San Francisco — week of Thursday, October 15, 2026

Fort Mason has a full Friday: the 44th San Francisco Fall Show fills the Festival Pavilion until 7, and the free night market runs on the same campus from 5 to 10. Below that, everything on in the city through the 25th.

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Thursday, Oct 15

Mission Community Market, 22nd St at Bartlett her thing ✓ Thursdays Oct 15 and 22, 3–7 PM · Free entry Weekly Thursday farmers' and food market on 22nd Street at Bartlett, a block off Mission St.via Foodwise (organizer)
NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park her thing ✓ Thu Oct 15, 6–10 PM (last entry 9) · Ticketed The museum's Thursday night after hours, 21+ with physical photo ID.via California Academy of Sciences (organizer)
The San Francisco Fall Show, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason her thing ✓ Thu Oct 15–Sat Oct 17, 10:30 AM–7 PM; Sun Oct 18, 11 AM–5 PM · Ticketed The 44th annual art, antiques and design show, themed Métallique Chic this year, at 2 Marina Blvd.via San Francisco Fall Show (organizer); Hoodline
Smuin Contemporary Ballet: French Kiss, Cowell Theater, Fort Mason her thing ✓ Thu Oct 15 and Fri Oct 16 at 7:30 PM; Sat Oct 17 and Sun Oct 18 at 2 PM · $25–100 Closing week of the season opener: Amy Seiwert's French Kiss to Pink Martini, a My'Kal Stromile premiere, and Smuin's Stabat Mater.via Smuin Contemporary Ballet (organizer); BroadwayWorld
Lila Downs, SFJAZZ Center, Miner Auditorium her thing ✓ Thu Oct 15–Sun Oct 18, 7:30 PM · $55–145 Four nights at 201 Franklin St behind her new album, Cambias mi Mundo.via SFJAZZ (organizer)
RM x SFMOMA, SFMOMA, 151 3rd St her thing ✓ Open now, through Feb 7, 2027 · Museum admission The RM x SFMOMA exhibition, open since Oct 3, is included with museum admission.via SFMOMA

Friday, Oct 16

Fort Mason Night Market, Fort Mason Center her thing ✓ Fri Oct 16, 5–10 PM · Free Monthly Friday market at 2 Marina Blvd: 60-plus craft vendors and nearly 30 food and drink vendors.via Fort Mason Center (organizer); Golden Gate Bridge District calendar
Zaccai Curtis Sextet, SFJAZZ Joe Henderson Lab her thing ✓ Fri Oct 16 and Sat Oct 17 · Ticketed Two nights in the Joe Henderson Lab, SFJAZZ's small room at 201 Franklin St. Set times on the SFJAZZ page.via SFJAZZ (organizer)

Saturday, Oct 17

Potrero Hill Rhythm & Blues Festival on 20th Street her thing ✓ Sat Oct 17, late morning to 4 PM · Free The 51st annual, on 20th St between Wisconsin and Missouri: two stages, food vendors and a 21+ beer and wine garden.via SFMTA; Mission Local calendar
Smuin After Hours, Cowell Theater, Fort Mason her thing ✓ Sat Oct 17, 7–10 PM (doors 6:30) · $55 A Smuin performance followed by a dance party in the theater.via Smuin Contemporary Ballet (organizer)
Joe Bataan, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, Great Lawn her thing ✓ Sat Oct 17, 2–4:30 PM (DJ from 1 PM) · Free with RSVP The Latin soul singer returns to the Great Lawn, Mission St between 3rd and 4th; Oakland trio MeloDious also plays.via Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (organizer)

Thursday, Oct 22

Hisaishi Conducts Hisaishi, SF Symphony, Davies Symphony Hall her thing ✓ Thu Oct 22–Sat Oct 24, 7:30 PM · Ticketed Joe Hisaishi conducts the West Coast premiere of his Concerto for Orchestra at 201 Van Ness. Presented without film.via San Francisco Symphony (organizer)

Saturday, Oct 24

Afro-Filipino Jazz Project, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, Great Lawn her thing ✓ Sat Oct 24, 2–3:30 PM · Free A free Saturday afternoon set on the Great Lawn, Mission St between 3rd and 4th.via Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (organizer)
Connected: Richie Goods & Chien Chien Lu, SFJAZZ Joe Henderson Lab her thing ✓ Sat Oct 24 at 7 and 8:30 PM; Sun Oct 25 at 6 and 7:30 PM · $34 Bassist Richie Goods and vibraphonist Chien Chien Lu play their joint album, four sets over two nights.via SFJAZZ (organizer)

Sunday, Oct 25

Charles Tolliver Presents Africa/Brass, SFJAZZ Miner Auditorium her thing ✓ Sun Oct 25, 7 PM · $40–105 Tolliver's quintet and an SF Conservatory brass orchestra play Coltrane's 1961 Africa/Brass for Coltrane's centennial.via SFJAZZ (organizer)

Planned dates

The Move of the Week

Friday Oct 16: the SF Fall Show at Fort Mason, then the night market

The final two hours of Friday at the city's art and antiques show, then a free night market on the same campus

Cost: $0 for the night market; Fall Show tickets and food-truck dinner extra

her kind of night ✓ Marina & North Beach

5:00 PM The San Francisco Fall Show, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd — Friday Oct 16; the show is open 10:30 AM to 7 PM Thursday through Saturday. The 44th edition, themed Métallique Chic: dealers in art, antiques and design. Buy tickets on sffallshow.org. Two hours is enough for one lap.
About 6:30 PM Sunset over the bay from the Fort Mason piers — Sunset is about 6:30 on Oct 16. The Festival Pavilion sits on the water; step out onto the pier for it; the show is open until 7.
7:00 PM Fort Mason Night Market, Fort Mason Center — Friday Oct 16 only, 5–10 PM, free. 60-plus craft vendors and nearly 30 food and drink vendors; dinner is whatever the trucks are serving. Fort Mason's own calendar lists Oct 16; we checked.

Weather backup: Can't do Friday? The Fall Show also runs Thursday and Saturday 10:30 to 7 and Sunday 11 to 5; the night market is Friday only.

Saturday Oct 17: Joe Bataan free in Yerba Buena Gardens, then Lila Downs at SFJAZZ

Latin soul on a free downtown lawn in the afternoon, then Lila Downs in a concert hall at night

Cost: $120–290 for two in Lila Downs tickets; the afternoon show is free

her kind of night ✓ Hayes Valley & Downtown

2:00 PM Joe Bataan on the Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens, Mission St between 3rd and 4th — Saturday Oct 17, 2–4:30 PM, free with RSVP on the festival's page. KALW's DJ Marcus starts at 1; Oakland trio MeloDious also plays.
5:00 PM Muni Metro from Powell St to Van Ness, two stops — Powell St station is two blocks from the Gardens. From Van Ness station, SFJAZZ is a few blocks up at Franklin and Fell; Hayes Valley's restaurants are around it for dinner.
7:30 PM Lila Downs, Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Center, 201 Franklin St — Saturday Oct 17 at 7:30; Saturday seats are $60–145 each. She's touring her new album, Cambias mi Mundo. Book on SFJAZZ's site.

Weather backup: Lila Downs also plays Thursday, Friday and Sunday at 7:30, $55–135.

Saturday Oct 24: Afro-Filipino jazz in Yerba Buena Gardens, then Connected at SFJAZZ's Lab

A free afternoon jazz set downtown, then vibes and bass in SFJAZZ's small room

Cost: $68 for two at the Lab; the afternoon set is free