These 40 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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November 14 at 9pm (This weekend)
Downtown Menlo Park • Advance $50 · Day of $59
Govino wine glasses and maps guide tasters along Santa Cruz Avenue during the Menlo Park Winter Wine Walk, where boutique wineries from the Santa Cruz Mountains pour regional selections across designated downtown storefronts.
November 20 at 1am
San Francisco Ferry Building · Embarcadero • Free
Monumental temporary sculptures transform the San Francisco waterfront into an open-air gallery for this season finale. Visitors wander the Big Art Loop to hear artist talks, craft holiday keepsakes, and catch live music from Pier 14 to Pier 7.
Every day at 2:30am
Casa del Pomba - Deacon Dave's Christmas Display · Livermore • Free
Nearly a million lights, animated figures and characters from Jack and the Beanstalk transform a single Livermore home into a walkable festive wonderland. Visitors tour the themed neighbourhood display daily starting November 28.
December 2 at 5pm
Botanical Garden at Berkeley · Berkeley • Adults $30 / Members $25
Resident and migrant birds move through the bird friendly micro habitats of the Botanical Garden at Berkeley during this guided walk led by Chris Carmichael and Susan Greef.
December 5 at 2am
Ferry Building · Embarcadero • $0
Corgis in holiday sweaters and twinkly collars pace the pavement outside the Ferry Building for a dog-friendly evening walk through the Let's Glow SF holiday projection festival.
December 5 at 1am +11
South FIRST FRIDAYS · SOFA • Free entry
Charcoal figures emerge from cavernous darkness as galleries, museums, and alternative spaces open late across downtown San Jose for an eclectic evening of contemporary art exhibitions, live music, and community performances.
Browse the Bay Area neighborhood by neighborhood, get ideas just for you, or ask me anything.
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Wed, Nov 11 · 4:30 PM
Oakland Zoo · Sequoyah
Fri, Nov 13 · 5:00 PM
Art Works Downtown · San Rafael
FREE
Fri, Nov 13 · 6:00 PM
Jingletown
Free
Fri, Nov 13 · 9:00 AM
Japanese Tea Garden · Golden Gate Park
Free
Fri, Nov 13 · 9:00 AM
Japanese Tea Garden · Golden Gate Park
Free for everyone from 9-10 am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Sat, Nov 14 · 10:00 AM
Café La Bohème · Mission District
$
Sat, Nov 14 · 10:30 AM
Upper Noe Recreation Center · Noe Valley
Free
Sat, Nov 14 · 11:00 AM
Glen Park Recreation Center · Glen Park
Sat, Nov 14 · 8:00 AM
Coffee to the People · Haight-Ashbury
Free
Sun, Nov 15 · 10:00 AM
Cavallo Point · Sausalito
Complimentary for lodge guests
Sat, Nov 21 · 9:30 AM
Rock Springs Trailhead · Stinson Beach
Fri, Nov 27 · 5:00 PM
Marin County Fairgrounds · San Rafael
Free
Fri, Nov 27 · 12:00 PM
Christmas In The Park · Ballbach and SOFA
Free
Sat, Nov 28 · 11:00 AM
Zocalo Coffee · Hayward
$15
Tue, Dec 1 · 6:00 PM
Crippsmas Place · Centerville
Free
Thu, Dec 3 · 6:00 PM
Polk Gulch
Free
Fri, Dec 4 · 5:00 PM
North Beach
Free
Fri, Dec 4 · 5:00 PM
SOFA
Free
Fri, Dec 4 · 5:00 PM
Hayes Valley
Free
Fri, Dec 4 · 5:00 PM
The Castro
Sun, Dec 6 · 1:00 PM
Mountain View Cemetery · Oakland
Free
Tue, Dec 8 · 7:30 AM
San Francisco Botanical Garden · Golden Gate Park
Free
West Berkeley
Free
San Francisco Botanical Garden · Golden Gate Park
Christmas Tree Lane · Alameda
Free
McNee Ranch State Park · Montara
San Carlos
Free
Berkeley Marina · Berkeley Marina
Free
SOFA
Ballbach and SOFA
Oakland
Filoli · Woodside
Berkeley Marina
Free
Marina Bay
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