Kensington Day of the Book Festival 2024

Share a Tent with MAA
at the 17th Annual

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Key dates

Registration: March 20 - April 14

Max participants: 8 persons

Event:   April 21st
-Setup: 10-11 am
-Open to the public: 11 am-4 pm
-Break down: 4-4:30 pm

The Day of the Book Festival is back!  

The Kensington Day of the Book Festival is a family friendly street festival, held rain or shine, spanning three blocks of Howard Avenue in the heart of historic Kensington. Come meet authors, poets, literary and community organizations. Live music on a few stages, special guest speakers, poetry readings, cookbook demos, children’s program, and much more. 

This fun annual event celebrates our community and the creativity of our artists! MAA is sponsoring a tent at the festival, with space for up to 8 member artists to display and sell prints, flat originals, greeting cards and a few small artworks. Artists must be present to process sales and volunteer or team up with a fellow artist.

Where: The festival will be along Howard Avenue in Old Kensington, between Armory and Montgomery Avenue.

Cost to participate: Free; MAA membership is required.

What you may sell: Member artists may bring one print bin, one card rack, and 2 or 3 small works (no larger than 14” in any dimension) with supporting easels. All items must be in plastic sleeves/bags with labels that shows price, artist name, and contact info. A book or literary subject is not required.  Please note, it can get windy and paintings on easels tend to blow over.  

 Volunteering/staffing: As a member event, all participants must bring their own items at drop off (10-10:30am) and be present to collect them promptly at 4:00pm take down. Please keep in mind that it is also required that participants sign up to volunteer in 2.5-hour shifts during the festival day from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm to providing tent oversight and help with set up or take down. Once we know all the participating artists, we will connect you with one another and the shifts they sign up for in case you wish to pair up, to process sales of artwork. 

Sales: Participants will process their own sales and receive 100% of sales; MAA will NOT take a commission. We recommend you have electronic methods for accepting payments via credit card, PayPal/Venmo, as well as cash sales. As mentioned above, you MUST be present at the booth to process your sales (or buddy up with another artist to help each other).

Disclaimer: Reasonable care and security will be provided by the MAA volunteer artists. Neither MAA nor the Kensington Day of the Book Festival organization will be held responsible for loss or damage to artwork after dropping off, during the festival, or during pick up. Artists are advised to have their own insurance.

Contacts: MAA event managers, Vicky Surles