Street Festival, Rain or Shine! Sunday, April 23, 2017 | 11am-4pm
“We honor the talent and tenacity of our authors and the evolution of a simple sidewalk event into one that draws thousands who still cherish the profound pleasure of reading” – Emcee and author Steve Piacente. Joseph Baldi Acosta (Rockville, MD) » My Life in Metaphor Website Location: Howard Avenue d. Antoinette (Baltimore, MD) » I and other
Read more“Last year was our first year of touring, and the Kensington Day of the Book was one of our first stops. It was a delightful festival… I would like to say that there were some great exhibitors, but we were so busy with attendees coming to our table that I wasn’t able to go more than a few tables
Read moreINFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS DESCRIPTION: The Kensington Day of the Book Festival is an outdoor street festival. Participant tables line Howard Avenue for about 3 blocks in Old Town Kensington under canopies in a “meet and greet” format. Also along the street are program tents which include speakers, music, cooking demos, children’s entertainment, and poetry. A food court with 6-8 food
Read more“The Kensington Community is so fortunate to have its very own celebration for books! Every Spring we re-connect with our community to meet new authors, enjoy fabulous music and talk books! The festival provides the Kensington Park Friends of the Library volunteers an opportunity to share library news with community book-lovers.” – Liz Brennan, Former President, Kensington Park Friends of the
Read more“For me, the funnest part of past festivals is teaching kids my How-To Cowboy tricks: playing hand trumpet, whistling through their tongues, and talking like Donald Duck. Shhh! Don’t tell anyone, grownups like to learn this stuff, too!” – Edward Allan Faine, author of “How-To Cowboy” (Featured photo is of author Edward L. Jefferson in 2015) Children’s book vendors also
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