Booktoberfest 2014

The Kansas City Public Library is a great place to discover stories. Kansas City’s local breweries have great stories to tell. Let’s share great stories while enjoying great beer.

Join the new Young Friends of the Kansas City Public Library for BOOKTOBERFEST, a novel beer tasting experience featuring several KC-area breweries at the Central Library, located downtown. Visit with local brewers and try their featured beers, meet and mingle with fellow lit-lovers, learn what sort of resources and services your Kansas City Public Library has to offer, and find out more about this new group dedicated to building the next generation of Library supporters and advocates.

Food provided by Farm to Market Bread Company, Cosentino's Downtown Market,
Milwaukee Delicatessen Company, and Swoon Cookies.

Tickets include access to the event, beer samples from the breweries, complimentary food, and a commemorative beer glass. Proceeds benefit the Young Friends of the Kansas City Public Library and their efforts to support the Library through programming, collection development, branch improvements, and more.

Space is limited– get your tickets today!

Presented by the Young Friends of the Kansas City Public Library and Recommended Daily.

Printing services provided courtesy of James Printing.

Schedule

6:30 p.m. — Doors open

6:30 - 7 p.m. — Check-in*, group assignments, food available, browsing and mingling
*NOTE: If you plan to attend with several friends, we encourage the members of your party
to check-in around the same time to ensure you will be part of the same small group.

7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. — Brewery station tastings rotate every 25 min.

9:30 - 10 p.m. — Closing, more food available, more browsing and mingling

How it works

• Several local beer providers will set up tasting stations throughout the Central Library in downtown Kansas City. Each brewery will offer samples of 2-3 beer styles.
  

• Attendees will be organized into 4 small groups that will rotate among the tasting stations every 25 minutes. Groups will visit each station one time in order to sample all the beer options available. Think of it as speed-dating with breweries.
  

• Brewers will visit with guests and talk about their featured beers, their company history, and host brief Q&A sessions with each group. Brewers will also highlight books that have inspired or influenced them.

In addition, Library staff will be on hand to answer questions about books, highlight new products such as our digital streaming movie and music services, our roster of speaker events and programs, and more. We’ll also quench your thirst for knowledge by providing beer-themed recommended reading lists.

Parking

Guests can park in the Community Bookshelf Library District Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
Library guests can get their parking ticket validated for free during the event.

About the Young Friends of the Kansas City Public Library

The Young Friends of the Kansas City Public Library are supporters in their 20s and 30s who value the essential role libraries play in our community and support the Library’s mission to provide Kansas City with high-quality services, fundamental resources, first-class events, and more.

Join today!