The Octopus Literary Salon

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T O M O R R O W
__**SUNDAY JULY 21 is OCTOPUS DAY!**__
__ FULL SCHEDULE NOW AVAILABLE _____
http://richardloranger.com/events/octopus-day
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10am-10pm, 100 readers, 12 live musical acts!

*Featuring readers from THERE, Dirty Old Women, Pandemonium Press, Naked Bulb, Babar in Exile & more.

*Music from Marbled Eye, Preening, Anna Hillburg, Yea-Ming Chen, Greg Ashley, Janet Noguera, John Stephen Morgan, Marinero, Colossal Yes, Postcapitalism & MORE!

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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!!

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Click on any calendar event below for more information:

July 2019

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
30	1	2	3	4	5	6
		Closing at 4pm today	Closed Today!	Closed for the 4th of July!	We open at 5pm today!! Kepi Ghoulie (Groovie Ghoulies) Art Opening and LIVE Music 6pm Free Boogaloo Kick Off Party with Satan's Pilgrims, Ogres & The Decibels 8pm $10	We open at 8pm. Provoke, Membrane, Coherence & Fatal State (Portland) 930pm $10
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
		Luke Sweeney, Michael James Tapscott (China), Scout Gillett & Katy Rea 7pm $8	Talk Story: Freedom Stories 630pm Free	Inside Storytime: Wayfarers 7pm Free	Chris Songco, B/I/R/T/H/D/A/Y & Vincent Gargiulo National Park 630pm $10 Laura Weinbach (Foxtails Brigade), Honeyock & Zelma Stone 10pm $8-10	Closed
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Uke Jam with Ukulenny 12pm Free John Brothers Piano Company 7pm $20	Open Mic with Alexander McAlister 630pm Free	Schwach (Germany), Clueless, Techie Blood & Mystique (Santa Rosa) 8pm $8	Big Soda & Friends 5pm Free	15 Minute First Dates: Music & Readings 630pm Free Solava, Maya Kuja & Telepathic Children (Maya Songbird) 930pm $7	Santomieri Farhadian Duo (guitar/violin), Gabby Fluke Mogul & Jacob Felix Heule (percussion/electronics) 7pm $5-15	Berkeley Anarchist Study Group: BASTARD Conference 7pm Free The Lodestones, Idaho Joe Winslow, Hiss and Hum & Angel Archer 930pm $5-10
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Octopus Day Benefit: 100 Readers, 13 Musical Guests including Marbled Eye & Preening 10am-10pm $20-20,000	Open Mic with Alexander McAlister 630pm Free Cool Original (Portland), New Circle, The Leave Me Alones & Alien Boy (Portland) 9pm $7	Dirty Old Women: Erotica 730pm Free	Sarchasm (Vinyl Release & Tour Kick Off!), Gutless, Dirty Boiz & Day Labor 630pm $7	We close at 5pm	Joe Baiza (Saccharine Trust, Universal Congress Of), Josh Allen & Matt Ingalls 8pm $8-12	Bay Area Futurists 2-6pm Free Friendless Summer, New Measurement Group & Nanami Ozone (Phoenix) 10pm $8-10
28	29	30	31	1	2	3
	Open Mic with Alexander McAlister 630pm Free	Private party 3-430pm	#we (queer series) 7pm Free

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