Literary Legends Fall Book Fest
Welcome autumn with stories, local authors, vendors, artists, food trucks, family crafts, and community at our Fall Book Festival!
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
Lineup
TBD
Good to know
Highlights
- 6 hours
- all ages
- In person
- Free parking
- Doors at 9:30 AM
Refund Policy
Location
Hardin Valley Event Center - PAVILION
2620 Willow Point Way
Knoxville, TN 37931
How do you want to get there?
Agenda
Doors Open
Welcome & Opening Remarks on Lawn Vendor Marketplace Opens Author Signing Tables Open
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ALL DAY EVENTS
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
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BOOK DRIVE
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! ❤️