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Saturday, October 3
Santa Cruz’s 1st Ever “Porchfest” Free Downtown Music Crawl (14 Venues / 50+ Concerts)
Santa Cruz Porchfest is a free, all-ages community music event that turns porches throughout downtown Santa Cruz into performance stages. Attendees can walk between locations to hear local artists across genres including folk, jazz, bluegrass, rock, hip-hop, salsa, and more, with printed maps and schedules ...
DayThinking Trivia Brunch: Mean Girls
Saturday, October 3 12:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Fluid510
Get In Loser, We’re Going to Mean Girls Brunch!
Saturday, October 3rd, 2026
NOON-2pm
Prizes for Best Team Name! Best Team Costume!
Wear Pink & Bring your friends, Plastics or not!
Cultivar Block Party: 9+ Hours of Live Music, Food & Waterfront Fun (Sausalito)
Saturday, October 3 12:00 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Cultivar
Join Cultivar Sausalito for a full day of live music, food, craft cocktails, and wine on Tracy Way. Enjoy a festive waterfront atmosphere with performances throughout the afternoon and evening.
Live Music & Entertainment Schedule:
12:00–1:30 PM — Robbie Collins
2:00–3:30 PM — Stroke 9 Acoustic
3:30–4:15 PM — ...
Nike Missile Site Open House & Storytelling | Marin Headlands
Saturday, October 3 12:30 pm - Ends at 3:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Nike Missile Site
Get an upclose look at a restored Cold War anti-aircraft missile site and hear intriguing stories from Nike veterans, park rangers, and volunteers from 12:30-3:30 pm, every first Saturday of the month. This valuable historical resource is the only restored Nike missile site in the entire country. It’s a ...Monthly
Red Bull Batalla “Bay Under Cup” Freestyle Spanish Rap Battle (SF)
Red Bull Batalla “Bay Under Cup” Freestyle Rap Battle | SF
Get ready to witness the raw energy of the Bay Area’s premier Spanish-language freestyle rap tournament! The Bay Under Cup is officially here, serving as a high-stakes qualifier for the Red Bull Batalla USA National ...
“MAPP” SF’s Free Art, Poetry & Concert Crawl in The Mission (October 2026)
Saturday, October 3 6:00 pm - Ends at 11:59 pm |
Cost: FREE | The Mission District
The Mission Arts Performance Project (MAPP) sprawls across more than a dozen venues as well as public spaces, secret gardens, street corners, BART stations, cafes, bars, taquerias, and homes all over La Mission typically starting in the afternoon and going until late. The event features ...
11th Annual “SF Cheese Fest” Unlimited Tastes on Treasure Island (2026)
The SF Cheese Fest is back for its 11th year, and we’re celebrating in style at Gold Bar Distillery on Treasure Island with stunning views of the San Francisco Bay!
Spend the evening surrounded by California’s best artisan cheesemakers, wine makers, craft brewers, chefs, and artisans ...
Castle Rat: Summon The Beasts Tour 2026
Castle Rat is a Medieval Fantasy Heavy Metal band hailing from NYC, led by “The Rat Queen,” Riley Pinkerton, on rhythm guitar and lead vocals. On her mission to expand and defend “The Realm” from those who seek to destroy it, The Rat Queen is ...
SF’s Free Bayview “Night Garden on Third” Jazz Night in the Garden (Fall 2026)
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 ...
9th Annual Free “Drunken Film Fest” Oakland (Oct. 3-9)
Drunken Film Fest returns for its 9th annual free film fest taking place at bars throughout Oakland!
The festival opens with the West coast premiere of new feature documentary What Comes From Sitting in Silence? before hopping over to a different bar each night for a different program ...
5th Annual Afro Latinx Concert (Bayview Opera House)
Get ready to dance, celebrate, and connect at a vibrant night of Afro Latinx music, food, and art!
Celebrate the 5th Annual Afro Latinx Concert!
Join us for a vibrant night of Afro Latinx culture, music, and community at the historic Ruth Williams Opera House in San ...
SF Philharmonic: Two Musical Titans. One Unforgettable Night
Saturday, October 3 7:30 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm |
Cost: $35 | Herbst Theatre
TWO MUSICAL TITANS. ONE UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT.
This October, the season doesn’t simply begin—it erupts.
Step into the iconic Herbst Theatre on Saturday, October 3 at 7:30 PM for an evening of orchestral power, drama, beauty, and sheer exhilaration.
First, the thunderous spectacle of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture—a musical battle cry that surges from tension ...
SF’s Prince vs. Michael Jackson DJ Party (NoPa)
Saturday, October 3 9:00 pm |
Cost: $10 | Madrone Art Bar
Pay tribute to both the King of Pop and the Purple One every first Saturday of the month at the Madrone Art Bar’s “The Prince and Michael Experience,” which celebrates their work with a healthy dose of competition as fans go head-to-head on the dance ...Monthly
DJ_Dave: Gods & Monsters Night at The Midway (SF)
Saturday, October 3 9:00 pm |
Cost: $37.08 | The Midway
Event Information
Presale begins: Wednesday, July 29 @ 10 AM
On Sale begins: Friday, July 31 @ 10 AM
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Saturday, October 3rd
The Midway SF & Goldenvoice Present:
DJ_Dave
21+ Event
The Midway – Gods & Monsters
900 Marin Street SF
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All tickets are final sale and cannot be exchanged or refunded.
Sunday, October 4
Litquake Out Loud + Book Fair (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival 2026)
Litquake Out Loud + Book Fair
Sun, Oct 4
Time: 11:00am – 4:00pm
Venue: Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Sts.
San Francisco, CA
In a city built on tall tales, hard-boiled prose, revelatory memoirs, and penetrating reportage, Litquake is the soul of San Francisco’s cultural ...
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