Things to do in San Francisco on Thursday, November 12, 2026

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

Morning

SGLang Summit 2026 by LMSYS
Talk · AI · 9 AM · Fort Mason Center
MPL Live San Francisco (2026)
Meetup · 9:30 AM – 5 PM · SoMa
J.P. Morgan Office Hours @ 135 Mississippi St
Meetup · 10 AM · Potrero Hill
Free Workshop: Moving to San Francisco as a family - Nov 12
Class · Family Relocation · 10:30 AM · Tenderloin

Afternoon

Separating the Signal from the Noise: AI in Biology
Talk · AI In Biology · 12 PM · Mission Bay Conference Center
SF Support Meetup
Meetup · 12 PM · Financial District
Revvity Office Hours @ 135 Mississippi St
Meetup · 1 PM · Potrero Hill
Karaoke Therapy
Class · Karaoke · 2 PM – 5 PM · Mission District
MBC BioLabs AI Discovery Platforms Innovation Forum
Talk · AI Discovery Platforms · 4 PM – 8 PM · Potrero Hill
Upper Polk Cleanup
Volunteering · Neighborhood Cleanup · 4 PM · Russian Hill

Evening

♻️ Where Does Your Recycling Really Go? An AMA with Recology
Talk · Recycling · 5 PM · Financial District
DMBA Design Project AI Hackathon
Hackathon · Design · 5 PM · Potrero Hill
2026 StartOut Demo Day - San Francisco
Talk · Startups · 5 PM · SF LGBT Center
Heritage Happy Hour: 111 Minna Gallery
Happy Hour · Legacy Businesses · 5 PM · SoMa
Humanmade Hardware Accelerator Demo Day
Expo & Convention · Hardware · 5 PM – 8:30 PM · SoMa
San Francisco ~ Women in Recruiting Happy Hour
Networking · Recruiting · 5 PM · SoMa
Dance Thursdays | Jazz Funk (Beginner) with Elizabeth Viera
Class · Jazz Funk · 5 PM · SoMa
Antler SF After Dark V2
Networking · Startups · 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM · SoMa
Assets & Access @ Rickhouse Bar SF
Networking · Entrepreneurs · 5:30 PM · Financial District
How a $3B Robotics Raise Actually Gets Done: From Term Sheet to Close
Talk · Robotics · 5:30 PM · Financial District
Portfolio Review
Class · Portfolio Review · 5:30 PM · SoMa
The Web and the Tether: Community as Distributed Attachment
Talk · Community Care · 5:30 PM · Civic Center
WISE SF Bay Area 2026 Women of Inspiration Celebration
Meetup · Women Of Inspiration · 5:30 PM · Presidio
Public Tours at Arion Press
Tour · 5:30 PM · Marina
Christmas Ornament Making Workshop
Craft Workshop · Christmas Ornaments · 6 PM · Castro
A Bay Area PR, Marketing, and Communications Holiday Party!
Networking · 6 PM · Financial District
Women in Design SF Mentorship Finale
Meetup · Design · 6 PM – 9 PM · SoMa
PyLadies SF Builder Night @ Okta
Meetup · 6 PM – 9 PM · Financial District
Green Streets Reception at the California Academy of Sciences
Arts · 6 PM · Inner Sunset
Content Design - Show and Tell
Class · Content Design · 6 PM · Inner Sunset
Intuitive Painting: Weekly Class Series (In Person)
Art Class · Painting · 6 PM · The Center for Creative Exploration
Agent Building & Founder Networking Salon
Networking · AI Demos · 6 PM · Financial District
Performance: Kim Shuck's Poem Jam Celebrates Janice Gould’s This Music
Books & Readings · 6 PM · Civic Center
Immigration Workshop
Class · Immigration · 6 PM · Outer Richmond
Paragraphs on Ice With Authors Daniel Handler and Andrew Sean Greer
Books & Readings · Literary Passages · 6 PM · Financial District
500k: India Church Planting Dinner Fundraiser
Volunteering · Church Planting · 6 PM · SoMa
Developing for iPhone Duo and Rethinking the Testing Pyramid in the Age of AI
Talk · Software · 6 PM · SoMa
FICTION: Woodworking, by Emily St. James
Book Club · 6:30 PM · SoMa
DevTools' GTM Engineering Dinner
Dinner · Engineering · 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM · The Vault Garden
The Bobby Young Project
Concert · Blues · 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM · SoMa
🎶 Will Sell Out: RJAM Side-by-Side Concert -- SFCM
Live Music · Jazz · 6:30 PM · Bowes Center - Barbro Osher Recital Hall
Om Symbol & Awakening
Class · 6:30 PM · Pacific Heights
Prompt It, Build It: Vibe Coding with #LatinaGeeks
Class · Coding · 6:30 PM · Potrero Hill
School Fair & goldenstar
Concert · Indie / Alternative · 7 PM – 11 PM · Outer Richmond
Clement St Comedy
Stand-up · 7 PM · Inner Richmond
Date Night @ Elixir Saloon | Cityswoon | Ages 32-44
Singles · 7 PM · Mission District
Bachata Party with Inessence Dance Co. - Thursday, November 12, 2026
Dance Party · Bachata · 7 PM – 11 PM · Financial District
Flowering Plants of the Sierra Nevada
Talk · Botany · 7 PM · Inner Sunset
Jady @ The Faight
Concert · Indie / Alternative · 7 PM – 10:30 PM · Lower Haight
Pippi Lovestocking - Terminally Unique
Stand-up · 7 PM · SoMa
San Francisco Law, Real Estate & Construction Networking Event
Networking · Real Estate · 7 PM · Mission District
LIFE ON THE WATER: A REUNION
Talk · 7 PM · Marina
Queer Bedtime Stories
Books & Readings · Queer Literature · 7:30 PM · Castro
Cobb's Comedy Allstars
Stand-up · 7:30 PM · Russian Hill
Cheaper Than Therapy, Stand-up Comedy: Thu, Nov 12
Stand-up · 7:45 PM · Union Square
Natanya
Live Music · 8 PM · Inner Mission
Stephen Day
Live Music · 8 PM · Poncey-Highland
Olafur Arnalds - 11/12
Live Music · 8 PM · The Castro
Meadow/ Hoarse/ Skiptrace/ Traceback
Live Music · 8 PM · Inner Richmond
Nicole Aimee Schreiber
Stand-up · 8 PM · Financial District
Dirty Works Jazz Jam @ Paris 75
Open Mic · Jazz · 8 PM – 11 PM · Chinatown
Gene
Live Music · 8 PM · Western Addition
Spoonful of Sass: A Double Dose of Improv
Improv · 8 PM · Mission District
Wyatt Waddell
Live Music · Singer-Songwriter · 8 PM · Duboce Triangle
LADY BUNNY at Beaux in Castro Thursday Nov 12th - show & DJ set
Drag & Burlesque · 9 PM – 2 AM · Castro
KARAOKIKI: THEY/THEM ENERGY
Karaoke · 9 PM – 1 AM · Bernal Heights
Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope Tour
Live Music · 9 PM · Russian Hill
[Dinner] House of Prime Rib (Table for Eight) ($20 Deposit)
Dinner · Prime Rib · 9 PM – 12 AM · Pacific Heights
Navid Izadi: AYANDE — A Celebration of Life & Music
Concert · 9 PM – 2 AM · SoMa
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