Bonaventure Brewing Co - 3:00 PM
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Hollywood - various times
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Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) - 11:00 AM
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Westfield Fashion Square - 10:00 AM
Multiple Parks throughout Los Angeles County - 4:30 PM
Fairplex - various times
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Multiple Parks throughout Los Angeles County - 4:30 PM
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes - 6:00 PM
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Universal Studios Hollywood - 7:00 PM
All LAFD Neighborhood Fire Stations (except airport locations) - 10:00 AM Pick
Police & Fire HQ (Rear Parking Lot) - 9:00 AM
Cobb Galleria Centre - 9:00 AM
Downtown Culver City - 9:00 AM

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Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

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Books, books, everywhere, and lots of authors, too. The LA Times Festival of Books is LA's biggest and best-known book festival. The schedule for 2025's Festival of Books features children's events with Dan Santat, Stacey Abrams, Laura Numeroff, Max Greenfield, Blippi, Lucky Diaz, Kwame Alexander, Andrew & Polly, Marie Lu, and Drew Daywalt, -- and that's just the beginning!
Held once again on the USC Campus, the festival is two days filled with panel discussions, author readings, performances, and booths. The Children's Stage features performances throughout both days geared for kids. Older kids can check out the author appearances at the YA Stage. All outdoor entertainment is free and requires no ticket.
Tickets are required to attend all indoor Conversations. They are free but limited and are distributed starting April 20 (service fee per ticket applies).
Attendees can get earlier access to tickets with the purchase a "friend of the festival" pass. ($85-$200).
A limited amount of tickets for each Conversation, while supplies last, are also distributed at the festival ticketing booth — free of service charges. The booth opens at 10am on each day of the festival.
Parking on campus is $20. Public transportation options include Metro bus and rail lines.