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Free Cultural & Carnatic Events in Stanford
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Thu, 1 OctFREEClimber Coffee
Arrillaga Outdoor Education & Recreation Center · Stanford
otherFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEA Vision of Paris: The Roxane Debuisson Collection at Stanford
Green Library · Stanford
artsFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEBuild Your Own Bouquet: O’Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm
O'Donohue Educational Farm · Stanford
otherFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEDAAAS Fall Open House
Building 80 · Stanford
otherFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEIn Focus: Asian American Art from the Collection
Cantor Arts Center · Stanford
otherFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEGeophysics Seminar - Johan Robertsson, "Making waves: Immersive wave experimentation"
Mitchell Earth Sciences · Stanford
businessFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEBook Talk: What Tech Calls Governing
Carolyn Lewis Attneave House · Stanford
otherFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREELunchtime Curator Talk | JANE!
Cantor Arts Center · Stanford
artsFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEJustene Hill Edwards | Slavery, Freedom, and the Complicated Logics of American Capitalism
Humanities Center · Stanford
businessFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEEmergent Properties: Decennial Reflections on Collections
David Rumsey Map Center (Green Library) · Stanford
otherFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEEnvironmental Behavioral Sciences Seminar with Antonia Krefeld-Schwalb
Y2E2 Building · Stanford
businessFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEAsk Me Anything: A Conversation with the President and Provost
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute · Stanford
otherFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREETea for the Soul
Old Union · Stanford
otherFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEInvited Presentation, Building with Mushrooms at the Extremes: Design of Mycelium Biocomposite Construction Materials for Arctic Environments with Dr. Philippe Amstislavski
Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) · Stanford
businessFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEMoving Up the Chain, Into the Water: Critical Resources in India for Advanced Computing
Bishop Auditorium · Stanford
businessFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEEnviromental Humanities Project: Inaugural Meeting
Humanities Center · Stanford
literatureFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEEnvironmental Humanities Project
Humanities Center · Stanford
literatureFREE
Thu, 1 OctFREEGreen Parrots: A Memoir of Survival in Iran's Evin Prison
In person at Stanford · Stanford
otherFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEStanford Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) Research Symposium
Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge · Stanford
businessFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEEmpirical Methods in the Age of AI
Simonyi Conference Center · Stanford
techFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEIntroduction to QGIS (October 2nd)
Branner Earth Sciences Library · Stanford
techFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEOMAC Coffee & Donuts
Old Union · Stanford
otherFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEPublic Tour | Auguste Rodin
Cantor Arts Center · Stanford
artsFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEFirst Fridays Collab Lab
Braun Music Center · Stanford
musicFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEEurope from Its Margins: Georgia and the Making of Modern Europe
Encina Commons · Stanford
artsFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEIlliberal Law and Development: Property Rights and Conflict over Land in China
Encina Hall · Stanford
otherFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEA Conversation with Tarek Mansour, Kalshi Co-founder and CEO
GSB Knight Management Center · Stanford
businessFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREESLE Salon: Adrian Daub: What Tech Calls Governing
Florence Moore Hall · Stanford
literatureFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEGoogle Earth Engine 101: The JavaScript Sandbox for Complete Beginners
Branner Earth Sciences Library · Stanford
techFREE
Fri, 2 OctFREEUnderstanding Latin America's Economy in the Twenty-first Century
Bolivar House · Stanford
businessFREE
Coming up
Mon, 5 OctFREEShuke Xiao and Lun Wang
Stanford Neurosciences Building · Stanford
otherFREE
Mon, 5 OctFREEAI-Native: A Lunch Talk Exploring New Practice Models
Stanford Law School · Stanford
otherFREE
Mon, 5 OctFREEDean’s Lecture Series: Frontiers in Climate Science Featuring Scientists Isla Simpson and Tapio Schneider
Jen-Hsun Huang Building (School of Engineering) · Stanford
otherFREE
Mon, 5 OctFREECNDS Seminar - Andrew Shen - Unlocking LLM Creativity in Science through Analogical Reasoning
Stanford Neurosciences Building · Stanford
techFREE
Mon, 5 OctFREERon Alexander Memorial Lectures in Musicology – Matthew D. Morrison, Stanford University
Braun Music Center · Stanford
techFREE
Mon, 5 OctFREEStanford Energy Seminar | Improving Decisions for U.S. Electricity under Policy Uncertainty | Inês Azevedo, Stanford University
Shriram Center · Stanford
techFREE
Mon, 5 OctFREEMultifaith Dinner
Old Union · Stanford
otherFREE
Mon, 5 OctFREELearn about Consent & Communication (CoCo Workshop) + Free Boba!
The Well House · Stanford
businessFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREEFinancial Counseling with Fidelity (Main Campus, Huang Bldg, Room B019) (By Appointment Only)
Jen-Hsun Huang Building (School of Engineering) · Stanford
otherFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREENerds of the Roundtable: The Distributed Space Age
George P. Shultz Building · Stanford
otherFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREESU Wellness Fair: Flu & COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic
Arrillaga Outdoor Education & Recreation Center · Stanford
wellbeingFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREEWellness Fair (Stanford campus)
Koret Plaza · Stanford
wellbeingFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREEEnemies in Agreement: Political Volatility and the Design of Arms Control
Encina Hall · Stanford
otherFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREETouch Me Not: 12th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
Art Gallery · Stanford
artsFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREEHistory of Art and Student Organizing with Dr. Omowale Satterwhite
Harmony House · Stanford
otherFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREEEthics in Society Open House
Meyer Green · Stanford
otherFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREEAI for Text-Intensive Research
Green Library · Stanford
techFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREERooted! Black Graduate Student Support Group
Vaden Student Health Center · Stanford
businessFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREEHow to: Plan Your Arts Project
Roble Arts Gym · Stanford
businessFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREELiving with OCD
Vaden Student Health Center · Stanford
wellbeingFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREEApplied Physics/Physics Colloquium: Robert Huang - "High-rate qLDPC processors"
Hewlett Teaching Center · Stanford
techFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREECelebrating Human and Planetary Health | How is the Stanford community building a healthier future for people and the planet?
Mackenzie Room · Stanford
otherFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREEThe Guardrails are Holding: A Case for Confidence in American Institutions
Hohbach Hall · Stanford
otherFREE
Tue, 6 OctFREEExplore Energy Seminar | Energy Science & Engineering in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Elliot Program Center · Stanford
techFREE
Stanford runs one of the world's richest free cultural calendars. Sabhas hold Carnatic concerts most evenings, temples host utsavams and bhajans, and Bharatanatyam margams, harikathas and discourses happen year-round — most with free admission and no ticket needed. This guide gathers them in one place and refreshes itself as new events are added.
It peaks in the Margazhi season (mid-Dec to mid-Jan), when hundreds of free and low-cost kutcheris fill the sabhas — but there's something on almost every week. Bookmark this page, or get the app for reminders near you.
How to use it
- Just turn up for most sabha and temple programmes — free events rarely need registration.
- Tap any event for the exact venue, time and performer.
- Want paid shows too? See all events in Stanford or things to do this weekend.