Storytelling events in San Francisco

Check out happening storytelling events all around San Francisco, CA

Spices & Stories

 Sat, 09 Aug New Delhi Restaurant & Bar USD 50

ROSE GRAY

 Fri, 15 Aug at 08:00 pm Popscene @ Rickshaw Stop USD 27

Watercolor in Nature

 Sat, 16 Aug at 01:00 pm Candlestick Point State Recreation Area Free

Kind Void - Live at Music City Star Factory | Punk/Dance/Alt Rock

 Fri, 15 Aug at 07:30 pm Music City San Francisco USD 10 to 15

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

Bass Brunch After Party: Twombmates | .Wav | Amalgam |Hot Topic Associates

 Sat, 16 Aug at 08:00 pm Monarch USD 8 to 14

San Francisco Film School Open House

 Thu, 21 Aug at 05:30 pm San Francisco Film School Free

Free Press Pass / Press Pass for Top Runway Show

 Sat, 16 Aug at 06:30 pm 47 Jeff Adachi Way Free

Free-Play Festival: Everyone's a Hamlet

 Sat, 23 Aug at 12:00 pm Potrero Stage

Rae Studios' 2025 Fall Performance Workshop

 Sun, 21 Sep at 09:00 pm Rae Studios USD 215 to 295

The BIG Cap comedy show

 Sat, 30 Aug at 06:00 pm The Living Church SF Free

Free-Play Festival: Belly of the Beast

 Sat, 16 Aug at 12:00 pm Potrero Stage

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

Till Death Do Us Part- Misfit Cabaret 10 Year Anniversary Show

 Fri, 12 Sep at 08:00 pm Great American Music Hall

Gabe Lee

 Thu, 14 Aug at 07:00 pm 2174 Market St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94114

Magik in the Green Room: Celebrating 17 years of Magik*Magik Orchestra

 Thu, 21 Aug at 06:00 pm The Green Room USD 12 to 162

The Bay Agenda: From the KALW Newsroom

 Tue, 26 Aug at 07:00 pm 220 Montgomery St USD 0 to 66

Farhang Foundation Presents: VOICES UNVEILED

 Sun, 12 Oct at 07:00 pm The Cowell Theater at Pier 2 USD 45 to 141

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

Speak English

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

Meet Winnie M Li, Author of What We Left Unsaid

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

Snowball and Me Writing Workshop with Nicholas Willmer-Shiles

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

One Time Talker: A Solo Show by Robert Hightower

 Fri, 19 Sep at 05:00 pm 111 Minna Gallery and Event Space Free

Most Best Open Mic

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

Plaza Palooza Festival

 Sat, 06 Sep at 11:00 am Soft Park - Levi's Plaza Free

Misfit Cabaret Till Death Do Us Part

 Fri, 12 Sep at 08:00 pm 859 O'Farrell St. San Francisco CA 94109

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

Ecstatic Chanting with Jai Uttal & Friends

 Sat, 22 Nov at 06:30 pm The Castro Room USD 45

French story time

 Wed, 13 Aug at 10:00 am Alliance Française de San Francisco USD 7

Sunset Commons Open Mic

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

Free-Play Festival: Made In America?

 Thu, 14 Aug at 06:00 pm Potrero Stage

Copy of French story time

 Wed, 20 Aug at 10:00 am Alliance Française de San Francisco USD 7

Write Your Expertise with Dr. Lanette Jimerson

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

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

Michael Ray Live - San Francisco

 Sun, 19 Oct at 07:00 pm Pier 3 Free

LONELY UNDER THE COVERS, One night only.

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

Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy

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

BEACH WEATHER

 Fri, 07 Nov at 07:00 pm Popscene @ Rickshaw Stop USD 32 to 79

DIVORCE

 Mon, 29 Sep at 07:00 pm Popscene at Brick and Mortar Music Hall USD 25

Bill McKibben at Sydney Goldstein Theater

 Mon, 15 Sep at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

Story Pirates

 Sat, 04 Oct at 04:00 pm August Hall

The Vampire Tour of San Francisco

 Sat, 02 Aug Nob Hill USD 30

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

Fauxnique. So Relevant.

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

2025 SOOJIN America Tour Summer Daze

 Sun, 21 Sep at 07:30 pm Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

Devon Michael Sedrick: Fifty One Fifty Tour - Live @ Music City SF

 Sat, 04 Oct at 07:30 pm Music City San Francisco USD 10 to 15

World Pacific with author Peter Mann

 Thu, 28 Aug at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

White Dragon Experience - The Artist's Journey

Fri, 28 Nov at 07:00 pm SanFrancisco,CA

Andy Irvine in Concert

 Wed, 15 Oct at 07:30 pm United Irish Cultural Center USD 34 to 39

Hope Lives Here: The Tenderloin Speaks - a fundraiser for The Healing WELL

 Sun, 14 Sep at 01:00 pm Roxie Theater USD 0 to 109

Ponpon Chen’s Debut in SF — Biscuits and Blues

 Sat, 20 Sep at 06:30 pm Biscuits And Blues

Free-Play Festival: Visions of an Innovator

 Mon, 18 Aug at 06:00 pm Potrero Stage

Free-Play Festival: What I Remember Most about the End of the World

 Thu, 21 Aug at 06:00 pm Potrero Stage

SF Presidio Campout

 Sun, 17 Aug at 02:00 pm Rob Hill Campground, Presidio, SF

A Futurist's Look at SF Under Siege

 Tue, 19 Aug at 06:00 pm Manny's USD 19 to 37

Arundhati Roy at Sydney Goldstein Theater

 Fri, 19 Sep at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

San Francisco SCIENCE FICTION SHORT FILM & TV AWARDS Showcase

 Mon, 15 Sep at 12:30 pm Lost Marbles Brewery Free

She Who Leads with Roots: A Día de los Muertos Reflection for Latinas

 Sun, 02 Nov at 06:00 pm Mission Dolores Park USD 45 to 82

Open Decks: Community Art In Motion - Exhibition Opening Party

 Thu, 14 Aug at 05:00 pm 220 Montgomery St USD 0 to 23

On Tantra, Yoga, and Embodied Resistance (In-Person)

 Thu, 16 Oct at 06:00 pm California Institute of Integral Studies USD 11 to 32

Trans Cultural District Walking Tour

 Sun, 24 Aug at 01:00 pm Cable Car Turnaround Powell St. USD 0 to 50

POP CULTURE FUN: Drawing Hangout, Book Talk & Trivia Games

 Sun, 24 Aug at 02:00 pm 781 Beach St Free

A Master Class with Jay Jeffers - DSF Fall'25

 Tue, 16 Sep at 10:00 am San Francisco Design Center Free

Marc E. Bassy Tickets

Sun, 14 Sep at 08:00 pm Berkeley Califonia

Fable Storytelling Workshop

 Tue, 19 Aug at 07:00 pm Medicine for Nightmares USD 29

Womxn's Integration: Reading Club

 Tue, 19 Aug at 04:00 pm The Temple Free

Meet Zoe B. Wallbrook! Author of History Lessons, with Author Renee Swindle

 Wed, 17 Sep at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

RUNWAY ML GEN-4 INTENSIVE: AI Filmmaking Workshop - August 15 -17, 2025

 Fri, 15 Aug at 09:30 am San Francisco Film School USD 947

Write the Mission - Writing Workshop

 Sat, 27 Sep at 02:00 pm Manny's USD 37 to 74

Live Performances + Vocal Workshops @ Little Boxes Theater, San Francisco, CA

 Sat, 13 Sep at 01:00 pm Little Boxes Theater

The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show

 Fri, 19 Dec at 07:00 pm Golden Gate Theatre

Miss Coco Peru: FUCQ THIS SH!T

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:00 pm OASIS USD 47 to 57

Anna Fitzgerald Healy with Juliet Blackwell - Etiquette for Lovers and Killers

Sun, 17 Aug at 02:00 pm Book Passage Ferry Building

Simon Shackleton - Open To Close at Monarch, San Francisco – CHPTR003

 Sat, 08 Nov at 09:00 pm Monarch USD 23 to 28

Sonia Sotomayor - Just Shine!: How to Be a Better You

 Thu, 11 Sep at 06:00 pm Calvary Presbyterian Church

🎵 Mon Rovia Live – A Journey Through Soulful Storytelling & Electro-Pop Fusion🌌

 Sun, 28 Sep at 08:00 pm San Francisco | The Official Guide

Se Gæst | The Guest

 Sat, 25 Oct at 03:00 pm North Shields Fish Market GBP 17

Songs for Other People's Weddings: David Levithan and Jens Lekman

 Mon, 15 Sep at 07:30 pm Swedish American Hall

Sonia Daccarett & Chanan Tigay – The Roots of The Guava Tree

 Thu, 18 Sep at 07:00 pm 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94118

Hive Collective: Funding Your Purpose - A Grant Workshop for Community

 Wed, 13 Aug at 10:00 am Honey Art Studio USD 200

Brunch with Russ & Daughters – 100 Years of Appetizing

 Sun, 07 Sep at 11:00 am 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94118

Odd Salon SF: MASQUERADE

 Tue, 07 Oct at 06:30 pm Public Works USD 29 to 50

Ira Glass and Etgar Keret at Sydney Goldstein Theater

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

Pon Pon Chen Live in SF

 Sat, 20 Sep Biscuits & Blues USD 39 to 49

Angela Davis and Hilton Als at Sydney Goldstein Theater

 Mon, 15 Dec at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

Apex Masters Expos San Francisco

 Thu, 09 Oct at 10:00 am Hotel Drisco Pacific Heights USD 386 to 770

Daniel Handler and Andrew Sean Greer at Sydney Goldstein Theater

 Wed, 08 Oct at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

Alison Arngrim: Confessions of a Prairie Bitch

 Fri, 14 Nov at 07:00 pm OASIS

San Francisco CA An Evening with Samin Nosrat

 Fri, 12 Sep at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

SF Politics 101

 Thu, 10 Jul at 06:30 pm 3092 16th St Free

Richard Misrach and Rebecca Solnit at Sydney Goldstein Theater

 Thu, 23 Oct at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

Formerly Incarcerated Voices On Stage

 Sat, 09 Aug at 06:30 pm Taylor Street Theatre USD 18

Daniel Handler & Andrew Sean Greer

 Tue, 07 Oct at 04:00 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater