San Francisco Metro: Sat, Oct 31, 2026 · East Bay · 35 events · data version 20261021-173303
8:00 PM · NEWT POOL (Cheryl Leonard + Wobbly) · Tom's Place (Berkeley) · live_music, experimental · rating 10
bayimproviser.com · details Thu 11/12 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight St SF] Tom Djll Close your eyes to see your possible selves unearthed, scraped and feather dusted, then entreated to self assemble in the anthropoid menagerie of vibration. https://djll.bandcamp.com/ Tanukispidercat With as many fangs as bright yellow eyes, from crouch to pounce, her blizzard of tooth, claw, fluff, synth and sampler come full fury with lethal-swift paddycakes of pure desire.
7:30 PM · A Wyld Halloween · Wyldflowr Arts (Oakland) · dj_party · rating 9
viewcy.com · details TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE It's Wyldflowr's first ever Halloween Party! Get your spooky on as our plant paradise transforms into a shadowy garden of ghostly delight! Shake your costumed booty to the music of the Sand Ghost, and revel in the surreal vocals of our headliner: Girl Swallows Nightingale. Tricks and treats await you with some one of a kind horror themed refreshments. AND there will be a special screening of "The Awakening" a new Frankenstein inspired film by director Marica Petry.
7:30 PM · Halloween Magic & Mystery · The Sound Room (Oakland) · community · rating 9
soundroom.org · details Come in costume, come as you are. But be prepared to be AMAZED!
Join us for a magical show full of laughs, gasps, and WTF was that's?!
This will be an unforgettable eveining of magic, mentalism, and mysteriousl feats.
Award winning comedian and magician Sean Francisco teams up with mind reading sensation Jake Berg to bring you a show like no other! With experience performing everywhere from the biggest stages to the swankiest private events, this is sure to be a show you don't want to miss!
9:30 AM · Halloween Extravaganza! · The Freight & Salvage (Berkeley) · FREE · live_music, folk · rating 8
berkeleypubliclibrary.libnet.info · details A Halloween-themed event that includes a high-energy musical story time and an awe-inspiring marionette show!. Event starts at October 31, 2026 10:00 AM PDT
7:00 PM · WAKE THE DEAD · The Freight & Salvage (Berkeley) · $44/$49 GENERAL ADMISSION
$25 LIVESTREAM
(INCLUDES ALL FEES) · live_music, rock · rating 8
secure.thefreight.org · details Wake the Dead , The Bay Area's own Celtic All-Star Summer of Love party band, is returning to the Freight for their 26th annual Day of the Dead Bash, always the sell-out party of the season! This hot septet combines Irish jigs and reels with the songs of the Grateful Dead and other '60s iconic bands, delivering them with unique power and joy. Soaring vocal harmonies and daring instrumentals fuel Wake the Dead's singular groove engine, delighting Celtoids and Deadheads alike.
7:30 PM · Henry Hung’s Klaxon Mutant All-Stars · CA Jazz Conservatory (Berkeley) · live_music, jazz · rating 8
concerts.jazzschool.org · details The music of the Klaxon Mutant All-Stars is the product of a new generation of eclectic jazz musicians living in a technology-obsessed, genre-twisting, multi-cultural world. The group brings together Grammy award-winning trumpeter Henry Hung (Stanley Clarke, Jimmy Cobb, Poncho Sanchez, Pacific Mambo Orchestra), saxophonist Kasey Knudsen (Charlie Hunter, Fred Frith), drummer Eric Garland (Will Bernard, Mads Tolling), keyboardist Colin Hogan (Peter Erskine, Too $hort, Mads Tolling), and bassist…
3:00 PM · FRANKENSTEIN · Paramount Theatre (Oakland) · BUY TICKETS · film · rating 7
paramountoakland.org · details Paramount Movie Classics Frankenstein Not Rated Oct 31 | 2026 Buy Tickets Date Oct 31 | 2026 Event Starts 3:00 PM Doors Open 1 HOUR PRIOR TO THE SHOW On Sale On Sale Now Sat, Oct. 31 | 2026 3:00 PM / Doors: Buy Tickets Event Details 1931 | Rated NA | 1 hr 10m | 35 mm Starring: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff Directed By: James Whale Based on Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein tells the tale of Henry Frankenstein, a scientist obsessed with creating human life using body parts from the…
5:00 PM · Chris McCarthy – An Evening of Solo Piano · Meyhouse San Ramon (San Ramon) · live_music, jazz · rating 7
meyhousejazz.com · details Chris McCarthy – An Evening of Solo Piano (Sat 10/31 - 5 pm) Sat, Oct 31 | Meyhouse Jazz San Ramon Acclaimed New York pianist and composer Chris McCarthy brings his “high skill and sensitivity” (The New York Times) to Meyhouse Jazz for an intimate solo piano performance, blending original music with his imaginative, deeply expressive approach to jazz.
7:00 PM · Mayday Mae! · Ivy Room (Albany) · $18/$20 · live_music, rock, dj_party · rating 7
ivyroom.com · details mayday mae! x core present - Jaded Justice + Shy Lobby w/ DJ GRLBOI & drag host Lady Xinistra
7:30 PM · HOUSE OF VELVET: HALLOWEEN (MUST BE 18+) · Yoshi's (Oakland) · $45 - $65 · dj_party · rating 7
yoshis.com · details Sat October 31, 2026 Juju’s Productions Presents HOUSE OF VELVET: HALLOWEEN (MUST BE 18+) Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PM Juju’s Productions, the creator of Juju’s Burlesque, returns to Yoshi’s with the seductive premiere of the House of Velvet series. On Halloween night, enter a mysterious world where glamour meets the unexpected. A spellbinding live band, powerhouse vocalists, mesmerizing dancers, and interactive theatrical surprises will unfold all around you.
8:00 PM · Chris McCarthy – An Evening of Solo Piano · Meyhouse San Ramon (San Ramon) · live_music, jazz · rating 7
meyhousejazz.com · details Chris McCarthy – An Evening of Solo Piano (Sat 10/31 - 8 pm) Sat, Oct 31 | Meyhouse Jazz San Ramon Acclaimed New York pianist and composer Chris McCarthy brings his “high skill and sensitivity” (The New York Times) to Meyhouse Jazz for an intimate solo piano performance, blending original music with his imaginative, deeply expressive approach to jazz.
8:00 PM · Rocky Horror Picture Show · UC Theatre (Berkeley) · BUY TICKETS · film, dance · rating 7
theuctheatre.org · details The UC Theatre October 31, 2026 Doors: 7:00 pm • Start: 8:00 pm All Ages $22.47 to $35.36 BUY TICKETS BUY TICKETS $16.50 FEES Get Tickets
8:00 PM · Shpongle · Fox Theatre OAK (Oakland) · Buy Tickets · live_music, electronic · rating 7
eventim.us · details Two Nights! - Supersillyus Cosmic Trigger ft. Visuals by Jonathan Singer & Glass Crane and Live Floral Art by Anthony Ward.
time TBA · LIBERATION · Berkeley Rep (Berkeley) · theater · rating 7
berkeleyrep.org · details Written by Bess Wohl, this bitingly funny and poignant play follows a daughter delving into her mother's 1970s feminist consciousness-raising group to explore the legacy of the women's movement. It examines what freedom truly means across generations through messy, impassioned personal histories.
7:00 AM · Queer Mischief Halloween Party · Cry Baby (Oakland) · dj_party · rating 6
crybaby.live · details Queer Magic Presents Queer Mischief - A Queer Magic Halloween Party w/ Sucia + Black Woman + Kurren$i Sat Oct 31, 2026 4:00 PM 21+ Buy Tickets Additional Info Ready to stir up some Queer Mischief this Hallows Eve? Join us Oct 31 from 4–10pm at Crybaby for a night of spooky, sexy, queer magic! We’ll be dancing all night with DJ Sucia, DJ Black Woman, and DJ Kurren$i keeping the vibes up all night plus some performances that will have your fangs on the floor. Enter our costume contest at 7pm!
1:00 PM · Steffani Jemison & Leslie Cuyjet · Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley) · film · rating 6
bampfa.org · details Artist Steffani Jemison and choreographer Leslie Cuyjet perform a collaborative piece that reflects on the dynamic artistic relationship between Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi. Performing alongside projections of archival images depicting Hassinger and Nengudi’s collaborations, Jemison and Cuyjet improvise together with text, dance, and thread.
4:00 PM · Vivre sa vie · Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley) · film · rating 6
bampfa.org · details Vivre sa vie depicts Nana (Anna Karina), a naive shopgirl, at the brief, flickering moment when she takes responsibility for her life. Nana takes to the streets, becoming a prostitute and a student of human emotions. Brechtian in its use of twelve dispassionately announced tableaux, Vivre sa vie is also intensely personal. Nana’s crucible is Jean-Luc Godard’s existential epiphany: Nana struggles to see, and say, things as they are, bravely concluding, “All is good.”
6:30 PM · Kwaidan · Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley) · film · rating 6
bampfa.org · details Breathtakingly photographed on hand-painted sets, Kwaidan is at once a Japanese woodcut writ large, and an abstract wash of luminescent colors that seem to come from another world. An electronic soundtrack by avant-garde composer Toru Takemitsu plays hauntingly with natural sounds—crickets, rain, the cracking of wood, the loud silence of snow. Yet the stories—four of Lafcadio Hearn’s ghostly tales—strangely contradict this plastic splendor in their simple, aching humanity.
7:00 PM · Spy, Fentanyl & Friends · 924 Gilman (Berkeley) · $18/$20 · live_music, rock · rating 6
maps.google.com · details Hardcore outfit Spy headlines a fast and furious gig at 924 Gilman with Fentanyl and supporting acts. Brace for an all-out, pit-heavy night of aggressive Bay Area punk.
7:30 PM · Lord of the Rings Square Dance · Ashkenaz (Berkeley) · TICKETS · live_music, folk, dance · rating 6
ashkenaz.com · details Ashkenaz and Skillet Licorice - 4th Annual!
9:00 PM · HELL COMES TO OAKLAND IV - 10/30 & 10/31 · Thee Stork Club (Oakland) · $13/$15 · festival, live_music, rock · rating 6
wl.eventim.us · details Oakland’s No. 1 Halloween tribute band night, Hell Comes to Oakland, is coming back to the Stork for the double thrill sensation of the century, HELL COMES TO OAKLAND IV! Fri 10/30/26 - HELL COMES TO OAKLAND IV Night 1 8pm, $13 adv., $15 door, $24 for 2-night ticket Night 1 lineup: My Chemical Situationship play My Chemical Romance GAYC/DC play AC/DC Rammspringa play Rammstein The Blue Velvets play Julee Cruise Dinosaur Jr Jr play Dinosaur Jr -- Sat 10/31/26 - HELL COMES TO OAKLAND IV Night 2…
9:00 PM · Stanley Simmons · Cornerstone (Berkeley) · live_music, rock · rating 6
stevelist.com · details all ages
7:00 PM · Franky Rizardo & Jamie Jones · Gold Bar Hangar (Alameda) · $84.62+ | 21+ · dj_party · rating 5
factory93.frontgatetickets.com · details tech house
10:00 PM · Demon Time · Continental Club (West Oakland) · $17-30 | 18+ · dj_party · rating 5
oaklandcontinentalclub.com · details house, tech house, techno
time TBA · Dolly's Mile High Club · Eli's Mile High (Oakland) · Buy Tickets · dj_party · rating 5
elismilehighclub.com · details Dolly's Mile High Club Sat, Oct 31 | Eli's Mile High Club Halloween Rager! Eli's converts to a night worshipping legend Dolly Parton Buy Tickets Time & Location Oct 31, 2026, 8:00 PM – Nov 01, 2026, 2:00 AM Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA 94609, USA About the event Save the date!
time TBA · The Gentlemen’s Club Tour · Oakland Arena (Oakland) · Buy Tickets · live_music, hiphop_rap · rating 5
theoaklandarena.com · details THE GENTLEMEN’S CLUB TOUR October 31 , 2026 Buy Tickets Premium Date October 31 , 2026 Event Starts 8:00 PM Venue Oakland Arena On Sale On Sale Now Add to Calendar Oct 31 / Saturday 8:00 PM (7:00 PM Doors) Buy Tickets
7:00 PM · THE FALL SHOW · Ashby Stage (Berkeley) · theater · rating 0 · no longer listed shotgunplayers.org · details Long-lasting love is marked by both comfort and conflict. In The Fall Show, an elderly couple’s unexpected romance unfolds against a maelstrom of memory and movement. Lovers collide, chaos erupts, and tenderness persists in an intimate examination of love ‘til the very end.
9:00 PM · Improvisation Workshop · Temescal Arts Center (Temescal) · Free · workshop, experimental, live_music · rating 0 · no longer listed temescalartcenter.org · details Open Workshop and Playground in free improvisation. Spontaneously Assembled Small Groups will collaborate. Bring your instrument, your body, your poetry. Come ready to be surprised. Hosted by Lewis Jordan. Inviting musicians, poets, dancers, to a non-hierarchical setting to improvise together. Spontaneously composing or contributing, can't be on a guest list.
time TBA · INAUGURAL CONCERT! · Piedmont CFTA (Piedmont) · https://www.ticketsignup.io/lefe · live_music, classical, folk · rating 0 · no longer listed ticketsignup.io · details LAND’S END FOLK ENSEMBLE:CLASSICAL MUSICIANS EXPLORE FOLK MUSIC Tickets: https://www.ticketsignup.io/lefe
time TBA · RAGTIME AND TRADITIONAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE · Piedmont CFTA (Piedmont) · https://www.ticketsignup.io/ragtime · live_music, jazz · rating 0 · no longer listed ticketsignup.io · details VIRGINIA TICHENOR’S RAGTIME QUARTET Tickets: https://www.ticketsignup.io/ragtime
time TBA · TRIBUTE TO JIMMY VAN HEUSEN · Piedmont CFTA (Piedmont) · https://www.ticketsignup.io/JVH · live_music, jazz · rating 0 · no longer listed ticketsignup.io · details “IN THE TRADITION” JAZZ & POP PIANO TRIO Tickets: https://www.ticketsignup.io/JVH