Pencil it in: Friday

ARTSY
The Plastic Show at Velvet da Vinci (free)

Tutti Italia reception at Arata Fine Art Gallery (free)

DANCE PARTY
Dirty Rotten Dance Party at Madrone ($5)

Nineteen Ninety Now at 330 Ritch ($5 – $10)

Strangelove at the Cat Club (free – $6)

Oldies Night at the Knockout ($2 – $4)

Loose Joints at the Make-Out ($5)

WATCH
Rock and Roll Sideshow at DNA Lounge ($20)

LIVE MUSIC
The Drums || Surfer Blood || The Young Friends at the Independent ($15)

White Hills || Lumerians || White Cloud at the Rickshaw Stop ($10 – $12)

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park (free)

MISC/AWESOME
Oktoberfest – Party of the Roof at the Goethe Institute ($10)

Night of the Living Read: Litquake’s Opening Night Cocktail Party at 111 Minna (free)

Douchebag Bar Crawl in the Marina

Pencil it in: Wednesday

DANCE PARTY
Lindy in the Square at Union Square (free)

WATCH
Moby Dick at Hyde Street Pier ($5)

LIVE MUSIC
Rupa & the April Fishes || Brass Menazerie || MWE at the Rickshaw Stop ($12 – $20)

FANCY BOOK LEARNING
America in a New Age of Monopoly at the World Affairs Council (free – $15)

Jonathan Safran Foer in conversation w/Vendela Vida at Herbst Theater ($20)

California Votes! The Results that Might Change the State with Dan Walters and Josh Richman at the Commonwealth Club ($7 – $22)

MISC/AWESOME
Chomp 2! Return of the Carnivorous Plants at the Conservatory of Flowers ($5)

Broke Ass Stuart’s “Still Broke as Fuck” party at Doc’s Clock w/ $1 beers (free)

Pencil it in: Monday

DANCE PARTY
Uncle Ray’s Psychedelic Soul at the Make-Out (free)

WATCH
Date Night at the Independent (free)

LIVE MUSIC
Cello Bazaar at the Bazaar Cafe (free)

Frankie Rose and the Outs || Hunx and his Punx || Lilac || Wax Idols at the Rickshaw Stop ($10 – $12)

FANCY BOOK LEARNING
Salon on the Creative Commons at GAFFTA ($5 – $10)

Yiyun Lee – “The Vagrants” at the Jewish Community Center ($10 – $20)

Fall mixer and panel discussion — meet the Treasure Island reporting team at the Hub SoMa (free – $10)

MISC/AWESOME
Krazy for Karaoke at the Knockout (free)

Pencil it in: Sunday

ARTSY
Street Fair: Roadworks Steamroller Prints in Potrero Hill (free)

DANCE PARTY
Sweater Funk at the Li Po Lounge (free)

Cat Fancy Presents… at the Knockout (free)

WATCH
30th Annual Comedy Day at Golden Gate Park (free)

LIVE MUSIC
Amoebapalooza at Milk Bar (free)

The Human Condition || Slow Motion Cowboys || The Brothers Comatose at Bottom of the Hill ($8)

MISC/AWESOME
3 hour yoga class at Justin Herman Plaza (free)

Indie Mart Street Festival at Thee Parkside ($3)

Latino Pride Festival at Dolores Park (free)

Pencil it in: Saturday

ARTSY
Mini Show and Noon Copenhagen Launch Party at D-Structure (free)

DANCE PARTY
Saturday Night Soul Party at the Elbo Room ($5 – $10)

Fringe: An Indie Rock Dance Party at Madrone ($5)

Shine at 111 Minna ($5 – $10)

Ritmos Sin Frontera at Som ($5- $10)

Non Stop Bhangra at the Rickshaw Stop ($10 – $15)

WATCH
Mortified at the Make-Out ($12 – $15)

LIVE MUSIC
The New Up || The Hundred Days || The Moanin’ Dove at Cafe Du Nord ($13 – $15)

Pantha du Prince || The Sight Below || Psychic Handbook at the Independent ($15)

CRAFTS
Shrinky Dink Personalized Gifts at the Workshop ($25)

FANCY BOOK LEARNING
art.tech Artist Talks at The Lab (free)

MISC/AWESOME
J-Pop Summit Festival at Japantown (free)

Oxfam America Hunger Banquet at the Women’s Building (free w/rsvp)

Autumn Moon Festival in Chinatown (free)

Pencil it in: Friday

ARTSY
Art and Design at Secession (free)

DANCE PARTY
3rd Fridays at 330 Ritch ($5 w/rsvp)

Three Kinds of Stupid Fall Dance Party at Rickshaw Stop ($10)

Oldies Night at the Knockout ($2 – $4)

Afrobeat No Go Die at Madrone ($5)

WATCH
Doin it Baja at El Rio (free w/rsvp)

The Parking Lot Movie at Good Hotel (free)

LIVE MUSIC
Mist & Mast || Sands || Yeltsin at Hemlock ($7)

MISC/AWESOME
Mortified at the Make-Out ($12 – $15)

Friday nights at the de Young: Mexico 2010 (free)

Pencil it in: Wednesday

DANCE PARTY
Breezin (a Yacht Rock Dance Party) at KoKo (free)

Burn Down the Disco: 80s Dance Party at the Make-Out (free)

WATCH
Bad Movie Night at Argus Lounge ($2)

Climate Refugees at the World Affairs Council (free – $15)

LIVE MUSIC
Jeff the Brotherhood || Ty Segall || Tropical Sleep at the Rickshaw Stop ($10 – $12)

The Chapin Sisters || Rachel Efron at Cafe Du Nord ($12)

Kev Choice at 330 Ritch (free w/rsvp)

Japanese Baby (Cure tribute band) || Ghost of Curtis (Joy Division tribute band) at the Make-Out ($7)

FANCY BOOK LEARNING
John Roos: US Ambassador to Japan at the Commonwealth Club ($7 – $20)

MISC/AWESOME
Ten Fingers at Cafe Royale (free)

(board)Game Night at the Republic ($10)

Pencil it in: Tuesday

DANCE PARTY
Lost & Found Deep and Sweet 60s  Soul 45s at the Make-Out (free)

Wave not Wave at The Beauty Bar (free)

LIVE MUSIC
The Walkmen at the Fillmore ($33)

Eilen Jewel || The Shants at Cafe Du Nord ($12)

FANCY BOOK LEARNING
Angie Chau on “Quiet as They Come” at City Lights Books (free)

Christopher Gergen: Social Entrepreneur Series at the Commonwealth Club ($7 – $20)

MISC/AWESOME
Les Folies Champagne Variety Show at Bubble Lounge (free)

Pencil it in: Monday

LIVE MUSIC
Sam Amidon || Chloe Makes Music at Cafe Du Nord ($12)

The Vibrators || Poison Control at Hemlock (free)

FANCY BOOK LEARNING
Jonathan Franzen in conversation with Mark Breitenberg at Herbst Theater ($20)

September’s Monthly Rumpus: Where’s Steve? at the Make-Out ($10)

MISC/AWESOME
Krazy for Karaoke at the Knockout (free)

Pencil it in: Thursday

ARTSY
Opening Reception for Pedro Citoler and Fred Padula at Design Guild Gallery (free)

WATCH
Chinatown at Dolores Park (free)

LIVE MUSIC
Little Wings || Michael Musika || Honeycomb at Cafe Du Nord ($12)

FANCY BOOK LEARNING
Europe’s Social Capitalism vs. America’s Wall Street Capitalism at the Commonwealth Club ($7 – $20)

MISC/AWESOME
Pop-Up Magazine at Herbst Theater ($25)

Nick Zinner (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) book release party and live music at Hemlock (free)

Whiskey Media Block Party on Vallejo between Front and Battery (free)