2024's Program Schedule
To be announced.
2022's Program Schedule
Learn more about the inaugural Festival’s events below.
10:00 AM
Chris and Willie (the Horse) Share “Twist of Fate: The Miracle Colt and His Friends”
with Chris Stuckenschneider and Willie the Horse
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Neighborhood Reads Back Yard
Daughters on Writing Their Fathers’ Wars
Author panel with Virginia Brackett and Lori Stillman | Moderated by Angela Elam
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | City Chambers
Hometown Heroes
with Washington’s first responders and their vehicles
| 10:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. | Public Safety Parking Lot
10:30 AM
Louie and the Blues
with author Dan O’Neill
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Main Festival Grounds
TV’s Father Dominic and the “Scone Zone”
with Father Dominic Garramone
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Festival Stage
11:00 AM
Cannon’s Crash Course Storytime
with Mon Trice
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Neighborhood Reads Back Yard
You Can Too! Storytime with Missouri Women Senators
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Washington Library
11:30 AM
Wrestling at the Chase in Washington
Live wrestling moderated by Ed Wheatley
| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Hotz & Brandt Law Office Parking Lot
11:45 AM
Breinwurst “Why Eat the Best When the Wurst is Better!”
With chef Mathew Unger and author Porcshe Moran Murphy
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Festival Stage
12:00 PM
Lily Storytime
with Carolyn Mueller-Kelly
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Neighborhood Reads Back Yard
They Will Run Car Show
with Thomas Eyssell
| 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | St. Francis Borgia Parking Lot
12:30 PM
The Ozarks in Print and Perception: Imaging a Region in Book
with Steve Wiegenstein and Nancy Allen | Moderated by Dr. Brooks Blevins
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | City Chambers
1:00 PM
Return of the Soap Box Derby!
with Thomas Eyssell and the Mid Missouri Soap Box Derby
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Cedar Street
Tia’s Tingles Storytime
with Jessica Horne
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Neighborhood Reads Back Yard
1:30 PM
A Touch of the Irish
With Kevin Buckley, Dan Lowery, and author Patrick Murphy
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Festival Stage
The Purina Incredible Dog Team
| 1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Grass Area by 3rd and Oak Streets
2:00 PM
Reflections on Two Centuries of Missouri Statehood
Author talk with Gary R. Kremer and an introduction by Andrew Davidson
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | City Chambers
Incredible Cardinals Storytime
with Ed Wheatley
| 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Neighborhood Reads Back Yard
Telling Stories Through Words and Illustrations
Author talk with Dan and Connie Burkhardt
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Bryan Haynes Studio
2:30 PM
Circus Harmony’s St. Louis Arches
with youth performers from Circus Harmony
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Main Festival Grounds
From the Page to the Stage: In My Granny’s Garden
with Metro Theater Company
| 2:30 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. | Washington Library
3:00 PM
| 1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Grass Area by 3rd and Oak Streets
3:30 PM
Telling Our Stories
writing workshop with Maryfrances Wagner
| 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Public Safety Building Basement
Brew-land, Missouri
With Cameron Collins
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Old Bridgeview Brewing
Get Down to the St. Louis Sound
Live music and author talk with Amanda E. Doyle
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Festival Stage
