Thursday, October 3:
- Miya Ando: Tides and Phases of the Moon at K. Imperial Fine Art
- aQuarius recOrds & Secret Serpents Art Opening
- Krupskaya Launch: Stephanie Young / Evan Kennedy at Alley Cat Books
- Calvin Johnson in the Cinecave
- Seven Sisters: exhibition of women artists at Jenkins Johnson Gallery
- Work in Progress: Considering Utopia at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
- Free First Thursday at the Berkeley Art Museum
- Public Program | John Windle and Thomas Ingmire in conversation at the SFSU Fine Arts Gallery
- The National: Exploring the Process of Songwriting in a Band at the Swedish American Hall
- The Evens at the Berkeley Community Theatre
Friday, October 4:
- Off the Grid: Lake Merritt at OMCA
- "The Other Side of the Lake" Opening Reception at Aggregate Space Gallery
- Stringing Together Meaning in Gender Closing Party at MOCO
- Opening Reception: Dust Prints and The Fall | Recent Work by Caroline Hayes Charuk and Kelli Yon at Interface Gallery
- Systems of (Dis)comfort: Emily Gable, Bean Gilsdorf, Dan Gilsdorf, and Cassie Thornton at Royal Nonesuch Gallery
- Art of the Narrative at The Emerald Tablet
- Brutal Sound Effects Festival #76 at The Lab
- Film Screening | Harold and Maude at the Pacific Film Archive
- Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in Golden Gate Park
- Orange Goblin at The Catalyst
Saturday, October 5:
- San Francisco SPCA 145th Anniversary Street Carnival
- Woodworkers at Alameda Point Studios
- Debaser | Late '90s Hardcore Edition at the Knockout
- The Art of Graffiti: Intro Class at 1:AM Gallery
- IRL at Alter Space
- Youth Lagoon at Mezzanine
- Pet Shop Boys at the Fox Theater
- Travis at the Regency Ballroom
- One Voice Fest at Plainfield Station
- Shlohmo at The Catalyst
Sunday, October 6:
- Free Show: Saul Conrad (Boston) + Blood & Dust + Chonk & the Ghostfiddler at the Starry Plough
- 10-6 at Thee Parkside
Monday, October 7:
- Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company 30th Anniversary Exhibition at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
- Delorean at The Independent
- Pet Shop Boys at the Fox Theater
Tuesday, October 8:
- 2 x 2 Solos: Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon at Pro Arts
- Off/Page Launch Party at the New Parkway
- Farley Gwazda - "The Superorganism" - at Green Chalk Contemporary
- Film Screening: Who Is Bozo Texino? at the San Francisco Art Institute
- Active Music Series: Moe! Staiano, Opera Wolf, and Revenant Quartet at the Uptown Nightclub
- Anything We Want: Fiona Apple & Blake Mills at Zellerbach Hall
- Stereophonics at The Fillmore
Wednesday, October 9:
- Joachim Koester: Tarantism at Headlands Center for the Arts
- Bawdy Storytelling's 'NerdGasm' at the Verdi Club
- October's Seduction Feroce at the New Parish
- Venkman // Bad Daddies // Brain Attack // No Business at the Hemlock Tavern
- Vernacular Visions 3 at Lake Merritt
- Public Program | Seeing the Blue Serengeti at the Exploratorium
- Film Screening | Breaking the Frame at the Pacific Film Archive
- Madness and Mindfulness: Four Films by Ken Paul Rosenthal at the Exploratorium
- Fuck Buttons at The Independent
- Iceage at the Rickshaw Stop
- White Lies at the Great American Music Hall
- Book of Love at DNA Lounge