The Octopus Literary Salon

The Octopus has been nominated for NINE categories in the 2018 East Bay Express Best of the Bay!
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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!!

July 2018

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
		Superbrat, The Joy Pops & Nadu (LA) 7pm $5	Closed today! Happy 4th!!	Madeline Tasquin (farewell show) & Daisy O'Connor (album release, Austin) 7pm $8-15 Eight Belles, The Light Switches & Jacob Aranda 10pm $5-10	1st Friday Art Opening! Dan Schmatz 6pm Free Sounds of Spain: La Mandanga & Canastéreo 9pm $10	Super Soul Saturday with Bekah Barnett & Elizabeth Mar 330pm $15 Ryan Cassata, Mya Byrn, April Rose Gabrielli (of the Rose Monarch) & Mae Krell 7pm $10 The Rice Kings Live Album Recording Session 930pm $10
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Open Mic with Alexander McAlister 630pm Free	Live Music Happy Hour with Emily Zisman & Willa Mamet 5pm Free Science Rules: Deep Sea Creatures! 630pm Free	Julian Carpenter - live music happy hour 5pm Free Pandemonium Press: Poetry of Witness 7pm Free The Sour Mash Hug Band plus Betsy & Beau 930pm $10	❤️just Suzanne-live music happy hour 5pm Free Silent Book Club 7pm Free The Heartlights, Screaming Mimis, Shutups & Vaguess 930pm $5	Gratitude Blooming: Celebrating People, Places & Things 630pm Free Maya Songbird, Cat Mahatta, MALLRAT & Lucky Cat 930pm $8	Edie O'Hara, Alex Walsh & Jason/Thompson Duo 4pm $10 Danny Allen, Scott Mickelson & Mick Shaffer 7pm $10 Provoke, Hawak, Emma Goldman (Vancouver) & Amygdala (TX) 10pm $7
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
	Open Mic with Alexander McAlister 630pm Free	Rebecca Griffin & Ends Meat 7pm $5	Talk Story 630pm Free	AfroSurreal Reading Series 530pm Free Inside Storytime 7pm Free Rubber Tramp & The Saucy Jacks 10pm $10	Mori Ross, Mikey McCullers & Hoquinai 7pm $5 Talkies, Galore, Smiles & Mean Jolene 930pm $8	The Right to Write Press 330-6pm Free Tay and the JangLahDahs, Sapphire Lung & The Beehavers 7pm $5-20
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
	Open mic with Alexander McAlister 630pm Free	Big Soda & Paul Carlon - live music happy hour 5pm Free Lola Lazer, Dylan Burchett, Chives Viria & Bad Joy 7pm Free	Jamie Duncan - Live Music Happy Hour 5pm Free NaNoLitMo Writing Group 7pm Free	Paul Gonzenbach (Jim Yoshii Pile-Up) & masc-acting 7pm $5	California Prison Focus 630pm $5-10 China, Mouth Painter (Portland) & Donald Beaman & Band (Chico) 930pm $7	Beryl & Nicole and A Farewell Device 4pm $5 highandfragile, Sun Kin & Forest Floor 7pm $5-10
29	30	31	1	2	3	4
	Open mic with Alexander McAlister 630pm Free CITE, Mop, Young Jesus (LA) & Media Jeweler (LA) 9pm	Baby Dumpling, Ryan Von Gonten & Flying Fish Cove (Seattle) 10pm $7

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