NEON SPEAKS FESTIVAL & SYMPOSIUM EVENTS 2025
Neon Speaks 2025 is produced by SF Neon in proud partnership with Roxie Theater, Letterform Archive, Neon Works, and the Tenderloin Museum. Hosts: Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan of SF Neon. Join us for neon tours, talks, preservation panels, and popular culture presentations.
Sponsorship passports are now available!
Two weekends: September 6–7 and 13–14. Save the dates.
2025 Schedule
We are developing a list of speakers and events, stay tuned!
Preliminary 2025 schedule at-a-glance:
- 9/6 Online Symposium, Zoom
- 9/7 Neon Works Shop Tour, Oakland
- 9/7 Neon Walking Tour, Alameda
- 9/13 VIP reception and film screening at 518 Valencia-Roxie Theater
- 9/13 Letterform Archive Tour for Neon Speaks
- 9/14 Festival Finale and Main Event: Neon Symposium and Curiosity Lounge, Verdi Club, SF
2025 Credits
Participants 2025, partial list. More speakers to come!
- Stephen Coles, Letterform Archive, San Francisco
- Devi L. Dahl, Alameda Neon Tour, Alameda
- Will Durham, Nevada Neon Project, Reno
- Dydia DeLyser and Paul Greenstein, Neon: A Light History, Los Angeles
- Eric Lynxwiler, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles
- Shawna Peterson, Peterson Neon, Bay Area
- Jim Rizzo, Neon Works, Oakland
- Steven Spiegel, Signs United, Los Angeles
- Adam Taylor, Neon Works, Oakland
Staff Box
Neon Speaks Festival Hosts and Producers
Founders Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan of San Francisco Neon.
In proud partnership with our fiscal sponsor the Tenderloin Museum. Thanks to the entire staff of the Tenderloin Museum, particularly Katie Conry and Alex Spoto.
Production Team
A round of applause for our ace production team:
WEB DEVELOPMENT: Gary R. Weisberg
VIDEO/ARCHIVING: Evatt Carrodus
Advisors
A million thanks to our wise advisors: Charles Chapman, Stephen Coles, Steve Spiegel, Shawna Peterson, Allen Sawyer, Debra Jane Seltzer, Jim Van Buskirk, Kate Widdows.
New Mission Theater, San Francisco. Photo: Al Barna