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Register for the Roxie Theater, San Francisco
Saturday, September 19 | 4 pm screening at the Roxie Theater
Join us for SF Lost Neon Landscapes featuring Chinatown as seen in archival footage and feature films. Hosted by Al and Randall, this is a program of San Francisco-centric neon footage of Chinatown curated from the Prelinger Archive and other resources. Industrial and home-movie footage captures the brilliant mid-century neon era of Grant Avenue. Also included in this event is a curated assemblage of neon location clips from films shot in Chinatown like Flower Drum Song, Lady from Shanghai, and Midnight in Chinatown. Plus we’ll celebrate the restoration of the Golden Star Radio neon sign!

Register for the Letterform Archive Tour, San Francisco
Saturday, September 19 | 10:0 am and 11:30 am pm

Letterform Archive is a nonprofit museum and library preserving and sharing over 100,000 items of graphic design history. In this special guided tour for the Neon Speaks Festival with Archive associate curator, Stephen Coles, you’ll get hands-on access to original works and books on signs and lettering from this one-of-a-kind collection. See oversized movie theater banners, original artwork from the Speedball archive, an early-20th-century portfolio of neon photography, rare manuals on sign making, and other artifacts, including a major archive of original artwork by Wonderlite, a San Francisco neon sign company active in the 1920s–60s.

Register for the Alameda Neon Walking Tour
Sunday September 27 | This hour-long tour led by Alameda’s local historian, Devi L. Dahl. The tour route winds through a quiet bungalow neighborhood and the commercial corridors of Alameda, architecture insights and historical backstories included. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to see the town of Alameda in a whole new light!

Get a Neon Speaks Sponsor Pass

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

2026 Sponsor Passes

Get your sponsor pass early! 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 highest level of sponsorship! Glowing thanks to the first sponsor of 2026: Martin Treu and to Tod Swormstedt, American Sign Museum.

Majestic Gold Level
Special thanks to the Bunnie and Jerome Sachs Family Foundation/Lippy & Suz Lipman, Lynn and Dave Waller of Neon Williams, Pamela Dekema, and Sandra Price for donating at this high level. In proud partnership with the Roxie Theater with Lex Sloane and Tenderloin Museum with Katie Conry and Alex Spoto for their in-kind donations.

Ruby Red Level
Sponsorship donations by Shawna Peterson & Peterson Neon, Ed Ochi, NY Pals of Neon Speaks, the Blazek Family: Dean & Polly, DeAnne, Julie, and Michael. In-kind donation by Jim Rizzo of Neon Works, Oakland. In-kind sponsorship donation by Francisco Chavira, Sacramento.

Cobalt Blue
Sponsorship donations by: Janet Gracyk, Jenny Kuo, David Keenan, Heather David & San Jose Signs Project, Katherine Rinehart & Petaluma Signs Project, Robert Schneider & Laura Tully, Jude & Monica Cook: Ignite Sign Art Museum, and Sherri & Leif Ortegren: Petalumans of Yesteryear.

Emerald Green Level
Sponsorship donations by Debra Jane Seltzer & RoadsideArchitecture.com, Dydia DeLyser & Paul Greenstein, Jeff Davis & Sherry Ginsberg, Angela Workman, Joyce Hendy, Alison Webster, Judith Souza, Alexa, Angela Workman, David Retz & Terry Meyerson, Cindy Ainsworth, Francine Prophet, Steve Lewis Studio, Katherine & Andrew Danish, and Barbara Tannenbaum.