Literary-art Events in San Francisco

Check out happening literary-art events all around San Francisco, CA

Meet Bestselling Author Patrick Radden Keefe with Isaac Chotiner

 Tue, 14 Apr at 07:00 pm United Irish Cultural Center USD 43 to 48

Litquake and City Arts present: Ada Limón with Alexis Madrigal

 Tue, 14 Apr at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

Afrofuturism: Our Tomorrows Will Not Be Colonized | Night of Ideas 2026

 Sat, 11 Apr at 07:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library

Allan Harris: The Poetry of Jazz

 Fri, 24 Apr at 04:00 pm SFJazz Center - Joe Henderson Lab

After Dark: Climate Journeys

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm Pier 15 Embarcadero at Green St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94111

Jim Collins: What to Make of a Life

 Thu, 09 Apr at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 32

The Weight of Thread

 Fri, 17 Apr at 08:00 pm Dance Mission Theater

Flourish! A Journey Through the Garden of Earthly Delights

 Sat, 02 May at 07:00 pm The Palace Theater Free

1906 Earthquake and Fire 120th Anniversary Cocktail and Bar History Tour

 Sat, 18 Apr at 01:30 pm The Old Ship Saloon USD 100

Dining Out For Life Bay Area

 Thu, 16 Apr at 10:00 am San Francisco AIDS Foundation Free

Robyn Hitchcock "Live And Electric - Full Band Show"

 Thu, 14 May at 07:30 pm 777 Valencia Street San Francisco CA 94110

Fagatha Christie's Book Club

 Sat, 18 Apr at 02:00 pm The Stud USD 10

MATT HAIG – THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN

 Mon, 08 Jun at 07:00 pm Jewish Community Center of San Francisco USD 33 to 49

The Oneness Collective presents Oneness - The Blossoming

 Sun, 03 May at 06:00 pm Dance Mission Theater, 24th Street, San Francisco, CA, USA

Lowkey Artist Talk - Alonzo King

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:00 pm Manny's USD 9 to 37

Robert Moor: In Trees Book Talk at SF Botanical Garden

 Tue, 14 Apr at 07:00 pm San Francisco County Fair Building USD 0 to 33

Зустріч із Катею Бльосткою, письменницею, блогеркою і авторкою книжок - Сан Франциско

 Sat, 18 Apr at 05:00 pm 875 Sansome St, San Francisco, CA 94111-1533, United States

Rocketship

 Thu, 09 Apr at 08:00 pm 777 Valencia Street San Francisco CA 94110

Jane Symmes

 Wed, 08 Apr at 08:00 pm 777 Valencia Street San Francisco CA 94110

Fresh Ink, Hot Mics: Unhinged Comedy from Otherwise Normal People

 Sun, 12 Apr at 06:00 pm Mayes Oyster House Free

The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry & the Cosmic Dream Boogie

 Tue, 21 Apr at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Exploring America's Racial Consciousness (In Person)

 Fri, 10 Apr at 05:30 pm California Institute of Integral Studies - Main building USD 11 to 32

LLD's 1st NEW WORKS Festival!

 Fri, 10 Apr at 08:00 pm Dance Mission Theater USD 28 to 66

Q&A with Congressional Candidate Connie Chan

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Because the Night (Belongs to Women Writers): Reclamation and Resistance

 Sat, 11 Apr at 09:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library

How They Did It: Revision Across Genres

 Sun, 12 Apr at 03:00 pm Page Street Co-Working USD 25

Climate Wayfinding with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson & Poet Jane Hirshfield

 Sun, 19 Apr at 02:00 pm Manny's

Cleo Wade: In a World of Sunrises

 Mon, 13 Apr at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 32

Dr. Larry Gerston: Overcoming Trumpism and Saving American Democracy

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 27

How to Increase Your Luck, with Stanford’s Tina Seelig

 Wed, 29 Apr at 05:30 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 24

Grace Notes: Poetry at Grace Cathedral

 Wed, 22 Apr at 07:00 pm Grace Cathedral Free

Teen Poetry Slam Finals | Youth Speaks

 Fri, 24 Apr at 05:30 pm Brava Theater Free

A Fresh Serving of Freakin' DeyLicious!

 Fri, 24 Apr at 06:00 pm New Delhi Restaurant USD 107

The Embodied Nervous System Immersion with Stephanie Lopez

 Tue, 28 Apr at 01:00 pm Hotel Kabuki - JDV by Hyatt USD 365

Independent Bookstore Day Crawl

 Sat, 25 Apr at 10:00 am San Francisco Bay Area Free

DANIELA GERSON – THE WANDERERS

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm Jewish Community Center of San Francisco USD 27 to 49

Dolby Atmos Production Certification (SF & Online)

 Thu, 30 Apr at 10:00 am Women's Audio Mission USD 515 to 618

The Untimely

 Tue, 05 May at 07:00 pm Cowell Theater USD 0 to 109

Simone Stolzoff: How to Not Know

 Thu, 14 May at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 27

Meet Author Willy Vlautin: The Left and the Lucky

 Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Plant Propagation with Pam Peirce

 Sat, 30 May at 10:00 am Garden for the Environment USD 27 to 64

Emma Straub

 Fri, 10 Apr at 04:00 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

CJ LEEDE in conversation with SARAH GAILEY at Books Inc. Opera Plaza

 Mon, 15 Jun at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Opera Plaza USD 35 to 40

John O'Connor - A Short, Strange Trip

 Sun, 19 Apr at 02:00 pm Book Passage Ferry Building

BASH- Bay Area & Sacramento Short Film Festival 2026- Part 1- PLUS

 Sat, 30 May at 11:00 am Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture USD 18 to 23

Most Best Open Mic

 Fri, 27 Mar 220 Montgomery St USD 0 to 66

SF - 'FILM IN A DAY!' Actors, Writers & Directors Short Film Challenge

 Sat, 12 Sep at 09:00 am SAN FRANCISCO LOCATION- Given to Fully Registered Participants ONLY USD 0 to 322

Meet the Candidates for Governor: Ian Calderon

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm Manny's USD 5 to 15

DYKON Story Hour

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:00 pm City College of San Francisco Free

Vanishing Culture Book Launch

 Thu, 23 Apr at 05:30 pm Internet Archive USD 10 to 30

Young Writers Summer Camp at Mechanics'

 Mon, 22 Jun at 09:30 am Mechanics' Institute USD 482 to 535

Penetrating Whiteness with Author Ralph Remington

 Thu, 09 Apr at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

West Coast Chinatowns Panel Discussion

 Sun, 12 Apr at 01:00 pm Chinese Historical Society of America Museum USD 15 to 71

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:30 pm Phoenix Theatre USD 30

BASH- Bay Area & Sacramento Short Film Festival 2026- Part 2- PLUS

 Sat, 27 Jun at 11:00 am Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture USD 20 to 26

Literary Talk with Author Rachel Khong and Q + A

 Fri, 17 Apr at 06:00 pm 495 Geary St Free

Bay Faction and NUFFER

 Fri, 10 Apr at 07:00 pm 3160 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94103, United States

Jim Page in Concert

 Fri, 10 Apr at 08:00 pm United Irish Cultural Center USD 23

Spices & Stories: April 2026

 Sat, 11 Apr at 01:00 pm New Delhi Restaurant & Bar USD 55 to 429

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

 Sat, 09 May at 03:00 pm Noe Valley Ministry

Climate Action Youth Summit: Authors Corner

 Fri, 24 Apr at 10:00 am Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Movies at Mechanics' Presents Sabrina (1954)

 Fri, 01 May at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 13

Liz Tran: AQ—A New Kind of Intelligence

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 27

ISQED'26 Author Registration

 Wed, 08 Apr at 08:30 am Seven Hills Conference Center USD 0 to 685

Story Swap: The Great Book Exchange

 Thu, 09 Apr at 04:00 pm Sunset Commons USD 34

San Francisco 'Forever Fly Free' Grief Summit | An Evening of Conversation, Healing & Community

Fri, 24 Apr at 05:00 pm Common Space "The Loft" 3108B Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA 94123-3417, United States

Martha Conway discusses her new book We Meet Apart

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Sapphic Romantasy with C.L. Clark & Be Steadwell

 Thu, 14 May at 06:30 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

Charlotte Brooks Book Talk: The Moys of New York and Shanghai

 Sat, 06 Jun at 11:00 am Chinese Historical Society of America Museum USD 15 to 35

Movies at Mechanics' Presents On Golden Pond (1981)

 Fri, 15 May at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 13

LABOR: One Woman’s Work by Dr. Mary Fariba Afsari

 Mon, 27 Apr at 06:00 pm Manny's USD 9 to 25

Shakespeare Intensive with Brian Lohmann

 Sat, 23 May at 10:00 am BATS Bayfront Theatre

Movies at Mechanics' Presents West Side Story (1957)

 Fri, 10 Apr at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 13

Birds of the Bay Area with Dick Evans and Hannah Hindley

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

Movies at Mechanics' Presents A Double Life (1947)

 Fri, 24 Apr at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 13

Film: The Edge of Each Other's Battles

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

PORTIA ELAN – HOMEBOUND

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Jewish Community Center of San Francisco Free

Performance: Kim Shuck's Poem

 Thu, 14 May at 06:00 pm San Francisco Public Library Free

Sean Pratt & Michael James Tapscott - San Francisco

 Mon, 20 Apr at 07:30 pm 988 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94133

Voting Rights: What Constitutes Free and Fair Elections?

 Wed, 13 May at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

An Evening with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm California Institute of Integral Studies - Main building USD 11 to 32

DON SAINTE-JOHNN at Books Inc. Opera Plaza

 Sat, 30 May at 03:00 pm Books Inc. Opera Plaza Free

JAN M. FLYNN at Books Inc. Laurel Village

 Thu, 21 May at 05:30 pm Books Inc USD 0 to 22

Performance: Kim Shuck's Poem Jam

 Thu, 09 Apr at 06:00 pm San Francisco Public Library Free

History Talk with Author Chris Pollock: Remnants of San Francisco

 Tue, 07 Apr at 06:00 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Performance: Kim Shuck's Poem Jam Celebrates The Catacombs of Vanished Love

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm San Francisco Public Library Free

CPS #169: Maria Sophocles on The Bedroom Gap

 Sun, 19 Apr at 06:30 pm Haight-Ashbury Free

Presentation: Insurgent Beatitudes: The History of City Lights

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

Write Together - April

 Sat, 11 Apr at 10:30 am 297 Page St Free

Your Worst Nightmare Play Festival

 Thu, 23 Apr 533 Sutter St USD 18

Murder, Oops!

Fri, 17 Apr at 08:00 pm 2400 Bayshore Blvd, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94134

BSCAA Happy Hour - Novela San Francisco

 Thu, 23 Apr at 05:00 pm Novela Free

Powerful Voices Open Mic Show - Live Music, Comedy, Poetry+ More!

 Thu, 14 May at 05:00 pm San Francisco Free

Youth Zine Fest

 Fri, 08 May at 06:00 pm The International Library of Youth Writing Free

Exploring the Dharma of Liberation (In Person)

 Thu, 04 Jun at 06:00 pm California Institute of Integral Studies - Main building USD 11 to 32

How Can We Make This World Worth Knowing? Book Release Party

 Sun, 26 Apr at 11:00 am The International Library of Youth Writing Free

A Fabulous Animal: A Staged Reading by Word for Word

 Mon, 27 Apr at 07:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 18 to 29

Winning the Vote: San Francisco Suffrage Walking Tour

 Fri, 02 Jan at 10:00 am San Francisco Department of Elections USD 0 to 39

A reading of Fresh Juice with Robert Liu Trujillo

 Sat, 02 May at 12:00 pm The International Library of Youth Writing Free

K/S/R, Nishi-Smith + Nakamura, Djll + Day + Corcoran, Max Abner

 Sun, 12 Apr at 07:30 pm Canessa Gallery