Library Festival 2024

Save the date for the Hoboken Library Festival!

Saturday, September 21, 2024 | 11 am – 3 pm
Church Square Park | 400 Garden St

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Church Square Park Gazebo

• 11 am: San Simón
  • Live Afro Latin Soul Music
• 12 pm: Lauren E. Rico
  • Author, Familia: A Novel
• 1 pm: Kulture Kool
  • Live South Asian Music and Dance
• 2 pm: Nathalie Alonso and Rudy Gutierrez
  • Author & Illustrator, Call me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos

Family Tent

• 11:30 am: ‘Scoop, the Musical’ with Elena Skye & Patricia Keeler
• 12:30 pm: Sketch Off! with Barbara DiLorenzo & Patricia Keeler
• 1:30 pm: Story Time with Megan Levy
• 2:30 pm: Story Time with Jordan & Joelle Hernandez of Completely Booked
  

Teen Tent

• 11 am: Affirmation Program
  
• 12 pm: Book Bingo with Ms Jenn
• 1 pm: Escape Room (3rd floor, inside)
  
• 2 pm: Typewriter Poetry with QWERT Poetry

ALL DAY

Local Authors

• Visit the Author Tent to meet and mingle with over 20 local authors and buy signed copies of their books!
  • Miriam Allenson · Ken Altabef · Russ Colchamiro · Mary Fan · Amy Gash · Catherine Greenfeder · Elise Howard · Caryl Janis · Jeremiah Kleckner · Penny Lane · Linda Parisi · Joan Ramirez · Eileen Sanchez ·Ken Schept · Alex Shvartsman · Peter B. Stone · Nidhi Thakur · PLUS Local Authors from the Mystery Writers of America NY Chapter and NJ Romance Authors!

Book Sale

• The Hoboken Public Library Friends & Foundation have an extraordinarily wide and varied selection of gently used books in all genres, for all ages! Each purchase directly supports your local library.

Community Partners

• Meet the amazing local nonprofits providing services to you and your family here in Hoboken!
  • Amazing Truth Society · Bike Hoboken · Deaf Advocacy · City of Hoboken Social Workers · Community Food Bank of NJ · Deaf Advocacy Group · Hoboken Community Center · Hoboken Family Planning · Hoboken Public Schools · Hudson Family Promise · Hudson SPEAKS · NAMI Hudson County · Northeast New Jersey Legal Services · St Matthew Trinity Lunchtime Ministry

Maker Tent

• Make buttons with us and Bristlebots with Maker Bar! Get inspired by examples of Makerspace projects.

Community Art Exhibit

• Our talented library patrons will display the art they have been creating every week at our Art with Liz class! Stop by to meet the artists and get inspired.

Updated 9/5/2024 – AB