Literary Legends Fall Book Fest
About this Event
Join us for Fall Book Fest! 🍂📚
Come spend a cozy fall day celebrating stories, readers, local authors, and community at Fall Book Fest on Saturday, October 3rd, 2026 from 10 AM–4 PM at the Hardin Valley Event Center in Knoxville!
This family-friendly festival has something for every reader — whether you love discovering new books, meeting authors, shopping bookish goodies, or just enjoying a fun fall day out.
Guests can enjoy:
📖 Author signings
🛍️ Bookish vendors
🎶 Live music
🍔 Food trucks
📸 Photo booths
🪓 Axe throwing
🎨 Face Painting
🧢 Hat Bar & Charm Bar
📚 Kids Zone & Story Time
Admission is FREE!
We’ll also be hosting a Book Drive: Help Us Fill the Shelves. Bring new or gently used books to donate at the festival for a chance to win raffle prizes while helping us stock local Little Free Libraries and support our Fill the Shelves Initiative.
Grab your family, your book-loving friends, and your favorite fall outfit — we can’t wait to spend the day celebrating books, community, and the stories that connect us.
📍 Hardin Valley Event Center
2620 Willow Point Way
Knoxville, TN 37931
Agenda
🕑: 10:00 AM
Doors Open
Host: Literary Legends
Info: Welcome & Opening Remarks on Lawn
Vendor Marketplace Opens
Author Signing Tables Open
🕑: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
ALL DAY EVENTS
Info: Author Signings, Vendor Marketplace ,Independent Author Alley, Book Swap Station, Photo Booth, Bookish Bingo Card Challenges, Reading Recommendations Wall, Literary Costume Contest Voting, Community Reading Pledge Board
🕑: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
BOOK DRIVE
Info: Please stop by the book drive drop-off location to pick up your raffle tickets!
Every book donated helps make a difference. The books collected through our drives go to a variety of places, helping put books into the hands of parents, teachers, and children who need them most. Donations may support Free Little Libraries, help replenish libraries after natural disasters, or provide reading materials to communities with limited access to books.
We're also working toward an exciting goal: launching a Bookmobile that can travel directly to underserved communities and bring books to those in need.
Thank you for supporting literacy, education, and access to books for everyone. Your donations help create opportunities for learning and inspire a lifelong love of reading.
Donate a book, pick up your raffle tickets, and help us bring more stories to more people! ❤️
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Festival Finale, Prize Drawings & Closing Remarks
Live Music
🕑: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Live Music Set #1
Info: Acoustic/chill set
🕑: 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Live Music Set # 2
Info: Full band
Kid's Corner
🕑: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
ALL DAY CRAFT STATION
Info: Kids can stop by the craft area to design and decorate their very own bookmark! This fun, free make-and-take craft lets little readers get creative with colors, stickers, markers, and bookish decorations.
Each child will create a custom bookmark to take home and use in their next favorite book.
Games & Drawings
🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Prize Drawing # 1
Info: Bring new or gently used books to donate to our book drive and receive raffle tickets for a chance to win festival prizes!
Raffle Ticket Breakdown:
1 book = 1 raffle ticket
3 books = 4 raffle tickets
5 books = 7 raffle tickets
10 books = 15 raffle tickets
20+ books or one full box = 25 raffle tickets
Raffle tickets will be capped at 25 tickets per person to keep the drawing fair and easy to manage.
The more books you bring, the more stories we can share with local readers, families, teachers, classrooms, and future community literacy projects.
We are accepting children’s books, middle grade, young adult, adult fiction, nonfiction, and classroom-friendly books.
Bring a book. Get a ticket. Help us share the love of reading. ✨
🕑: 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
Prize Drawing # 2
Info: Bring new or gently used books to donate to our book drive and receive raffle tickets for a chance to win festival prizes!
Raffle Ticket Breakdown:
1 book = 1 raffle ticket
3 books = 4 raffle tickets
5 books = 7 raffle tickets
10 books = 15 raffle tickets
20+ books or one full box = 25 raffle tickets
Raffle tickets will be capped at 25 tickets per person to keep the drawing fair and easy to manage.
The more books you bring, the more stories we can share with local readers, families, teachers, classrooms, and future community literacy projects.
We are accepting children’s books, middle grade, young adult, adult fiction, nonfiction, and classroom-friendly books.
Bring a book. Get a ticket. Help us share the love of reading. ✨
🕑: 01:45 PM - 02:00 PM
Prize Drawing # 3
Info: Bring new or gently used books to donate to our book drive and receive raffle tickets for a chance to win festival prizes!
Raffle Ticket Breakdown:
1 book = 1 raffle ticket
3 books = 4 raffle tickets
5 books = 7 raffle tickets
10 books = 15 raffle tickets
20+ books or one full box = 25 raffle tickets
Raffle tickets will be capped at 25 tickets per person to keep the drawing fair and easy to manage.
The more books you bring, the more stories we can share with local readers, families, teachers, classrooms, and future community literacy projects.
We are accepting children’s books, middle grade, young adult, adult fiction, nonfiction, and classroom-friendly books.
Bring a book. Get a ticket. Help us share the love of reading. ✨
🕑: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Bookish Bingo (ALL DAY)
Info: Join us for a fun round of bookish bingo during the festival! Guests can grab a bingo card, play along, and mark off book-themed spaces for a chance to win prizes.
This is an easy, laid-back activity for readers who love books, prizes, and a little friendly competition.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 0.00 to USD 23.11
