WAVEMACHINE is a poetry and performance series in San Francisco, CA. It began in New Haven, CT in 2012 and took place briefly in Brooklyn, NY in 2019 before resuming in the Bay Area in 2024.

Our next event featuring Rick Barot, Cathy Park Hong, and Jesse Nathan will take place on Saturday, February 15th at 4 pm.

And we have another event coming on Saturday, April 19th at 4 pm, with readers to be announced at our Feb event.

The address for our upcoming events will be sent out via our mailing list in advance and on the day of the event. Sign up for our mailing list below.

You can read more about us in The New Yorker and The Yale Daily News. See a recording of Keston Sutherland and Geoffrey G. O’Brien reading for the series at the Boston Review.

Black-and-white posters by Adam Douglas Thompson. Color posters by Chika Ota.

Unless otherwise specified, our events take place in the backyard of our home in Bernal Heights. The yard is wheelchair accessible and there’s a first floor bathroom, but the house is on a steep slope, and if it is raining the event will need to move up one flight of stairs to our living room. If you have questions about accessibility or need help with accommodations, please send me an email or a DM on Instagram. Bring drinks and snacks for friends.