Annual Better Off Read Summer Book Festival At Artpark | What’s happening in Buffalo

Annual Better Off Read Summer Book Festival At Artpark

Join us in the Lower Park on Saturday, August 30 from 11 AM to 6 PM for the Annual Better Off Read Summer Book Festival; a free-to-attend, all-ages outdoor literary festival with the mission to encourage reading, promote writing, and celebrate storytelling. The festival features thousands of books available for $1 or less; vendor booths by local authors, artists, and merchants; complimentary attractions such as face-painting, balloon animals, and storytelling; food trucks and other concessions; a special celebrity-sponsored basket raffle; and much more.

Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.

 

After the festival:
Get ready for an evening of sidesplitting laughter after the festival Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, the dynamic duo from TV's "Whose Line is it Anyway?," take the Mainstage in a one-night-only uproarious live show, Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood: Asking for Trouble. Get tickets and more info here


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Organization:

Artpark

Location:

450 South 4th St.
Lewiston, NY, 14092
United States

Phone:

716.754.9000
Contact name: 
Maria Hays, Director of Communications
Email address: 
Dates: 
08/30/2025
Time: 
11 am - 6 pm