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Free Library Festival

Festival event photographs courtesy of Katie Riggan

On Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19, 2009, the Free Library hosted its third annual Free Library Festival. Drawing our largest crowd to date--estimated at 35,000!--the Festival presented more than 50 authors, performers, and programs, and 80 exhibitors at the Street Fair and Literary Marketplace. Thanks to our Festival Sponsors, the City of Philadelphia, and the Fairmount Park Commission, to the Free Library staff, and to our more than 200 dedicated Festival Volunteers for another fantastic fest!

Be sure to "book" the 3rd weekend in April 2010 for more books, music, and inspiration!*

_{* Tentatively scheduled 2010 Festival dates are subject to change! For festival updates, click here to join our mailing list!}

Festival Forecast: Sunshine and Inspiration!

Fri, April 17, 2009

See you there!

We're looking forward to enjoying a beautiful spring weekend on the Parkway, with two perfect days to stroll the Festival's bustling literary Street Fair!

Featuring a thriving base of local Philly exhibitors, as well as several new organizations and authors from New York to California, the 60+ exhibitors at the Free Library Festival Street Fair comprise an eclectic group that is inspiring in its diversity. In the spirit of a true arts community, writers, publishers, indie presses, literary magazines, neighborhood bookshops, and libraries join together to enliven the Festival, share their missions, and develop relationships with new readers.

For sci fi fans, check out the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and meet author Lawrence Johnson, Sr., explore the spiritual with Swedenborg Foundation Publishers and the Islamic Circle of North America, get radical with Wooden Shoe, and get informed at PhillyHealthInfo.org. Find gems at DBookman's Used and Rare Books and Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers.

For the full listing of our fantastic 2009 Festival exhibitors, click here.

After all that brain-food, you'll need some refreshment!

Sample award-winning local wines from Chaddsford Winery and the excellent cheeses of Cabot Creamery Cooperative, and don't miss festival food by Stephen Starr Events: featuring lobster mac-n-cheese, BBQ chicken quesadillas, Thai chicken skewers, and awesome burgers and dogs--it's festival food Stephen Starr Style!

Festival food at 19th & Vine!

Posted by Sara Goddard @ 11:46 AM