Literary-art Events in San Francisco

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

2025 San Francisco Moby Dick 24 Hour Marthon

 Sat, 18 Oct at 12:00 pm San Francisco Maritime Museum Free

Reading and Signing with Elizabeth McConaughy-Oliver and Sendy Santamaria

 Sat, 08 Nov at 12:00 pm The International Library of Youth Writing Free

ZYZZYVA /Litquake Holiday Party

 Wed, 03 Dec at 08:00 pm 518 Valencia St USD 23 to 29

Mad Girl Diaries | Lit Crawl SF 2025

 Sat, 25 Oct at 05:00 pm Et al. etc. Free

ÁCCENTED Live: "Daughters, Fathers, & Queens: Inheritance Across Time"

 Sat, 18 Oct at 07:30 pm Warfield Commons USD 0 to 66

Ikebana Sogetsu demonstration with Katsuko Thielke at K. Minamoto SF Store

 Sat, 18 Oct at 01:00 pm K Minamoto | San Francisco Free

Pen 2 Power Showcase

 Fri, 05 Dec at 05:00 pm San Francisco Public Library (Koret Auditorium) Free

Black Bay Area Soundscapes with Wendy M. Thompson and Dawn-Elissa Fischer

 Wed, 05 Nov at 07:30 pm Bird & Beckett Books & Records Free

Queer Open Mic Night

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:00 pm Strut

2026 Hospitality Trends Report Presented by af&co. and Carbonate

 Thu, 06 Nov at 03:00 pm Convene 100 Stockton USD 34

The Oh Hellos, Small Fools in San Francisco

 Thu, 06 Nov at 07:30 pm The Fillmore

M**der at the Museum

 Sun, 19 Oct at 06:00 pm Counterculture Museum USD 18

Wyld Hunt Fae Ball

 Sat, 18 Oct at 05:00 pm The Hibernia USD 269 to 482

Salman Rushdie

 Sun, 16 Nov at 07:30 pm 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94102

Richard H. Thaler & Alex O. Imas in conversation with Michael Lewis

 Fri, 21 Nov at 07:30 pm 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94102

San Francisco, CA – Ira Glass & Etgar Keret: Half Baked Stories About My Dead Mom

 Sun, 02 Nov at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

All About SF's Stairways, In One Place, Times Two!

 Sun, 26 Oct at 10:30 am Presidio Visitor Center Free

Film: The Unbroken Sky, with Author and Panel Discussion

 Sun, 19 Oct at 03:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

We Used to Dance Here: Dave Tynan’s Dublin

 Sun, 19 Oct at 07:00 pm Telegraph Hill Books Free

Global AI Job Fair | San Francisco

 Wed, 10 Dec at 03:00 pm San Francisco Free

John Scalzi & Kim Stanley Robinson – The Shattering Peace

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94118

Sweet and Lowdown: Poets at the Bar

 Fri, 17 Oct at 07:30 pm Make-Out Room USD 15 to 18

Poppy State: Commune with California

 Sat, 18 Oct at 03:45 pm San Francisco Botanical Garden, Fragrance Garden Free

Poetry as Resistance: Ahmad Shamlou’s Enduring Voice

 Thu, 23 Oct at 07:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

Skeleton Cru - Live at Music City Starfactory | Rock

 Sat, 01 Nov at 07:30 pm Music City San Francisco USD 10 to 15

DVAN Presents: The Future of Vietnamese Diasporic Writing

 Sat, 18 Oct at 03:00 pm SFPL Main Branch, Saroyan Gallery Free

KATHY ONETO at Books Inc. in the Marina

 Thu, 23 Oct at 06:00 pm Books Inc. Free

Literary Speakeasy Presents: Dragging Celebrity Autobiographies

 Fri, 17 Oct at 07:00 pm The Stud USD 23 to 29

The City Changes Its Face with Eimear McBride

 Wed, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm Telegraph Hill Books Free

MEG DONOHUE at Books Inc. in the Marina

 Fri, 05 Dec at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Free

San Francisco Writers Workshop at Lit Crawl 2025: We've Got Notes for You!

 Sat, 25 Oct at 06:30 pm Noisebridge

Celebrate the Launch of Susan Straight’s Sacrament

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Free

Fire on the Mountain: Survival & Community in California’s Fire Country

 Sat, 18 Oct at 02:30 pm San Francisco Botanical Garden, Fragrance Garden Free

Queer Magic: A Charmed Evening

 Thu, 16 Oct at 08:15 pm The Lost Church

Dear Ferocious Dreamer: A Festival Finale in Verse

 Fri, 24 Oct at 07:30 pm Victoria Theatre Free

What We Wanted to Say: Excerpts from the Hospitality House Writing Workshop

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

Listen To Your Elders: An Elder Project Get-Together & Reading

 Thu, 16 Oct at 05:00 pm Ruth's Table Free

Kim Shuck's Poem Jam Celebrates Pat Parker

 Thu, 13 Nov at 06:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

The Vampires vs Zombies Experience in San Francisco

 Sat, 01 Nov at 07:00 pm San Francisco USD 10 to 40

PLAY "IN THE MOUNTAINS MY HEART"

 Sun, 19 Oct at 04:00 pm Scottish Rite Memorial Temple

Collections Tour: Intro to the Archive

 Fri, 17 Oct at 01:30 pm Letterform Archive USD 18 to 29

Healing Through Self Expression: Co-Working & Screening

 Sat, 15 Nov at 12:00 pm 465 S Van Ness Ave Free

Healing Through Self Expression: Holiday Party

 Sat, 22 Nov at 12:00 pm 465 S Van Ness Ave Free

GRETCHEN MCNEIL at Books Inc. Opera Plaza

 Mon, 27 Oct at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Opera Plaza Free

Folk Bitch Trio - North America Tour - San Francisco, CA

 Fri, 21 Nov at 09:00 pm Cafe Du Nord

Friends of Dorothy Read Friend of Dorothy book club

 Sun, 19 Oct at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

SANTUARIO (sanctuary)

 Sat, 18 Oct at 07:00 pm Dance Mission Theater USD 29 to 55

The Night Trembles: Nadia Terranova with Sara Marinelli

 Thu, 16 Oct at 06:30 pm Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco

Performance: Civil Liberties Now

 Sun, 09 Nov at 02:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

Andrew Ross Sorkin

 Sat, 18 Oct at 07:30 pm 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94102

Grin & BEAR IT! Pre-Bearrison Bear Comedy

 Fri, 17 Oct at 07:00 pm 398 12th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

826 Valencia Quarterly, volume 33 Release Party

 Sat, 25 Oct at 05:00 pm 826 Valencia St Free

The Tortured Poets: An Ode to Taylor Swift

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:30 pm Make-Out Room USD 18 to 23

Grateful Dead: Keep on Truckin' (Litquake)

 Fri, 24 Oct at 07:30 pm 988 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94133

The Brvtalist presented by ClubSoda & Public Works

 Sat, 29 Nov at 10:00 pm Public Works

BASH- Bay Area & Sacramento Short Film Festival 2025- Part 2- PLUS

 Sat, 13 Dec at 11:00 am Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture USD 20 to 29

Kim Shuck’s Poem Jam Celebrates Janice Gould

 Sun, 16 Nov at 01:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

Foglifter Press 10th Anniversary Celebration

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm The Stud Free

Unbound Translations: A Listening Party

 Fri, 17 Oct at 06:30 pm CounterPulse

San Francisco Moby-Dick Marathon 2025

 Sat, 18 Oct at 12:00 pm San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Free

War, Race, and Culture: Book Talk with Gordon Chang

 Sun, 26 Oct at 03:00 pm Chinese Historical Society of America Museum USD 10

"BROKEN VESSELS" Book Launch, by Teddy N. Bujjingo.

 Sat, 06 Dec at 02:00 pm Word of Salvation Ministries Church , Kampala Free

Book Launch and Discussion for "Law, Ethics, and the Visual Arts"

 Sat, 01 Nov at 05:00 pm Catharine Clark Gallery Free

🎤 NEKO CASE LIVE in SF 🎶

Tue, 11 Nov at 08:00 pm San Francisco

ZYZZYVA Turns 40! A Literary Celebration

 Thu, 23 Oct at 07:30 pm 7 Social SF Free

Introducing The Approach

 Wed, 15 Oct at 07:00 pm City Lights Booksellers & Publishers Free

La Luz

 Fri, 07 Nov at 09:00 pm 777 Valencia Street San Francisco CA 94110

Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife with author Francesca Wade

 Mon, 27 Oct at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

Our Farmworking Hands Helped Harvest the Feast with The Common

 Sat, 18 Oct at 01:15 pm San Francisco Botanical Garden, Fragrance Garden Free

Coming. Apart.: Edy Poppy with Britta Stromeyer

 Wed, 15 Oct at 07:00 pm Telegraph Hill Books Free

MILUHSKA [ AFRO HOUSE & INDIE DANCE] AT MADARAE

 Sat, 08 Nov at 09:00 pm Madarae USD 10 to 900

Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy book club

 Sun, 16 Nov at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Hot Buttered Rum

 Sat, 08 Nov at 09:00 pm 777 Valencia Street San Francisco CA 94110

heARTfulness: The Woman I See

 Sat, 18 Oct at 04:00 pm 2140 Pierce St USD 50

Patterson Hood + Craig Finn

 Mon, 10 Nov at 08:00 pm 777 Valencia Street San Francisco CA 94110

Men in Love, 1850s–1950s: A Visual Conversation

 Wed, 15 Oct at 06:00 pm Koret Auditorium at the San Francisco Public Library Free

THE LAKE SHOW! OCEAN BEACH BONFIRE!

 Sat, 25 Oct at 03:00 pm Ocean Beach Free

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 23 Nov at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

BOOK RELEASE AND SIGNING: Love and Suffering by Zach Beach at Books Passage

Wed, 15 Oct at 05:30 pm Book Passage Ferry Building

When Did Reality Become Stranger Than Fiction?

 Wed, 22 Oct at 06:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

Meet the Comms Pros Behind Three of the Region's Visionary Mayors

 Thu, 16 Oct at 05:00 pm The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square USD 23 to 39

SF LitCrawl: SF Bay Area HWA Authors: This Ain't Your Daddy's Horror

 Sat, 25 Oct at 08:00 pm Silver Sprocket

MICROFONO ABIERTO MARTES DE ARTES - OPEN MIC - ART TUESDAYS

 Tue, 21 Oct at 08:00 pm El Family Cafe y Mercado Free

Chinatown SF Neon Walking Tour 10/25

 Sun, 26 Oct at 05:15 pm Chinatown YMCA—on sidewalk USD 17 to 37

AN EVENING WITH ANNIE LEIBOVITZ: ON HER NEW BOOK, WOMEN

 Mon, 10 Nov at 08:00 pm Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

The Who, What, When & How of Literary Prizes

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:00 pm Page Street Co-Working Free

Transformative Arts Markets by Arts.Co.Lab

 Sat, 25 Oct at 10:00 am Presidio Tunnel Tops Free

Edward Frenkel—How Do We Revive Pythagorean Tradition in the Age of AI?

 Fri, 17 Oct at 05:30 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 27

Félicia Atkinson + Jon Porras

 Sun, 16 Nov at 07:00 pm 2948 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94103, United States

HAYLEY DENNINGS at Books Inc. in the Marina

 Mon, 27 Oct at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Free

Generation Women: Secrets and Lies

 Thu, 23 Oct at 08:15 pm The Lost Church

BASH- Bay Area & Sacramento Short Film Festival 2025- Part 1- PLUS

 Sat, 22 Nov at 11:00 am Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture USD 20 to 23

Spotlight: Contemporary Jazz (Beg/Int) with Teo and Tati

 Sat, 25 Oct at 04:30 pm Rae Studios USD 45

On Indigenous Seedkeeping and Food Sovereignty (In-Person)

 Wed, 19 Nov at 06:00 pm California Institute of Integral Studies - Main building USD 11 to 32

Booksmart: Stories about the Books That Have Changed Us

 Mon, 20 Oct at 07:00 pm Page Street Co-Working Free

Writing Your Activism - Free Teen Workshop

 Mon, 20 Oct at 05:30 pm Sunset Commons Free

SDN Conference Redux

 Wed, 29 Oct at 05:00 pm Frontier Tower | Berlinhouse Free

Holy Fire San Francisco

 Fri, 28 Nov at 06:00 pm 1690 21st Ave USD 100

Poetry Open Mic

 Thu, 23 Oct at 04:00 pm North Beach Library Free

Ira Glass and Etgar Keret at Sydney Goldstein Theater

 Sun, 02 Nov at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater