Literary-art Events in San Francisco
Check out happening literary-art events all around San Francisco, CA
Global AI Job Fair | San Francisco
Wed, 10 Dec at 03:00 pm
San Francisco
Free
Third Annual Love Songs for the Soul Series
Sat, 14 Feb at 07:30 pm
1450 Franklin St
USD 32
Mads Tolling & The Mads Men - Cool Yule
Sat, 13 Dec at 07:00 pm
SFJAZZ
In Their Footsteps: The Legacy of Issei Women and the Japanese YWCA
Sat, 13 Dec at 06:00 pm
Nihonmachi Little Friends
Free
Hugo Kitano - Piano Recital
Fri, 12 Dec at 07:00 pm
1050 Larkin St , San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94109
Verse in Fog: A Poetic Celebration of San Francisco
Sat, 13 Dec at 06:30 pm
Decentered Arts Studio
USD 13 to 23
Merry Mercado: Volunteer Celebration
Sat, 13 Dec at 12:00 pm
826 Valencia Pirate Supply Store
Free
"BROKEN VESSELS" Book Launch, by Teddy N. Bujjingo.
Sat, 06 Dec at 02:00 pm
Word of Salvation Ministries Church , Kampala
Free
Novela's Ugly Sweater Party
Sat, 13 Dec at 08:00 pm
Novela
Free
Psychedelic Puppet Show Presents: Surfing the Rabbit Hole
Sat, 13 Dec at 02:30 pm
Heron Arts
Free
Performance: Kim Shuck's Poem Jam: Endangered, Extirpated, Extinct
Thu, 11 Dec at 06:00 pm
Main Library - San Francisco Public Library
Free
Katabatik Night at Recombinant Network Editions 2025
Sat, 06 Dec at 07:30 pm
Gray Area
Poetry Workshop - All Levels!
Wed, 10 Dec at 06:00 pm
Sour Cherry Comics
Free
JACOB ANTHONY ROSE at Books Inc. Opera Plaza
Sat, 10 Jan at 03:00 pm
Books Inc.
Free
Round Trip: A Psychedelic Integration Circle
Wed, 10 Dec at 07:00 pm
995 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103-1700, United States
Shab-e-Yalda (شب یلدا)
Sun, 21 Dec at 05:00 pm
2512 Mission St
USD 0 to 45
Very Marian Advent Prayer Service: Lessons and Carols with Abp. Cordileone
Sun, 14 Dec at 04:00 pm
Star of the Sea Church
Free
La Casa de los Sentidos invites: MAPP 22 years celebration
Sat, 06 Dec at 07:00 pm
Mission District, San Francisco
TRUE STORIES LOUNGE
Sat, 06 Dec at 07:00 pm
Make-Out Room
USD 7
Castro Wine Walk Holiday Edition
Thu, 18 Dec at 06:00 pm
The Academy SF
USD 40 to 70
Artist As First Responder End of Year Wine Down
Fri, 12 Dec at 05:00 pm
1275 Minnesota St
Free
201 Salon Series: Alexandra Kostoulas
Sat, 06 Dec at 07:00 pm
499 Alabama St #201
Free
44th Encuentro del Canto Popular featuring Alex Cuba
Sat, 06 Dec at 06:00 pm
2789 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110-4235, United States
For Your Consideration Film Series: Swiss Edition - Day 1
Sun, 07 Dec at 06:00 pm
Marina Theatre
Free
The Retreat - A Play by Nicole Galland
Fri, 05 Dec at 07:30 pm
San Francisco Dharma Collective
BFP: Anyabwile Love - Double Feature
Sat, 13 Dec at 06:00 pm
465 S Van Ness Ave
Profs & Pints San Francisco: Our Frankenstein, Ourselves
Wed, 17 Dec at 06:00 pm
Bartlett Hall
The 2025 ruth weiss Poetry Awards, A Night of Poetry, Art & the Beat Legacy
Sat, 13 Dec at 06:00 pm
Counterculture Museum
Free
THE STU CREW and VEOTIS: "SARAH VAUGHAN meets THE BEATLES"
Sat, 06 Dec at 09:00 pm
1601 Fillmore Street San Francisco, CA 94115-3517
Of Persian Poetics
Fri, 19 Dec at 07:00 pm
Red Poppy Art House
USD 29 to 45
Winter Solstice: Of Senses & Spirit
Sun, 21 Dec at 01:00 pm
The Castro Room
USD 39 to 50
BFP: Anyabwile Love - Free Community Screening
Fri, 12 Dec at 06:00 pm
African American Art & Culture Complex
WELLSPRING Exhibition @ CCA
Sat, 06 Dec at 01:00 pm
California College of the Arts (CCA)
Free
Open Mic - Live at Music City Starfactory | Free Entry!
Thu, 11 Dec at 07:00 pm
Music City Starfactory (formerly Music City San Francisco)
Free
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
Disciples of the Pear Garden: Cantonese Opera in 19th-Century California
Sun, 07 Dec at 02:00 pm
Chinese Historical Society of America Museum
USD 15 to 28
The Big Twang! — A Book Event Honoring 25 Years of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Sun, 14 Dec at 03:00 pm
1835 Ellis St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94115
Write Together - December
Sat, 06 Dec at 10:30 am
297 Page St
Free
You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose, & Everything Goes - SF
Thu, 11 Dec at 07:30 pm
988 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94133
Womxn's Integration: Reading Club
Tue, 16 Dec at 04:00 pm
The Temple
Free
Alice Donut / Steel Pole Bath Tub
Sat, 14 Feb at 08:30 pm
859 O'Farrell St. San Francisco CA 94109
Chinatown SF Neon Walking Tour 2/7
Sat, 07 Feb at 04:45 pm
Chinatown YMCA—on sidewalk
USD 17 to 37
Breaking Bad Badfinger: A Legacy Revival Led by Bob Evans aka Tony King
Fri, 23 Jan at 06:30 pm
Biscuits & Blues
USD 44 to 76
The Wayfinder with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Adam Johnson
Thu, 08 Jan at 06:00 pm
Mechanics' Institute
USD 13 to 23
Your Presence Is Mandatory Paperback Party
Tue, 09 Dec at 07:00 pm
The Sycamore
Free
Breath of Maharlika
Sat, 20 Dec at 06:30 pm
Mission Yoga
USD 39 to 77
Karl Ove Knausgaard: The School of Night with Rachel Kushner
Sat, 17 Jan at 06:00 pm
Calvary Presbyterian Church
USD 14 to 43
Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy book club
Sun, 18 Jan at 03:30 pm
Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library
Free
San Francisco Youth Poet Laureate Showcase
Fri, 23 Jan at 06:00 pm
Main Library - San Francisco Public Library
Free
Jakob Sørensen - Live at Music City Starfactory | Rock, singer/songwriter
Sat, 13 Dec at 10:00 pm
Music City Starfactory (formerly Music City San Francisco)
USD 10 to 15
Cow Hollow SF Neon Walking Tour 1/3
Sat, 03 Jan at 05:15 pm
On sidewalk in front of Presidio Theater
USD 19 to 37
Genre Smoosh book club
Sun, 25 Jan at 03:30 pm
Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library
Free
Opening to Orgasmic Bliss
Sat, 06 Dec at 03:00 pm
Good Vibrations Polk
USD 23
Joe Iconis LIVE!
Sat, 24 Jan at 08:00 pm
Feinstein's at the Nikko
USD 45
TALK | 70 Years of "Lady and the Tramp" (1955)
Sat, 06 Dec at 01:00 pm
104 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94129
A Special Photobook Night with Curran Hatleberg
Tue, 09 Dec at 06:00 pm
Leica Store San Francisco
Free
ChauntiAna Thomas - Live at Music City Starfactory | R&B, Neo- Soul, Jazz
Sat, 06 Dec at 04:45 pm
Music City Starfactory (formerly Music City San Francisco)
USD 10 to 15
LLD's 1st NEW WORKS Festival!
Fri, 10 Apr at 08:00 pm
Dance Mission Theater
USD 28 to 66
New Year's Eve with FANTASTIC NEGRITO
Wed, 31 Dec at 08:30 pm
777 Valencia Street San Francisco CA 94110
A Guadalupe Feast for Art Lovers with James Matthew Wilson
Mon, 15 Dec at 06:00 pm
4350 Geary Blvd
Free
An Afternoon with Sibylline Press
Sun, 07 Dec at 03:00 pm
297 Page St
USD 35
Piano Portraits: Inon Barnatan
Sun, 07 Dec at 04:00 pm
Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94114
Conundrum Chronicles StorySlam
Tue, 09 Dec at 07:00 pm
The Marsh
Queer Open Mic Night
Tue, 16 Dec at 07:00 pm
Strut
Genre Smoosh book club
Sun, 22 Feb at 03:30 pm
Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library
Free
Mortified’s 20 Year Anniversary: Featuring the reunion of The Freeze! (L...
Sat, 17 Jan at 09:00 pm
Swedish American Hall
Trouble Maker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford with Carla Kaplan
Fri, 27 Feb at 06:00 pm
Mechanics' Institute
USD 7 to 18
Hugo Kitano - Piano Recital
Sun, 14 Dec at 03:00 pm
1050 Larkin St , San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94109
Across the Table Part III: Discussing Israel and Palestine
Tue, 09 Dec at 06:00 pm
Manny's
USD 9 to 18
Howard Zinn Book Fair 2025 - Fight Supremacy: Actions Against Authorianism
Sun, 07 Dec at 10:00 am
City College of San Francisco - Mission Center
Free
In Conversation with Kara Swisher
Sun, 21 Dec at 02:30 pm
Manny's
USD 9 to 74
Terra ad Caelum: Songs of Land & Sky (SF)
Sat, 09 May at 03:00 pm
Noe Valley Ministry
2026 Burns Supper
Sat, 31 Jan at 06:00 pm
St. Francis Yacht Club
USD 80
Behind the Scenes of the Crossword Puzzle's Past, Present, and Future
Thu, 22 Jan at 07:00 pm
BookShop West Portal
Free
📚✨ Chef Marisa Churchill Book Signing at Humphry Slocombe! ✨🍦
Sun, 07 Dec at 01:00 pm
699 22nd St, San Francisco, CA 94107
SF ¡DADA! DO SALON
Sun, 07 Dec at 06:00 pm
Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe
Collections Tour: Intro to the Archive
Fri, 09 Jan at 01:30 pm
Letterform Archive
USD 13 to 34
Recombinant Network Editions
Wed, 03 Dec at 07:00 pm
Grand Theater / Gray Area
Collections Tour: Intro to the Archive
Fri, 13 Mar at 01:30 pm
Letterform Archive
USD 13 to 34
Genre Smoosh book club
Sun, 26 Apr at 03:30 pm
Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library
Free
Genre Smoosh book club
Sun, 24 May at 03:30 pm
Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library
Free
Genre Smoosh book club
Sun, 22 Mar at 03:30 pm
Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library
Free
Writing Cafe with the Golden Gate fREADom Writers
Tue, 09 Dec at 02:00 pm
Caffe Greco
Free
Lectures on Tap- The Rise and Fall of America’s Shopping Malls
Tue, 16 Dec at 06:30 pm
North Beach
USD 39
"Wood Wide Web" w/ Mycologist Christian Schwarz + Tacos By Chef Chad Hyatt
Tue, 13 Jan at 05:30 pm
Sports Basement Bryant Street
USD 0 to 39
Truth and Consequences with editors Michael Ellsberg and Jan R. Thomas
Thu, 05 Mar at 06:00 pm
Mechanics' Institute
USD 7 to 18
Kitty Stryker on Sustaining Your Activism: Standing Up Without Falling Down
Tue, 27 Jan at 05:00 pm
Commonwealth Club World Affairs
Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy book club
Sun, 17 May at 03:30 pm
Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library
Free
Don't Think About Dinner with Jenn Lueke
Sun, 25 Jan at 04:00 pm
Manny's
USD 55
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
Profitability Boost Series: For Existing Storefronts and Restaurants
Mon, 08 Dec at 01:00 pm
4400 Mission St
Free
Evelyn in Transit with bestselling author David Guterson
Sat, 07 Feb at 10:30 am
Mechanics' Institute
USD 7 to 18
How I Met My Agent
Sun, 11 Jan at 03:00 pm
297 Page St
USD 25
Author Book Talk at NJAHS SF Japantown: Rockin the Boat: Mary Uyematsu Kao
Sun, 25 Jan at 01:00 pm
National Japanese American Historical Society
Free
The Artist's Way Workshop
Tue, 13 Jan at 06:00 pm
Mechanics' Institute
USD 429 to 482
Present to Medtech/BioTech/Deeptech/AI CVC's/VC's/ANGELS @SF Permit Center
Wed, 14 Jan at 12:30 pm
City and County of San Francisco Permit Center
USD 0 to 5,334
Present to Lifesciences CVC's/VC's/angels during JP Morgan @ OMM Law
Mon, 12 Jan at 01:00 pm
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
USD 0 to 5,337
War, Race, and Culture: Book Talk with Gordon Chang
Sat, 07 Feb at 11:00 am
Chinese Historical Society of America Museum
USD 15 to 51
Collections Tour: Intro to the Archive
Fri, 13 Feb at 01:30 pm
Letterform Archive
USD 13 to 34
Introduction to The Teachings of The Buddha (3-hours)
Sat, 14 Mar at 02:00 pm
910 Columbus Ave
Free
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