Bay Area events tonight

Saturday, Oct 17

1. 8 AM Marisa Anderson + Camellia Boutros The Lab COMMUNITY
2. 8 AM Weekly Walk for Deep Chats (The Board Walks) Coffee to the People COMMUNITY
3. 9 AM Live in The Atrium: LUMINARIUM.IO PACIFICA The Catalyst · Santa Cruz MUSIC
4. 9 AM Presidio Habitat Stewards Presidio of San Francisco COMMUNITY
5. 10 AM 4-Star Halloween Cartoon Special 4 Star Theater COMMUNITY
6. 10 AM Ferry Building & Ferry Plaza Market Food Tour Ferry Building · San Francisco FOOD
7. 10 AM Ferry Building Tasting Tour + Alcatraz Excursion Ferry Building · San Francisco FOOD
8. 10 AM Forever Grateful Exhibition San Francisco County Fair Building COMMUNITY
9. 10 AM Outdoor Escape Room in The Castro The Castro District COMMUNITY
10. 10 AM The Throne Card Show — San Jose DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Jose · San Jose CARDS
11. 11 AM Bay Area Science Festival 2026 Koret Quad - UCSF Mission Bay Campus COMMUNITY
12. 11 AM Head West Marketplace at South B Street Downtown San Mateo COMMUNITY
13. 11 AM Japantown Food Tour Japantown - San Francisco FOOD
14. 11 AM Mission District Food Tour The Mission FOOD
15. 11 AM North Berkeley Food Tour Shattuck Avenue & Vine Street FOOD
16. 11 AM Off the Grid Treasure Island Cityside Park, Treasure Island COMMUNITY
17. 11 AM Shipyard Open Studios - Fall 2026 Hunters Point Shipyard · San Francisco MUSIC
18. 12 PM Clement Street Art Fair & Broke-Ass Stuart Day Clement St. ART
19. 12 PM Read the Room: a celebration of poetry and LGBT stories City Lights Books COMMUNITY
20. 12:30 PM The Craft Alamo Drafthouse Cinema ART
21. 12:30 PM WNBA Playoffs Round 3 Home Game F: Valkyries V Atlanta Dream Chase Center · San Francisco COMMUNITY
22. 12:30 PM ZYZZYVA Movie Matinee with Ingrid Rojas Contreras: Amarcord (35mm) Roxie Theater · San Francisco COMMUNITY
23. 1 PM Creative Health Cartography: Collage Mapping and Guided Storytelling Workshop Cortland Ave COMMUNITY
24. 1 PM Gallery Chats at OMCA Oakland Museum of California · Oakland ART
25. 1 PM Oh, Mary! (Touring) - Ages 14+ (No children under 5 allowed.) Curran Theatre · San Francisco ART
26. 1 PM T-Pain, Ari Lennox & more at Golden Gate Park Robin Williams Meadow MUSIC
27. 2 PM 6th Annual Downtown San Rafael Hops & Vines Stroll Downtown San Rafael COMMUNITY
28. 2 PM DAY TRIP FESTIVAL NORCAL - Saturday Discovery Meadow · San Jose COMMUNITY
29. 2 PM Joe Bataan Yerba Buena Gardens COMMUNITY
30. 2 PM The Ceremony Yerba Buena Center for the Arts · San Francisco COMMUNITY
31. 2 PM The Phantom of the Opera (Touring) San Jose Center for the Performing Arts · San Jose ART
32. 3 PM Bernal Chess Club Game Day Progressive Grounds NIGHTLIFE
33. 3 PM Guy Fieri San Jose Appearance & Bottle Signing BevMo! - San Jose COMMUNITY
34. 4 PM Mission Bay Harvest Festival SPARK Social SF · San Francisco COMMUNITY
35. 5 PM Dayshift - The 30+ Daytime Party! Crybaby · Oakland COMMUNITY
36. 6 PM Gian Achen with Larisa Roberts and Parliament of Trees UP THE CREEK RECORDS COMMUNITY
37. 6 PM Litcrawl! Make-Out Room · San Francisco COMMUNITY
38. 6 PM Petty Theft - Tom Petty Birthday Celebration Hopmonk Tavern - Novato · Novato MUSIC
39. 6 PM Petty Theft (21 and Over) HopMonk Tavern - Novato · Novato MUSIC
40. 6 PM PRIVATE EVENT Great American Music Hall · San Francisco COMMUNITY
41. 6 PM Reunion 2026 GLBT History Museum COMMUNITY
42. 6 PM SLASHED: Return to Hellville The San Francisco Mint COMMUNITY
43. 6 PM The Black Cat Hotel The Palace Theater COMMUNITY
44. 6:30 PM John Mulaney: Mister Whatever The Meritage Resort and Spa Napa COMMUNITY
45. 6:30 PM Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Biscuits and Blues COMMUNITY
46. 7 PM 82MAJOR Great American Music Hall · San Francisco MUSIC
47. 7 PM Aaron Weber Punch Line San Francisco · San Francisco COMMUNITY
48. 7 PM ARMORED SAINT/ METAL CHURCH Great American Music Hall · San Francisco MUSIC
49. 7 PM Damien Escobar Yoshi's Oakland · Oakland COMMUNITY
50. 7 PM Daniel Sloss: BITTER (Brand New Tour!) The Masonic · San Francisco ART
51. 7 PM Date My Friend Kilowatt · San Francisco COMMUNITY
52. 7 PM Ghoul + Dry Socket The Ritz COMMUNITY
53. 7 PM Hannibal Thompson aka AllAmericanP LIVE TAPING Historic BAL Theatre · San Leandro ART
54. 7 PM Make Them Hear You: An SFGMC Cabaret The Chan National Queer Arts Center COMMUNITY
55. 7 PM She Wants Revenge Ace of Spades COMMUNITY
56. 7 PM Small Town Murder Channel 24 COMMUNITY
57. 7 PM The Compton's Cafeteria Riot 835 Larkin St ART
58. 7 PM The Wallflowers Quarry Park Amphitheater COMMUNITY
59. 7:30 PM De Ayer a Hoy / From Yesterday to Today Herbst Theatre COMMUNITY
60. 7:30 PM Dvořák Symphony No. 8 Davies Symphony Hall · San Francisco MUSIC
61. 7:30 PM Nelly The Mountain Winery COMMUNITY
62. 7:30 PM Night Laughs Quinn's Lighthouse · Oakland COMMUNITY
63. 7:30 PM North Beach Sofar Sounds - Secret Location COMMUNITY
64. 7:30 PM Oh, Mary! (Touring) - Ages 14+ (No children under 5 allowed.) Curran Theatre · San Francisco ART
65. 7:30 PM RUSH: Fifty Something SAP Center at San Jose · San Jose MUSIC
66. 7:30 PM San Francisco Comedy Underground Noe Valley Farm SF COMMUNITY
67. 7:30 PM San Francisco Symphony Davies Symphony Hall · San Francisco MUSIC
68. 7:30 PM Standard Issue - CD Release Concert - Johnston / Lyons / Shelby / Hart Bird & Beckett Books & Records MUSIC
69. 7:30 PM The Phantom of the Opera (Touring) San Jose Center for the Performing Arts · San Jose ART
70. 7:45 PM Bit City at Mr. Bing's Mr. Bing's COMMUNITY
71. 7:45 PM Cheaper Than Therapy: Stand-Up Comedy Shelton Theater · San Francisco COMMUNITY
72. 7:45 PM Sara Bareilles - The Good Grief Tour Bill Graham Civic Auditorium · San Francisco MUSIC
73. 8 PM Akeem Ali August Hall · San Francisco COMMUNITY
74. 8 PM Altan Uptown Theatre - Napa · Napa COMMUNITY
75. 8 PM Arnocorps + The Teutonics (20th Anniversary show) + The Gum Tree Girls Ivy Room · Albany COMMUNITY
76. 8 PM Castles In Spain | Gozzard | The Beverly Crushers O'Reilly's Pub COMMUNITY
77. 8 PM Club Darc: Season 2 Shed A at Pier 48 NIGHTLIFE
78. 8 PM Cosmic Comedy The Valencia Room COMMUNITY
79. 8 PM Dom Dolla b2b Disclosure Shed A at Pier 48 NIGHTLIFE
80. 8 PM Dom Dolla b2b Disclosure - Ages 21+ Pier 48 MUSIC
81. 8 PM Elephant Revival The UC Theatre · Berkeley COMMUNITY
82. 8 PM Fastball & The Click Five The Guild Theatre COMMUNITY
83. 8 PM Fortune Feimster: Takin’ Care of Biscuits Comedy Tour Fox Theater Oakland · Oakland ART
84. 8 PM Gabriel Rutledge Bankhead Theater - Livermore Valley PAC ART
85. 8 PM Ingrid Michaelson Golden State Theatre COMMUNITY
86. 8 PM John Mulaney: Mister Whatever Blue Note Napa Summer Sessions · Napa ART
87. 8 PM Lewis OfMan, Lealani Bimbo's 365 Club · San Francisco MUSIC
88. 8 PM Lil Darkie (album release show) Neck of the Woods · San Francisco MUSIC
89. 8 PM Neurosis The Fillmore · San Francisco MUSIC
90. 8 PM NOTD The Regency Ballroom · San Francisco MUSIC
91. 8 PM NOTD: Lonely In Paradise Tour - Ages 18+ The Regency Ballroom · San Francisco MUSIC
92. 8 PM Pedro Fernández - Ave Fénix Two'r San Jose Civic · San Jose COMMUNITY
93. 8 PM Private Event The Chapel · San Francisco COMMUNITY
94. 8 PM Rob Dehlinger: The Singing Trumpet from the Alpha Rhythm Kings Feinstein's at The Nikko · San Francisco MUSIC
95. 8 PM Shakey Graves - Fondness, Etc. Tour Napa Music Hall · Napa MUSIC
96. 8 PM The Floozies The Catalyst · Santa Cruz MUSIC
97. 8 PM Viva El Jaripeo 2026 Golden 1 Center COMMUNITY
98. 8 PM Wolf Jett with Sqwerv Sweetwater Music Hall · Mill Valley MUSIC
99. 8:30 PM heavens to betsy Bottom of the Hill · San Francisco MUSIC
100. 8:30 PM Jessie Ware w/ DHRUV Warfield · San Francisco MUSIC
101. 9 PM Asha Banks The Independent · San Francisco MUSIC
102. 9 PM Continental Drift a Free International Dance Party The Knockout NIGHTLIFE
103. 9 PM Ella Boh Brick & Mortar Music Hall · San Francisco COMMUNITY
104. 9 PM Flower Face Rickshaw Stop · San Francisco COMMUNITY
105. 9 PM Last Dinosaurs Cornerstone - CA MUSIC
106. 9 PM Lone Star Saloon 37th Birthday The Lone Star Saloon COMMUNITY
107. 9 PM QUEEN OUT x FAKE & GAY: Tsu Nami, Goth Jafar, Joella & More Public Works COMMUNITY
108. 9 PM Tom Hamilton with Eric Silverman (FREE WITH RSVP) Cafe Du Nord · San Francisco MUSIC
109. 9 PM Witching Hour DNA Lounge COMMUNITY
110. 9 PM Yheti & Toadface present Sleight of Sound Tour - Ages 21+ The Midway · San Francisco MUSIC
111. 9:15 PM Aaron Weber Punch Line Comedy Club - San Francisco · San Francisco ART
112. 9:15 PM Ashley Gavin Cobb's Comedy Club · San Francisco COMMUNITY
113. 9:30 PM Daniel Sloss The Masonic · San Francisco MUSIC
114. 9:30 PM Dustin Nickerson San Jose Improv COMMUNITY
115. 9:30 PM Lee Foss The Great Northern · San Francisco COMMUNITY
116. 9:30 PM The (Not So) Late Show Quinn's Lighthouse · Oakland COMMUNITY
117. 9:30 PM Usama Siddiquee Palace of Fine Arts COMMUNITY
118. 9:45 PM Cheaper Than Therapy: Stand-Up Comedy Shelton Theater · San Francisco COMMUNITY
119. 10 PM Desmadre + Psyched! Radio Fest present: RIXXIA w/ Diabbla + BB Cora + Louie El Ser Crybaby · Oakland MUSIC
120. 10 PM Drunk Theatre SF: The Wildest Bay Area Comedy! - Nightmare Eclectic Box SF COMMUNITY
121. 10 PM El SUPERRITMO! Make-Out Room · San Francisco COMMUNITY
122. 10 PM Groove Is In The Heart Kilowatt · San Francisco MUSIC
123. 10 PM PURA Saturdays 1015 Folsom COMMUNITY
124. 10 PM REGGAETON MEXA vs. REGGAETON PR Monarch · San Francisco COMMUNITY
125. 10 PM The Rocky Horror Picture Show The Phoenix Theater (Petaluma) COMMUNITY