Sunday, September 20, 2026, 2:00 AM - 5:00 AM ยท Fabulosa Books, Castro, San Francisco
Fabulosa Books celebrates its 5th birthday with a literary drag show hosted by Fagatha Christie, benefitting Larkin Street Youth Services. Free food and drinks, plus a book donation drive for the cause.
A queer-focused bookshop opened in 2021 by Alvin Orloff (author and Castro neighborhood fixture) carrying new and used titles with LGBTQ+ literature at the center alongside fiction, mystery, sci-fi, and memoir. The monthly book club meets the second Wednesday with no registration required, and the store helped found Books Not Bans, sending queer books to communities where they are being removed from shelves. It is compact, personal, and built around the idea that the Castro's bookshop should be as particular as the neighborhood itself.