Things to do in San Francisco on Thursday, November 5, 2026

111 events listed in and around San Francisco, each with its time and venue.

Morning

Morning Meditation at the SF Dharma Collective
Meditation · 7:30 AM · Mission District
Off the Record: Operators Breakfast
Networking · Breakfast · 8 AM · North Beach
AIAS⁺ 2026 | Where AI Meets the Future of Science
Talk · AI · 8 AM · Chinatown
AIAS+ 2026 — AI for Scientific Discovery
Talk · AI For Science · 8 AM · Chinatown
BoxWorks Dev Summit 2026
Talk · 8 AM · SoMa
Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Executive Summit
Talk · Energy Storage · 9 AM – 8 PM · SVB Experience Center
ALD 🌁 SF: The Enterprise AI Builders Conference
Talk · AI · 9 AM – 8 PM · Financial District
Voice Agents Forum
Talk · AI · 9 AM – 6 PM · SoMa
Calm & Focus Morning Meditation – San Francisco, Drop-In
Meditation · 9 AM · Parkside
Beckman Coulter Office Hours @ 135 Mississippi St
Class · 10 AM · Potrero Hill
Fort Miley Cleanup and Workday
Volunteering · Cleanup · 10 AM · Outer Richmond

Afternoon

The Great Reshuffle: Global Mobility in an Age of Uncertainty
Talk · Global Mobility · 12 PM – 3 PM · Financial District
Biotech Data Bites: CDD Vault Lunch & Learn
Class · Biotech Data · 12 PM · Potrero Hill
AI, Your Work and Your Next Move — Lunch & Learn for Women of 9Zero
Class · AI And Work · 12 PM · Financial District
KMC SF: Lunchtime Guided Meditation (weekdays at noon)
Meditation · 12 PM · Kadampa Meditation Center San Francisco
Shut Up & Write!® at the Glen Park Branch Library
Writing Group · 12:30 PM · Glen Park Branch Library
Beckman Coulter Office Hours @ 953 Indiana
Class · 1 PM · Potrero Hill
Revvity Office Hours @ 953 Indiana
Class · 1 PM · Potrero Hill
Agilent Office Hours @ 135 Mississippi St
Class · 1:30 PM · Potrero Hill
Korean AI Startup Demo Day
Talk · AI · 2 PM · SoMa
Startup World Cup Corporate Innovation Seminar 2026
Talk · Corporate Innovation · 2 PM – 5:30 PM · SoMa
The future of social innovation: Solar Punk,Regenerative Futures, Systems Change,Radical Collaboration
Meetup · Solarpunk · 2 PM – 5 PM · Financial District
One Richmond Cleanup
Volunteering · Neighborhood Cleanup · 3:30 PM · Inner Richmond
Inner Fire Chess Club!
Kids Class · Chess · 3:30 PM · Mission District
Trackit Happy Hour
Happy Hour · Trackit · 4 PM · Financial District
AI For Future - 2nd Edition - Pitching, Funding and Speech
Talk · AI · 4 PM – 8:30 PM · SoMa
'Held in Color' by Allison Leeds
Museum & Gallery · 4 PM · Potrero Hill
DOWNTOWN FIRST THURSDAYS OFFICIAL PARTY - SAN FRANCISCO'S #1 STREET PARTY
Dance Party · 4 PM – 2 AM · Financial District
Spreading Love: Volunteer at Food Giveaway to Feed Low income Families!
Volunteering · Food Giveaway · 4:30 PM · Pomeroy Recreation & Rehabilitation Center
Funda: CXO Collective 2026: Roundtables & Networking Evening
Networking · Cxo Collective · 4:30 PM – 8:30 PM · Financial District

Evening

Downtown First Thursdays with Big Freedia | Nov. 5, 2026
Dance Party · Hip-Hop / Rap · 5 PM – 10 PM · SoMa
Cleantech Open Community Mixer @ 9Zero
Networking · Cleantech · 5 PM · Financial District
San Francisco First Thursdays Art Walk Sutter Street
Tour · Art · 5 PM – 8:30 PM · Union Square
November Orange Whip
Meetup · Orange Whip · 5 PM · SoMa
SYSTEM UPDATE with The Pragmatic Engineer
Meetup · 5 PM – 8 PM · SoMa
Agent-Led Growth / Agent Experience Demo Night @ Auth0/Okta (#7th Edition)
Class · 5 PM – 9 PM · Financial District
SF First Thursdays Art Walk at Hotel Emblem
Museum & Gallery · Local Art · 5 PM – 9 PM · Union Square
ArtU at Downtown First Thursdays: Visions of Italy
Museum & Gallery · Italian Fashion · 5 PM – 9:30 PM · SoMa
AIAS⁺: Beyond the Sessions
Meetup · 5:30 PM · Chinatown
Go meetup in San Francisco | Hosted by Assembled
Meetup · 5:30 PM · Mission District
Finding Ground in Uncertain Times
Class · 5:30 PM · Mission District
CX Engineer Meetup: San Francisco
Meetup · 5:30 PM · SoMa
TheNOBO Presents: Styling Sessions w/ Theresa Palmer
Meetup · 5:30 PM · Presidio
[CFP OPEN] Go meetup in San Francisco | Hosted by Assembled
Networking · Software · 5:30 PM · Mission District
PWNNC November Happy Hour at Kona's Street Market (San Francisco)
Happy Hour · 5:30 PM · SoMa
🍜 Ramen pop-up // PlanetScale x Depot
Dinner · Ramen · 5:30 PM – 9 PM · SoMa
NVIDIA x Lawrence Harvey | CUDA Rust
Talk · Cuda And Rust · 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM · SoMa
Founder Poker Night 5 | With Slash, Pump and Boardy
Poker · 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM · SoMa
Family Event: Parent Cafe 202401-202706
Meetup · Parenting · 6 PM · Mission Dolores
AI Security Scenario Exchange - San Francisco
Meetup · AI Security · 6 PM · SoMa
Melissa King: The Girl Who Became King
Talk · Empowerment · 6 PM · Financial District
Language Exchange (Spanish and/or French) at Muddy Waters Cafe
Language · Spanish And French · 6 PM · Mission District
‘Creative Session’
Class · Industrial Design · 6 PM · Potrero Hill
Art Space at Lower Polk-Presented by Lower Polk CBD
Museum & Gallery · Art Exhibition · 6 PM – 10 PM · Tenderloin
Millennial Punk: Episodes 3 & 4
Arts · 6 PM · SoMa
La nuit au musée: A Sip of the Roaring 20's - Nov 5, 2026
Dance Party · 1920s Speakeasy · 6 PM – 10:30 PM · Tenderloin
Braintrust CEO Ankur and Greylock Partner Corinne on how agents are changing evals
Talk · 6 PM · Financial District
TURF PFX W/ ASHLEY
Fitness Class · 6 PM · Financial District
San Francisco Restoration Hardware & Dinner
Dinner · Furniture · 6 PM – 9:30 PM · Dogpatch
🚶Curious Walking Club - San Francisco 🇺🇸 | Friends of Screate Labs
Hike & Walk · 6 PM · SoMa
A Country Worth Burning: Inside the NASA FireSense Project
Film · 6 PM · Tenderloin
SF Bay Area Home Project Collaboration Group
Networking · Home Design · 6 PM · SoMa
Women + AI x MNT Studio: Oh, She Builds
Class · AI · 6 PM · Pacific Heights
City on the Edge: Technology, Politics, and the Fight for the Soul of SF
Talk · History · 6 PM · Financial District
LPL Book Club: Into the Blue
Book Club · 6:30 PM · Castro
November Scrap & Yap - A Very Peanuts Friendsgiving
Craft Workshop · Scrapbooking · 6:30 PM · Inner Sunset
Amplify Security + Root Evidence OWASP Dinner
Dinner · Security · 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM · Marina
1/2/5 NLHE Poker! Tuesdays and Thursdays!
Poker · 6:30 PM · SoMa
Restorative SoundBath 'The Gong Resonance'
Meditation · 6:30 PM · North Beach
Toastmasters LGBT - Rainbow Toastmasters
Class · Public Speaking · 6:30 PM · Folsom Street Community Center
Thursday Kirtan and Supper
Faith & Spiritual · Kirtan · 6:30 PM · Mission District
IGDA SF Monthly Meetup
Networking · Software · 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM · Financial District
Online Spanish Bilingual SF Toastmasters Weekly Meeting
Class · Spanish And English · 6:30 PM · Financial District
Golden Gate Social Hour & Hoops, Hops and Warriors Ticket Raffle 🌉
Meetup · 6:30 PM · Financial District
UNARMORED: Feel more confident, connected, & at ease in your life outside o
Class · Health · 6:30 PM · Mission District
Second Opinion SF: Founder & Operator Decision Room
Class · Startups · 6:30 PM · SoMa
In-Person Class: Italian Date Night: Hand-made Ravioli & Prosecco Tiramisu
Cooking Class · Italian Food · 6:30 PM · Noe Valley
The Last Wild Buffalo ft Okeba, Alana Silver
Concert · Bluegrass · 7 PM – 11:30 PM · Lower Haight
Mindfulness Trainings Recitation
Faith & Spiritual · Buddhist Ethics · 7 PM · Mission District
Daniel Kahn & Jake Shulman-Ment – UMRU/UNREST
Concert · World · 7 PM · Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Bachata Party with JAS Latin Dance - Thursday, November 5, 2026
Dance Party · Salsa & Bachata · 7 PM – 11 PM · Financial District
Golden State Warriors vs. Miami Heat
Game · Basketball · 7 PM · Chase Center
Take a FUN Improv Class (in-person) - then After Party!
Class · Improv · 7 PM · SoMa
SF Wine Lovers Speed Date - Millennials and Gen Z
Singles · 7 PM – 10 PM · SoMa
Clement St Comedy
Stand-up · 7 PM · Inner Richmond
Mixer & Networking Meetup
Networking · 7 PM · SoMa
Designing Another World: Kickoff
Meetup · Design · 7 PM · Hayes Valley
Mark Salzman / Iron and Silk 101-108 / Learn English 學英文
Language · Traditional Chinese · 7 PM · Excelsior
Moby (18+)
DJ Set · Electronic · 7 PM · Civic Center
Roar Shack Live!: Dutt Campbell Duo
Concert · Classical · 7:30 PM · SoMa
Dice, Dungeons, & Derrieres
Drag & Burlesque · 7:30 PM · Mission District
Jake Johannsen
Stand-up · 7:30 PM · Financial District
San Francisco - Thursday Pickup Spikeball
Play · 7:30 PM · Western Addition
Jim Norton: Stupid Smile
Stand-up · 7:30 PM · Russian Hill
ATA Open Screening - Short Film Festival
Film · 7:30 PM · Inner Mission
Cheaper Than Therapy, Stand-up Comedy: Thu, Nov 5
Stand-up · 7:45 PM · Union Square
About Last Night: Dating Disaster Stories! (SF)
Books & Readings · Dating Stories · 7:45 PM · Mission District
Cheaper Than Therapy, Stand-up Comedy, Shelton Theater, Union Square, SF
Stand-up · 7:45 PM · Union Square
TOGETHER (New Monthly - First Thursdays)
Dance Party · House · 8 PM – 2 AM · Financial District
First Thursday Set Dancing (San Francisco)
Dance Social · Folk / Americana · 8 PM – 11 PM · Inner Richmond
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