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Litquake
San Francisco, CA · Arts & Culture
- When
- October 8–24, 2026
- Where
- Yerba Buena Gardens and venues citywide · San Francisco · CA
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
Two weeks of readings in bars, bookshops and back rooms across the city. It ends with Lit Crawl, an evening when several hundred writers read in Mission storefronts, laundromats and taquerias at the same time and the audience walks between them.
The history within reach
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Two weeks of readings in bars, bookshops and back rooms across the city.
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