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šŸŽƒ Halloween Party & Potluck at Harker’s Back Forty — San Mateo

šŸŽƒ Halloween Party & Potluck at Harker’s Back Forty — San Mateo

Sat, Oct 31, 1:30 AM
From New Beginnings SocialĀ Events
4.8

Come celebrate **Halloween with your New Beginnings** friends at **Harker’s Back Forty** — otherwise known as Robert Harker’s backyard — for an evening of costumes, food, music, conversation, and Halloween fun. šŸ‘»šŸŽƒ Whether you go all-out with a costume, throw together something simple, or just come as yourself, join us for a **relaxed Friday night** hanging out with old friends and making some new ones. šŸ“… **Friday, October 30** šŸ•” **6:30–11:00 PM** šŸ“ **San Mateo — exact address provided to attendees by email the day before** \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- šŸ‘» **COSTUMES ENCOURAGED!** Costumes are encouraged, but **definitely not required**. Clever, funny, spooky, nostalgic, last-minute, or wonderfully ridiculous — anything goes. Mostly, come ready to have fun! 😁 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- 🧺 **HALLOWEEN POTLUCK** šŸŽƒ Please bring food and/or drinks to share with the group. There’s **no potluck sign-up and no assigned category**, so bring whatever sounds good to you — an appetizer, salad, side dish, main dish, dessert, Halloween creation, or another favorite. Homemade specialties are always welcome, but absolutely not required. This is meant to be an **easy, informal gathering**. Robert also has a small BBQ available if you’d like to bring something to grill. šŸ“ **Bring something to eat.** 🄤 **Bring something to drink.** šŸ¤ **Bring something to share.** Robert will provide the **tables, chairs, plates, utensils, cups, and other serving basics**. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- šŸŽ¶ **A Night at the Back Forty** Come at 6:30 or whatever time works for you. Settle in, grab some food, and enjoy a casual evening together. We’ll have plenty of time to mingle, listen to music, show off our costumes, and enjoy a little Halloween spirit. No elaborate Halloween production required — just good food, good company, and a fun excuse to spend the Friday before Halloween with friends. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- 🧄 **Dress for the Evening** San Mateo evenings can get chilly after sunset, and we’ll be outside, so bring a **jacket, sweater, or coat**. šŸ”„ **Robert has several outdoor heaters**, too, to help keep things comfortable as the evening cools down. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- šŸš— **Parking** The Back Forty is located across from **San Mateo High School in north San Mateo**. There is plenty of off-street parking behind the **San Mateo Performing Arts Center** and next to the **San Mateo Union High School District offices**. Please use these lots rather than parking in the surrounding neighborhood so street parking remains available for Robert’s neighbors. ā™æļø **Robert’s driveway is reserved for anyone who needs accessible parking.** \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- šŸ“ **Location** Because this event is being held at a private home, **Robert’s exact address and additional arrival information will be emailed to attendees the day before the event.** Please make sure the email address associated with your Meetup account is current and watch for the event email on Thursday. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- šŸ’š **Thank You, Robert!** A special thank-you to Robert Harker for opening his backyard to New Beginnings and providing the tables, chairs, dishes, heaters, and supplies that make these gatherings possible. And for anyone wondering… **ā€œThe Back Forty of what?ā€** Robert will tell you when he figures that out! šŸ˜‰ \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- Come spend the Friday night before Halloween with your New Beginnings friends for a festive evening at the Back Forty. We’d love to see you there! šŸŽƒšŸ‘»šŸ‚ \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- šŸ”· **See our Group Guidelines [HERE](https://sites.google.com/view/new-beginnings-guidelines/home)** **šŸ”“ *Help Keep the Fun Going in 2026*** *As a volunteer-led group, member contributions help cover Meetup fees and the occasional venue rental that make our gatherings possible. If you haven’t contributed in 2026, we invite you to **give a $20 annual cash contribution (with your name) directly to the event host.** (Contributions are not tax-deductible.) See our [2026 contributor list](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FhXm1V0hEuWSbuOMivlLUqTm3JaCPD6VSOzg3ZrAJyE/edit?usp=sharing). New here? Enjoy a couple of events first — then pitch in if it feels like a good fit!* šŸ”“ ***Liability Reminder*** *By participating in any New Beginnings Social Event, you and your guest(s) RELEASE and DISCHARGE the organizers, hosts, and participants from all liability for injuries, illness, damages, death, issues relating to privacy or economic loss arising from activities, advice, or information provided. Participation is voluntary and entirely at your own risk. You are responsible for your safety, belongings, and transportation decisions. Choose carpool drivers carefully and consider leaving valuables at home.*

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Nightlife @ CA Academy of Science

Nightlife @ CA Academy of Science

Fri, Oct 30, 12:45 AM
From San Francisco Foodies
4.8

Most Thursday nights California Academy of Science hosts ["NIghtlife"](https://www.calacademy.org/nightlife) for 21+ crowd. They usually feature a theme and of course, Fall it's Halloween yo and things are about to get spooky. October 29th it's "Fright NIght". Food trucks are available, alcohol is on prem, and there's a DJ, and dancing-so I guess it's a party...I have never been to nightlife and would love to experience it! There will be a line for entry. We'll probably use groupchat on WhatsApp for easy private communication and to find one another. I'll DM you so please make sure to check your messages and respond! Looking forward to some scary fun! **Museum Ticket purchase is required**. Highly recommend purchasing in advance as some themes tend to sell out You'll find tickets **[HERE](https://www.calacademy.org/nightlife/fright-nightlife)**. Please select ticket specifically for **October 29th**. There are two tiers: Standard $26 (Does not include planetarium-add on if you want that) ; Plus $75 (includes skip line for some exhibits, 2 drinks, + snack). RSVP to this event does not mean you have entry, please purchase a ticket for 10-29 Fright ["NIghtlife"](https://www.calacademy.org/nightlife). (From Website) Courtesy of Calacademy.org: Something wickedly fierce is roaming the museum. Join our annual Halloween haunt with [Peaches Christ](https://peacheschrist.com/), roaming scares, a costume contest, and more thrills throughout the night. *Costumes highly encouraged. **Stay tuned for more programming info!*** **Please note: Any weapons and full-face Halloween masks will not be permitted.** **Transportation:** California Academy of Science Museum is located in Golden Gate Park. Neighborhood street parking may be limited, please read signs. Muni From: Fulton #5 or 5R stop @ 8th Ave-walk through park. Lincoln: 7 Ocean Beach or 44 California stop at Lincoln & 9th Ave, also about 10 minute walk through the park to museum.

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Queers who Craft: Pumpkin Painting

Thu, Oct 15, 1:00 AM
From Queer Connection
4.8
11 attendees
SF Halloween Party for 21-49

SF Halloween Party for 21-49

Sun, Nov 1, 4:00 AM
From Bay Area Singles Mixer (I hate dating apps)
4.5

Prepare for a night of wicked beats, dark waters, and pulse-pounding energy at an exciting new venue in the heart of San Francisco’s Marina District! A live DJ will be spinning high-tempo tracks to keep the energy electric from the first beat at 9:00 pm until the final track at 1:30 AM. Halloween the right way. Meet new friends, **21-49**. **WHEN:** Saturday\, October 31\, 2026\, \| 9:00 PM – 1:30 AM **WHERE**: [Eria Marina](https://www.eria.co/), 2300 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA 94123 **[DISCOUNT TICKETS](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-party-for-single-professionals-21-49-tickets-1999052946175?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true):** * Early Bird: $30 *(Best value—available for a short time only)* * Last Minute: $50 *(For the late planners)* * At the Door: $60 (if space permits). * Tickets are limited. If you want to buy tickets, please click **[HERE](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-party-for-single-professionals-21-49-tickets-1999052946175?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true)**. Your RSVP on meetup is NOT a ticket and you will need to purchase a ticket at the door if space is available. CO-SPONSORED by *The Society of Single Professionals, Singles Bay Area*, and dozens of singles organizations and meetups. All events benefit [The Seva Foundation](https://www.seva.org/), to restore sight to the blind. MORE PARTIES at [[www.thepartyhotline.com](http://www.thepartyhotline.com/)](). Ā· [Speed Dating for 40s/50s at fun hotel](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speed-dating-for-40s50s-at-fun-union-square-hotel-tickets-1995325455149?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true), Oct 10, San Francisco Ā· [Master Speed Dating!](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/master-speed-dating-online-seminar-for-men-tickets-2000213001933?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true) Online Seminar, all ages, Oct 11 Ā· [Salsa Saturday!](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/salsa-saturday-tickets-2001938799841?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true) All ages, Oct 17, Novato Ā· [Single and Ready to Mingle](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/single-and-ready-to-mingle-50-tickets-1998161677366?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true), 50+, Oct 18, Tiburon Ā· [Asian Singles & Those Who Love Them](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/asian-singles-those-who-love-them-tickets-2002848833777?keep_tld=true), all ages, Oct 18, Los Gatos Ā· [Peninsula Speed Dating for 30s/40s](https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/sfosadt-doubletree-san-francisco-airport-south-blvd/), Oct 25, South San Francisco Ā· [Rooftop Party at Spectacular Hotel](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rooftop-party-at-lovely-napa-hotel-tickets-2001262960387?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true), 40+, Oct 25, Napa Ā· [Fresh Start Social](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fresh-start-social-for-divorced-or-separated-tickets-2002479534192?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true), adults of all ages, Oct 29, San Francisco Ā· [Halloween Party](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-party-for-single-professionals-21-49-tickets-1999052946175?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true), 21-49, Oct 31, San Francisco Ā· [Halloween Party](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-costume-party-dance-for-single-professionals-50-tickets-1999054831815?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true), 50+, Oct 31, Mill Valley Ā· Halloween Party, adults of all ages, Oct 31, Silicon Valley (TBA) Ā· [Peninsula 50+ Mixer](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/peninsula-mixer-for-50-tickets-1999055415561?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true), Nov 1, Burlingame Ā· [Sonoma Wine Country Tasting & Party](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sonoma-wine-country-wine-tasting-party-for-single-professionals-tickets-2002850867861?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true), 40+, Nov 5, Windsor Ā· [Silicon Valley Speed Dating](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/silicon-valley-speed-dating-for-40s50s-tickets-2002851209884?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true), 40s/50s, Nov 11, Palo Alto Ā· [Asian Singles & Those Who Love Them](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/asian-singles-those-who-love-them-tickets-2002765438339?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true), adults of all ages, Nov 15, Newark/Fremont Ā· Marin Christmas Mixer, 40+, Dec 13, Tiburon Ā· Silicon Valley Christmas Mixer, 50+, Dec 15, Campbell FOLLOW US ON **[INSTAGRAM](https://www.instagram.com/singlesbayarea/)**. **[VIDEO](https://www.instagram.com/p/DETWrxSvvvW/)** from our New Years Eve Bash. PLEASE NOTE: The number of people who RSVP on this meetup doesn't reflect all who have registered or will be attending. We promote our events on 26 different singles meetups and dozens of major websites, including *Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, Yahoo, Google*, etc., plus email blasts to thousands of Bay Area singles.

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Profs & Pints Alameda: Faith and Frights

Profs & Pints Alameda: Faith and Frights

Thu, Oct 22, 1:00 AM
From Profs and Pints San Francisco Bay Area
4.6

[Profs and Pints Alameda](https://www.profsandpints.com/sfbayarea) presents: **ā€œFaith and Frights,ā€** a Jesuit priest’s take on religious themes in notoriously terrifying movies, with the Rev. Dennis Recio, S.J., lecturer in English and teacher of a seminar on horror films at the University of San Francisco. [Tickets available only online, at [https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/alameda-faith-and-frights](https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/alameda-faith-and-frights) .] Many have been left praying for salvation from darkness based not on what they had heard in church, but what they had watched in a movie theater. Forget depictions of fictional vampires, werewolves, and zombies. Nothing unsettles quite like a religiously themed horror movie featuring evil forces and evil beings that we might truly believe exist. Spend an evening confronting the power of religiously themed horror with Father Dennis Recio, a scholar of horror films on the same team as those priests you’ve seen warning of the antichrist, performing exorcisms, or getting hurled by demons out windows and down stairs. He’ll talk about what Hollywood gets right in its depictions of religion in horror films, as well as where it stumbles. He’ll explore why religiously themed horror often generates so much buzz and why it has so much appeal. He’ll start by describing how horror films are rooted in Gothic literature of the eighteenth century and derived from such literature a focus on the depiction of anxiety during periods of social and religious unrest. From there we’ll examine horror films with religious themes that attracted huge audiences and sometimes caused big stirs in the 1960’s and 1970’s, as the Catholic Church endured upheaval and change as a result of Vatican II. We’ll look at movies that drew attention with religious themes that suggest the possibility of the Devil entering the world through hapless or unsuspecting victims, including Roman Polanski’s *Rosemary’s Baby*, William Friedkin’s *The Exorcist*, and Richard Donner’s *The Omen.* We’ll consider films like *Alice Sweet Alice*, *Carrie*, and *The Amityville Horror* that ascribed to insular religious communities a peculiar violence related to their maintenance of religious practices. We’ll chart the rise of films like *The Conjuring* with narratives focused on lay persons as demonologists out to vanquish demonic forces. Father Recio will make clear that religious horror is not relegated to a focus on institutional religion. We’ll look at how it lurks in folk horror films such as *The Wicker Man*, *The Blair Witch Project*, and *The Witch* and their stories of fear and dread. (Advance tickets: $13.50 plus processing fees. Doors: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. The talk starts 30 minutes later.) Image: From a stained glass window from about 1170 depicting the Devil tempting Jesus. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London / Creative Commons.)

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Funky Halloween with FRO!

Funky Halloween with FRO!

Sat, Oct 31, 2:45 AM
From Alameda WestEnd Whereabouts (30's-50's)
5.0

Looking for a haunting fun time?!? Want to show off your costumes and dance moves at the same damn time?!? Then come thru and get ready to get funky with **The Funk Revival Orchestra (FRO)** on the eve of Halloween! We're headed to the other side of the island to watch my band play a funky costume dance party unlike any other at Rhythmix Cultural Works! Buy your tickets at https://www.rhythmix.org/events/fro/ **Costumes are encouraged. Dancing is inevitable. The funk is guaranteed.**

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Frequently asked questions

Meetup is a platform connecting people through local group events both online and in-person based on shared interests.

Simply search on Meetup for costume party events in San Francisco. You'll discover various themed gatherings you can join and participate in.

Absolutely! You can join several groups based on different interests, including costume parties, to widen your social experience.

Expect a fun social atmosphere where attendees dress up, enjoy themed activities, and meet new people in a casual setting.

Many events on Meetup are free. However, some groups may charge a small fee for event participation to cover costs.

Yes, RSVP is necessary for most events to ensure adequate space and preparation. It helps organizers plan successfully.

Certainly! Costume parties are open to everyone, regardless of experience with themed events or dressing up.

Yes, joining these events is a great way to meet fellow costume lovers and create lasting friendships in the San Francisco area.

Yes, you can find costume parties focusing on various themes, from classic movie characters to seasonal celebrations.

While most costume parties encourage dress-up, check the event description for specific guidelines; some may have flexible costume requirements.

Most events are thoughtfully planned by hosts to ensure a positive experience, though organization quality may vary.

While many costume themes exist, not every interest may have a dedicated event. Explore regularly as new ideas pop up often.

Meetup allows users to organize their own events, including costume parties, expanding options for hosts and attendees alike.

While Meetup encourages connection, forming genuine friendships takes time and active participation in community events.

Costume parties can be both in-person and online, depending on the event organizer's format and current health guidelines.