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Litquake 2026: SF’s Literature Festival w/ 170+ Events + 600 Authors (Oct. 8-24)

Litquake, San Francisco’s Literary Festival runs October 8-24, 2026 with satellite events running from September through January. 170+ events, 600+ authors and performers, all over the Bay Area, and almost ALL for FREE!

Visit litquake.org or see the full schedule and tickets.

And it’s capped by the epic “Lit Crawl” on Saturday, October 24, 2026 – with 50+ authors and close to 5,000 fans for the world’s largest free pop-up literary event.

Litquake, San Francisco’s annual literary festival, was founded by Bay Area writers in order to put on a week-long literary spectacle for book lovers, complete with cutting-edge panels, unique cross-media events, and hundreds of readings. Litquake seeks to foster interest in literature, perpetuate a sense of literary community, and provide a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing as a complement to the city’s music, film, and cultural festivals.

 

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Saturday, October 15, 2016
Litquake 2026: SF’s Literature Festival w/ 170+ Events + 600 Authors (Oct. 8-24)

BART to Bar Lit Crawl Caravan. Start the party early on this pre-Crawl reading on BART.

Four readers will battle the elements of noise pollution as they read in the first car of the Richmond/Daly City train from Downtown Berkeley to 16th and Mission.

Start time warning? Please note that the Lit Crawl website says the event starts at 4:39pm in Berkeley, but the Lit Crawl PDF says it starts at 5:30pm.

BART to Bar Lit Crawl Caravan
4:39 Downtown Berkeley
4:41 Ashby
4:45 MacArthur
4:48 19th St
4:50 12th St
4:54 West Oakland
5:01 Embarcadero
5:03 Montgomery
5:04 Powell
5:06 Civic Center
5:08 16th & Mission

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.