Everything on our calendar for this weekend in San Francisco, Friday to Sunday, grouped by day. Every listing is checked against the organizer’s own page before it goes up, and nothing here is paid for. The list updates itself as the weekend changes, so bookmark this page rather than a dated one.
Saturday, October 17
San Francisco Old Car Picnic in Golden Gate Park
Potrero Hill Festival
Filipino American International Book Festival
Secondhand Saturday at the Sunset Community Mercantile
Bay Area Science Festival 2026
ZYZZYVA Movie Matinee: Ingrid Rojas Contreras and Andrew Sean Greer
Joe Bataan at Yerba Buena Gardens
Sunday, October 18
Filipino American International Book Festival
Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile
Family Studio: Spiders at SFMOMA
Sunday Streets Excelsior
Truong Tran: How to Exi(s)t Launch Party
Foodwise Sunday Supper: A Farm to City Feast
Running All Weekend
Exhibitions and runs that are on every day this weekend.
Treasures of the Pharaohs
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
Heart of the City Farmers Market
Clancy’s Pumpkin Patch
Syd Mead: Future Pastime
More: free things to do today · the full calendar · events RSS feed
Before You Go
- Dress for three climates. The west side can be fifteen degrees colder than the Mission on the same afternoon. See San Francisco weather and what to wear.
- Take Muni. Weekend street closures are common; Muni, BART or cable car explains which to use.
- With children: free things to do with kids and rainy-day ideas.
- Two of you: cheap date nights.
Know about something good that is not here? Submit an event. It is free, and we check it before it goes up.
On the Map, October 17–18
- 1San Francisco Old Car Picnic in Golden Gate ParkSat · 7 am · Hellman Hollow, Golden Gate Park
- 2Filipino American International Book FestivalNow through Oct 18 · San Francisco Main Library
- 3Potrero Hill FestivalSat · 10 am · 20th Street, Potrero Hill
- 4Secondhand Saturday at the Sunset Community MercantileSat · 10 am · Sunset Community Mercantile
- 5Bay Area Science Festival 2026Sat · 11 am · UCSF Mission Bay (Koret Quad)
- 6ZYZZYVA Movie Matinee: Ingrid Rojas Contreras and Andrew Sean GreerSat · 12:30 pm · Roxie Theater
- 7Joe Bataan at Yerba Buena GardensSat · 2 pm · Yerba Buena Gardens
- 8Family Studio: Spiders at SFMOMASun · 10 am · SFMOMA, Koret Education Center (Floor 2)
- 9Sunday Streets ExcelsiorSun · 11 am · Mission Street, Excelsior
- 10Truong Tran: How to Exi(s)t launch partySun · 2 pm · City Lights Bookstore
- 11Foodwise Sunday Supper: A Farm to City FeastSun · 4:30 pm · Ferry Building Grand Hall
Locations come from each event’s published address. Multi-week runs aren’t shown.
This Weekend, Neighborhood by Neighborhood
Chinatown · Fisherman’s Wharf · Golden Gate Park · Hayes Valley · Nob Hill · Noe Valley · North Beach · Pacific Heights · Potrero Hill · Russian Hill · SoMa · South Beach · Financial District · Marina · Mission District · Presidio · Richmond District · Sunset District
Also: free things to do with kids this weekend things to do near Moscone Center, and rainy-weekend plans (what’s indoors and what to wear).