Cool events in San Francisco
New and noteworthy events across San Francisco: tech, food, music, art and whatever is worth leaving the house for.
Fri, Oct 16 to Sun, Oct 18
Fri, Oct 23 to Sun, Oct 25
Fri, Oct 30 to Sun, Nov 1
Fri, Nov 6 to Sun, Nov 8
Sunday, October 18
8:30am to 1pm$128.80
Robin Williams Meadow, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CARound three of Diplo's Run Club lands in Golden Gate Park: a 5K run starting and finishing at Robin Williams Meadow, followed by a morning-long post-race concert for 15,000 people with Diplo and Jax Jones. Race starts 8:30am, festival opens 8:30am, Diplo plays 10:30am.
11am to 4pmFree
Silver Avenue & Geneva Avenue, Excelsior, San Francisco, CAThe last Sunday Streets of the 2026 season turns the Excelsior's streets car-free for a free block party: active-play games, cultural performances, live music, health resources and open streets, plus a library open house with music and bubbles. Free.
11am to 6pm, through Oct 18Free
Hunters Point Shipyard, Building 101, 451 Galvez Ave, San Francisco, CA 94124For one weekend the historic Hunters Point naval base becomes one of SF's biggest art events: 130+ working studios of painters, sculptors, ceramicists, jewelers and metalworkers open their doors, with a silent art auction, live jazz and classical sets, food vendors, a beer and wine garden, and kids' art activities. Satellite sculptor studios at Islais Creek. Free, RSVP requested, free parking.
1 to 7pmFree
Greenwich St & Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA 94123Balboa Cafe's annual street party and fundraiser for the PlumpJack Foundation takes over Greenwich and Fillmore with live music all afternoon, smash burgers and espressotinis on tap. Free entry; food and drink for purchase benefit the foundation.
3 to 5pm, one of 3 datesFree
Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102Free classical concerts from the SF Civic Music Association. Oct 18: SF Civic Symphony plays Liszt, Saint-Saens cello concerto (Angela Lee) and Elgar's Enigma Variations at Herbst Theatre. Oct 24: chamber music at Noe Valley Ministry. Nov 1: Civic Strings' Mozart, Gershwin and Florence Price program at First Baptist Church, with an audience singalong. Free, RSVP advised, donations welcome.
All day, through Oct 18Free
San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102The Filipino American International Book Festival returns to the SF Main Library for two free days of author talks, panels, performances and a book fair celebrating Filipino American writing and culture.
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