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

Hope is a Time Traveler: Globalist Pasts & Potentials

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

[SOLD OUT] Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Friends at The Freight

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

Elizabeth Preston's THE CREATURES' GUIDE TO CARING In Store Event

 Thu, 04 Jun 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 29

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

Building Worlds, Building Power

 Fri, 29 May at 06:00 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

What Haunts Us Still: Surviving and Storytelling

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

Battle of the Bay Slam | Youth Speaks & Berkeley Slam

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

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

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

Publishing the Future

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

Bay Area Book Festival: Black Feminist Futurescaping

 Sun, 31 May at 07:30 pm The Freight

Eva zu Beck's THE WILDER WAY Off-Site Event And Book Signing

 Fri, 12 Jun at 07:00 pm Brower Center Free

Paul Selig: A Channeled Weekend Workshop in Berkeley

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

Human Potential Conference 4.0:

 Thu, 22 Oct at 05:30 pm Berkeley City Club USD 55 to 135

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

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

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

Silent Book Club Richmond @ Bay Area Book Festival

 Sun, 31 May at 11:00 am Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park Free

CRAIC - Irish language, poetry, and art workshop

 Sun, 07 Jun at 02:00 pm The Starry Plough Pub Free

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

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

Getting Unstuck with Ramona Ausubel

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

Open Center: Artists-in-Residence — A Conversation

 Fri, 29 May at 06:00 pm Berkeley Art Center USD 0 to 23

Eric Jay Dolin's THE WRECK OF THE MENTOR In-Store Event And Book Signing

 Tue, 02 Jun at 07:00 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Preserving Ancestral Knowledge as BIPOC Writers

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

INTERPRETING PARTITION through poetry

 Sat, 30 May at 02:00 pm The 1947 Partition Archive's Berkeley HQ USD 0 to 55

Fireside Meeting - June 2026

 Mon, 01 Jun at 07:30 pm The Hillside Club Free

Writers on Process - Open Book

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

LAST Monday Anniversary Jam (This Month on Saturday!)

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

Teen Poetry Workshop led by Youth Speaks

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

Berkeley Shakespeare Company presents: Cyrano

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

Jon Else's FRENCHMAN FLAT In-Store Event And Book Sigining

 Tue, 08 Sep at 07:00 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Becoming an "Authorpreneur"

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

May the Force be with You: Lyrics & Dirges Lit Reading

Wed, 27 May at 06:45 pm Pegasus Books Downtown

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

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

CRLP Results for Reading Comprehension

 Tue, 09 Jun at 08:00 am UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education USD 1,122

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

Tram Day 2026

 Sat, 13 Jun at 01:00 pm Berkeley Chapel of the Flowers USD 19 to 194

Chismes Con Safos: Speculative Storytelling as Collective Resistance

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

Gwenyth Reitz' YOU'RE DEAD TO ME, REED WALKER In-Store Event For Teens

 Wed, 27 May at 06:30 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

How to Become an Audiobook Narrator

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

Musings - In Concert

 Thu, 11 Jun at 02:00 pm Berkeley Piano Club Free

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

Maker, Mentor, Muse: The Spirit of the Work

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

Jack Foley Celebration of Life

 Sat, 30 May at 11:00 am Black Repertory Group Inc Free

Write Together - July

 Sat, 11 Jul at 10:30 am 2508 San Pablo Ave Free

Jon Hickey's BIG CHIEF Paperback Release In-Store Event and Book Signing

 Wed, 24 Jun at 07:00 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Susie Nadler's Young Adult Novel LIES WE TELL ABOUT THE STARS - For Teens

 Fri, 05 Jun at 06:30 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

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

“Yeah I’m a Writer. Now What?”

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

How to Find (& Create) Your Writing Community

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

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

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

Clearly Meant: Glenn Ingersoll Presents Jan Steckel

 Sat, 06 Jun at 02:00 pm 2940 Benvenue Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705-2231, United States

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