Free events in and around San Francisco this weekend
888 events this weekend (Nov 6–8) in and around San Francisco, 150 of them free. Each links to its original listing. Updated November 6.
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Friday, November 6
- 8 AM AIAS+ 2026 — AI for Scientific Discovery The Ritz-Carlton Free
- 8 AM Morning Coffee Cleanup (Inner Richmond) w/ Free Coffee For Volunteers Cinderella Bakery & Cafe Free
- 8 AM Startup World Cup 2026 Grand Finale Hilton San Francisco Union Square Free
- 9 AM 10k Before 10a Belvedere Park Free
- 9 AM Big Tech, Democracy, and Human Rights Conference 2026 at Stanford Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center Free
- 9 AM Mommy & Little Pilates Travis Air Force Base Free
- 9 AM PLATFORMday: In-Person Platform Engineering Event | San Francisco | Q4 2026 Sentry Free
- 9:30 AM Biotech Open Pitch Session Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center Free
- 10 AM FREE First Fridays San Mateo County History Museum Free
- 10 AM Harvest Festival® ~ Santa Rosa Sonoma County Fairgrounds Free
- 10 AM Marin Arts & Crafts Show Marin Center Free
- 10:30 AM Ver la memoria: una conversación con Queralt Solé y Espe Pons || Seeing Memory: A Conversation with Queralt Solé and Espe Pons Doe Library Free
- 11 AM Natural Wonders Viewpoints Gallery Free
- 11 AM Preschool craft activity and story time San Mateo County History Museum Free
- 11 AM Story time and craft activity featuring A is for Acorn - Free First Fridays Nature’s Bounty Gallery Free
- 11:30 AM Copy of Weekly Friday Meditation Center for Spiritual Living San Jose Free
- 12 PM Jam Session with Creativity Explored Front Door Gallery Free
- 12:30 PM Noon Concert: Piano Students of Melinda Lee Masur Braun Music Center Free
- 1 PM AI for Greater Good - Demo Day: RSI, AI Safety, Climate Change, Physical AI, and Personal Data Privacy AWS Builder Loft Free
- 1 PM eWEAR Health Prize @ Stanford U. Alumni Center Free
- 1 PM Hack the Feed: Creator Tools Hackathon with Oriane, GMI Cloud & Lovable at Amplitude HQ! Amplitude Analytics Free
- 2 PM Docent-guided museum tour San Mateo County History Museum Free
- 2 PM Gallery Conversations | JANE! Cantor Arts Center Free
- 3 PM Haiku in the Garden – Autumn Marin Art and Garden Center Free
- 3 PM Lecture: Visiting Composer – Melody Eötvös Braun Music Center Free
- 3 PM Shop Talk & Food Truck | Omni Ventures × Uptool | Friday Nov 6 | San Jose VTN Manufacturing Free
- 3:30 PM Collage Capsules: Build a Mini Museum Palo Alto City Library Free
- 4 PM Friday celebration — instead of protest! College Avenue & Ashby Avenue Free
- 4 PM Geospatial Developers Meetup Peacock Meadow Free
- 4 PM Peace Corner Castro Valley Friday Demonstrations Redwood Road & Castro Valley Boulevard Free
- 5 PM An Exclusive Burning Man Film Screening & Conversation with Award-Winning social entrepreneur Sophia Swire Shack15 Free
- 5 PM Dirtybird x Thrive City: Dirtybird Night Market Thrive City Free
- 5 PM First Fridays @ArtWalkSJ South First Street Free
- 5 PM Fort Mason Night Market 2026 w/ 70+ Makers (SF) Fort Mason Center Free
- 5 PM Natural Wonders Viewpoints Gallery Free
- 5 PM Off the Grid: Fort Mason Center Fort Mason Center Free
- 5 PM Qualcomm UNO Q Hack Night #3 Qualcomm Free
- 5 PM Weekly Peace Vigil: San Jose Dr. Martin Luther King Free
- 5:30 PM Built at the Frontier: AIAS⁺ Startup & Builder Night The Ritz-Carlton Free
- 5:30 PM First Fridays Family Art Night: after-hours! Dixon Library Free
- 6 PM Blü Egyptian at Apple Jack's Apple Jack's Bar Free
- 6 PM Hilo: The Holiday Special with Author-Illustrator Judd Winick Linden Tree Children's Books Free
- 6 PM Kristi Yamaguchi Ice Rink Opening Ceremony at City Center Bishop Ranch City Center Bishop Ranch Free
- 6 PM Mini Masterpieces Holiday Gifts Show 2026 - Nov. 6th Reception Rythmix Cultural Works Free
- 6:15 PM Low Cost Reiki Clinic for the Community Soulful Sanctuary Free
- 7 PM Diwali Concert with Arjun Verma Cupertino Library Free
- 7 PM Mortar, Pestle, and Lights : Cooking and Light Show with Artists VC Tang and Combsy Chopsticks Alley Art Gallery at Open San Jose Free
- 8:30 PM Crazy Funny Asians Comedy Night (Free with RSVP) The Function SF: Comedy Club & Cocktail Lounge Free
- 9 PM Bongo 1 Year Anniversary: Jim Hopkins, Buck Wilson, Golem, mind2motion Mothership Free
- 9 PM Elevation (1st Fridays) with Nina Sol, Mind Motion & Renoir Golden Ratio Free
- 9 PM House Revolution: DJ Poe, Teknemo, DJ Stux Bella Free
- 9 PM Nine Dog Dick, Future Kill, Black Bibles, Step Up Tequila Mockingbird Free
- 10 PM Hawthorn Feat. Kromatic + Young Kid Speed, DJ The DJ & Will Masters Hawthorn Free
- 10 PM Honey Channel w/ Miel Beton, Hard Shiny Plastic and Bstone Kilowatt Bar Free
- 10 PM Late Night Karaoke After-Party - Friday Nights After Comedy Barrel Proof Lounge Free
- 10 PM Throw It Back: 2000s / 2010s Party | Providence San Francisco Providence Free
Saturday, November 7
- 9 AM Diamond Heights Median Project Cleanup St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church Free
- 9:30 AM Hilltop Yoga + Coffee at the Lodge at Marconi (Donation-Based) Lodge at Marconi Free
- 9:45 AM Nob Hill Monthly Street Sweeps Le Beau Market Free
- 10 AM Celebrate History in Motion San Mateo County History Museum Free
- 10 AM Charge Up: Saturday Chan Meditation & Tea in San Francisco Dharma Treasury Temple Free
- 10 AM Coffee Connection Best Artisan Empanadas Free
- 10 AM Dia de los Muertos and Diwali Festival at Crissy Field (SF) Crissy Field Center Free
- 10 AM Feed your garden with Worm Composting // Alimenta tu jardín con lombrices East Palo Alto Community Garden Free
- 10 AM First Saturday at Rafiki Coalition Rafiki Coalition For Health & Wellness Free
- 10 AM FLIPPER UPPER PROPERTIES TOUR: REAL ESTATE Remax Prestigious Properties Free
- 10 AM History in Motion FREE Grand Opening Celebration San Mateo County History Museum Free
- 10 AM Palo Alto- Worm Composting Workshop Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden Free
- 10 AM Portola Cleanup Burrows Pocket Park Free
- 10 AM RoboRoots 2.0: Civic Tech Summit African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC) Free
- 10 AM SoulSearch Palo Alto Enlightenment Expo Psychic & Healing Fair Crowne Plaza Palo Alto by IHG Free
- 10:30 AM Filmmaking Masterclass: Behind the Sound & Music of “SO CLOSE” Brava Theater Center Free
- 10:30 AM Wonders of a Watershed Storytime Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Environmental Education Center Free
- 11 AM Art & Crafts Fair at CCA California College of the Arts Free
- 11 AM District 2 Marina Family Summit Marina Middle School Free
- 11 AM FACE FOUNDRIÉ Los Gatos Grand Opening FACE FOUNDRIÉ - Los Gatos Free
- 11:30 AM Indivisible San Mateo: Saturday lunch at Terrace Food Court at Hillsdale Mall The Terraces at Hillsdale Mall Free
- 12 PM Count The Vote Rally San Jose City Hall Free
- 12 PM Journeys of Promise: Free San Jose Community Art Auction San Jose Clubhouse Free
- 12 PM Our Elections, Our Future: A Post Election Youth Debrief CreaTV/Open San Jose Free
- 12 PM Reawakening Community Day New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU) Free
- 12 PM Satt Yoga at Stanford Old Union at Stanford Free
- 12 PM Trinity+St. Peter's Cleanup Trinity+St. Peter's Episcopal Church Free
- 1 PM Harry Clewans Artist Talk Triton Museum of Art Free
- 1 PM Harvest on Fourth: Aura Photos, Live DJ + Fall Makers | Berkeley Fourth Street Maker’s Row Free
- 1 PM No Country for Mothers Film Screening Benicia Public Library Free
- 1 PM Palina And The Cave, Electric Ex, Your Stray Dog Kilowatt Free
- 1 PM Public Tour | A Closer Look Cantor Arts Center Free
- 1 PM Two Films. One Manilatown Legacy Phyllis Wattis Theater @ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Free
- 1 PM 💻 interactive fiction meetup 💻 Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment - (MADE) Free
- 3 PM ALAMEDUH Zine 2 Release Party Faction Brewing Free
- 3 PM CV Field Trip: The Dalai Lama: My Religion Is Kindness Film Screening + Director Q&A Roxie Theater Free
- 3 PM Public Tour | A Closer Look Cantor Arts Center Free
- 3 PM Singles' Coffee Mixer | Saturday, 3 PM | Maison Alyzée, Mountain View Maison Alyzée Free
- 4:30 PM San Francisco Canes | Miami vs. Notre Dame Game Watch Standard Deviant Brewing Pier 70 Free
- 5 PM Elevate - A Winter Dance Gathering: AL7X, solux, neihouse, Zaman, narayan, joe lanzon Asiento Free
- 6 PM 16th Bita Prize for Persian Arts: Sima Bina Stanford Memorial Auditorium (MemAud) Free
- 6 PM Earlybirds Club The Ritz Free
- 6 PM Good Old Days new ceramic works by Ben Belknap The Compound Gallery Free
- 6 PM Missense, Diabology, Successor Tequila Mockingbird Free
- 6 PM Oakland Diwali BLOC 15 Free
- 7 PM "No More Thank Yous" F/W 26 Fashion Show - Open Registration Frontier Tower @ Spaceship 995 Market Street Free
- 7 PM Crazy Funny Asians Comedy Night (Free with RSVP) The Function SF: Comedy Club & Cocktail Lounge Free
- 7 PM Mark Normand San Jose Improv Free
- 7 PM Meet New People! Saturday Night Networking Panera Bread Free
- 9 PM Calling All Scorpios w/ Mphd, Ceci G, and Jaysea Monarch Free
- 9 PM DJ Sangwoo Little Hill Lounge Free
- 10 PM Crazy Sexy Queer Mother Free
- 10 PM Desmadre w/ La Gata + Mars Kasei + Vickyybaybeeh Crybaby Free
- 10 PM Kym, Marshian, Briz, Label, B2Z Paname Free
- 10 PM Monroe Saturday Night Guestlist Monroe SF Free
- 10 PM Slic3r & Special Guest Hawthorn Free
- 10 PM SPICY ELÉCTRICO | LATIN HOUSE & EDM | NORTH BEACH SAN FRANCISCO | PARIS 75 Paris 75 Free
- 10 PM The Beyoncé Night | Every Era of Bey at Providence SF Providence Free
Sunday, November 8
- 9 AM Diwali at the Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile Outer Sunset Farmer's Market & Mercantile Free
- 10 AM Bodhi Health & Wellness Fest | FREE Community Open House! Bodhi Meditation San Francisco USA Free
- 10 AM Central Sunset Cleanup Uncle Benny's Donut & Bagel Free
- 10 AM Chic Boutique Redwood City Woman's Club Free
- 10 AM Contra Costa Vintage Market Vintage Vida Free
- 10 AM Forty Niners vs Raiders: Volunteer for Bike Parking at Levi's Stadium Bike Valet (Gate A) | Levi's Stadium Free
- 10 AM Inner Sunset Flea Market Season Finale Irving Street Free
- 10 AM Ride the Views from Gap to Gully Saratoga Gap Preserve Free
- 10 AM Sunday Volunteer Workday @ REAP! REAP Climate Center Free
- 10:30 AM Noriega Cleanup LoafHK Bakery & Restaurant Free
- 11 AM Bayview Beautification Day Gilman Playground Park Free
- 11 AM National STEM Day The Tech Interactive Free
- 11 AM New Human Banner - Hallelujah! Ocean Beach Stairwell 17 Free
- 11 AM South Sunset Cleanup South Sunset Community Center Free
- 11:30 AM Sunday Brunch! Live at the Nikko! Mimosas, Motown, Top Shelf Classics! Feinstein's at the Nikko Free
- 12 PM 49ers vs Las Vegas Raiders Rocks Den Free
- 12 PM Blankets & Blockbusters: Toy Story 5 Thrive City Free
- 12 PM Dogpatch Cleanup Progress Park Free
- 12 PM LoveFest SF at Crucial Reggae Sunday Spreckels Temple of Music Bandshell Free
- 12 PM Snapp Showdown: Prediction Market Comp Splash Sports Bar at Thrive City Free
- 1 PM Language Alchemy Book Launch SF Dharma Collective Free
- 1 PM Lofi Legs at Boeddeker Park Boeddeker Park Free
- 1 PM Public Tour | A Closer Look Cantor Arts Center Free
- 1 PM San Francisco Diwali Festival (Sunday, Nov 8) Yerba Buena Gardens Free
- 1 PM Sunset Dunes Cleanup Sunset Dunes Free
- 2 PM Gallery Conversations | JANE! Cantor Arts Center Free
- 2 PM The Monuments Men: Art History Lecture & Reception Triton Museum of Art Free
- 2:30 PM Chamber Sessions The Drawing Room Free
- 3 PM Lab for Holding: a Poetry Puppet Parade through the Albany Bulb Albany Bulb Free
- 3 PM Presentation: Responding to Dementia-Related Behaviors Main Library Free
- 3 PM Public Tour | A Closer Look Cantor Arts Center Free
- 4 PM Banda Day Party: Banda, Perreo y Corridos at Providence SF Providence Free
- 7 PM Balkan Sundays: Greek Music Jam Muddy Waters Café & Lounge Free
- 7 PM Hard Shiny Plastic, BStone Still O.G. Free
- 8 PM THAO The Independent Free
- 9 PM Sindustry Sundays w/ Flpn, Loso, and Zzealot Butter Free
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