Registering for free tickets
Festival Day 1: Friday night at Woodneath Library Center. Attendees must register for free tickets in advance to attend Friday night’s conversation with author Tayari Jones. All tickets are free, but seats are limited. This program is sold out.
The auditorium doors open at 5:30 p.m. Enjoy live music and a public reception before the featured presentation.
Featured presentation at 6:30 p.m.
Book signing at 7:45 p.m.
Festival Day 2: Saturday morning and afternoon at Central Library. Advance registration secures general admission to day two of the festival at Central Library. Seating for programming will be available on a first-come, first-served basis and is subject to capacity limits, room by room.
The festival opens at 9 a.m.
The festival closes at 4 p.m.
If you plan to attend one of the two mainstage events at 10 a.m. or 2 p.m., arrive early and pick up a mainstage pass at the registration table.
Visitors that receive a mainstage pass at registration can claim their seat 40 minutes before the program starts.
Visitors that receive a standby pass at registration can claim remaining seats 20 minutes before the program starts, as available.
Overflow seating for the mainstage programs will be available on the 5th floor with a livecast of the program.
Entering the Festival
Day 1: Friday, October 2 at Mid-Continent Public Library, The Auditorium at Woodneath Library Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Attendees will check in upon arrival. Please be ready to show a digital or paper version of your Eventbrite ticket.
Festival Day 2: Saturday, October 3 at the Kansas City Public Library, Central Library.
The festival’s main entrance is on 10th Street, east of Central Library’s iconic brass doors. Follow signs and staff to enter through the proper doors.
All general admission visitors enter the Library’s ADA accessible lobby at street level, then travel by stairs or elevator to the first floor. Check in outside at the registration table.
Please be ready to show a digital or paper version of your Eventbrite ticket and identify which mainstage programs you are interested in attending. Your wristband will allow you to enter and exit the building once you have registered.
Vendors, event staff, and volunteers check in at the Central Library receiving dock on Baltimore behind the book return box, approximately halfway between 10th and 9th streets. Follow signs to the entrance.
