FREE: National Book Festival 2026

Dozens of best-selling authors, leading historians, American poets, and children’s writers will be featured speakers at the 2026 National Book Festival. This year’s festival will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. ADMISSION IS FREE! **Get your free ticket here:** [https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/53683959/2026-library-of-congress-national-book-festival-washington-national-book-festival-2026](https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/53683959/2026-library-of-congress-national-book-festival-washington-national-book-festival-2026) Please note that Geek Nite Out is a Meetup group attending the Book Festival; we are not running it. The Festival is organized by the Library of Congress. **List of attending authors:** [https://www.loc.gov/events/2026-national-book-festival/authors-and-speakers/](https://www.loc.gov/events/2026-national-book-festival/authors-and-speakers/) **More information:** [https://www.loc.gov/events/2026-national-book-festival/](https://www.loc.gov/events/2026-national-book-festival/) A #NBF channel will be created on the GNO Discord server before the event. It's to be used to help everyone communicate and find the group. You can join the Discord server here: [https://discord.gg/d4e9MKScVP ](https://discord.gg/d4e9MKScVP)(link should be permanent. Please let me know if it stops working) **--MEETUP INFORMATION--** At these types of events, people like to go off and do their own thing. That being said, we can try to meet for lunch or dinner. Those options will be posted closer to the day of the event. **METRO:** The Convention Center is next to the Mt. Vernon Square Metro Station, along the Green and Yellow lines.