Everything already on the calendar for next week, Monday to Sunday (Nov 9–15), across San Francisco and the Bay Area. So far: 18 talks and panels, 12 parties and socials, 11 workshops and 8 meetups. Hosts keep publishing all week, so this list grows; the earlier you RSVP, the better your odds on approval-only events.
- Build Day: OpenRouter x Meta
Tier AA · Mon, Nov 9, 2026 · 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- THE SF DATABASE MEETUP: November
Tier AA · Mon, Nov 9, 2026 · 5:30 PM PT · PlanetScale · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- Find Your Story: Local Authors, Librarians & Belonging
Tier A · Mon, Nov 9, 2026 · 6:00 PM PT · Local Economy · Oakland · Luma · Free
- Music Hardware Is a Fashion Accessory: A Design Workshop
Tier A · Mon, Nov 9, 2026 · 6:30 PM PT · tiat · San Francisco · Luma
- Conversing with Cardinals Book Signing
Tier A · Mon, Nov 9, 2026 · 6:30 PM PT · The Love Potion Library - Books, Tea, Wine · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- Tripping Toward Recovery: Can Psychedelics Heal the Brain?
Tier A · Mon, Nov 9, 2026 · 7:00 PM PT · 473A Haight St · San Francisco · Luma
- STUDIO WORKS #7/7 | On selling
Tier A · Mon, Nov 9, 2026 · 7:30 PM PT · tiat · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- After Tokens
Tier AA · Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 8:00 AM PT · TERRA · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- Culture Slop Live!
Tier AA · Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 2:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- Notion 101 for Small Businesses SF
Tier AA · Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 3:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- partner demo day
Tier AAA · Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 3:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- Design Chat with Alex Cornell, Meta
Tier AA · Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 4:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- Andrew Hogan // The New Rules of Design
Tier AAA · Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 5:30 PM PT · Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation · Berkeley · Luma · Free
- SPUR Housing Advocacy 101: Understanding Policy and Making Your Voice Heard
Tier A · Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 5:30 PM PT · Local Economy · Oakland · Luma · Free
- Berkeley Quantum Pitch Night
Tier AAA · Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 6:00 PM PT · 2168 Shattuck Ave. · Berkeley · Luma · Free
- Code & Cocktails in SF with Fireworks & MiniMax
Tier AA · Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- Write your own love story
Tier A · Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 6:30 PM PT · The Love Potion Library - Books, Tea, Wine · San Francisco · Luma
- Do I Want Kids? A Psychology-Based Guide to Figuring It Out
Tier AA · Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 7:00 PM PT · Hawthorn SF Nightclub and Lounge · San Francisco · Luma
- Singles Mixer 2.0
Tier AA · Tue, Nov 10, 2026 · 7:00 PM PT · Dalva · San Francisco · Partiful
- Stripe Startups Build Day San Francisco
Tier AA · Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 9:30 AM PT · South San Francisco · Luma · Free
- Medal x General Intuition @ Stanford
Tier AA · Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 3:00 PM PT · Stanford · Luma · Free
- BGA Speaker Series: Startup Fundraising - How to Raise a Pre-seed with Sam Wong
Tier AA · Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 4:00 PM PT · 2168 Shattuck Ave. · Berkeley · Luma · Free
- Early Days #02 with Google DeepMind: Open Models, Security & AI Defensibility
Tier AA · Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 4:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- Notion Presents: The Software Factory Debate
Tier AAA · Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 5:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- SGLang x NVIDIA Meetup
Tier AAA · Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- AFE Happy Hour
Tier AA · Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- LPL Romantasy Book Club: Immortal Rose
Tier A · Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 6:30 PM PT · The Love Potion Library - Books, Tea, Wine · San Francisco · Luma
- 🧠 The Thought Experiment Lab
Tier AAA · Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 6:30 PM PT · 540 Laguna St · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- From Bridgerton to Severance: The Art of the Film Score
Tier A · Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 7:00 PM PT · Donkey & Goat Winery · Berkeley · Luma
- Keeping the Lights On When Cyberattacks Go Physical
Tier A · Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 7:00 PM PT · 473A Haight St · San Francisco · Luma
- Madrone Trivia Night
Tier AA · Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 7:00 PM PT · Madrone Art Bar · San Francisco · Partiful · Free
- Fireside Chat with Tanay Kothari, Wispr Flow
Tier AA · Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 3:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- Humanmade Hardware Accelerator Demo Day
Tier AAA · Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 5:00 PM PT · 655 Bryant St · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- The Next Unlock: Bottlenecks and Breakthroughs in DeepTech for Biology and Chemistry
Tier AA · Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 5:00 PM PT · Berkeley · Luma · Free
- RL & data meetup: SkyRL x Mercor x Harbor
Tier AA · Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- Writing the Body in Memoir: How to Work with What Our Bodies Know
Tier A · Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 6:00 PM PT · Local Economy · Oakland · Luma
- Cerebras at SGLang Summit
Tier A · Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- AI Engineer CODE Summit Official After Party
Tier A · Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- Build with Flux: Design Electronics and Enclosures with AI
Tier AA · Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- Night of Shorts
Tier A · Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 6:30 PM PT · A Loft of One’s Own, 5757 Horton St 2nd Floor, Emeryville, CA · Partiful · Free
- We Make Noise x MONO Opening Party and Fundraiser!
Tier AAA · Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- fight nights @ the MADE
Tier A · Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 7:00 PM PT · Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment - (MADE) · Oakland · Luma
- Cut + Paste = Collage Workshop: Imagining a World of Devices
Tier A · Thu, Nov 12, 2026 · 7:00 PM PT · tiat · San Francisco · Luma
- AIE x MLH Hackathon @ Code Summit
Tier AA · Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · 9:00 AM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- Not so European Fridays at European Startup Embassy
Tier AA · Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · 10:00 AM PT · European Startup Embassy · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- A Conversation with Vinod Khosla
Tier AAA · Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · 5:00 PM PT · Stanford University · Luma · Free
- Experimental Play Nights Presents: The Hexidecipadathon
Tier A · Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · 5:00 PM PT · Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment - (MADE) · Oakland · Luma
- SGLang Summit Opening Reception by Crusoe & Women in AI
Tier AA · Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · 5:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- Valksgiving, a championship season celebration
Tier A · Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · 6:00 PM PT · Local Economy · Oakland · Luma · Free
- community dinner
Tier AA · Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · 6:00 PM PT · 2209 Van Ness Ave · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- BOX HOMOCOMING
Tier AA · Fri, Nov 13, 2026 · 8:30 PM PT · The Royale · San Francisco · Luma
- DNAForge & MTC Berkeley: AI × Biology Hackathon
Tier AA · Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · 9:00 AM PT · Berkeley · Luma · Free
- Greptile Outpost at SŌHN
Tier AAA · Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · 9:00 AM PT · SOHN · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- AI Research Hackathon
Tier AA · Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · 9:00 AM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- She Builds: A Women in AI × Lovable Hackathon
Tier AAA · Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · 10:00 AM PT · San Francisco · Luma · Free
- Puzzle Swap!
Tier A · Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · 2:00 PM PT · Local Economy · Oakland · Luma · Free
- UC Application Workshop
Tier A · Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · 5:30 PM PT · Al-Medina Education Center (MEC Masjid) · Newark · Luma · Free
- 🔥 Hard Tech Bonfire Night @ OG Tesla HQ
Tier AAA · Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · 6:00 PM PT · 1056 Commercial St · San Carlos · Luma · Free
- CHAI NIGHT FOR BROWN GIRLS
Tier A · Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · 6:00 PM PT · A Loft of One’s Own, 5757 Horton St 2nd Floor, Emeryville, CA · Partiful · Free
- cole valley closet sale
Tier A · Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · 10:00 AM PT · The stoop next to the bike shop, 840 Cole St, San Francisco, CA · Partiful · Free
- DIWALI PASTRY POP-UP
Tier AAA · Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · 11:00 AM PT · Le Mil's · San Francisco · Partiful · Free
- Fairway Social at Baylands: Beginner + Intermediate Golf Clinic & Social 🍂
Tier A · Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · 12:30 PM PT · Baylands Golf Links · Palo Alto · Luma
- Little Delights Anni
Tier AA · Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · 1:00 PM PT · Bow N Arrow Clothing · Petaluma · Partiful · Free
- Community Book Swap!
Tier A · Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · 1:30 PM PT · Mission Dolores Park · San Francisco · Partiful · Free
- Soup Swap!!
Tier A · Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · 2:00 PM PT · Local Economy · Oakland · Luma · Free
- Dashka Slater presents The Wild Season: The Remarkable True Story of A Rabbit Rescue.
Tier A · Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · 5:00 PM PT · Local Economy · Oakland · Luma
- tinker nights!!!1!!!11!1
Tier A · Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · 5:00 PM PT · Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment - (MADE) · Oakland · Luma · Free
- Bits (mostly) Queer Comedy - Starring Lady Bushra!
Tier A · Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · 7:30 PM PT · The Love Potion Library - Books, Tea, Wine · San Francisco · Luma
FAQ
What are the top SF events next week?
Ranked by RSVPs, host and listing quality, the standouts are 🧠 The Thought Experiment Lab (Wed Nov 11, 6:30 PM); DIWALI PASTRY POP-UP (Sun Nov 15, 11:00 AM); and Greptile Outpost at SŌHN (Sat Nov 14, 9:00 AM). The full list of 68 events is above, sorted by start time.
Are there free SF events next week?
Yes. 52 of the 68 events here are listed as free on Luma or Partiful, for example Build Day: OpenRouter x Meta (Mon Nov 9, 5:30 PM); and THE SF DATABASE MEETUP: November (Mon Nov 9, 5:30 PM). Many free events still require registration or host approval, so RSVP early.
Where do SF events happen?
By neighborhood or city, the most listings next week are in Oakland (10), Berkeley (6) and Castro & Noe Valley (4). Some hosts only reveal the exact address after you register.
How often is this list updated?
Every morning, Pacific time. Party Animal re-checks Luma and Partiful daily and rebuilds this page; this version was generated on Tue, Nov 3, 2026. Party Animal is not the organizer, so confirm details with the host.
Party Animal is a discovery tool, not the organizer. Confirm details with the host.