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Experimental Cinema. Extraordinary Beer. Micro cinema and brewery located in a historic Victorian in Oakland at

05/18/2026

The Taste of Jack London Beer & Food Festival is back on August 15th! Get your tickets for unlimited tastings and 5 oz pours of beer. We'll be bringing a selection of our favorite Summer brews and pouring alongside so many incredible Oakland breweries. 🍻

Cellarmaker Brewing Company
Original Pattern Brewing Co.
Oakland United Beerworks
Brix Factory Brewing
Sante Adairius
Shapeshifters Brewery

And amazing food!
Xingones Cantina
Angel Cakes Cupcakes
Reem's California
and more dropping soon!

Tickets are on sale now on Eventbrite. Prices go up on July 1st!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-of-jack-london-2026-tickets-1988427012722

We'll see you there! 😎 🍺 📽️

Jack London Improvement District

05/02/2026

Two fresh beers now on tap! Spring Saison farmhouse ale fermented on sunsets and rolling hills of barley with a hint of lavender and honey, 7.5% abv. Lonesome Cowboy’s Session IPA, full of sweet tropical fruit aroma and light on the palette, with Simcoe, Mosaic, and Nelson, 3.9% abv.

Come on in this weekend! Get brunch or catch a matinee. 😎

04/08/2026

As usual, drop into the Café 6AM-2PM M-F. Get your coffee and your breakfast burrito and get back out there. AND don’t miss the shows on Saturday and Sunday. More at ShapeshiftersCinema.com

02/25/2026

Nothing like freshly kilned malt. No forklift. Just keep pushing. 😋

10/19/2025

Tonight!!! See you there! 🍻🔥

ECOSEXUAL EMERGENCY
OCT.18: SPRINKLE/STEPHENS’ PLAYING WITH FIRE

Lightning ignites a devastating firestorm, forcing Bay Area artist/activists Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens from their redwood forest home. But the wildfire is just the beginning of their transformative journey, as they craft a cinematic reckoning with the power of fire—with its capacity to destroy and renew. Created through an ecos*xual lens (imagining the Earth as a lover), and narrated by a mythic white peacock, their compelling story weaves a tale of resilience, q***r love, and environmental awakening. Instead of fighting fire, can we learn to live with fire? This vibrant feature, introduced by Annie and Beth in person, documents the couple’s adventures in the wake of disaster, while also honoring the broader communities impacted by ecological and social fires. Enlisting a collective of artists, witches, Indigenous elders, and formerly incarcerated firefighters, Sprinkle & Stephens examine the ways in which q***rs—and all humans—can support the health of the Earth. The film sports an electric score by experimental composer Guillermo Galindo, Lady Monster’s tassel-twirling burlesque, a dangerous full-body fire stunt by the artist Cassils, a volcanic fire-play massage with s*x educator Barbara Carrellas, and an impassioned ritual by performance-poet Guillermo Gómez-Peña. Shapeshifters suds on tap! $13

05/18/2025

Tonight! We are at Other Cinema! Gladdening the gathering with Shapeshifters suds! Haha!
http://othercinema.com

OPTRON2: RECOMBINANT MEDIA
MAY 17: JOHN DAVIS/LINDA SCOBIE + KENT LONG/VANESSA O’NEILL + BALDWIN +

In the second of the season’s legendary LIVE A/V spectaculars, we’re spotlighting three NorCal intermedia acts, plus the latest from the reigning queen of video collage! Headlining is Linda Scobie and John Davis (launching his Landlines LP tonight, by the way) with their 25-min collaboration—Scobie’s Crystal Palace (double projection), When Nothing Moved (painted 35mm), and CCRF (16mm), atop Davis’ exquisite electronic tracks. Co-billed is the duo Beige, the East Bay brainchild of Kent Long and Vanessa O’Neill, with the world premiere of Allelopatic Impact of Aqueous Leachate. Closing this multi-media feast is Craig Baldwin’s 15-min. Double Larnyx, a “hypnotic stereoscopic” that echoes and amplifies his recent throat concerns. ALSO: The UK’s Vicki Bennett (PLU) shares her Library of Babel with her West Coast fans, an animated educational teaches us about musique concrete (!), Christian Marclay spins pie-cut discs at Steve Parr’s in 1980, and good ol’ Gilbert gladdens the gathering with his Shapeshifters suds!$14

05/02/2025

Tonight! Our beer will be pouring at the Sacramento Beer Week Bay Area Tap Takeover at Oak Park Brewing! We’re thrilled and honored to be part of this lineup. We’ll see you there! Cheers!

“Ice Cold Popcorn”, American Cream Ale, 4.9% ABV
Hold the butter! This beer is made with whole popped popcorn, which is added to the mash with flaked corn and Admiral Pils malted barley from Admiral Maltings. Old timey Cluster hops add just enough bite. Light and thirst quenching, perfect for a midday matinee and a tall bag of heavily salted popcorn.

“Not So Solid Earth”, Wee Heavy Scotch Ale, 7.8% ABV
A rich, dark Scotch ale, made with Feldblume malted barley from Admiral Maltings and a scant amount of California grown Chinook hops for an earthy, mild bitterness. Caramel-sweet flavor with a hint of burnt roastiness.

04/19/2025

We are pouring at the Bay Area Brew Fest in the Presidio this Sat., 4/19 12-4P! 😎

Plus 50+ other local breweries. We’ll see you there!

🎟️ Get tickets here: https://www.bayareabrewfestival.com/
📍 Presidio Main Lawn, SF (across from Walt Disney Museum) | 🕛 12–4PM (VIP 12-1P, GA 1-4P)

03/26/2025

We’re on tap at The Rake!

Get it while you can! So many great beers made with !

02/28/2025

The café is open for First Saturday / SF Beer Week Brunch tomorrow! 10am-2pm. On the menu, Eggs Poached in Beer! Also, a few dishes with our house made kimchi including kim-chilaquiles and tofu with kimchi on toast. We’ll see you tomorrow!!

Address

567 5th Street
Oakland, CA
94607

Website

http://shapeshiftersbrewery.com/

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