Literary-art Events in Berkeley

Check out happening literary-art events all around Berkeley, CA

2026 Bay Area Book Festival

 Fri, 29 May at 06:00 pm Downtown Berkeley

Aunt Lute Popup Booth: Bay Area Book Festival 2026 Bookworm Block Party

 Sun, 31 May at 11:00 am Centered on (and in the streets) surrounding Allston Way in Downtown Berkeley as well as at the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park Free

Ramblin' Jack Elliot at The Freight

 Fri, 22 May at 08:00 pm 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, United States, California 94704

Ayelet Waldman's A PERFECT HAND In Store Event and Book Signing

 Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Hope is a Time Traveler: Globalist Pasts & Potentials

 Sat, 30 May at 07:30 pm The Freight USD 22 to 127

Adam Mansbach's GO THE F*CK TO COLLEGE In-Store Event and Book Signing

 Sat, 23 May at 07:00 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Litquake and Berkeleyside Literary Pub Trivia: 2026 Double Feature

 Mon, 23 Feb at 06:00 pm Gilman Brewing Company USD 45

Electric Squeezebox Orchestra

Sun, 10 May at 05:30 pm 2087 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States, California 94704

What Haunts Us Still: Surviving and Storytelling

 Sun, 31 May at 05:30 pm The Freight USD 22 to 127

Jeremy Lent's ECOCIVILIZATION In Store Event and Book Signing

 Mon, 01 Jun at 07:00 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Tracy Clark-Flory's MY MOTHER'S DAUGHTER In-Store Event And Book Signing

 Tue, 05 May at 07:00 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Eleni Sikelianos' MEMORY REHEARSAL In-Store Event And Book Signing

 Fri, 15 May at 07:00 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Alicia Jo Rabins' WHEN WE'RE BORN WE FORGET EVERYTHING In-Store Event

 Tue, 26 May at 07:00 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Battle of the Bay Slam | Youth Speaks & Berkeley Slam

 Wed, 27 May at 08:00 pm The Starry Plough Pub USD 10 to 15

Publishing the Future

 Sat, 30 May at 05:30 pm The Freight USD 22 to 127

Thomas W. Laqueur's THE DOG'S GAZE In-Store Event And Book Signing

 Wed, 03 Jun at 07:00 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

LAST Monday Anniversary Jam (This Month on Saturday!)

 Mon, 26 May at 06:00 pm 1201 University Ave Free

Jennie Durant's BITTER HONEY In-Store Event And Book Signing

 Thu, 28 May at 07:00 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Bay Area Book Festival: Black Feminist Futurescaping

 Sun, 31 May at 07:30 pm The Freight

Chris Ballard's THE PLUNGE In-Store Launch And Book Siging

 Tue, 09 Jun at 07:00 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Paul Selig: A Channeled Weekend Workshop in Berkeley

 Sat, 13 Jun at 10:00 am The Hillside Club USD 295 to 395

Eva zu Beck's THE WILDER WAY In-Store Event And Book Signing

 Fri, 12 Jun at 07:00 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Nick Greene's HOW TO WATCH SOCCER LIKE A GENIUS In-Store Event

 Tue, 12 May at 07:00 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Terra ad Caelum: Songs of Land & Sky (Berkeley)

 Fri, 08 May at 07:30 pm St. Mark's Episcopal Church

Eva Des Lauriers' I'M GONNA GET YOU BACK In-Store Launch And Book Signing

 Tue, 19 May at 07:00 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Berkeley Shakespeare Company presents: Cyrano

 Fri, 08 May at 07:30 pm Live Oak Theater USD 21 to 29

Preserving Ancestral Knowledge as BIPOC Writers

 Sat, 30 May at 01:30 pm The Brower Center, Tamalpais Room USD 0 to 27

Getting Unstuck with Ramona Ausubel

 Sat, 30 May at 01:30 pm The Brower Center, Goldman Theater USD 0 to 27

Becoming an "Authorpreneur"

 Sat, 30 May at 04:00 pm The Brower Center, Goldman Theater USD 0 to 27

Maps for Worlds Still Becoming: Experiments in Genre, Language, and Form

 Sat, 30 May at 02:45 pm The Brower Center, Tamalpais Room USD 0 to 27

Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford with Editor Peter Y. Sussman

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Berkeley City Club USD 5 to 10

Write Together - May

 Sat, 02 May at 10:30 am 2508 San Pablo Ave Free

N.T. McQueen's NEVER HIDE FROM THE DEVIL In-Store Event For Teens

 Fri, 29 May at 06:30 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Celebrate Clare Cooper Marcus And Her Book GROUNDBREAKING

 Wed, 20 May at 07:00 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Dance Art & Dancing Poetry Festival Oct. 3rd. 2026

 Sat, 03 Oct at 12:00 pm UUCB - Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley

Indicator Lights: Fine Tuning the Past to Drive Your Story into the Future

 Sat, 30 May at 11:00 am The Brower Center, Tamalpais Room USD 0 to 27

What is That Beautiful House: Crafting Engaging Settings and Playful Prose

 Sat, 30 May at 04:00 pm The Brower Center, Tamalpais Room USD 0 to 27

How to Become an Audiobook Narrator

 Sat, 30 May at 12:15 pm The Brower Center, Tamalpais Room USD 0 to 27

“Yeah I’m a Writer. Now What?”

 Sat, 30 May at 02:45 pm Brower Center, Kinzie Room USD 0 to 27

The Ins and Outs of MFA programs with SJSU

 Sat, 30 May at 12:15 pm The Brower Center, Goldman Theater USD 0 to 27

East Bay Activists Potluck Dinner + Radical US History Quiz Contest

 Mon, 11 May at 06:30 pm 1924 Cedar St Free

Give The Drummer Some FREE Masterclass Series

 Sat, 31 Jan at 12:00 pm 924 Gilman Free

Y'STREETSIDE: Art & Book Fair!

 Sun, 19 Oct at 12:00 pm Half Price Books Free

Berkeley Summer Writing Program for Middle School : Info & Priority Access

 Fri, 17 Apr at 06:00 am 21st Century LEARNING - Berkeley Middle School Writing Workshop Free