This Weekend
in SF
The Warriors open at home Friday, the Leap Sandcastle Classic fills Ocean Beach Saturday, Lit Crawl closes Litquake in the Mission, and World of Dumplings and SF Music Day run Sunday. Westbound I-80 closes through SoMa from 11pm Friday to 6am Monday.
Friday, October 23 to Sunday, October 25, 2026. Updated every Monday and Thursday. For Monday through Thursday, see Things to Do in San Francisco This Week. For the rest of the month, see our October 2026 guide.
Friday, October 23
Lower Polk Live on Polk Street
Lower Polk Live is a free street festival on Polk Street between Bush and Sutter. Polk between Bush and Sutter and Fern between Van Ness and Larkin close to traffic from 2 to 10:30pm, and SFMTA reroutes the 19 Polk from 1:30pm until the end of service.
In Their Name: Día de Los Muertos 2026 at SOMArts
SOMArts opens its 27th annual Day of the Dead exhibition, curated by Bridgett Rex and Rio Yañez, with a Friday reception. This year's show honors those who mother as an act of care and revolution, including house and drag mothers, birth families, and chosen families, alongside personal altars for loved ones who have passed. The reception is $15, free for youth 16 and under, and RSVP is required. The show runs October 24 to November 20 and is free during gallery hours, which are noon to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday. Details are on the SOMArts exhibition page.
Vishnu's Cosmic Ocean at the Asian Art Museum
The exhibition opens Friday and is built around the Reclining Vishnu of West Mebon, a bronze made about a thousand years ago for a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, and nearly 20 feet long when complete. It is on loan from the National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh and runs through January 25, 2027 in the Osher Foundation Gallery. It is included with general admission, and the museum is open 10am to 5pm Friday through Monday.
Warriors vs. Grizzlies at Chase Center
The Golden State Warriors host the Memphis Grizzlies in their 2026-27 home opener. SFMTA's Chase Center event list has the game at 7pm. The T Third stops at UCSF/Chase Center next to the arena.
San Francisco Restaurant Week, Final Weekend
Participating restaurants offer set-price menus through Sunday, October 25. Brunch or lunch menus of two or more items or courses are priced at $15, $25, $35, or $45, and dinner menus of three or more at $30, $45, $60, $75, or $90. Each restaurant sets its own menu and tier. The list of participating restaurants is at sfrestaurantweek.com.
Saturday, October 24
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
Foodwise runs the Saturday Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, a certified farmers market that fills the back plaza overlooking the Bay, the south side of the Ferry Building, and the sidewalk in front along the Embarcadero. It runs year round, rain or shine. Individual merchant hours can vary.
Leap Sandcastle Classic at Ocean Beach
The 44th Leap Sandcastle Classic has more than 100 teams of architects, designers, engineers, and students building large sand sculptures on the theme Bay Area Vibes. Building runs 11am to 2:30pm. DJ Wonway Posibul plays at noon, Cuicacalli Ballet Folklórico performs at 12:30pm, and LionDanceMe performs at 3pm, followed by the awards ceremony at 3:15pm. Food trucks set up near the beach. Admission is free and parking is paid. The shoreline is windy and often cooler than the rest of the city, so bring layers. Details are on the Leap event schedule.
Afro-Filipino Jazz Project at Yerba Buena Gardens
The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents the Afro-Filipino Jazz Project on the Great Lawn as part of its Weekend Sessions series. The concert is free, with an optional free RSVP through the festival's Eventbrite link.
Lit Crawl SF in the Mission
Lit Crawl closes the 2026 Litquake festival with a one-night literary crawl through Mission District bars, cafes, galleries, bookstores, and less expected spaces. Litquake calls it the world's largest free pop-up literary event. The Lit Crawl schedule lists programs in three phases, 5 to 6pm, 6:30 to 7:30pm, and 8 to 9pm. No RSVP is needed and seating is first come, first served. Three programs have changed venues since the printed map, so check the schedule before you go.
Manon at San Francisco Opera
San Francisco Opera performs Massenet's Manon in French with English supertitles, with Amina Edris as Manon, Pene Pati as Des Grieux, and Eun Sun Kim conducting. Saturday's performance is the fourth of seven, with the run ending November 1. Tickets start at $30 at sfopera.com or through the box office at 415-864-3330.
Sunday, October 25
World of Dumplings at the Ferry Building
World of Dumplings, organized by the community group Asians Are Strong, returns for its third year with more than 25 restaurant vendors serving dumplings from different food traditions, including wontons, gyoza, momos, manti, ravioli, and empanadas. The program has eating contests, cooking demonstrations, dumpling trivia, a beer garden, raffle prizes, and live music. Entry is free and food is priced by each vendor. RSVP is on the organizer's Eventbrite page.
SF Music Day at the War Memorial
InterMusic SF's SF Music Day returns to free admission, with performances in Herbst Theatre, the Green Room, and the Taube Atrium Theater, plus an outdoor JazzMobile jam session outside the War Memorial. The organizer suggests a $30 donation per attendee but does not require it. RSVP is through the organizer's Eventbrite page.
Lindy in the Park in Golden Gate Park
Lindy in the Park has run free social swing dancing in Golden Gate Park every Sunday since 1996, from 11am to 2pm, weather permitting. A free beginner lesson starts at noon, and no experience or partner is needed. It takes place on JFK Drive between 8th and 10th Avenues, which is closed to cars on Sundays. Our Sunday guide has more ways to spend the day.
Getting Around
The largest road closure this weekend is on I-80. Caltrans closes all westbound I-80 lanes on the Bayshore viaduct through SoMa, between 5th and 15th Streets, from 11pm Friday, October 23 to 6am Monday, October 26. Westbound traffic is diverted off at the Fremont Street exit, and the 5th Street exit is the last one before the closure. The westbound on-ramps from southbound Harrison at 4th and at 7th Streets are closed. Caltrans' detour sends westbound I-80 traffic headed for southbound US-101 off at 9th Street, then via Harrison and 10th Streets back to US-101. The work is weather dependent, so check QuickMap before driving. BART is the alternative from the East Bay. Details are in our I-80 closure guide.
On Friday, Lower Polk Live closes Polk Street between Bush and Sutter and Fern Street between Van Ness and Larkin from 2 to 10:30pm. The 19 Polk reroutes from 1:30pm until the end of service in both directions and misses no stops. Inbound it runs via Sutter, Van Ness, Bush, and Polk, and outbound via Bush, Hyde, Sutter, and Polk. The Hayes Valley Farmers Market and Shared Spaces closes Hayes between Gough and Octavia from 4 to 10pm Friday and 7am to 10pm Saturday. The outbound 6 Hayes/Parnassus reroutes north onto Grove Street and misses the stops at Hayes and Gough, Laguna, and Buchanan; use Hayes and Van Ness, Grove and Gough, Grove and Laguna, or Hayes and Webster instead. Details are on SFMTA's Lower Polk Live and Hayes Valley pages.
Chase Center has the Warriors on Friday at 7pm, a Valkyries watch party for WNBA Finals Game 4 in Atlanta at 10am Saturday, and Doja Cat at 7:30pm Sunday, so expect crowds on the T Third and around Mission Bay. If the Finals reach a Game 5, it is Monday, October 26 at 5pm at Chase Center; see our Valkyries Finals guide. Thrill-O-Ween at Thrive City, previously set for Saturday, has been cancelled.
BART lists late-night single tracking on the Yellow Line in Contra Costa County on the nights of October 22 to 24; see BART advisories for times. Check SFMTA for reroutes not listed here, and see Things to Do in San Francisco This Week for Monday through Thursday.
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