Babylon Salon presents:

our Summer 2026 show

Saturday, June 13, 2026

featuring

Come for drinks at 5 // Show starts at 5.30pm

in The Sycamore's outdoor patio: 2140 Mission St, San Francisco [16th St BART]

Recent performers at Babylon:

  • Jonathan Escoffery (If I Survive You)

    Jonathan Escoffery (If I Survive You)

  • Ingrid Rojas-Contreras (The Man Who Could Move Clouds; Fruit of the Drunken Tree)

    Ingrid Rojas-Contreras (The Man Who Could Move Clouds; Fruit of the Drunken Tree)

  • Charles Yu (Interior Chinatown; How to Live Safely in a Science-Fictional Universe)

    Charles Yu (Interior Chinatown; How to Live Safely in a Science-Fictional Universe)

  • Douglas Stuart

    Douglas Stuart (Shuggie Bain; Young Mungo)

  • Kate Folk

    Kate Folk (Out There)

  • Tommy Orange (There There)

    Tommy Orange (There There)

  • R.O. Kwon (The Incendiaries; Kink)

    R.O. Kwon (The Incendiaries; Kink)

  • Jenny Odell (How to Do Nothing)

    Jenny Odell (How to Do Nothing)

  • Charlie Jane Anders (The City in the Middle of the Night)

    Charlie Jane Anders (The City in the Middle of the Night)

  • Jamel Brinkley (A Lucky Man)

    Jamel Brinkley (A Lucky Man)

  • Natalie Baszile (Queen Sugar; We Are Each Other's Harvest)

    Natalie Baszile (Queen Sugar; We Are Each Other's Harvest)

  • Namwali Serpell (The Old Drift; The Furrows)

    Namwali Serpell (The Old Drift; The Furrows)

  • Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives of Church Ladies)

    Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives of Church Ladies)

  • Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket)

    Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket)

  • Jenny Qi (Focal Point)

    Jenny Qi (Focal Point)

  • Meg Elison (The Book of Flora)

    Meg Elison (The Book of Flora)

  • Nafissa Thompson-Spires (Heads of the Colored People)

    Nafissa Thompson-Spires (Heads of the Colored People)

  • Meredith Talusan (Fairest)

    Meredith Talusan (Fairest)

  • Daniel Alarcón (The King is Always Above the People)

    Daniel Alarcón (The King is Always Above the People)

  • Anna North (Outlawed)

    Anna North (Outlawed)

  • Karen Joy Fowler (Booth; We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves)

    Karen Joy Fowler (Booth; We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves)

  • Jim Shepard (Phase Six; Like You'd Understand Anyway)

    Jim Shepard (Phase Six; Like You'd Understand Anyway)

  • Vanessa Hua (Forbidden City)

    Vanessa Hua (Forbidden City)

Babylon Salon Co-Hosts

Your Co-Hosts

Meet your charming Babylon Salon co-hosts:

Laurie Ann Doyle, Lauren C. Johnson, Dominic Lim, Ryan Sloan & Maury Zeff

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In partnership with our friends at

The Sycamore

2140 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

in their covered, outdoor back patio