3rd Annual Canalside Children's Book Festival | Kids Out and About Buffalo

3rd Annual Canalside Children's Book Festival

Calling all bookworms! Join us for our third annual Children's Book Festival presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield at Canalside on Sunday, June 28th from 10:00am-1:00pm.

Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.

Event Highlights:

  • Local author book readings and meet and greets
  • Local bookstore vendors
  • Kids activity zone
  • Explore & More activity table
  • Free welcome bag to first 300 attendees made possible by Dion's Dreamers
  • Lawn games

Event Vendors:

  • Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
  • Explore & More
  • Village Play
  • Making Waves Art Studio
  • Buffalo Toy Library
  • Community Action Organization of WNY, INC.
  • Buffalo History Museum
  • Alice Ever After
  • Pigtail Publishing
  • Read Across Buffalo
Location: 
Great Lawn - Prime and Perry streets at Canalside’s Central Wharf
See map: Google Maps

*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.
Contact name: 
Buffalo Waterfront
Dates: 
06/28/2026
Time: 
10am - 1pm