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2018 Best All Ages Venue - East Bay Express

2017 Best Cafe & Best Place for Literary Events - East Bay Express

Local Oakland musicians, poets & authors 6 days per week! Always all ages & ADA accessible!!

Delicious food, coffee, beer & wine! Gluten free & vegan options. House made sodas & ice cream.

New & used books for sale! Plus records & tapes!!

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May 2019

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Pandemonium Press: Workers - One Big Union 7pm Free
 
Silent Book Club 7pm Free
 
Greg Ashley Book Launch plus John Steven Morgan 9pm $7
 
Marina Caliari: Sculptures and Functional Work - 1st Friday Art Opening 5pm Free
 
Work, J Nguyen, 1988 & Gomme (Paris) 9pm $8
 
CLOSED TODAY - Check out the East Bay Book Festival!!
 
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Eye'z with Mike G & AMAMUSIEK 6pm Free
 
Music for People: Dancing BB, Virtual Balboa, Atchley Heglin Trio & Crystal Pascucci 830pm $7
 
Chuckleberries & DJ Johnny Bartlett 5pm Free
 
Talk Story: Mother's Day Edition 8pm Free
 
Babar in Exile 7pm Free
 
Shit Coffins, Flexure, Therapy (San Diego) & Daydream (Portland) 930pm $7
 
Tier 9, Little Debbie & The Crusaders, Unpopular Opinion & New Car Smell 630pm $8
 
OVVN, Pardoner, ShitGiver (LA) & Versing (Seattle) 10pm $8
 
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Uke Jam with Ukulenny: Mother's Day Edition 12pm Free
 
No Open Mic Today!
 
Mill's College Flash Fiction 5pm Free
 
Luxury Condor, Wet Spot, Sue & the Namies and 2kewl4lyfe 8pm $8
 
Live Music Happy Hour with Emily Zisman 5pm Free
 
Let's Talk About Sex 7pm Free
 
Techie Blood, Urban Sprawl, Sabre & Public Acid (North Carolina) 7pm $7-10
 
Inside Storytime 7pm Free
 
AR Sun (Seattle), 404 Not Found, Woe & Magnetizer 930pm $7
 
Kepi Ghoulie, Lauren Napier & oghost 7pm $8-10
 
Super Apes, Wee Peevers & Anti Repression Music 10pm $8-10
 
Kam's Kids Music Recital 4pm Free
 
MARY Journal Release Party 630pm Free
 
Compltr, State Faults & Cold Moon 930pm $8
 
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Private Party 3-7pm
 
Something Borrowed, Something New with Jessi Phillips (Eight Belles) & Friends 9pm $7
 
Wayfairy, Long Sought Rest (Olympia) & Cadence Myles 630pm $5-10
 
Marinero, Hits & Cool Banana (SLC) 10pm $5
 
Science Talk: What is Consciousness? 530pm Free
 
Liberate the Caged Voices 7pm Free
 
Junior Mint Prince, Rodolfo Córdova, DunkelpeK & 840Isabella 7pm $5-10
 
Georgia Sam's Poison Headache, Bill Wolosky and His on the Fly Band & Ian Acredolo 630pm Free
 
Thistles, Blurred Out & Owen Adair Kelley 930pm $7-10
 
Rowdy Boys, Step Children, High Tatras (LA), Oceanography & Christina Stanley 9pm $8
 
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No open mic today!
 
The Octopus Opens at 6pm today
 
Elle, Hawak, Nuvolascura (LA) & Joliette (Mexico) 8pm $8
 
SF AIDS Walk Benefit with The Kinky Writers Munch 5-730pm
 
Naked Bulb Poetry Open Mic 8pm Free
 
#we (queer series) 7pm Free
 
Phillip Greenlief/Noah Phillips, SO AR & Jason Hoopes 930pm
 
The Sexy Electrician's Manual 7pm
 
THERE: Readings, Trivia, Music 7pm Free
 
Talkies, Smokers & Dots 10pm
 
 

What's Happening

The Octopus needs you. We depend on your support to stay afloat!

Please give to our Go Fund Me Campaign!

https://www.gofundme.com/the-octopus-literary-salon-needs-you?fbclid=IwA...

2018 Best All Ages Venue - East Bay Express

2017 Best Cafe & Best Place for Literary Events - East Bay Express

Local Oakland musicians, poets & authors 6 days per week! Always all ages & ADA accessible!!

Delicious food, coffee, beer & wine! Gluten free & vegan options. House made sodas & ice cream.

New & used books for sale! Plus records & tapes!!

________________________________________________________________

Click on any calendar event below for more information: