Thursday, October 31:
- Econo Jam Records Grand Opening
- Halloween "Supernatural Seoul: Ghosts of Dogtown" at FuseBOX
- B-52s/Hall & Oates/Nirvana/David Bowie at El Rio
- Red Virgin at Central Works Theater
- Hearts Desire Reading Series: Alana Siegel, Laura Woltag & David Abel at the Bay Area Public School
- Helloween at First Church of the Buzzard
- East Bay Halloween/Birthday Bash at the Night Light
- Christian Jankowski at the San Francisco Art Institute
- The Flaming Lips at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
- Danzig 25th Anniversary Tour at the Warfield
Friday, November 1:
- Araw ng mga Patay (Filipino Day of the Dead) at Kainbigan
- "The Other Side of the Lake" First Friday Event at Aggregate Space Gallery
- Wandering Chunks closing reception at MOCO
- Litquake Epicenter: Daniel Alarcon with Daniel Gumbiner at Hotel Rex
- (Untitled) Formalisms at Needles & Pens
- A Purple All Hallow's Eve at the Purple Haus
- The Butterfly Lovers, the Cultural Revolution, and the Arts in China at the Berkeley Art Museum
- Charli XCX at Slim's
- Iron & Wine at the Fox Theater
- Johnny Marr at the Fillmore
- Jonathan Wilson with Extra Classic at the Chapel
Saturday, November 2:
- Lift Off!!! Club of the Month Club Quarterly #4 at Southern Exposure
- Day of the Devs, presented by Double Fine at Public Works
- Opening Reception: Beatnik Meteors at di Rosa
- Day of the Dead w/ NovOS Beaches, Jared Saltiel (NY), & Sugar Candy Mountain at Amnesia
- Debaser | Day of the Dead: Nirvana, Nirvana at the Knock Out
- Cut Copy at the Fox Theater
Sunday, November 3:
- Zoe Keating at the Chapel
- Diane Di Prima: The Dream of Pre-History at the Bay Area Public School
- Closing for "Four Core Chambers" featuring performance and screening of "Open Heart" at Martina }{ Johnston Gallery
- Endnotes Release Party at the Bay Area Public School
- Portuguese Artists Colony presents: Zombie love at the Make-Out Room
- Sarah Handler: The Elegant Fantastic in "Beautiful Women" Paintings at the Berkeley Art Museum
Monday, November 4:
- Cheese Pop-Up with Beer Pairing at Chomp 'N Swig
- LOVEWARZ Visiting Artist Lecture at 160 Kroeber Hall
- Keltie Ferris at the San Francisco Art Institute
- Destroyer (solo) at the Independent
- Glasser at the Chapel
Tuesday, November 5:
- The News: Fresh Queer Performance featuring performers from The New Shit Show at SOMArts
- Otto & the Moaners with Rebecca Cross at the Lost Church
- November Seduction Feroce at the New Parish
- Metropolis at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
- Television at the Independent
- Deerhoof at Bottom of the Hill
- Neon Indian + Dimlite at 1015 Folsom
- Blitzen Trapper at the Regency Ballroom
Wednesday, November 6:
- League of F.A.M.E. Awards Ceremony at the Homestead
- The Heat: works by Sam Strand at Hatch Gallery
- Mensch of the Month Release Party at Southern Pacific Brewing
- The San Francisco Olympians Festival IV: Trojan Requiem at Exit Theatre
- Ouroborus at Root Division
- Multiple Encounters at the Berkeley Art Museum
- Film Screening | The Films of Peter Hutton: A Sense of Place at the Pacific Film Archive
- Mohau Modisakeng + Nandipha Mntambo at the San Francisco Art Institute
- 3rd i's 11th Annual SF International South Asian Film Festival
- Mazzy Star at the Warfield
- Mike Doughty at the Fillmore