Three Phase Starts in One Night
Lit Crawl SF 2026 runs on Saturday 24 October. Litquake splits the night into three phases. Phase 1 runs 5:00pm to 6:00pm. Phase 2 runs 6:30pm to 7:30pm. Phase 3 runs 8:00pm to 9:00pm. The organiser's map publishes those clocks.
The schedule on litcrawlsf2026.sched.com carries 52 numbered entries. Entries 01 through 51 are phase sessions. Entry 52 is the afterparty. The listing carries 20 entries at 5:00pm, 17 at 6:30pm and 14 at 8:00pm.
A group picks one session per phase. Two windows sit between the phases. The first runs 6:00pm to 6:30pm. The second runs 7:30pm to 8:00pm.
Twenty-Four Addresses on the Route
The organiser's venue page lists 24 addresses. Twenty-one host the phase sessions. Ten sit on Valencia Street. Four sit on Mission Street. The remaining seven sit on 15th, 20th, 22nd and 24th streets, Treat Avenue and Folsom Street.
The 21 phase addresses sit inside a footprint 1.41 miles north to south and 0.55 miles east to west. The widest pair is Martuni's at 4 Valencia Street to Medicine for Nightmares at 3036 24th Street, 1.45 miles apart in a straight line. The closest pair is Good Vibrations at 603 Valencia Street to The Drawing Room: Annex at 599 Valencia Street, 146 feet apart. Those are straight-line distances. No page publishes a walk time.
Two Free Tailgates Open the Afternoon
The map lists two pre-crawl tailgates under the heading FREE. Lit and Libations at The Writers Grotto runs 2:30pm to 4:00pm at 1663 Mission Street, Suite 602. Want to Read at Lit Crawl runs 3:00pm to 4:00pm at Page Street Co-working, 297 Page Street.
The map names Page Street and The Writers Grotto as Premium Tailgate Sponsors of the 2026 Lit Crawl. Two publishers give the Grotto tailgate different start times. Sched lists 2:00pm. The map prints 2:30pm. Both give 4:00pm as the close.
Sched adds one earlier entry. Love Your Library runs at 10:00am at Mission Branch Library, Temporary Location, 1234 Valencia Street. That address sits outside the phase route.
The Age Rules on Both Lists
The map marks three venues 21 and over. They are Martuni's at 4 Valencia Street, Blondie's Bar at 540 Valencia Street and Latin American Club at 3286 22nd Street. The map marks one venue 18 and over, Good Vibrations at 603 Valencia Street.
Sched tags sessions. Its 21 filter returns nine session records across six venues. Its 18 filter returns six session records across six venues.
The two lists meet at seven addresses. Latin American Club carries a 21 mark on the map and an 18 tag on its 8:00pm session. Monkeybrains, The Sycamore, Curio Bar SF at The Chapel, Et al. etc., Red Poppy Art House and The Drawing Room: Annex carry session tags with no map mark.
A group with anyone under 21 reads both lists before it picks a phase.
The Afterparty
The afterparty runs 9:00pm to 11:00pm at The Drawing Room: Annex, 599 Valencia Street. Entry costs $10. The map prints NOTAFLOF beside the price. The night carries no other published charge.
Getting In and Out
Admission to the crawl is free. Sched publishes the rule: no RSVPs are necessary, just show up, and seating and space are first come, first serve. The organiser has switched off its My Schedule tool.
The map carries the line LIT CRAWL IS BARTABLE. No page on the track publishes parking, coach, shuttle or valet terms for the date. A coach group has no published drop-off point.
Litquake states the night draws 250+ authors and close to 5,000 fans. The figures are the organiser's own, and the night takes no RSVP, so no registration list sits behind them.
Litquake runs the festival and the crawl from 988 Market St, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94102. The phone number is (415) 440-4177.
Build the night around the phase clock. Pick one address per phase and walk to the next.