What's on in Menlo Park for free?
30 upcoming events
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Events in Menlo Park for free
Sun25
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Tue27
Tuesday 27 October
Wed28
Wednesday 28 October
Thu29
Thursday 29 October
Fri30
Friday 30 October
Sat31
Saturday 31 October
Later
Tue 3 · 5:30 PMFree
Career
NETWORKING EVENT - LATEST DANISH LIFE SCIENCE INNOVATIONS
1485 Bay Laurel Dr
Wed 4 · 6 PMFree
LiteraturePoetry
Story Is the Thing
Kepler's Books
Thu 5 · 8:15 AM$300
Career
PALS Provider
Stanford Children's Health
Fri 6 · 8:15 AM$220
Other
PALS Recertification
Stanford Children's Health
Tue 10 · 5:15 PMFree
Talk
St. Patrick's Seminary Fall Lecture Series Presents: Conor Cunningham, PhD
St. Patrick's Seminary
Mon 16 · 9 AM$0–101.96
Other
BLS Provider
Stanford Children's Health
Fri 20 · 6 PMFree
Gallery House - cancer fund raiser
Gallery House
Sat 21 · 12 PMFree
Street partyOutdoors
Cal Alumni of Silicon Valley: Cal vs Stanford 129th Big Game Watch Party
Dutch Goose
Sun 22 · 4 PM$0
Soul Academy Practice Circle
Habibi's Salon
Tue 24 Nov · 10:30 AMFree
King Tides at Ravenswood Unit
Flyway Trail-Don Edwards San Francisco Bay NWR-Ravenswood Unit
Thu 3 Dec · 6:30 PMFree
American Motherhood Tour: Film Screening of No Country for Mothers
Menlo Park
Sat 5 Dec · 10 AMFree
Active 101 Infrastructure Ride: Marsh Rd.
Menlo Park Caltrain Station
Sun 6 Dec · 2 PMFree
Kepler’s Annual Holiday Party
Kepler's Books
Fri 18 Dec · 6 PMFree
PoetryLiterature
The Birth of Life: Celebrate Yalda with Dr. Farima Berenji
Feldman's Books
Wed 6 Jan · 8 AM$0–17.44
Preceptor Foundations Workshop
Stanford Medicine Children's Health
Tue 12 Jan · 8 AM$0–22.72
SMCH Resource Nurse (RSN) Class
Stanford Medicine Children's Health
Fri 22 Jan · 8:15 AM$0–234.02
PALS Recertification
Stanford Children's Health
Mon 25 Jan · 9 AM$0–101.96
BLS Provider
Stanford Children's Health
See also in Menlo Park for free
Sun 8 · 7:30 PM
Concert
Leonid & Friends
Fox Theatre - Redwood City
Wed 28 · 7:30 PM$24.13–210.33
BluesConcert
Halloween Blues Bash w/LARA PRICE
Club Fox, Redwood City
Wed 28 · 8 PM
Concert
Jérémy Charbonnel
The Guild Theatre, Menlo Park
Fri 30 · 7 PM$35
ClassicalExperimental
Sandbox Percussion + Kristin Lee, violin
Spieker Center for the Arts, Atherton
Fri 30 · 8 PMFree
Soul / FunkConcert
Pre Halloween Dance party. The Soul Practitioners band.
Alhambra Irish House, Redwood City
Sun 1
AfroConcert
Kapo Tour Afro Rosa
Fox Theatre, Redwood City
Wed 4 · 6 PMFree
JazzConcert
Winter Music Festival: David Rocha Jazz
San Carlos Library
Tue 27 · 6 PMFree
Quiz
Trivia Night at Out of the Barrel
Out of the Barrel, San Carlos
Fri 30 · 4 PMFree
Street party
2026 Halloween Boo Bash: Devil's Canyon Brewing Co.
Devil's Canyon Brewing Company, San Carlos
Sun 8 · 3 PMFree
Street party
Día De Muertos 2026
2200 Broadway, Redwood City
Sat 31
DJ setOpen air
FOREVERLAND & STARMAN SF WITH SPECTACULAR LIQUID LIGHT SHOW - HALLOWEEN NIGHT AT THE FOX
Fox Theatre, Redwood City
Sat 31 · 9 PM$5
Parties
Halloween dance party at spooky Alhambra Irish House
Alhambra Irish House, Redwood City
Sat 31
ClubDJ set
THRILLER & STARMAN: A HALLOWEEN NIGHT OF MICHAEL JACKSON & DAVID BOWIE
Fox Theatre, Redwood City
Thu 29 · 8:30 PM$30–45
Stand-up
October Comedy Show | Grapes & Giggles | Peninsula
Domenico Winery, San Carlos
Thu 5 · 7 PM$44.52
Stand-upVolunteering
Smiles From Heaven
Molly O's, San Carlos
Fri 6 · 6:30 PM
Circus
Zoppé Italian Family Circus 2026 - Redwood City
Downtown Circus Tent, Redwood City
Fri 6 · 6:30 PM$12
Circus
Zoppé Italian Family Circus 2026 - Redwood City
Redwood City Public Library
Wed 11 · 8 PM$10–28.52
BurlesqueDrag show
SILHOUETTE: Burlesque in Redwood City
The Hub RWC, Redwood City
At 4:30 PM$43.45–331.56
Theatre
Ram Yatra Dharam Ki - Legendary Padma Khanna & Rasika Shekar Live
Fox Theatre, Redwood City
Thu 12 · 3 PM
Talk
Celebrating 75 years of Stanford Dermatology, and 18th Annual Rodan and Fields Lecture
Cardinal Hall, Redwood City
At 11 AMFree
FoodGuided tour
3P Wine Co. Wine & Food Tasting Experience
3P Wine Co, San Carlos
Sat 7 · 1:30 PMFree
PhilosophyCard games
Beyond the Veil: The Arcane World of Tarot
Atherton Library
Wed 28 · 7 PM$11.49–32.49
Literature
Andrew Miller with Yangsze Choo
Kepler's Books, Menlo Park
Thu 29 · 5 PMFree
Art & Culture
Hiller Aviation Museum’s Trunk or Treat
Hiller Aviation Musuem
Sat 31 · 6 PM$28.52
Cinema
Blocking --a new, indie COMEDY HORROR film by BraveMaker
Century 20 Cinemark Theater, Redwood City
Wed 4 · 4 PMFree
TalkHuman rights
The Faces You Know and Stories You Don't: A Community Conversation on Mental Health
Angelicas, Redwood City
Thu 5 · 5 PM$40–45
TalkScience
Targeting RAS-Addicted Cancers with RAS(ON) Tri-Complex Inhibitors
The Alexandria at San Carlos
Sat 7 · 10 AM
HeritageExhibition
HISTORY IN MOTION, a FREE Grand Opening Celebration
San Mateo County History Museum, Redwood City
Sun 8 · 11 AM
Guided tour
Helicopter Adventure
Hiller Aviation Museum
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Venues in Menlo Park for free
Kepler's Books
10 events
Barebottle Brewing Company - Menlo Park
1 event
The Guild Theatre
28 events
Fremont Park
5 events
1485 Bay Laurel Dr
1 event
Cafe Zoe & Neighborhood Pizza Guy
1 event
Stanford Children's Health
15 events
Dutch Goose
2 events
1215 O'Brien Dr
5 events
Stanford Medicine Children's Health
3 events
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
3 events