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

Grandmas are Griots

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

Medicine for Nightmares (3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110)

This evening of dynamic writers upholds the traditions of oral storytelling resisting patriarchal violence and white supremacy through sustained culture. From our grandmother's prayers and cherished recipes to writing in conversation with cultural workers. Join Black Freighter Press as we honor matriarchy and movement through embodied practice and collective commitment.

Authors & Performers

melissa charles

mel (she, her) is an educator-organizer of Haitian and Cuban descent who uses expressive writing as an outlet for healing and political education. she is the minister of education and co-founder of a TK-8 full-time liberation school (@916mxa) who has organized and served as a lecturer... Read More →

Nida Liftawiya

Nida Liftawiya is a Palestinian activist, multi-disciplinary artist, social worker + educator. A lifelong creative, her artistry is deeply rooted in the rich heritage, resilience + beauty of her homeland. Through her work, Nida captures the spirit of her people, weaving together visual... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Medicine for Nightmares (3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110) 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

PHASE 1

Genre BIPOC, healing, intergenerational, mixed genre, Black culture

5:00pm PDT

Mommy Issues

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

Blondie's Bar (540 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110)

Five past and future writers from the BAIT Reading Series tackle the personal haunting of motherhood: bad moms, sad moms, no moms, being a mom, overachieving moms, New Age moms, and other matriarchal specters. Let's collectively exorcise our mommy issues, with rounds of mother-related trivia and prizes between readings.

Authors & Performers

Lexi Pandell

Writer, Freelance

Lexi Pandell is the author of the forthcoming hybrid memoir HOLY MOTHER! (fall 2027, Chelsea Green Publishing). Her journalism has been published by Wired, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and many others. Her short fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the... Read More →

Tanya Žilinskas

Tanya Žilinskas is the host of the BAIT reading series at the Sausalito Public Library. Her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Sun, EPOCH, Chicago Quarterly Review, Shenandoah, TriQuarterly, Puerto del Sol, The Florida Review, and elsewhere. More at tanyazilinsk... Read More →

Lisa Teasley

Lisa Teasley is the author of acclaimed novels Dive and Heat Signature, the award-winning story collection, Glow in the Dark, (Bloomsbury) and the story collection Fluid (Cune Press). She is the librettist for the coming 2028 opera, The Passion of Nell, which won the 2026 Davise Fund... Read More →

Eirinie Carson

Eirinie Carson is an award-winning Black British writer and college dropout living in California. She writes about sexual taboos, death and dying, illegal substances, hauntings both real and imagined, and ancestral inheritance in a world desperate to sever the connections between... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2026 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Blondie's Bar (540 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110) 540 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

PHASE 1

Audience 21+
Genre intergenerational, memoir, family drama, audience participation

6:30pm PDT

CôEm Collective Presents: Monsters, Myths, and Me

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

Fingersnaps Media Arts

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?

Authors & Performers

Vina Vo

Vina Vo is a storyteller, facilitator, and organizer who bridges the cultural and geographic divide caused by displacement and diaspora. She is originally from Little Saigon in Southern California and now calls Hayward home. She is currently working on a collection of essays.

Saturday October 24, 2026 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT
Fingersnaps Media Arts 3527 20th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

PHASE 2

Genre southeast asian, intergenerational, diasporic stories

6:30pm PDT

Mesa Refuge Presents: In the Spirit of Kapwa

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

Medicine for Nightmares (3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110)

This reading includes seven Filipino-American writers, who were brought together through the Helen Toribio Kapwa Fellowship at Point Reyes writing retreat, Mesa Refuge. Kapwa is a Tagalog word that does not have an exact English translation, but describes "the universal truth of interconnectedness and solidarity with all living beings." In the spirit of kapwa, these writers bring into conversation distinct explorations of intergenerational relationships and trauma, mothering, queerness, climate change and the role of colonialism, and mythology.

Saturday October 24, 2026 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT
Medicine for Nightmares (3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110) 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

PHASE 2

Audience All Ages
Genre AAPI, filipinx, environmental, colonialism, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, mixed genre, intergenerational

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