EpicFest is a literary festival designed to connect families, children and teens to the library while strengthening the love of reading.
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It takes place November 4, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at ImaginOn, 300 E. 7th Street.
All events are free.
There’s also an additional event, for teens. Wordsmith: An Epic Teen Writing Conference, takes place at SouthPark Regional Library, 7015 Carnegie Blvd, Charlotte, NC, on Saturday, November 4, 2023, from 12 to 3 p.m.
EpicFest at ImaginOn
All Day Activities
- Take a Book, Build Your Home Library
- GameTruck
- Water Wagon
- Photobooth
- Get Ready to Read Activities
- Building with Blocks
- Bookstore
- Face Painting & Glitter Tattoos
- Balloon Twisting
- Scavenger Hunt
- Dance Floor DJ
- Community Art
- Science activity
EpicFest 2023 schedule
- 10:20-10:50a.m.: Family Storytime in Spangler Library
- 10:55a.m.-2:30p.m.: Spangler Stage: Author Talks
- 11:15a.m.-3p.m.: Author Signings
- 12-1p.m.: Schoolhouse Rock Live! Performance in McColl Theatre
- 12-3p.m.: Teen Writing Activities
- 1-1:30p.m.: Dance-a-Story with the Charlotte Ballet
EpicFest 2023 Authors
- Ashley Belote
- Dare Coulter
- Judy Allen Dodson
- Saadia Faruqi
- Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Jessica Kim
- Eleanor Spicer Rice
- Jeffery Boston Weatherford
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