We're starting to get warm and fuzzies about cutting the ribbon on our 25th anniversary festival. After many, many months of planning, we're dotting those final i's/crossing those final t's on 140+ events at 77 venues (breathe!!!!) There's so much we're excited to share with you! See below for a few highlights of what's to come this weekend!
Opening Weekend Highlights Thurs. Oct 10- Sun. Oct 13
Booksellers Ball (going fast!) Thursday Oct 10 · 7:00 - 10:o0pm Club Fugazi Our 2024 festival kick-off party! Come together to fête San Francisco’s independent bookstores at a catered event with a sizzling lineup of literature-themed drag performances hosted by Joe Wadlington of Happy Endings, a.k.a Jubilee! With festive grooves from Bff.fm DJ Lead Teddy and a reading nook curated by 17 of San Francisco’s best independent booksellers! $75 / $100 to sponsor a bookseller
Sweet and Lowdown: Poets at the Bar Friday Oct 11 · 7:30 - 9:00pm Make-Out Room One of Litquake's premier poetry events, live on our darkest, dankest stage. Featuring multi-hyphenate award winners Kim Addonizio, Sarah Ghazal Ali, Charif Shanahan, Zeina Hashem Beck, and Danusha Laméris for a lurid evening of ebullient verse. Doors at 6:30PM. $12 adv / $15 door
Irregular Feedback: Writers on Music Saturday Oct 12 · 7:30 - 9:00pm Make-Out Room Inspired by the music criticism and archival work of writer Hanif Abdurraqib, Irregular Feedback is a literary deep dive by some of the Bay's best writers and poets into our favorite albums, genres, and musical artists of the past 60 years. Featuring Hieu Minh Nguyen, Phoebe Cakes, Safia Elhillo, José Vadi, and Anna Held. Curated by Micheal Foulk (Queer Film Theory 101). Doors at 6:30PM. $12 adv / $15 door.
Poetry Nap: The Enchanting Secret of the Opalescent Moon Saturday Oct 12 · 8:00 - 9:30pm Chabot Space & Science Center’ Float away on a brand new Poetry Nap voyage with poetry and music woven into an immersive tale of whimsy, curiosity, and adoration guided by Lady and Lord Dosis, time voyagers of the dream world. Delight in a cozy, celestial indoors “nap” under the visual marvels of the full-dome Planetarium. If you like, bring a pillow, blanket, and dress in pajamas or robes.$30 adv / $40 door
Mayor of the Tenderloin: Del Seymour's Fight to End Homelessness in SF Sunday Oct 13 · 2:00 - 3:30pm KALW Join journalist Alison Owings and Del Seymour, who overcame 18 years of homelessness and addiction to become one of the most respected advocates in San Francisco, as they slip behind the cold statistics and sensationalism. Special performance inspired by Del’s advocacy and life by Skywatchers, the multi-disciplinary, mixed-ability ensemble that creates work amplifying the Tenderloin neighborhood’s stories. FREE, $10-15 suggested donation
Modern Magic with Michelle Tea Sunday Oct 13 · 8:15 - 10:00pm The Lost Church Michelle Tea, whose new book Modern Magic is a companion to her classic Modern Tarot, will be joined in conversation by Diana Helmuth, author of The Witching Year. Plus a glimpse of author Rana Tahir’s “Choose Your Own Adventure”–inspired tarot deck, as well as a taste of the bewitching beverages in Julia Halina Hadas’s WitchCraft Cocktails. Emceed by MK Chavez. $18
About Litquake 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. 2024 Dates: Oct. 10-26. www.litquake.org
Litquake is grateful for the support of the following funders who help make our programming possible. Institutional Giving: Bernard Osher Foundation, California Arts Council, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Center for the Art of Translation, Fleishhacker Foundation, Grants for the Arts, Hawthornden Foundation, Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation, Margaret and William R. Hearst III Foundation, Miner Anderson Family Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Rock Foundation, Norway House, Sam Mazza Foundation, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Zellerbach Family Foundation; Individual Giving: Jared Bhatti, Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler, Frances Dinkelspiel and Gary Wayne, Karyn DiGiorgio and Steve Sattler, Scott James and Gerald Cain, Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman, and Ellen Ullman Media Sponsors: San Francisco Chronicle, 7x7, KALW, KEXP, KQED, SF Arts Monthly, Bay Area Reporter, Johnny Funcheap.
