Lit Crawl San Francisco 2026: Full Schedule

One of the most anticipated literary nights of the year, Lit Crawl San Francisco is a massive, one-night literary pub crawl through San Francisco’s Mission District on Saturday, October 25th from 5:00-9:00pm. Join us to cap off another great festival, and don’t miss out on the afterparty at Drawing Room Annex!

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5:00pm PDT

Dr. Strangebro: How I Learned to Stop Taking and Start Giving a Sh*t

Saturday October 24, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT

Martuni's

Our theme is inspired by the meme “She has lost her shine,” based on the photos of earth taken by the Artemis II spacecraft. Through stories, satire, and speculative fiction, we'll take aim at the war mongers, greedy corporations, and megalomaniac tech bros who want to turn the Earth into one giant startup exit

Authors & Performers

S. S. Mausoof

S. S Mausoof is a writer, actor, and filmmaker whose work moves between cinema, literature, and live performance. His films include award-winning noir thrillers and the doc In Search of Meluhha. His debut novel, The Warehouse/Nuit sans lune au Waziristan, was shortlisted for the Karachi... Read More →

Dylan Freitas-D'Louhy

Dylan is an always evolving multi-dimensional artist, author, and activist. He continues through creative endeavors intersections of ingenuity, possibility, and persistence. Fusing the organic vibes with a synthetic world. Discovering the harmony together between the divine dance... Read More →

Dragonfly De La Luz

Dragonfly de la Luz is a book editor and memoir ghostwriter who believes the Universe makes much better plans than we do. Her writing explores surrender, transcendence, and the lustier parts of wanderlust. When not immersed in words, she’s traveling the world guided by synchronicity... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Martuni's 4 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

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Audience 21+
Genre speculative fiction, satire, cultural commentary

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Invisible City: Letters from the Wilderness

Saturday October 24, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT

St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church

You haven’t heard from these writers before, but they have a lot to say. Their words—powerful, tender, upsetting, funny, real—reveal the invisible city whose streets we all share. Writers from the Gubbio Gazette, a literary journal created by unhoused people in the Mission, will read their work in the church courtyard where they meet every week. Take home copies of Vol. 1 and 2.

Saturday October 24, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church 1661 15th St San Francisco, CA 94103

PHASE 1

Genre san francisco stories, cultural commentary, journalism

6:30pm PDT

Chopped Liver: Stories from Secular Jewish Life

Saturday October 24, 2026 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT

Latin American Club (3286 22nd St, San Francisco, CA 94110)

Chopped Liver is a new storytelling series about the rest of American Jewish culture. We are a people with rich traditions and histories. At this LitCrawl event, you will hear Jewish stories about music, immigration, humor in grief, mythology. and the quest for connection and belonging.

We are not the diaspora - we create the world in this place we belong.

Authors & Performers

Леонид

Born in Leningrad in 1950, I have been living in San Francisco since 2022. I am the author of a numerous short stories and the novel based on the true story of a student rock band "The Green Ants"—one of the first in the Soviet Union (1967 – 1975).

Becka Robbins

Becka is a former literacy specialist, a former bookseller, and a lifelong compulsive reader. She runs the nonprofit Books Not Bans, which was featured in the LA Times, CBS National and in the Guardian UK. She's long been obsessed with Jewish American literature. This is her first... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2026 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT
Latin American Club (3286 22nd St, San Francisco, CA 94110) 3286 22nd St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

PHASE 2

Audience 21+
Genre cultural commentary, healing, humor, memoir, secular Jewish, immigration

6:30pm PDT

Dramatic Readings of Not-So-Dramatic Local Stories with the Editors of 7x7

Saturday October 24, 2026 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT

Ritual Coffee Roasters (1026 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110)

Since 2001, 7x7 has been covering the food, culture, and style trends poised to take over the city. Try not to laugh as we bring you 25 years of poor predictions, ridiculous recommendations, and fizzled sensations from the archives.

Saturday October 24, 2026 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT
Ritual Coffee Roasters (1026 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110) 1026 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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Genre san francisco stories, journalism, cultural commentary, sponsor

8:00pm PDT

Flying Rabbit Presents: It's a Mad Mad Madman World, Madam

Saturday October 24, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

San Francisco Mime Troupe (855 Treat Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110)

If you’ve been wondering why everyone has been pushing you to accept AI into your everyday life…why there continues to be massive layoffs and rising prices…why humanity is not investing more into the preservation of our planet…You’re not alone. This year, our performers are holding the magnifying glass up to American greed, consumerism, and government and corporate hypocrisy.

Saturday October 24, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
San Francisco Mime Troupe (855 Treat Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110) 855 Treat Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

PHASE 3

Genre cultural commentary, mixed genre

8:00pm PDT

Journalists With a Bite: Bay Area Reporters Share Their Hottest Takes

Saturday October 24, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Fingersnaps Media Arts

Is cereal soup? Are people in SF or Oakland more fashionable? Does Charlie XCX sound like Taylor Swift with vocal effects?

What's your funniest, hottest, or most polarizing take? COYOTE Media Collective rounds up local journalists to kick objectivity to the curb and share their most extreme opinions.

Authors & Performers

Cecilia Lei

Cecilia Lei is a reporter, producer and podcast host based in the East Bay. She covers immigration, the criminal legal system, AAPI issues, as well as other local communities. Her work has appeared in KQED, Apple News podcasts, SF Chronicle, NPR and Vox Media. Cecilia is also a co-founder... Read More →

Reo Eveleth

Reo Eveleth is an award-winning reporter and writer who covers the strange and consequential with equal enthusiasm. They're also a sculptor, union organizer, plant propagator, powerlifter, and the curator of the COYOTE Media Collective weekly calendar.

Saturday October 24, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Fingersnaps Media Arts 3527 20th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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Genre journalism, cultural commentary, sponsor

8:00pm PDT

KALW's Crosscurrents Live: Where I'm From

Saturday October 24, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Monkeybrains

Where I'm from explores stories of home. Whether it's the heritage people bring to the Bay, or the culture the Bay sends out to the world. Through dynamic performances, insightful conversations, and cinematic music, we'll show you where we're from.

Saturday October 24, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Monkeybrains 933 Treat Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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Genre san francisco stories, music, cultural commentary, mixed genre, sponsor

8:00pm PDT

Kitchen Table Presents: On Cookbooks, Poems, and Flock Cameras

Saturday October 24, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Teeth Bar SF (2323 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110)

Through themes of creation, ritual, and tradition, these writers trace patterns carried across generations—from our mythical origin, to a lost motherland, to the present day and beyond. This reading invites us to witness how inherited stories—both told and untold—bind us, fracture us, and offer the possibility of new life. It asks: What do we inherit? What do we choose to carry forward? And what do we lay to rest?

Saturday October 24, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Teeth Bar SF (2323 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110) 2323 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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Genre cultural commentary, healing, diasporic stories, food

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