Events Calendar

Name: 3rd Annual Summer Book Fair!
Start: 2025-08-17T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-08-19T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Children’s Museum at Holyoke

The Explore Holyoke community events calendar highlights the arts and cultural events throughout the city of Holyoke to help plan your visit. You are invited to submit your event. Events encouraged to be submitted are art openings, dance concerts, open mic events, cultural lectures. Events not allowed on the calendar are, political fundraisers, city meetings, daily specials from restaurants and events outside the city of Holyoke.

3rd Annual Summer Book Fair!

August 17 @ 10:00 am - August 19 @ 4:00 pm

The Children’s Museum at Holyoke is hosting their 3rd Annual Summer Book Fair on August 15th, 16th, and 17th from 10:00 – 4:00 each day. Enjoy free activities, storytime, healthy snacks and beverages, an exciting selection of raffles, and THOUSANDS of books for all ages!

The event is free and open to the public, where every family is invited to come and partake in the Book Fair on a ‘Pay-What-You-Can’ model by choosing a sliding scale donation amount in exchange for books. No child or family leaves empty handed!

Access to reading materials can vary for children once the school year has ended. This is especially true in places considered to be “Book Deserts”, this event is aims to make an accessible literary oasis!