Walking Tours

Beat Generation walking tours of North Beach will be offered at least one Saturday and one Sunday every month starting in January, 2012. Check Kerouac.com for scheduled dates and availability. Some tours do fill up so advance reservations are recommended and an alternate date may be necessary.

• 90 minute Guided Walking Tour through Historic North Beach with a focus on The Beat Generation of the 1950s
• See the landmarks where the Beats lived, drank, wrote, and loved
• Learn the difference between a Beat and a Beatnik
• Hear the stories of the Jazz Clubs, the Comedy Clubs and the entertainment scene
• Learn the details of the HOWL obscenity trial of 1957 and how Lawrence Ferlinghetti almost went to jail for publishing a book of poetry
• Hear the legendary stories of Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg
• Get the latest news about the upcoming 2012 release of the movie On The Road
• Discover how the Hippie scene of the 1960s grew out of North Beach’s Beat Generation

	Sat.	Sun.
January	21st 10:30am & 2pm	22nd 2pm
February	18th 2pm	19th 10:30am & 2pm
March	17th 10:30am & 2pm	18th 2pm
April	21st 2pm	22nd 10:30am & 2pm
May	19th 10:30am & 2pm	20th 2pm
June	16th 2pm	17th 10:30am & 2pm