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Friday, October 2
100 Years of OLA: Eras Tour Fun Faire w/ Food, Rides (Burlingame)
Join us for a very special Fun Faire as we celebrate 100 years of OLA.
This year’s theme: the OLA Eras Tour!
Friday, October 2 | 6pm–10pm
Saturday, October 3 | 2pm–10pm
️ Discounted pre-sale ride wristbands go on sale on September 16!
@OLA: 1721 Hillside Drive, Burlingame
Rides ...
Free 2026 Book Launch w/ Nat Geo Photographer Kiliii Yüyan (Corte Madera)
Friday, October 2 – 6:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Book Passage Corte Madera
Event Oct 2 with Nat Geo Photographer and Author Kiliii Yüyan at Books Passage Corte Madera
On October 2, National Geographic photographer and explorer Kiliii Yüyan will be giving a multimedia author presentation based his book Guardians of Life: Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Science, and Restoring the ...
Free Art Opening: Live The Moment Light (Palo Alto Art Center)
Friday Night at the Art Center Opening Celebration
️ Friday, Oct 2 | 6–8 PM | Palo Alto Art Center
️ FREE & open to all!
Join us for a free opening celebration of the exhibition Live the moment light
✨ What to Expect
Art Making (FREE)
Music
🧀 Food for purchase
Cash Bar
️ Bring your own tote or T ...
“Uniquely Filipino” Art Exhibition at Sentro Filipino
Friday, October 2 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Sentro Filipino: San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center
Please join us at Sentro Filipino on Friday, October 2nd from 6-8PM to welcome our upcoming exhibit, Uniquely Filipino, featuring the following artists:
• Lorivic Bicomong
• Glendford Lumbao
• Jethro Patalinghug
• Melanie Tiongson
Exhibition Statement:
Filipino sailors arrived in Morro Bay, California in October 1587
And the rest is history
Since ...
Kiliii Yuyan – Guardians of Life
Friday, October 2 – 6:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Book Passage (Corte Madera)
Based on the work of award-winning National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan, Guardians of Life takes readers on a transformative journey to people living in relationship with their ancestral homelands while upholding the sovereign rights of Indigenous peoples to care for their lands and waters.
This book ...
Steve Hawk Author Talk
Author Steve Hawk will be at Fireside with his thrilling new release, Nearshore.
This NorCal-based literary thriller explores deeper clashes: isolation versus community and family, Silicon Valley versus humanity, words versus action, and land versus sea. If you’d like to reserve a copy of Nearshore, ...
Death From Above 1979 “Private Lives Tour”
Friday, October 2 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm |
Cost: $39.50 | The UC Theatre
Born from the womb of Y2K techno paranoia, dance-punk mega duo DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 have been a cathartic through-line since 2001. Every now and then they come to fly their jumbo jet sound into the skyscrapers that the zeitgeist has erected. You’re a Woman, ...
Workshop SF First Fridays: Pumpkin Painting & Macrame
Every first Friday, WorkshopSF hosts an open house / party with DIY, art, fun and community. It’s a chance to preview classes, see the space, and just hang out with neighborhood peeps! We welcome all, and our activities are all low cost or free / ...
SF’s Free Fall 2026 “Night Garden on Third” Jazz Mafia + Vinyl DJ Concert Series (Bayview)
Night Garden on Third is a free three-part evening music series at the People’s Garden in Bayview. The series includes Afrobeat Sunset on October 2, Jazz Night in the Garden on October 3, and Soulful Sunset on October 4, with live music by Jazz Mafia ...
SF State’s Free Public Rooftop Stargazing Nights w/ Huge Telescope (October 2026)
San Francisco State University Observatory hosts a free public open night with family-friendly astronomy talks, updates on astronomy research, and rooftop telescope observing. Programming is offered in English and Spanish, weather permitting. Located at SFSU Thornton Hall top floor Upcoming Weekly Schedule Through Dec. 4, ...
Free ‘Sentimental Value’ Outdoor Movie Night (Proxy SF)
Friday, October 2 – 7:15 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Proxy SF
FREE and open to all!
Join us at PROXY for an exploration of stardom, family, and forgiveness in Sentimental Value!
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers Nora, a stage actress, the main role in what he ...
Oakland Critical Mass | First Friday
Friday, October 2 – 8:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland Critical Mass is a monthly group bike ride that takes place every first Friday of the month, which starts at 8 pm at the BikeLink bike lockers at 14th and Broadway, and ends at 23rd and Telegraph where Oakland Art Murmur is underway. Critical Mass is argued ...Monthly
San Francisco Bike Party (First Fridays)
Friday, October 2 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Secret Location (SF)
San Francisco Bike Party (not to be confused with Critical Mass) is a monthly celebration of biking for riders of different ages, types, and skill levels to enjoy. Every month is a different theme and you’re encouraged to dress up. San Francisco Bike Party is held on ...Monthly
Official Unofficial Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Afterparty (Plough and Stars)
Friday, October 2 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 11:30 pm |
Cost: $15 | The Plough and Stars
Join us for the official unofficial HSBG Festival After Party #19. After Friday night’s festival ends come on over to the Plough & Stars for more live music…and cold beer and booze!
Featuring two of California’s most diverse Americana bands:
THE FAMOUS — famously forge a sound ...
Saturday, October 3
African Arts Festival at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026
Saturday, October 3 – 11:00 am - Ends at 4:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
Sat, Oct 3 | 11:00am – 4:00pm
Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts.
San Francisco, CA
FREE | RSVP
The 6th Annual African Arts Festival celebrates the glorious diversity and extraordinary creativity of the continent’s peoples. Co-presented by Duniya Dance and Drum Company and the Yerba ...
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