Neon Speaks Festival & Symposium

Save the dates for 2025:

September 6-7 and 12-14

A look back at 2024 events:

Schedule at-a-glance:

Online Symposium, Zoom | Register
Neon Works Shop Tour, Oakland SOLD OUT
Neon Walking Tour, Alameda SOLD OUT
Neon + Punk, Tenderloin Museum, SF SOLD OUT
She Bends: Neon as Soulcraft Tour, Museum of Craft and Design, SOLD OUT
Screening of One from the Heart, Q&A with Bill Concannon, Roxie Theater SF
Letterform Archive Tour for Neon Speaks. 6:30 pm SOLD OUT
Festival Finale and Main Event: Neon Symposium and Curiosity Lounge, Verdi Club, SF

Check out the full schedule details for 2024!

All-Event Sponsor Passport 2025

Neon Speaks is made possible by tickets and sponsorships donations.
Thank you.

2024 Sponsors

There are multiple levels of sponsorship, no amount of donation is too large or too small. Email us at neonspeaks@gmail.com to find out how to become a sponsor to keep the lights glowing for Neon Speaks and join the neon preservationists below:

Noviol Gold Level
Noviol Gold is the $1000+ level of sponsorship!
Special thanks to Pamela Dekema, Jeannene Hansen, and Martin Treu (Eye on Main) for donating at this highest level. In proud partnership with the Tenderloin Museum and appreciation for the supportive in-kind donation.

Ruby Red Level
Sponsorship donation by Sandra Price, Dave & Lynn Waller and Neon Williams, in-kind donation by Lex Sloan and the Roxie Theater SF, and by Jim Rizzo of Neon Works, Oakland.

Cobalt Blue Level
Sponsorship donations by Art Deco Society of California, Sheila Balter, Dean & Polly Blazek, Jude & Monica Cook and Ignite Sign Museum, Loren Covington and Noir Flux, Rick Kurylo, Jenny Kuo, Lippy & Suz Lipman, Ben Leech and PAC*SJ, Shawna Peterson and PetersonNeon.com, Debra Jane Seltzer and RoadsideArch.com

Emerald Green Level
Sponsorships by Michael Blazek, Ann Colichidas, Heather David & Dave Wilyard and the San Jose Signs Project, Andrew & Katherine Danish, Jeff Davis & Sherry Ginsberg, Melissa Goan, Rod Hedges muralsandneon.com, David Keenan, Kiryl Liaushun, Francine Prophet, David Retz & Terry Meyerson, Randy Siefkin and the Modesto State Theater, Alison Webster, Angela Workman @signmeup54, Neon Gods, and the Verdi Club SF.