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Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Free Family Studio: Lines That Move
10am - 1pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
8
Nov
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Free Art Workshop: Parol-Making with SOMA Pilipinas
1pm - 4pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
8
Nov
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Artist Talk: William Kentridge
2pm - 3pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
8
Nov
Arts & Culture
Andromeda
2pm - 4pm / The Creativity Theater
Sun
8
Nov
Arts & Culture
Live Music at Shelby's Rooftop
9pm - 11:59pm / Shelby’s Rooftop
Sun
8
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
9
Nov
Arts & Culture
Run Club at W Hotel
4:45pm - 5:45pm / W San Francisco
Tue
10
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music at The Grove - Adam Spry
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Tue
10
Nov
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Yerba Buena Speaker Series
6pm - 8pm / Children's Creativity Museum
Tue
10
Nov
Arts & Culture
Pop Culture Trivia
6:30pm - 8:15pm / Wine Down SF
Tue
10
Nov
Events
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
10
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music- Patrick Wolff Quartet
9pm - 11pm / Dawn Club
Tue
10
Nov
Arts & Culture
Live Music at The Grove - Tori Roze w/Johnny Alexander
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Wed
11
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music - Tomoko Funaki
8pm - 11pm / Dawn Club
Wed
11
Nov
Arts & Culture
Heritage Happy Hour
5pm - 7pm / 111 Minna Gallery
Thu
12
Nov
Arts & Culture
Live Music at The Grove - Le Jazz Hot
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Thu
12
Nov
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Little Forest: Film Screening + Conversation
6:30pm - 8:30pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thu
12
Nov
Events
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
12
Nov
Food & Drink
The Traitors Watch Party at Wine Down SF
8pm - 10pm / Wine Down SF
Thu
12
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Bhangra & Beats Night Market
4pm - 9pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Fri
13
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music at The Grove - DJ Maryzelle
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Fri
13
Nov
Events
W After Dark at W San Francisco
9pm - 11:59pm / W San Francisco
Fri
13
Nov
Arts & Culture • Food & Drink • Nightlife
Perreo University
10pm - 2am / City Nights
Starts
13
Nov
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Hansik Cooking Class Inspired by Little Forest
11am - 1pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sat
14
Nov
Arts & Culture
Workshop: Hardcover Coptic Journal
12pm - 2pm / The American Bookbinders Museum
Sat
14
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Film Screening - West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Sat
14
Nov
Arts & Culture
The World of Black Film: Revolutions
2pm / YBCA Forum
Sat
14
Nov
Arts & Culture
Eliminate Superstition Right Meow!
2pm - 4pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Sat
14
Nov
Arts & Culture
Live Music at The Grove -Sami Stevens
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Sat
14
Nov
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Free Family Program: The Doctor Is In: Kids’ Answers to Your Art Problems with the Jealous Curator
11am - 1pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
15
Nov
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Real Artists Wear Black with the Jealous Curator
1pm - 2pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
15
Nov
Arts & Culture
Finding Home: An Intimate Fireside Chat with Denise Nicholas
2pm - 4pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Sun
15
Nov
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Art in the Age of AI: A Conversation Between Holly Herndon, Mat Dryhurst, and Hans Ulrich Obrist
4pm - 6pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
15
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
16
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music - Andre Sumelius
8pm - 11pm / Dawn Club
Mon
16
Nov
Arts & Culture
Run Club at W Hotel
4:45pm - 5:45pm / W San Francisco
Tue
17
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music at The Grove - Adam Spry
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Tue
17
Nov
Events
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
17
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music - Smith Dobson Quartet
9pm - 11pm / Dawn Club
Tue
17
Nov
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Free Art Workshop: Velveteen Rabbit Pop-up Book
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
18
Nov
Conventions
San Francisco Post-Election Debrief
5:30pm - 7pm / SPUR
Wed
18
Nov
Arts & Culture
German Game Night
6pm - 8pm / Goethe-Institut San Francisco
Wed
18
Nov
Arts & Culture
Live Music at The Grove - Tori Roze w/Johnny Alexander
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Wed
18
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Progressive Art Studio Models: A Lecture By Cléa Massiani
6:30pm - 8:30pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
18
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music - Jinx Jones
8pm - 11pm / Dawn Club
Wed
18
Nov
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Free- Works on Paper Book Club: The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard
6pm - 7pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thu
19
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music at The Grove - Hoochi the DJ
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Thu
19
Nov
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Free Performance: The Art of Butoh
6pm - 8pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thu
19
Nov
Events
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
19
Nov
Food & Drink
The Traitors Watch Party at Wine Down SF
8pm - 10pm / Wine Down SF
Thu
19
Nov
Arts & Culture
Between the Covers
4:30pm - 6:30pm / The American Bookbinders Museum
Fri
20
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music at The Grove - 3 Elements
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Fri
20
Nov
Events
W After Dark at W San Francisco
9pm - 11:59pm / W San Francisco
Fri
20
Nov
Arts & Culture • Food & Drink • Nightlife
Reggaeton Throwback
10pm - 2am / City Nights
Starts
20
Nov
Arts & Culture
Webinar: Making with Metal
11am - 12pm / The American Bookbinders Museum
Sat
21
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Film Screening - Touki Bouki
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Sat
21
Nov
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Baon: Stories and Struggles of Filipino Migrants
2pm - 4pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sat
21
Nov
Arts & Culture
Live Music at The Grove -Sami Stevens
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Sat
21
Nov
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Free- Krazy Kites with SCRAP
10am - 1pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
22
Nov
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Free: Butoh Family Workshop with Judith Kajiwara
2pm - 4pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
22
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
23
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music - Silver Bell Jazz Band
8pm - 11pm / Dawn Club
Mon
23
Nov
Arts & Culture
Run Club at W Hotel
4:45pm - 5:45pm / W San Francisco
Tue
24
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music at The Grove - 3 Elements
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Tue
24
Nov
Events
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
24
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music - Gavin Haloran Band
8pm - 11pm / Dawn Club
Tue
24
Nov
Arts & Culture
Live Music at The Grove - Tori Roze w/Johnny Alexander
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Wed
25
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music -Charged Particles
8pm - 11pm / Dawn Club
Wed
25
Nov
Events
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
26
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music at The Grove - Noaa Lark
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Fri
27
Nov
Events
W After Dark at W San Francisco
9pm - 11:59pm / W San Francisco
Fri
27
Nov
Arts & Culture
The Velveteen Rabbit
2pm - 4pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Sat
28
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Film Screening - Black Girl
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Sat
28
Nov
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
3rd Annual Holiday Tree Lighting at Yerba Buena Garden
4:30pm - 7pm / Yerba Buena Gardens
Sat
28
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music at The Grove - Chili Corder & Co
6pm - 9pm / The Grove SF
Sat
28
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music - Adam Klipple Soul Jazz Quintet
8pm - 11:59pm / Dawn Club
Sat
28
Nov
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Family Program: CoLab Activation: Sigmar Polke: The Magic of Materials
11am - 2pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
29
Nov
Arts & Culture
The Velveteen Rabbit
11am - 1pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Sun
29
Nov
Food & Drink
Wine Down Drink Up Book Club
6:30pm - 8pm / Wine Down SF
Mon
30
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
30
Nov
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Live Music - James Gallagher
8pm - 11pm / Dawn Club
Mon
30
Nov
Arts & Culture
Run Club at W Hotel
4:45pm - 5:45pm / W San Francisco
Tue
1
Dec
Events
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
1
Dec
Arts & Culture
The Velveteen Rabbit
2pm - 4pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Wed
2
Dec
Arts & Culture
Free Admission on First Thursdays to MOAD
5pm - 8pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Thu
3
Dec
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Downtown First Thursdays
5pm - 10pm / Downtown First Thursdays on Minna
Thu
3
Dec
Arts & Culture
FIlm Screening: Decoder
6pm - 8pm / Goethe-Institut San Francisco
Thu
3
Dec
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Film Screening: Sydney Cash Makes Too Much Art
6pm - 8pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Thu
3
Dec
Arts & Culture
Film Screening- Post Atlantic The Art of Dewey Crumpler
6pm - 7:30pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Thu
3
Dec
Events
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
3
Dec
Arts & Culture
The Velveteen Rabbit
2pm - 4pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Fri
4
Dec
Events
W After Dark at W San Francisco
9pm - 11:59pm / W San Francisco
Fri
4
Dec
Arts & Culture
The Velveteen Rabbit
2pm - 4pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Sat
5
Dec
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
MoAD & SFJAZZ Present: Black Nile
2pm - 3:15pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Sat
5
Dec
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Film Screening - La femme au couteau (The Woman with the Knife)
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Sat
5
Dec
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
SFMOMA Holiday Makers Market
10am - 5pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
6
Dec
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Family Program: CoLab Activation: Sigmar Polke: The Magic of Materials, Part 2!
11am - 2pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
6
Dec
Arts & Culture
The Velveteen Rabbit
11am - 1pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Sun
6
Dec
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
7
Dec
Arts & Culture
Run Club at W Hotel
4:45pm - 5:45pm / W San Francisco
Tue
8
Dec
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Yerba Buena Speaker Series
6pm - 8pm / Children's Creativity Museum
Tue
8
Dec
Events
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
8
Dec
Arts & Culture
Mud Frontier: Film Screening & Talkback with Rael San Fratello
6:30pm - 8pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wed
9
Dec
Arts & Culture
FIlm Screening: Wild Heart
6pm - 8pm / Goethe-Institut San Francisco
Thu
10
Dec
Events
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
10
Dec
Arts & Culture
Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet
7:30pm - 9:30pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Thu
10
Dec
Arts & Culture
Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet
7:30pm - 9:30pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Fri
11
Dec
Events
W After Dark at W San Francisco
9pm - 11:59pm / W San Francisco
Fri
11
Dec
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Thrive @ December 2026
11am - 5pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Sat
12
Dec
Arts & Culture
Workshop: Rebinding Paperbacks
12pm - 3pm / The American Bookbinders Museum
Sat
12
Dec
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Film Screening - Sambizanga
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Sat
12
Dec
Arts & Culture
Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet
7:30pm - 9:30pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Sat
12
Dec
Arts & Culture
Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet
7:30pm - 9:30pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Sun
13
Dec
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
14
Dec
Arts & Culture
Run Club at W Hotel
4:45pm - 5:45pm / W San Francisco
Tue
15
Dec
Arts & Culture
Pop Culture Trivia
6:45pm - 8:30pm / Wine Down SF
Starts
15
Dec
Events
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
15
Dec
Arts & Culture
German Game Night
6pm - 8pm / Goethe-Institut San Francisco
Wed
16
Dec
Events
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
17
Dec
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
SFMOMA Member Party
7pm - 10pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Fri
18
Dec
Arts & Culture
Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet
7:30pm - 9:30pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Fri
18
Dec
Events
W After Dark at W San Francisco
9pm - 11:59pm / W San Francisco
Fri
18
Dec
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Film Screening - Mortu Nega
2pm - 4pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Sat
19
Dec
Arts & Culture
Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet
7:30pm - 9:30pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Sat
19
Dec
Arts & Culture
Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet
7:30pm - 9:30pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Sat
19
Dec
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Free Family Studio: Let's Build!
10am - 1pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sun
20
Dec
Arts & Culture
Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet
7:30pm - 9:30pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Sun
20
Dec
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
21
Dec
Arts & Culture
Run Club at W Hotel
4:45pm - 5:45pm / W San Francisco
Tue
22
Dec
Events
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
22
Dec
Arts & Culture
Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet
7:30pm - 9:30pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Tue
22
Dec
Arts & Culture
Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet
7:30pm - 9:30pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Wed
23
Dec
Events
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
24
Dec
Arts & Culture
Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet
7:30pm - 9:30pm / Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA
Thu
24
Dec
Events
W After Dark at W San Francisco
9pm - 11:59pm / W San Francisco
Fri
25
Dec
Arts & Culture • Nightlife
Jazz Nights at Novela
6:30pm - 9:30pm / Novela
Mon
28
Dec
Events
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Tue
29
Dec
Events
Vinyl Nights at W San Francisco
7pm - 10pm / W San Francisco
Thu
31
Dec
Conventions
Build or Die: A Conversation with Ned Resnikoff
5:30pm - 7pm / SPUR
Tue
5
Jan
Conventions
The Evidence on Community-Based Public Safety
12pm - 1:15pm / SPUR
Wed
6
Jan
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Exhibit- Feel the Beat: Dance in Photographs
5pm - 5pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Through
28
Feb
Arts & Culture
Exhibit- Tales of San Francisco
7am - 11pm / Moscone Center
Through
15
Dec
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Exhibit- Graciela Iturbide: Between Two Worlds
10am - 5pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Through
29
Nov
Arts & Culture
Exhibit- Gahee Park: Behind the Curtain
10am - 5pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Through
3
Jan
Arts & Culture
Exhibit- NO PUNK. NO FUTURE.
10am - 4pm / Goethe-Institut San Francisco
Through
10
Dec
Arts & Culture
Exhibit- Rael San Fratello: Prototypes and Provocations
10pm - 9:59pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Through
31
Jan
Arts & Culture
Exhibit - Dorian Reed: Calling All Cats!
11am - 5pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Through
6
Dec
Arts & Culture
Exhibit - Dewey Crumpler: Sonic Lineages
11am - 5pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Through
30
May
Arts & Culture
Exhibit- Dread Scott: The Body Politic
11am - 5pm / Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Through
31
Jan
Arts & Culture
Exhibit - After the Island: Ornament and Ceramic Practice in the Jamaican Diaspora
11am - 5pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Through
30
May
Arts & Culture • Family Fun
Exhibit- RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me
10am - 5pm / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Through
7
Feb
Arts & Culture
Exhibit - Stephen Hannock
10am - 5pm / Berggruen Gallery
Through
7
Jan
Arts & Culture
Exhibit - Jacob Hashimoto
10am - 5pm / Berggruen Gallery
Through
7
Jan
Conventions
Microsoft Ignite 2026
9am - 5pm / Moscone Center
Starts
17
Nov
Conventions
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2026
9am - 5pm / Moscone Center
Starts
7
Dec
Arts & Culture
Exhibit- The Light We Carry Forward
11am - 5pm / Museum of the African Diaspora
Starts
16
Dec