SUMMER 2021 FESTIVAL INFO


September 3rd, 4th, & 5th, 2021

A Gala kickoff event and two days of Bay Area poetry love, all online, all free, all you

Check back regularly for details and updates on programming

See you there!

Virtual Beast!!

Crawlstars
FRIDAY: Join us on this night for our Gala Fundraiser with Bay Area Poets Laureate current and past and one very special invited musical guest. Open Mic to follow, dedicated to Oakland's beloved poet, Reginald Franklin Lockett.
Virtual Beast
SATURDAY: FIVE Legs of nonstop poetry excellence.
MUSIC at the top of each Leg.
Virtual Beast
SUNDAY: FIVE legs of nonstop poetry excellence for your sweet Sunday, followed up by our second Memorial Open Mic dedicated to our dear friend J. De Salvo.
MUSIC at the top of each Leg.

This year's festival features readings from curators you know and love and is also a place to find new loves, new readers & performers.

The Curators

Naked Bulb

Reading Series, Publisher

Ancestral Futures

Writer's Collective

Nomadic Press

Publisher

Lyrics & Dirges

Reading Series

Collapse Press

Publisher

To Live and Write

Writing Community

#We

Reading Series

Speaking Axolotl

Reading Series

Moondrop Productions

Reading Series

My Word

Reading Series

Fierce Words: An Allgender reading

Special Event Hosted by Natasha Dennerstein

MEMORIAL OPEN MICS

J de Salvo's Pedestrian Memorial Open Mic

Poet, Writer, Publisher Pedestrian Press


Reginald Lockett Memorial Open Mic

Honoring the legendary Oakland performance poet from whom the Beast is spiritually descended.


Delta, baby.

Zoooooom Addy soon

Can't wait to see you!