FOOD: It should be a delightful evening for sipping sweet springtime cocktails at tonight's Spring Cocktails of the Farmers Market. Featured in-season ingredients will include strawberries, elderflowers, mint, and peas served up by an all-star lineup of bartenders and chefs. (5:30 to 8 p.m., San Francisco Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building)

MUSIC: Idea the Artist, also known as, Bay Area-based theatrical folk-rocker Inés Beltranena, celebrates the release of her new album, The Northern Lights Are On…, also featuring headliners Ash Reiter and Jeremy Rourke. (8 p.m., Cafe Du Nord, 2170 Market Street)

LITERARY: Because you just can't get enough of street food, head over to Omnivore Books tonight for the release of Southern food authority John T. Edge's new book, The Truck Food Cookbook, which "delivers 150 recipes from America’s best restaurants on wheels, from L.A. and New York to the truck food scenes in Portland, Austin, Minneapolis, and more." Naturally, there will be some food trucks parked out front, including Kung Fu Tacos and Liba's Falafel. (6 to 7 p.m., Omnivore Books on Food, 3885a Cesar Chavez Street)