Charlotte African American Book Festival

Name: Charlotte African American Book Festival
Start: 2024-06-08T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-06-08T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Second Ward High School Gymnasium

Schedule

Sat Jun 08 2024 at 11:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Second Ward High School Gymnasium | Charlotte, NC

Join us on June 8, 2024, in the historic Second Ward Gymnasium/Brooklyn Village located in beautiful downtown Charlotte as we celebrate African Americans contributions to literature, books, literacy, and the literary culture.

For it's second year, the gymnasium will be transformed into a literary extravaganza hosting authors (locally and regionally), publishers and bookstores. The festival will host over 60 vendors, including workshops, speakers, featured authors, food and drinks, kids area, and music and entertainment. The festival is FREE to the public.
Come out and enjoy a day of browsing books.

2. An opportunity to meet outstanding authors who write in multiple genres.
3. Authors locally and regionally will gather at Second Ward Gymnasium from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm to sell book and talk about their works.

4. Festival includes speakers, workshops, freebies and giveaways, kids' area, food and drinks, live music and entertainment.

5. Be sure to bring the whole family to experience our kids' area designed with games and activities.