July 30 | If We Burn, You Burn With Us
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Join us for an absolutely fire bookish market and movie night.
📅 Wednesday, July 30, 2025
🕕 Vendor Market | 6–8 PM
🎬 Outdoor Movie Screening | 8 PM
📍 Social Beer Garden HTX (3101 San Jacinto St, Houston, TX 77004)
🎒 Back-to-School Drive Benefiting BEAR Houston
👥 Free Entry | 21+ Only
🎟️ RSVP on Eventbrite
🔥 Special Author Talk: Gabriella Buba in Conversation with JJ Kang
We’re kicking off the night with a can't-miss author talk and book signing from Houston fantasy author Gabriella Buba, celebrating the release of her new novel Daughters of Flood and Fury, the second book in her Stormbringer Saga.
She’ll be joined in conversation by fellow Houston author JJ Kang for a live Q&A and signing session starting at 6 PM, upstairs at Social Beer Garden HTX.
- 🎟 Free to attend, seats limited so RSVP is strongly suggested!
- 📚 Preorder your book to pick up at the event and receive exclusive swag
- ♿ No elevator access: reach out for alternatives and accommodations
🎟️ Reserve Your Seat or Preorder a Book
✨ What to Expect
When we say “If we burn, you burn with us,” we’re not just talking about the weather for an outdoor event in Houston in July…
On July 30th, join us in Panem Social Beer Garden HTX for a tribute-worthy market filled with themed small business vendors, handcrafted goods, flash tattoos, followed by a fiery film screening under the stars.
- ✍️ Local author meet & greets and book signings
- 🛍️ Support some of our favorite bookish small businesses
- 🕯️ Candles, bookmarks, stationery, blind date books, and more
- 🧵 Hunger Games inspired embroidery class + tattoo flash sessions
- 🍹 Themed cocktails & mocktails available for purchase
- 🍴 Food trucks & sweet treats
- 💛 School supply drive & donation station for BEAR Houston
- 🎬 Watch a beloved book-to-movie adaption with your new bookish friends under the stars
💛 Give Back with Us
We're proud to support BEAR Houston, a local nonprofit helping children in foster care start the school year strong.
How to help:
- Bring new school supplies to the event for our back-to-school drive
- Sponsor a backpack with a direct donation to BEAR
- Shop at our event! All vendors are donating to BEAR at the end of the night
📣 Stay Tuned
This event is free to attend and open to all book lovers, rebels, and readers 21+. Costumes encouraged. Sweat optional (but likely).
Follow us on Instagram at @beyondthecovershtx for vendor previews, event sneak peeks, and ways to support the drive virtually if you can’t attend in person.