The Octopus Literary Salon

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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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April 2019

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
31	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Octopus 4th Birthday!! No open mic today. The Shogunate (Featuring Alexander McAlister), Danny the Paladin, Jane the Message & AO Lyrical 7pm $10	Lesbians Who Tech All-Gender Book Club 530-7pm Free Marbled Eye, Heaven's Blade, Hotline TNT & April Magazine 8pm $7	Pandemonium Press: April in Paris/Springtime in Blossom 7pm Free	Creative Morning "FieldTrips" with Suzanne Yada (@Little Spiral) 10am Free Silent Book Club 7pm Free	1st Friday Art Opening: Paul Murufas 6pm Free Mariee Sioux, Harrison Basch, Mr. Betty & Taylor Janell 9pm $8	Creole Creed Launch: Doors 4pm Service 5pm Sucker Crush, Seemway, Internet Boyfriend & Thriftys 9pm $8-10
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Private Filming 11am-3pm		Tuckamore, Little Arcs, Mikayla McVey & Justin Clark 7pm $10	Talk Story: Adventure Time 630pm Free	NaNoLitMo with Faith Adiele 7pm Free	Jeff Rymes (The Lonesome Strangers) & John Schayer 630pm $8 Neutrals, Galore & Sex Hogs II (Chico) 10pm $8	The Towns, Alek Barkats (Wolf Bagel) & Janet Noguera 630pm $7 DaRapNerd presents Bayokyo Hip Hop & Anime with Cam Archer, Kid Goblin, Skyy2yS & Phruu, AO Lyrical and Tico 930pm $10
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
No Uke Jam This Month. Ukulenny returns 2nd Sundays starting in May!		Liberate the Caged Voices 7pm $5-20	Late for the Train & Chelsea Coleman 7pm $10 Straight Crimes, Matt Robidoux, Asdipwy, Nerve Beats (Hawaii) 10pm $7	Genetically Modify Food: the business of a distorted reality 6pm Free Rice Kings & Naomi Moon Siegel (Record Release!) 8pm $10-15	THERE: Readings, Trivia, Music 7pm Free NoPeS, coherence, INVERTS & HIRS (Philly) 930pm $10	East Bay Futurists 2pm Free Naked Bulb: Poetry Open Mic featuring KR Morrison 7pm Free Remember Karen, Perhapsy & Douse (Vancouver) 930pm $7-10
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
	Open Mic with Alexander McAlister 630pm Free	Dirty Old Women: Erotica 730pm Free Music for People: La Macacoa, Cruel Work, M-KAT Ensemble & Max Nordile 930pm $6	Green New Deal Town Hall 745pm Free	Meeting the Muse with Irina Rivkin, Laura Zucker & Marianne Barlow 7pm $10-20	Shutups, Fake Fruit & Sigh (Vancouver) 630pm $8 Blisses B, Cougar on a Meth Binge & Christys 930pm $10	Independent Book Store Day! Buy a book here! Wayfairy, ForgetMeNauts & Olivia Clarke (NY) 7pm $10
28	29	30	1	2	3	4
	Open Mic with Alexander McAlister 630pm Free	Biggi Vinkeloe & Amy Melissa Reed 7pm $10-15

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