkable Mid-Market loop. Curated by Natasha Becker, Mushi Wooseong James, Việt Lê, Julio César Morales, Efe Ozmen and Twyla Ruby, the festival features ...
Pink Flamingo (Drag & Burlesque) Bingo Halloween Edition
Start your Halloween early with a special Halloween edition of Pink Flamingo Bingo — a drag and burlesque bingo show with filth, glamour, prizes and plenty of camp.
No cover. Free bingo. Costume contest. Drink specials.Doors 4:30 PM/Show 5:00 PM21+
Sponsored by Original Pattern Brewing Company & ...
Free Halloween Night at the Museum + Flashlight Ghost Hunt (Palo Alto)
The ghosts are out at MOAH this Halloween! Grab your costumes for a night of eerie vibes and spine-tingling fun.
Come enjoy Halloween candy, a flashlight ghost hunt, weird history & artifacts, a mad scientist demo, tarot readings, & more!
RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_JsO_JaxkzQJKe5lZIDWiCR-XxpNJMvsxx6QYdbhPFSXB8Q/viewform?usp=header
Castro Halloween 2026 Block Party & Night Market: 4 Blocks + 3 Stages (SF)
Castro Halloween returns on October 31, 2026 with activities across four blocks and three stages, including trick-or-treating, a costume contest, Glow In The Streets, live entertainment, bars, food, local vendors, and other spooky surprises. The event is presented by CG Events, the Castro Merchants Association, ...
Glow in the Streets 2026: Outdoor Dayglow / Neon Halloween Dance Party (Castro)
Glow in the Streets is a Halloween-night outdoor dance party in San Francisco’s Castro District featuring DJ sets by Hil Huerta and Sergio Fedasz, drag, dayglow and neon art, a no-host bar, and costume contests for kids, pets, and adults. The event includes immersive art ...
Downtown SF Halloween + Día de los Muertos Block Party (Claude Lane)
The dead come out on Claude Lane for Halloween
El Callejón de los Muertos takes over the alley Saturday, October 31, from 5PM to 1AM. It’s a Día de los Muertos block party with DJs, costumes, Pueblo Viejo cocktails, and food from @mestizo.sf.
DJ Lineup
5–8PM: Mojo
8PM–1AM: Capital ...
“Halloween on Cortland” Street Fair 2026: 5-Blocks of Free Trick-or-Treating Fun (Bernal Heights)
Halloween on Cortland is an annual neighborhood trick-or-treating and community celebration held along the Cortland Avenue commercial corridor in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood. Founded by Greening Projects in 2024, the event brings together families, local merchants, and residents for safe, festive trick-or-treating and Halloween ...
Trick or Treat w/ Robots Handing Out Candy for Halloween 2026 (Potrero Hill)
A group of friends built robots that hand out candy to trick-or-treaters, and they’re bringing even more robots out this Saturday.
Trick or Treat with Robots
Saturday, October 31, 2026, 5–8 PM
374 Connecticut St., Potrero Hill, San Francisco
Free outdoor stop, no RSVP or tickets; children should come ...
Free “Spooky Garden Reverie” All Ages Halloween Festival in the Portola (SF)
The Green Between, a neighborhood garden in the Portola’s Garden District, turns spooky for one night each year. Wander glowing paths, dance to music by DJ Antitdope, and grab seasonal treats from local food trucks along the way. Come in costume or come as you ...
Boos & Brews Halloween Party at Taplands (Santa Clara)
Halloween is our favorite non-beer holiday of the year! And since we love a good party, we’re throwing one!
Join us at Taplands for Boos & Brews, our Halloween celebration featuring spooky beers from Great Notion and Ghost Town Brewing, a costume contest, spooky music, scary ...
Wanted: 100+ Adult Minions Needed for Epic Halloween Bar Crawl (SF)
SF, this is a stupidly important civic project.
We are assembling 100+ adults, age 24+, to become Minions for a Halloween group bar outing. The uniform is yellow, blue denim, and gray goggles.
The mission is simple: create enough Minions that every other costume group stops, squints, ...
Yerba Buena Illuminated: Free 95-Ft Art Projection on Market Street
San Francisco has officially turned a downtown building into a giant art projector. Yerba Buena Illuminated launched Tuesday, August 25, 2026 projecting giant digital artworks onto the historic Humboldt Bank Building at 785 Market St., at the top of Yerba Buena Lane. The massive projection ...
Free Halloween 80s + 90s Throwback Dance Party (Livermore)
Get ready for a Halloween night filled with 80’s & 90’s music, drinks, dancing, costumes and old-school vibes at The Hangar in Livermore!
The BACK IN THE DAY PARTY is going AFTER DARK this Halloween! All 80’s and 90’s music party jams!
Join us Saturday, October 31st ...
Free Halloween Horror Screening: “Ththng” at Live Worms (SF)
Find the streets of SF frightful on All Hallows Eve? Grab some snacks, huddle up and enjoy movie night with us at the Church of Mother Gong. THTHNG: Desolation Unknown is the 1st part of horror trilogy homage to one of the greatest horror films ...
