{"id":473438,"date":"2026-09-23T21:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/473438\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T21:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:00:10","slug":"a-free-bilingual-family-friendly-book-festival-is-coming-to-dtla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/473438\/","title":{"rendered":"A free bilingual family-friendly book festival is coming to DTLA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Photo-by-Benigno-Hoyuela-on-Unsplash-1024x678.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" alt=\"A free bilingual family-friendly book festival is coming to DTLA this weekend\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto by Benigno Hoyuela on Unsplash<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lapl.org\/libros\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.lapl.org\/libros\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">Los Angeles Libros Festival<\/a> is bringing a full day of books, bilingual storytelling, live music, authors, and family-friendly activities to downtown Los Angeles <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/weekend-things-to-do-la\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/weekend-things-to-do-la\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_internal\">this weekend<\/a> \u2014 and admission is <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/free-things-to-do-los-angeles\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/free-things-to-do-los-angeles\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_internal\">completely free<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking place at the Los Angeles Public Library\u2019s Central Library on Saturday, September 26, the festival celebrates Spanish-language and bilingual literature with programming for the whole family.<\/p>\n<p>What to expect at the Los Angeles Libros Festival<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visitors can spend the day exploring Spanish-language and bilingual storytelling, musical performances, author appearances, workshops, books, and community activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival will feature a lineup of authors, storytellers, and performers. Plus there will be lots of opportunities for families to discover new books and enjoy programming centered around bilingual literature and culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s also a 2026 festival book list, featuring a bilingual collection of works by participating festival authors.<\/p>\n<p>Festival highlights<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lapl.org\/events\/los-angeles-libros-festival-0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.lapl.org\/events\/los-angeles-libros-festival-0\" data-action=\"text_cta_3\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">full schedule here<\/a> to plan your day!<\/p>\n<p>10 a.m. \u2014 Rainbow &amp; Raza: Bilingual mariachi performance by Mariachi Arco\u2022Iris de Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. \u2014 S\u00ed Sabo Kids: Interactive bilingual storytime with Mike Alfaro.<\/p>\n<p>12 p.m. \u2014 Reyna Grande: Bilingual conversation with the award-winning author.<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. \u2014 Monster-Fighting Best Friends: Claribel A. Ortega discusses her Witchlings series.<\/p>\n<p>2 p.m. \u2014 Cooking in Spanglish: Puerto Rican recipes and stories with Monti Carlo.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. \u2014 Nathalia in Concert: Bilingual family concert and dance party.<\/p>\n<p>10 a.m.\u20134 p.m. \u2014 Family activities: Book market, photo booth, Little Biblioteca, crafts, zine-making, poetry, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Library tours: Guided tours of the Central Library are offered in English and Spanish throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>How to attend<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Los Angeles Libros Festival is free and open to the general public. Registration is available through Eventbrite, though visitors should check the official schedule for individual event times and the complete lineup of performances and workshops.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, if you\u2019re looking for a free family-friendly thing to do in Los Angeles this weekend, this downtown book festival is one to add to the list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcc5Date: Saturday, September 26, 2026<br \/>\ud83d\udccdLocation: LAPL Central Library (630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo by Benigno Hoyuela on Unsplash Los Angeles Libros Festival is bringing a full day of books, bilingual&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[32541,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-473438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-book-festival","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}