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Things to do in the Bay Area
We reviewed 550+ Bay Area event sources and found 1,336 things to do in the Bay Area between October 27 and November 2. Last updated October 27, 2026.
All things to do in the Bay Area — October 27 – November 2
Anime, cartoons, video games, button making, crafts, and rotating activities fill Totally Tuesdays at Dougherty Station Library, for ages 13–18.
Virtual reality program at Tully lets teens learn equipment, try first-time VR experiences, then explore immersive games and puzzles, ages 12–18.
Henna, coloring sheets, a game or puzzle, and crafts are offered at the Diwali Festival of Lights in Dublin Library’s Virginia Bennett Room, with goodie bags, all ages.
Teen voiceover challenge at King Library’s TeenHQ mezzanine lets participants record a Frankenstein‑inspired script in a recording studio, free for ages 12–18.
Sarita Sarvate discusses her memoir Midnight’s Daughter with Sabina Khan‑Ibarra at the San Francisco Public Library, followed by book sales and signing. Ages 18 and up.
PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch gaming sessions with snacks at Martin Luther King Jr. Branch, Oakland, for ages 13–18.
Teen Lounge at Union City Library’s second floor offers crafts, games, snacks and librarian assistance for study or relaxation, for ages 13–18.
Belmont Library hosts a haunting Blackout Poetry session with the Poet Laureate, fireplace ambience, refreshments, and dead‑page poetry creation, ages 12–18.
Anime episodes screened and discussed at Eastmont Teen Zone, with snacks and friend‑making for ages 13–18.
Teen Center hosts video game night with Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X, and Meta Quest 3 available for play, Redwood City Library, for ages 13–19.
Create a tin‑embossed art frame for a personal mirror with artist Rachel‑Anne Palacios at Pleasant Hill Library’s maker space, ages 13–18.
Tabletop roleplaying games with swords, sorcery, and snacks in Albany Library’s Edith Stone Room, featuring Dungeons & Dragons and other games, pre‑made characters provided, ages 13–18.
Teens learn studio safety, software and hardware, create beats, loops, edit audio, and record vocals and instruments at The Mix, can reserve the studio independently, for ages 13–18.
Teen Crafting at Dimond Branch offers a new monthly craft to make and take home, ages 13–18.
Nintendo Switch games for teens to play together at Half Moon Bay Library, ages 12–18.
Live music performance of Filipinx folk songs, storytelling, and originals by Aireene Espiritu of The Sampaguitas at West Branch, for ages 5 and up.
Dungeons & Dragons sessions in the Teen Room at North Branch let players play tabletop stories with simplified sheets, guided youth game masters, and snacks, for ages 9–18.
Teen Space at Bayshore Library offers free snacks, study time, and a new craft for ages 13–19.
Full haunted attraction runs at the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda.
Weekly Pokémon Trading Card Game club at Fruitvale Branch offers deck‑building lessons, battles, and community play for ages 9–18.
Creative crafts hangout at Piedmont Avenue Branch for teens ages 13–18, meeting every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month.
Make a cotton‑and‑lace trick‑or‑treat bag in the Belmont Library’s Taube Room, a STEAM activity for ages 6–18; supplies limited, no registration.
Screen Santa Sangre at San Francisco Public Library’s North Beach branch, then discuss the film with photographer Tommy Milutin, for ages 18 and up.
The Puppet Company presents a Halloween‑themed adaptation of Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow with happier ending, performed by puppeteer Randal Metz at Castro Valley Library, all ages.
Panel discussion on cities as ancestors featuring community leaders exploring place‑based environmental justice at Main, San Francisco Public Library, ages 18 and up.
Hands‑on workshops in CSM’s Makerspace create ofrenda components for display at the campus Día de Muertos celebration and to take home.
Swati applies beautiful henna designs on hands at Portola Valley Library, first‑come, first‑served, as space permits, for ages 18 and under.
Hands‑on engineering workshop at Half Moon Bay Library lets participants build structures, use laser cutter, 3D printer, vinyl cutter, soldering iron and iFixit toolkit, all ages.
Open‑studio drop‑in at Berkeley Central Library offers Ableton Live, Push 2 boards, keyboards and microphones for creating electronic songs, basic computer skills required, for ages 5 and up.
Rina Ayuyang, Eisner‑nominated cartoonist, discusses her graphic novel while participants share favorites, give talks, and hold drawing sessions at Rockridge Branch, Oakland, for ages 18 and up.
Explore the Atherton Library Makerspace, learning about 3D printers, laser cutters, and more during open hours, for all ages.
Make a colorful sugar skull at the Atherton Library Makerspace while watching a brief visual presentation on Día de los Muertos traditions, ages 6–18.
Guitar and ukulele players jam on popular songs, share chords and strums, and meet fellow musicians in Saratoga Library’s Community Room, ages 13 and up.
Fireside chat with Congresswoman Lateefah Simon and Edley Center Senior Program Manager Laura Faer discussing public corruption, government accountability, equal treatment, and democracy, with lunch provided.
Admit Hero presents a free one‑hour virtual workshop on college applications, covering admissions reading, academics, activities, SAT/ACT timing, essay strategies, with live Q&A, for ages 10+, registration required.
Fady Joudah reads from Exhibit G and converses with the audience at Florence Moore Hall; free books for the first 25 students.
Restorative yoga poses supported by props and a sound bath with singing bowls guide relaxation at Woodside Library, with optional supplies provided, for ages 19 and up.
Learn Bocce ball basics and play on Joe DiMaggio’s Bocce Court at the North Beach Library, with balls provided, ages 18 and up.
Guided, hands‑on arts and crafts projects led by staff each Tuesday in the Millbrae Library Makerspace, beginner‑friendly for ages 6–18.
An AAC user hosts, a librarian reads Elle McNicoll’s A Kind of Spark aloud, a speech‑language pathologist models AAC communication, then a story‑related activity, for ages 3–18.
DIY crafts with rotating projects, beginner‑friendly materials provided, at West Oakland Branch, fostering community and skill sharing, for ages 18 and up.
The Unbroken Sky screening at El Centro Chicano, followed by a fireside chat with author Francisco Jiménez and scholars, plus a Q&A with the production team.
Machine sewing basics taught at the Main branch of San Francisco Public Library, with certification after demonstrating fundamentals, for ages 12–18.
Free Zumba fitness class in Gilroy Library’s upstairs community room offers salsa, merengue, cumbia and samba cardio workout for adults.
Game night at San Lorenzo Library includes Wingspan, Exploding Kittens, Giant Jenga, Ticket to Ride, Catan, Uno, Munchkin, and more, with staff help for all ages.
Paint clay Diwali lanterns after a brief history lesson on the Festival of Lights at Foster City Library’s Programming Area, for ages 19 and up.
Guided seated meditation using visualizations and objects, followed by optional journaling or partner conversation, at San Ramon Library upstairs program room, ages 18 and up.
Spoken English practice with native‑speaker tutors, global participants, and optional ASL interpreter or captions at Fremont Library’s van Doorn room, for ages 18 and up.
Weekly Tai Chi class in the Lafayette Library Homework Center, led by 40‑year veteran instructor Robert Noha, offers free beginner instruction for adults.
Vineland Community Room offers free crafting with markers, paper, vinyl, fabric, yarn, sewing machines and Cricut tools for adults 18+, no registration required.
Gaming afternoon featuring Rocket League, Lego, Star Wars and other video games at Bayview Branch Library, all ages.
Excelsior Branch Book Club discusses the novel The Volcano Daughters by Gina Maria Balibrera, ages 18 and up.
Phoebe Bridgers performs at Chase Center with a phone‑free show, securing devices in Yondr pouches and donating $1 per ticket to RAINN.
Book Club at Visitacion Valley Library discusses Susanna Kwan’s Awake in the Floating City, with refreshments from Mission Blue Coffee Shop, for ages 18 and up.
Physical, hands‑on fun at Westlake Library includes collaborative jigsaw puzzles, board games, decorative crafts, and creative Lego building for ages 3–13 and 18 and up.
Israeli folk dance night with choreographer Tovael Hagai at JCCSF.
Zumba (Columbia Neighborhood Center, Columbia Middle School Multi-Purpose Room) — Cardio and Latin-inspired dance fitness program; free, suggested donation $3.00, for ages 8 and up.
Open sewing session at Half Moon Bay Library lets participants use library sewing machines on personal projects or supplied materials, with assistance available, ages 6+.
Weekly conversation circles for adult English learners at REACH Ashland Youth Center, focusing on speaking practice and job‑related language, ASL interpreter available on request, ages 18+.
Mark Groves discusses Liberated Love, tools to end codependency, set boundaries, and build trust in relationships, via a free virtual talk at Santa Clara County Library, ages 18+.
Fred Armisen delivers comedy at Castro Theatre, drawing on his SNL, Portlandia, and musical band‑leader experience; all ages.
Beginner Cuban salsa and timba class at La Peña Cultural Center teaches basic steps, turns, weight changes, body movement and Cuban style, $20, ages 18+.
The Dystopian Theatre Tour features Slothrust, Um, and Jennifer? delivering rock, grunge, garage, pop rock, and punk at Bottom of the Hill, all ages.
Discuss any Lisa Gardner suspense novel at the Mystery Book Club in West Branch, Berkeley, ages 18 and up.
Practice English conversation with other ESL learners at the Excelsior branch of San Francisco Public Library, a drop‑in program for adults, levels welcome, for ages 18 and up.
Alameda County Library hosts a Zoom English conversation group discussing a pre‑sent news article, rotating speaking turns, 18+.
One‑on‑one tech mentoring at Edenvale, San Jose, offers free drop‑in computer help in English or 中文, no registration required, for ages 12 and up.
Khenpo Karma Tenkyong leads a discussion on cultivating compassion in difficult times at Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch, for ages 18 and up.
Step behind stanchions on a 90‑minute guided tour at Filoli, revealing attic, upstairs, and basement spaces rarely seen.
Martinez Library Book Club (Martinez Library, downstairs meeting room) — Lively discussion of Henry James’s *The Turn of the Screw*; copies available at the service desk. Ages 18+.
Monthly book club meeting discussing contemporary and occasional classic fiction titles at Los Altos Library’s Orchard Room, ages 18 and up.
Free Zumba class with instructor Becca Todd at Dimond Branch, welcoming beginners and all abilities, held four Tuesdays, ages 18 and up.
Time Capsules revisits ten past exhibitions, showcasing Jewish art, books, manuscripts and material culture from the Magnes collection.
Instructor Sky Sandoval leads a low‑impact Tai Chi introduction at the Central Library, offering balance, focus, and relaxation practice, ages 5 and up.
Mapping Sense of Things art exhibit (Skyline College Art Gallery, San Mateo) — Daniel Southard and Amy Yoshitsu present works questioning convenience, displacement, and ancestral perspectives on sustainable futures.
Roman Vishniac's historic photographs of pre‑Holocaust Eastern‑European Jewish life, microscopic images, and a multimedia scientific installation are on view at the Magnes.
Knitting Circle at Glen Park Library invites participants to share and work on knitting, crochet, weaving, or fiber‑art projects in an inclusive setting, all skills welcome, ages 18+.
Book discussion of Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books in Gilroy Library’s upstairs Quiet Study B, featuring community conversation and perspective exchange, for ages 18 and up.
A Vision of Paris: the Roxane Debuisson Collection at Stanford (Green Library, Bing Wing) — almanacs, prints, postcards, stereographs, manuscripts, photographs showing 19th‑century Paris transformation; ID registration required.
Prompt-based storytelling workshops in the Montclair Branch Back Reading Room, free, for ages 18 +, no experience needed.
Tote decorating evening with fall‑themed designs at Morgan Hill Library’s Children’s Activity Room, supplies provided, no registration required, for ages 5–18.
Seventeen Cañada College artists present mirror‑centered layered compositions that treat mirrors as physical objects within paintings, at Building 9, Room 152, Art Gallery, San Mateo, free for all ages.
San Bruno Public Library Community Room hosts a monthly book club where participants read or listen to a fantasy or sci‑fi title and discuss it.
Read and discuss Cameron Crowe’s The Uncool at the Bernal Heights branch of San Francisco Public Library, with copies available at the circulation desk, ages 18+.
A fireside chat with UC Berkeley professor Patrice D. Douglass, moderated by Justin Clardy and CiAuna Heard, explores Black social life and anti‑Blackness, live‑streamed from Music Recital Hall.
Preserve photographs, home movies, records, and cassettes with assistance from a skilled volunteer in the Rinconada Library’s Embarcadero Room, ages 18 and up.
Gem Painting at Pacifica Sanchez Library lets participants create sparkling mosaic designs using tiny gems on numbered canvases, ages 19 and up.
Archival photos, historical context, and personal storytelling reveal Italian Americans’ wartime internment, industry loss, and resilience in Milpitas Library auditorium, ages 13 and up.
Virtual genealogy club offers weekly presentations, open discussion and Q&A on family history tools and hidden historical treasures, for ages 18 and up.
TNT Traysikel displays a sculpture that invites singing and storytelling, shifting between sculptural, performative, cinematic forms in McMurtry Building’s Miller Discussion Room and Vitrine Gallery, free.
Freehand sketching and drawing session with charcoal, graphite, colored pencils and pastels in the Redwood Shores Library Community Room, supplies provided, all ages.
Reading and conversation with poet and translator Fady Joudah, featuring his new collection Exhibit G available for purchase and signing, at the Humanities Center.
Innovative short TTRPG campaigns led by an experienced DM, with all materials provided, in the Main Library’s lower‑level community room, 18+.
Interactive workshop at Marina Library teaches practical repair, sharing, and reuse skills to extend item lifespans and support a circular economy, for ages 18 and up.
Romance Book Club meets at Hillsdale Library Programming Space to discuss Ann Aguirre’s *I Think I Am in Love With An Alien*.
Slow Pulp at The Fillmore offers an open dance floor with standing room only, doors open 7 pm, show starts 8 pm.
Casual English conversation practice for all levels at Orinda Library, for ages 18 and up.
One‑on‑one tech assistance at Excelsior Library covering basic computer skills, email setup, Google Docs, Microsoft Office, and eResources, 30‑minute sessions in English or Cantonese, ages 18 and up.
Birding by Kayak (Martin Luther King Jr. Tidewater Boating Center) — Dry‑land instruction followed by tandem kayak paddling along San Leandro Bay shoreline for birdwatching, ages 12 and up.
Cognitive workouts, memory games, and brain health discussions offered at Fremont Public Library, ages 18 and up.
Personalized tech assistance at Biblioteca Latinoamericana, offering one‑on‑one help with email, Wi‑Fi, Chromebooks, Zoom, library services, and internet searches, free, registration required, ages 18+.
Drop-In Knitting & Sewing (Pleasant Hill Library Maker Space) — Enthusiastic crafters gather to knit, sew, and receive volunteer help with sewing machines; bring projects, all skill levels, 18+.
Electric Contrasts: the Art of the Detail (McMurtry Building, Stanford) — Photobooks and magazines display late‑19th/early‑20th century photography’s impact on art, curated by Altair Brandon‑Salmon.
Small group English conversation practice with fluent speakers and learners at East Palo Alto Library, open to all skill levels, for ages 19 and up.
Educational sessions at Nobili Dining Hall explore Día de los Muertos traditions, covering ofrenda altars, calaveras, catrinas, marigolds and more.
Gentle low‑impact Tai Chi and chair yoga sessions in Calabazas Library’s community room, ages 18 and up.
Dr. Alexandra Mitchell explains how LIGO detects minuscule spacetime ripples and recent discoveries, in a hybrid lecture at the Sapp Center for Science Teaching and Learning, all ages.
Practice speaking English in a friendly online group on Zoom through the Virtual Library, open to all levels, ages 18 and up.
Nancy Lee Katz: A Private Pantheon (2121 Allston Way, Berkeley) — 133 portraits of artists, writers, musicians and thinkers including Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Sondheim, Maya Lin, Roy Lichtenstein.
Practical public‑speaking workshop at the San Francisco Public Library teaches persuasive argument crafting and offers audience practice with delivery and body‑language feedback, for ages 18 and up.
Tribe in the Sky, a music collective offering sign‑up participation and live jam sessions at The PG Meetinghouse.
Karaoke Tuesday at Neck of the Woods provides open‑mic singing for adults, free admission, 21+.
Interactive virtual workshop guides participants through a Northern Star exercise and priority‑mapping activity to reflect on career alignment and identify actionable next steps.
Screening of the 80‑minute documentary Deliver Us, exploring Black midwives’ fight for equitable birth care, followed by guided small‑group reflections.
Professor Lee Panich presents a historical lecture on Ohlone ancestors navigating the California mission system collapse, covering 1821‑1846, at Mission Branch Library.
Monthly meeting of the Friends of the Piedmont Avenue Branch Library to plan events, fundraise, and coordinate community outreach, ages 18 and up.
Intermediate Spanish learners meet at Millbrae Library’s Lounge to practice conversation and pronunciation with native‑speaking staff, ages 12 and up.
Professionalism in the Workforce – Make a Mark! (Skyline Career Services) — Workshop on workplace culture, attire, email communication, employer networking, career clothes closet, headshot appointments; ages 12+.
One‑on‑one tech assistance covering basic computer, tablet, Apple and Android phone use, offered in Cantonese, Mandarin or English, 15‑20‑minute sessions, ages 18+.
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