Beast Crawl Literary Festival

April 10th, 11th, 12th, 18th & 19th

Oakland’s Longest Running Literary Festival

Beast Crawl was founded in 2012 by a group of writers (Paul Corman-Roberts, Youssef Alaoui, Missy Church, Andrew J. Thomas, and Heather HK Rainey) who wanted to create a space for the East Bay's diverse literary community to come together and celebrate their work. The first Beast Crawl was held in Uptown Oakland with the help of Hollie Hardy and Scott B. Stokes, and featured 20 performers and took place at bars, restaurants, bookstores, and even a sex shop for some extremely memorable performances

The mission of Beast Crawl is to promote the literary arts in the East Bay and to provide a platform for diverse voices to be heard. The festival is committed to providing a space for writers, poets, and other artists to share their work with the community, and to fostering a sense of community among the East Bay's literary community.

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calling vendors

for bookfair

Interested in selling your merch? We are looking for local publishing houses, presses and authors to sell their merch at our first Beast Crawl Book Fair, in downtown Oakland on April 19th, from 12-4pm.

Limited Table Space:

$50 to Reserve a Table.

$25 to Reserve an area (bring your own table)

Please note: ALL VENDORS MUST HAVE A VENDORS PERMIT TO PARTICIPATE AS VENDOR AT OUR BOOK FAIR!

Make a Donation

We know times are tough, and if you consider donating monthly, the funds do ad up, and allow for us to keep a majority of our events free to the public. Every act of generosity—big or small—helps the Beast Crawl Team plan for year round for the Literary Festival.