These 119 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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October 19 at 3am +3
4 Star Theater · Central Richmond • $15
Ten nights of bite-sized cinema from around the globe, packed into a lovingly worn 1913 neighborhood theater with craft beer and comfy vintage seats. SF IndieFest curates everything from animation to docs, with virtual passes if you can't make it in person.
October 18 at 3:15pm +1
The Chapel · Mission District • $25-$55
Meet Barbara Dane: 96 years of protest songs, FBI files, and zero regrets. Maureen Gosling's doc screens at the Roxie, then Miko Marks brings her own rebel country soul to The Chapel's stage.
October 18 at 7pm +4
4 Star Theater · Central Richmond
Saving the planet doesn't have to feel like homework. SF IndieFest's mischievous cousin serves up environmental storytelling with wit and weirdness, capped by an Eco-Horror midnight movie.
October 19 at 8:30pm
Roxie Theater · Mission District
Skip the multiplex: the Roxie is San Francisco's beloved nonprofit art house, screening indie gems, revivals, and festival picks, often with filmmakers dropping by for Q&As. Bonus: concessions won't bankrupt you.
October 19 at 6pm
4 Star Theater · Seacliff
The Green Film Festival serves up narrative shorts with wit and weirdness, from van-life burnout to pufferfish-hat surrealism. Expect sharp environmental storytelling and filmmaker Q&As after most screenings.
October 19 at 8:15pm
4 Star Theater · Seacliff
Seven indie shorts, one eclectic evening: a time-loop comedy with BAFTA winner David Bradley, a Surrealist ash-scattering trek across NYC, an Italian romance, and more. IndieFest's curators pack big ideas into small packages at the historic 4 Star.
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Sun, Oct 18 · 7:00 PM
Live Worms Gallery · North Beach
Free
Sun, Oct 18 · 7:30 PM
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema New Mission · Mission District
Tue, Oct 20 · 8:15 PM
4 Star Theater · Seacliff
Tue, Oct 20 · 6:00 PM
Balboa Theater · Outer Richmond
Tue, Oct 20 · 6:00 PM
Roxie Theater · Mission District
Tue, Oct 20 · 6:00 PM
Alliance Française de San Francisco - Cultural Center · Lower Nob Hill
$25
Tue, Oct 20 · 6:00 PM
4 Star Theater · Seacliff
Wed, Oct 21 · 8:35 PM
Roxie Theater · Mission District
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco · Presidio Heights
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
The Church of Mother Gong · North Beach
Free
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Delancey Street Screening Room · South Beach
Thu, Oct 22 · 8:30 PM
4 Star Theater · Seacliff
Thu, Oct 22 · 6:00 PM
Roxie Theater · Mission District
Thu, Oct 22 · 8:30 PM
Roxie Theater · Mission District
Fri, Oct 23 · 6:30 PM
Artists' Television Access · Mission District
Fri, Oct 23 · 6:00 PM
NEW PEOPLE · Japantown
Fri, Oct 23 · 5:30 PM
McCoppin Square Park · Parkside
Free
Fri, Oct 23 · 6:30 PM
China Basin Park · Mission Bay
Free
Sat, Oct 24 · 8:00 PM
SFAC Main Gallery · Fillmore District
Sat, Oct 24 · 10:00 AM
4 Star Theater · Seacliff
Free
Sat, Oct 24 · 2:00 PM
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts · Transbay
$15*
Sun, Oct 25 · 2:00 PM
Artists' Television Access · Mission District
Sun, Oct 25 · 7:00 PM
Artists Television Access · Mission District
Sun, Oct 25 · 4:00 PM
Artists' Television Access · Mission District
Wed, Oct 28 · 7:00 PM
Artists Television Access · Mission District
Thu, Oct 29 · 7:00 PM
Medicine for Nightmares · Mission District
Thu, Oct 29 · 6:00 PM
GLBT Historical Society Museum · Castro District
Fri, Oct 30 · 7:00 PM
Medicine for Nightmares · Mission District
Fri, Oct 30 · 7:00 PM
Roxie Theater · Mission District
Sat, Oct 31 · 5:15 PM
Roxie Theater · Mission District
Sun, Nov 1 · 2:30 PM
Roxie Theater · Mission District
Mon, Nov 2 · 7:30 PM
Artists' Television Access · Mission District
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:00 PM
The Castro Theatre · Castro District
Thu, Nov 5 · 8:00 PM
Artists' Television Access · Dolores Heights
Free
Thu, Nov 5 · 8:00 PM
Artists' Television Access · Dolores Heights
Free
Thu, Nov 5 · 6:00 PM
Asian Art Museum · Civic Center
Thu, Nov 5 · 8:00 PM
Artists' Television Access · Dolores Heights
Free
Fri, Nov 6 · 7:30 PM
Balboa Theater · Outer Richmond
$15
Sat, Nov 7 · 2:00 PM
4 Star Theater · Seacliff
Sun, Nov 8 · 5:45 PM
The Castro Theatre · Castro District
Mon, Nov 9 · 6:30 PM
Knockout · Bernal Heights
$
Mon, Nov 9 · 6:30 PM
Knockout · Bernal Heights
Free
Mon, Nov 9 · 7:00 PM
Artists' Television Access · Mission District
Free
Thu, Nov 12 · 7:00 PM
The Roxie Theater · Mission District
$0-$50
Sat, Nov 14 · 10:45 PM
4 Star Theater · Central Richmond
$20-$70
Sat, Nov 14 · 5:00 PM
4 Star Theater · Central Richmond
$20-$70
Sat, Nov 14 · 8:00 PM
4 Star Theater · Central Richmond
$20-$70
Sun, Nov 15 · 7:00 PM
Live Worms Gallery · North Beach
Free
Wed, Nov 18 · 6:00 PM
Roxie Theater · Mission District
Wed, Nov 18 · 7:00 PM
Live Worms Gallery · North Beach
Free
Sun, Nov 22 · 1:00 PM
NEW PEOPLE · Japantown
Mon, Nov 23 · 7:30 PM
The Castro Theatre · Castro District
Sun, Nov 29 · 3:30 PM
NEW PEOPLE · Japantown
Wed, Dec 2 · 7:30 PM
The Castro Theatre · Castro District
New Conservatory Theatre Center is worth checking for intimate productions and queer stories. For an evening built around dancing, look at the programme at Madrone Art Bar. Pick the production or music first; the room is only half the decision.
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