Friday, October 9, 2026, 2:00 AM - 5:00 AM ยท City Lights Booksellers & Publishers, North Beach, San Francisco
Litquake's opening night party at 524 Union features a literature-themed drag performance, DJ Lead Teddy, and an open bar from Griffo Distillery and Saintsbury Winery. The catered bash kicks off the festival and supports Litquake's mostly free programming.
Three-floor independent bookstore at the corner of Columbus and Jack Kerouac Alley that doubles as a publisher, the press launched the Pocket Poets Series in the fifties and has been printing books from the same address ever since. The poetry room on the upper floor is the reason most people make the climb; the ground floor runs the full range from biography to Beat literature to local zines. Open late, every day.