Literary-art Events in San Francisco

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

Spices & Stories

 Sat, 09 Aug New Delhi Restaurant & Bar USD 50

Chevelle, Asking Alexandria, Dead Poet Society in San Francisco

 Sat, 27 Sep at 07:00 pm The Masonic

Poetry Slam The System

 Fri, 22 Aug at 08:00 pm 435 Broadway USD 22

Fantastique Starfall Ball ™

 Sat, 27 Sep at 10:00 am San Francisco City Hall USD 125 to 375

Free Shakespeare in the Park at San Francisco's Sue Bierman Park

 Sat, 13 Sep at 02:00 pm Sue Bierman Park Free

Queer Open Mic Night

 Tue, 19 Aug at 07:00 pm Strut

Open Mic at Music City Star Factory| Free Entry!

 Thu, 14 Aug at 07:00 pm 1355 Bush St Free

Healing Through Self Expression: Interection For The Arts

 Sat, 30 Aug at 05:00 pm Intersection for the Arts Free

Owen Quincy and Shadow Julian - SF

 Fri, 29 Aug at 07:30 pm 988 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94133

San Quentin Media Fest

 Sat, 16 Aug at 06:00 pm 220 Montgomery St USD 0 to 66

Write the World: San Francisco Public Library (Bayview Branch)

 Fri, 22 Aug at 02:00 pm Bayview / Linda Brooks-Burton Branch Library Free

A Celebration of the Life of Joanna Macy

 Fri, 03 Oct at 07:00 pm Grace Cathedral Free

Bollywood Nights | Free Class | Celebrating South Asian Heritage Month

 Fri, 15 Aug at 05:30 pm Salesforce Park Free

Chinatown SF Neon Walking Tour 9/20

 Sat, 20 Sep at 06:15 pm Chinatown YMCA—on sidewalk USD 17 to 37

Free-Play Festival: Everyone's a Hamlet

 Sat, 23 Aug at 12:00 pm Potrero Stage

Aisha Muharrar: Signing and Soiree at Green Apple Books

 Fri, 15 Aug at 07:00 pm 506 Clement St Free

Friction + Ensemble Affect

 Sat, 30 Aug at 04:00 pm Noe Valley Ministry

The 25th Anniversary Screenings Of GROOVE

 Fri, 29 Aug at 09:00 pm 3290 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA

Auditions for Flash Mob Musical!

 Sat, 23 Aug at 12:00 pm 200 Buchanan St, San Francisco, CA 94102-6180, United States

Are You Okay?

Thu, 14 Aug at 08:00 pm 83 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105-1519, United States

“Slovo House” Bay Area Premiere Screening

 Wed, 13 Aug at 05:00 pm Consulate General of Ukraine in San Francisco

DVAN Reading Series | Legacies

 Fri, 29 Aug at 07:00 pm Green Apple Books on the Park Free

Poetry Workshop with Nia Pearl

 Sat, 16 Aug at 12:00 pm Yerba Buena Gardens USD 0 to 20

BOOK LAUNCH and Community Gathering: "Pancho Villa: World Champion, 1923"

 Sat, 23 Aug at 01:00 pm Sentro Filipino: The San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center Free

Profs & Pints San Francisco: Thinking in Comics

 Thu, 28 Aug at 06:00 pm Bartlett Hall

Free-Play Festival: What’s Your Protest Song? An Improvised Musical

 Thu, 14 Aug at 08:00 pm Potrero Stage

Free-Play Festival: Belly of the Beast

 Sat, 16 Aug at 12:00 pm Potrero Stage

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 24 Aug at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Good Job Book launch party

 Sun, 31 Aug at 01:00 pm Rintaro Free

The Poet's Booth

 Sat, 16 Aug at 07:00 pm Saluhall SF USD 34

Collections Tour: Intro to the Archive

 Fri, 22 Aug at 01:30 pm Letterform Archive USD 7 to 13

Florid: Effortless Elegance

 Wed, 27 Aug at 07:00 pm Chartreuse by Roje USD 55

Sky Daddy and Soft Core with authors Kate Folk and Brittany Newell

 Thu, 14 Aug at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

Film Screening of "Sea Boys"/Q&A with Director Afshin Hashemi

 Sun, 17 Aug at 03:15 pm Roxie Theater

San Francisco Godzillafest

 Fri, 19 Sep at 06:00 pm Holiday Inn San Francisco-Golden Gateway, an IHG Hotel

Open Mic at Music City Star Factory| Free Entry!

 Thu, 21 Aug at 07:00 pm 1355 Bush St Free

Monthly North Beach Writing Group

 Tue, 26 Aug at 06:00 pm North Beach Public Library Free

The Best of Ann Hampton Callaway

 Fri, 29 Aug at 07:00 pm Keys Jazz Bistro SF

Could Gerrymandering Decide the 2026 Midterms?

 Mon, 18 Aug at 06:00 pm Manny's USD 9 to 37

"Around Town" Lands End Nature Walk

 Sat, 23 Aug at 11:00 am Beach Chalet Brewery and Restaurant Free

Poetry Open Mic

 Thu, 28 Aug at 04:00 pm North Beach Library Free

SF- Film in a Day!' Actors, Writers & Directors Challenge

 Sat, 23 Aug at 09:00 am San Francisco, CLIFFHOUSE Area USD 0 to 322

Farima Berenji: Companions of the Sun

 Tue, 16 Sep at 06:00 pm North Beach Library Free

Open Mic at Music City Star Factory| Free Entry!

 Thu, 28 Aug at 07:00 pm 1355 Bush St Free

SF Transgender District Photobook - Megan Rohrer

 Thu, 21 Aug at 07:00 pm Fabulosa Books Free

CALLIE HART at Books Inc. Opera Plaza

 Fri, 22 Aug at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Opera Plaza USD 39

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

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

Litquake Out Loud

 Sun, 28 Sep at 11:15 am Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens Free

Litquake's Small Press Book Fair

 Sun, 28 Sep at 11:00 am Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens Free

Speak English

 Fri, 22 Aug at 07:00 pm Taylor Street Theatre USD 18

The Oh Hellos, Small Fools in San Francisco

 Thu, 06 Nov at 07:30 pm The Fillmore

The Science of Happiness

 Thu, 18 Sep at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 27

Meet Mary Roach, Bestselling Author and Master of Page-Turning Nonfiction

 Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Heritage Happy Hour: The Endup

 Thu, 14 Aug at 05:00 pm The EndUp Free

Meet Winnie M Li, Author of What We Left Unsaid

 Thu, 21 Aug at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Hot Buttered Rum

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

Snowball and Me Writing Workshop with Nicholas Willmer-Shiles

 Wed, 20 Aug at 11:00 am The International Library of Youth Writing Free

ZYZZYVA Movie Matinee with Ingrid Rojas Contreras and Alexander Chee

 Sat, 06 Sep at 12:30 pm Roxie Theater

Tremours, The Stargazer Lilies, High Tatras and DJ Mr. Robinson

Wed, 03 Sep at 08:00 pm 3160 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94103, United States

What is Intelligence?

 Tue, 16 Sep at 07:00 pm Cowell Theater USD 0 to 109

The Brothership with Jeremy Falk and Nick Johnson

 Wed, 13 Aug at 08:00 pm The Center SF USD 39 to 45

Most Best Open Mic

 Fri, 29 Aug at 05:30 pm 220 Montgomery St USD 0 to 66

Ritual/Theater: Exploring the Power of Gesture on Stage

 Sat, 27 Sep at 02:00 pm 447 Minna St USD 29 to 82

Grantwriting for Tired-Ass People

 Mon, 18 Aug at 05:30 pm Trellis Coworking, Events, Cafe & Bar USD 25 to 100

Poets in the Window

 Sat, 30 Aug at 07:00 pm 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94110

Fauxnique. So Relevant.

 Wed, 13 Aug at 07:00 pm OASIS USD 30 to 35

Bookstore Crawl

 Sat, 06 Sep at 10:00 am San Francisco Bay Area Free

JAX | Fireside Chat | Beyond Superintelligence

 Thu, 14 Aug at 05:30 pm JAX Vineyards Free

Love Island Viewing Party @ Novela!

 Thu, 28 Aug at 05:00 pm Novela Free

KRISTEN WITTE at Books Inc. in the Marina

 Sat, 16 Aug at 01:00 pm Books Inc. USD 0 to 23

Meet Elizabeth George! Author of the Beloved Lynley/Havers Mystery Series

 Fri, 26 Sep at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Arundhati Roy in conversation with Deepa Fernandes

 Fri, 19 Sep at 07:30 pm 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94102

Author reading & book signing

 Sat, 20 Sep at 03:00 pm William Westerfeld House

Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band

 Fri, 03 Oct at 09:00 pm 777 Valencia Street San Francisco CA 94110

Sunset Commons Open Mic

 Tue, 26 Aug at 06:00 pm Sunset Commons Free

An Evening With Ada Limón: U.S. Poet Laureate

 Sat, 11 Oct at 07:30 pm Swedish American Hall

Free-Play Festival: Made In America?

 Thu, 14 Aug at 06:00 pm Potrero Stage

Write Your Expertise with Dr. Lanette Jimerson

 Tue, 09 Sep at 05:30 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 215 to 269

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

Overdose Awareness Month: Remembrance and Education

 Thu, 28 Aug at 06:00 pm Glide Memorial Church Free

Charlie Jane Anders book launch: Lessons in Magic and Disaster

 Tue, 19 Aug at 07:00 pm Green Apple Books on the Park Free

Free Shakespeare in the Park at McLaren Park's Jerry Garcia Amphitheater

 Sat, 30 Aug at 02:00 pm Jerry Garcia Amphitheater

On Caring for Our Souls in Uncertain Times (In-Person)

 Wed, 10 Sep at 06:00 pm California Institute of Integral Studies USD 11 to 32

SUZZALLO + THUNDER BOYS

 Sat, 27 Sep at 06:30 pm Make-Out Room USD 18

Jenny Hval Tickets

Sat, 06 Sep at 09:00 pm The Cafe - San Francisco

LONELY UNDER THE COVERS, One night only.

 Wed, 13 Aug at 07:30 pm Bird & Beckett Books

44th Annual Northern California Book Awards

 Sat, 06 Sep at 02:00 pm San Francisco Public Library, Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA, USA Free

all levels Poetry Workshop!

 Wed, 13 Aug at 06:00 pm Sour Cherry Comics Free

Poetic Alchemy

 Thu, 14 Aug at 06:00 pm Telegraph Hill Books USD 39 to 55

5th Annual All-You-Can-Eat Seafood Boil by Gumbo Social

 Sun, 24 Aug at 12:00 pm Gumbo Social

Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy

 Sun, 17 Aug at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Angus Fletcher: Primal Intelligence

 Tue, 23 Sep at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 24

The Homobiles' full-throttle farewell-for-now! All ages w/ Pleeay and Boyswitch

 Fri, 29 Aug at 06:30 pm Bottom of the Hill

Celebrating Claire Wrenn Bobrow and When Bumblebees Go to Sleep

 Thu, 18 Sep at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

Mahjong Rules! Book Talk and Game Play with Nicole Wong

 Thu, 21 Aug at 06:00 pm Chinese Historical Society of America Museum USD 23 to 45

Under Pressure: Men’s* Mental Wellness

 Wed, 13 Aug at 06:00 pm Manny's USD 9 to 37

Songwriters Unite in A Night of Motivation

 Tue, 30 Sep at 07:30 pm The Lost Church - San Francisco

Fauxnique. So Relevant.

 Wed, 10 Sep at 07:00 pm OASIS USD 30 to 35

Poetry Reading: Kim Shuck’s Poem Jam Celebrates Memory

 Thu, 14 Aug at 10:00 am Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

Healing Through Self Expression: Co-Working & Screening

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