San Francisco — week of Thursday, October 22, 2026

Massenet's Manon closes at the War Memorial Opera House on Nov 1, with seats from $30 and a free talk before every curtain. Below it, everything on in the city through Halloween and the first of November.

Everything happening 13

Thursday, Oct 22

Mission Community Market, 22nd St at Bartlett her thing ✓ Thursdays Oct 22 and 29, 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 ✓ Thursdays Oct 22 and 29, 6–10 PM · Ticketed The museum's Thursday night after hours, 21+ with physical photo ID. Each week's theme is on the Academy's page.via California Academy of Sciences (organizer)
Yerba Buena Illuminated, Humboldt Bank Building, 785 Market St her thing ✓ Nightly · Free A 95-foot art projection on the face of the Humboldt Bank Building on Market Street.via Funcheap
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 23

Edward Simon: Femeninas, SFJAZZ Miner Auditorium her thing ✓ Fri Oct 23, 7:30 PM · $35–85 The pianist's Femeninas program, one night in the main hall at 201 Franklin St.via SFJAZZ (organizer)

Saturday, Oct 24

Manon, San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House her thing ✓ Sat Oct 24, Tue Oct 27 and Fri Oct 30 at 7:30 PM; Sun Nov 1 at 2 PM · From $30 Massenet's opera, sung in French with English supertitles; Eun Sun Kim conducts. About 3.5 hours. Final four performances.via San Francisco Opera (organizer)
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)

Tuesday, Oct 27

Noe Valley Night Market, Noe Valley Town Square, 24th St at Sanchez her thing ✓ Tue Oct 27, 4:30–8:30 PM · Free Monthly last-Tuesday night market with food, music and local vendors; 24th St closes to cars from Sanchez to Vicksburg.via SFMTA; Funcheap

Friday, Oct 30

John Scofield's Electrospective, SFJAZZ Miner Auditorium her thing ✓ Fri Oct 30–Sun Nov 1 · Ticketed The guitarist's Electrospective, three nights in the main hall at 201 Franklin St. Showtimes on the SFJAZZ page.via SFJAZZ (organizer)

Saturday, Oct 31

Eric Prydz with Tiga and Kelly Lee Owens, Club DARC, Pier 48 Shed A her thing ✓ Sat Oct 31, doors 8 PM per listing · Ticketed Goldenvoice's Club DARC opens its fall season with a Halloween warehouse show at Mission Rock. 21+ with government ID.via Hoodline; Pollstar
PURA Halloween, 1015 Folsom St her thing ✓ Sat Oct 31, 10 PM–3 AM · $49+ A Latin and reggaeton Halloween party across four rooms on three levels. 21+.via Funcheap

Planned dates

The Move of the Week

Friday Oct 30: Manon at the War Memorial Opera House

Massenet's Manon in its closing weekend, with a free talk on the opera before the curtain

Cost: From $60 for two in opera seats; the pre-opera talk is free with a ticket

her kind of night ✓ Hayes Valley & Downtown

6:35 PM Pre-opera talk, War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave — Friday Oct 30. A talk on the opera starts 55 minutes before every Manon curtain and is included with a ticket. Sunset is 6:14, so you arrive in the dark.
7:30 PM Manon, San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House — Friday Oct 30 at 7:30. Eun Sun Kim conducts; Amina Edris and Pene Pati sing the leads, in French with English supertitles. Seats from $30 each; buy on sfopera.com. Two intermissions.
Around 11 PM Final curtain, then Muni Metro from Van Ness station at Market St — The run time is about 3.5 hours. Van Ness station is about 12 minutes on foot down Van Ness Ave.

Weather backup: Can't do Friday? Manon also plays Sat Oct 24 and Tue Oct 27 at 7:30 and closes Sun Nov 1 at 2 PM.

Sunday Oct 25: Coltrane's Africa/Brass at SFJAZZ

A brass orchestra plays Coltrane's 1961 Africa/Brass at SFJAZZ for his centennial

Cost: $80–210 for two in tickets

her kind of night ✓ Hayes Valley & Downtown

7:00 PM Charles Tolliver Presents Africa/Brass: Trane Forever, Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Center, 201 Franklin St — Sunday Oct 25 at 7, $40–105 each. Tolliver's quintet plus an SF Conservatory brass orchestra play Africa/Brass. Book on SFJAZZ's site.

Weather backup: Same building, same night: Connected plays the Joe Henderson Lab at 6 and 7:30, $34.

Saturday Oct 31: Eric Prydz's Halloween show at Pier 48

A Halloween night warehouse show on the waterfront: Eric Prydz, Tiga and Kelly Lee Owens

Cost: Tickets on Club DARC's site; Muni fare extra

her kind of night ✓ SoMa & Dogpatch

About 7:15 PM N Judah to 2nd & King station, by Oracle Park — Saturday Oct 31; it's dark by then (sunset 6:13). The N runs along King St to the ballpark.
About 7:35 PM Walk across the Lefty O'Doul Bridge to Pier 48, Mission Rock — About 15 minutes from 2nd & King across the bridge and along the water.
8:00 PM Eric Prydz with Tiga and Kelly Lee Owens (DJ set), Club DARC, Shed A, Pier 48 — Saturday Oct 31, doors at 8 per a ticket listing; confirm on Goldenvoice's Club DARC site. 21+ with government ID.

Weather backup: Sold out? PURA's Latin Halloween party runs 10 PM to 3 AM the same night at 1015 Folsom, $49 and up.

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