This Weekend
in SF
ZooLights opens at the San Francisco Zoo on Friday, Saturday brings Día de los Muertos and Diwali at Presidio Tunnel Tops and the Symphony’s Día de los Muertos concert, and Sunday has the Veterans Day Parade at Fisherman’s Wharf and the San Francisco Diwali Festival at Yerba Buena Gardens. Southbound US-101 is closed through the Hospital Curve all weekend.
Friday, November 6 to Sunday, November 8, 2026. Updated every Wednesday and Friday. For Monday through Thursday, see Things to Do in San Francisco This Week. For more dates, see our November 2026 guide.
Friday, November 6
ZooLights Opens at the San Francisco Zoo
ZooLights returns Friday for the first time since 2018, with over one million lights across 14 zones, glowing 3D animal installations, a “frozen” photo zone, light-up playgrounds, and a lit-up look at the Zoo’s Dinos Rule! exhibition. It is a separate ticket from daytime Zoo admission, reservations are not required, and each ticket is good for one visit on any night of the run. It runs Wednesday through Sunday to January 3, 2027; on Fridays and Saturdays the last entry is 9pm. See our ZooLights guide.
Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square
The Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square opened for the season on November 4 and runs daily through January 18, 2027. Hour-long sessions start every 90 minutes, and admission includes skate rental. Special events through the season include Drag On Ice, Silent Skate, and Polar Bear Skate. Our Union Square rink guide has session details, and a second outdoor rink is open at Fisherman’s Wharf.
In Their Name: Día de Los Muertos 2026 at SOMArts
SOMArts’ 27th annual Day of the Dead exhibition, curated by Rio Yañez and Bridgett Rex, honors those who mother as an act of care and revolution, from house and drag mothers to birth and chosen families, alongside personal altars for loved ones who have passed. Entry during gallery hours is free and all ages: Friday noon to 7pm, and Saturday and Sunday noon to 5pm. The show runs through November 20. See our exhibition preview.
Saturday, November 7
Alemany Farmers Market
The Alemany Farmers Market opened in 1943 and is the oldest continuously operated farmers market in California. Foodwise has run it since February 2026, with up to 90 small family farms and food businesses selling every Saturday, year round. CalFresh EBT and WIC are accepted, and Market Match adds free produce.
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, and Foodwise holds free cooking demos at its Classroom tent in front of the building on Saturdays. Individual merchant hours can vary.
Día de los Muertos and Diwali Festival at Presidio Tunnel Tops
The Presidio Trust brings Día de los Muertos and Diwali together for a family event at Presidio Tunnel Tops, honoring Latinx and South Asian traditions with arts and crafts, storytelling, cultural dance, song, and a fire ceremony. It is free and all ages, with registration on the Presidio page. Muni’s 43 Masonic stops at the Presidio Transit Center and the 30 Stockton at the Sports Basement parking lot, and the Presidio GO Downtown shuttle also serves the Transit Center.
San Francisco Coffee Festival
The San Francisco Coffee Festival fills the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason Center on Saturday and Sunday with specialty roasters and coffee shops, snacks, and live entertainment. Tickets are sold by day and session time, are final sale, and are valid only during the session purchased. The event is indoors and goes on regardless of weather.
San Francisco Symphony: Día de los Muertos
The Symphony’s annual Día de los Muertos concert is conducted by José Luis Gómez in his San Francisco Symphony debut, with violinist Francisco Fullana, Casa Círculo Cultural, and the Ensamble Típico de Tlaxcala. The program includes Moncayo’s Huapango, Márquez’s Danzón No. 2, and the world premiere of Luis Farfán Carrillo’s El baile de la Catrina. Festivities start at 1:30pm with altars by local artists, sugar skull decorating, face painting, and crafts. Kids’ tickets are half off. Our Día de los Muertos guide has more.
The Marriage of Figaro at San Francisco Opera
San Francisco Opera’s The Marriage of Figaro, set at the birth of America in a newly built manor house, is conducted by Sebastian Weigle in his company debut, with Peter Kellner as Figaro and Slávka Zámečníková as Susanna. Mozart’s comedy is sung in Italian with English supertitles and runs 3 hours and 45 minutes with two intermissions. Saturday is the last of three performances with OperaVision HD screens in the Balcony. The run continues to November 29.
Sunday, November 8
Veterans Day Parade at Fisherman’s Wharf
San Francisco’s annual Veterans Day Parade forms at 10am on North Point between Powell and the Embarcadero and steps off at 11am, heading north on the Embarcadero and west on Jefferson Street to Aquatic Park. F Market streetcars stop at the Ferry Building during the parade, with bus shuttles to the Wharf.
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.
San Francisco Diwali Festival at Yerba Buena Gardens
Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy and Creative Collective SF present a free, all-ages Diwali celebration with contemporary and traditional South Asian music and dance, local makers, artisan vendors, and food. The lineup includes two-time Grammy nominee Alam Khan, Raaga School of Music, Rang De Bollywood Dance Company, DJ Mumbai Rani, and The Dhol King. RSVP is on the Yerba Buena Gardens Eventbrite page.
Getting Around
The biggest change this weekend is on the freeway. All southbound US-101 lanes through the Hospital Curve, between 17th Street and Cesar Chavez, are closed from 11pm Friday, November 6, to 6am Monday, November 9, while Caltrans finishes repaving. The 4th Street, 7th Street, and 10th Street on-ramps and the westbound I-80 to northbound US-101 Central Freeway connector are closed for the weekend. Northbound lanes stay open, and Caltrans recommends southbound I-280 instead. Details are on the Caltrans closure notice and in our US-101 closure report.
On Sunday, the Veterans Day Parade closes North Point between Powell and the Embarcadero from 9am to 1pm, and the Embarcadero between North Point and Jefferson, Jefferson between the Embarcadero and Hyde, and all streets north of Beach between Hyde and the Embarcadero from 10am to 1pm. From 8:30am to 3pm, F Market & Wharves streetcars turn back at the Ferry Building, with F bus shuttles between the Ferry Building and the Wharf. The 8 Bayshore, 28 19th Avenue, and 39 Coit reroute to temporary terminals on North Point from 9am to 1pm. Details are on SFMTA’s Veterans Day Parade page.
In Hayes Valley, Hayes Street between Gough and Octavia closes 4 to 10pm Friday and 7am to 10pm Saturday for the Hayes Valley Farmers Market and Shared Spaces. On Sunday, Hayes and Linden between Gough and Octavia and Octavia between Hayes and Fell close 6am to 7pm for the Head West Marketplace. The outbound 6 Hayes/Parnassus reroutes onto Grove Street during all three closures. Details are on SFMTA’s Hayes Valley and Head West Marketplace pages.
BART lists no weekend track work for November 7 and 8. Late-night single tracking on the Yellow Line in Contra Costa County runs through the night of November 6, and the Powell Street station entrance at 4th and Market is closed through November 10. Next weekend, November 14 and 15, free buses replace trains between 24th Street Mission and Daly City and there is no Green Line service; see BART advisories. 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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