Volunteer at the 44th Annual Kentucky Book Festival Join us in celebrating books in the Bluegrass
Friday, October 31, 2025 | Saturday, November 1, 2025 | Joseph-Beth Booksellers
We Need Volunteers for the Kentucky Book Festival
Are you passionate about books and community engagement? The 44th annual Kentucky Book Festival is just around the corner, and we’re searching for enthusiastic volunteers to be a part of this landmark literary event!
Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers are needed for a variety of roles, including event set-up, assisting with check-ins, helping guests navigate the festival, supporting stage programming and/or children’s activities, and ensuring our festival runs smoothly from start to finish. We need volunteers on Friday, October 31, and Saturday, November 1.
Why Volunteer?
🤝 Connect with fellow book lovers and authors from across Kentucky and beyond
🎤 Enjoy the vibrant atmosphere, live readings, and creative workshops
📚 Make lasting memories while supporting literacy and the arts
👕 And get a free t-shirt!
How to Get Involved
Whether you can offer a few hours or a whole weekend, every helping hand counts. Bring your energy, your enthusiasm, and your love of books—join us in making this year’s festival the best one yet.
Sign Up Today!
Ready to lend a hand and make a difference? Signing up is simple. Fill out the volunteer registration form. Choose your assignments and select the times you are available. Your commitment ensures that the Kentucky Book Festival continues to be a beacon of culture, creativity, and connection for everyone who attends.
We can’t wait to welcome you to the team!
About Kentucky Humanities
Kentucky Humanities is an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, D.C. Kentucky Humanities is supported by the National Endowment and by private contributions. We are not a state agency, but are proud partners with Kentucky’s cultural, heritage, arts, and tourism agencies. Kentucky Humanities is dedicated to Telling Kentucky’s Story through programs and services that create a legacy of pride in the wealth of Kentucky culture, building civic engagement and supporting local humanities programs and events. We strive to enable all Kentuckians to take part in learning, sharing, and teaching each other about Kentucky’s rich heritage. We are committed to providing leadership and developing resources that support the needs of Kentuckians to examine our values, understand our common heritage, and build stronger Kentucky communities based on the knowledge, insight, and respect inherent in the humanities. Learn more at kyhumanities.org.
Sponsor or Donate to the Kentucky Book Festival
Donate
Community support for the Kentucky Book Festival helps us host great authors and present programming at no cost to attendees while contributing to the proud literary heritage of our Commonwealth. All donations to the Kentucky Book Festival are listed in Kentucky Humanities Report to the People, published in the spring issue of Kentucky Humanities magazine unless otherwise requested.
Become a Sponsor
Join in supporting one of the longest-standing literary traditions in not only Kentucky, but also the country. This beloved celebration connects thousands of book lovers and authors in a one-of-a-kind experience. Throughout its 44 years, the Festival has attracted national literary stars, politicians, scholars, journalists, celebrities, and athletes to the Commonwealth, in addition to celebrating the works of Kentuckians.
Sponsor opportunities vary widely, and associated coverage begins in the summer, with hundreds of thousands of media impressions possible. The Kentucky Book Festival catalog is published in the October edition of Kentucky Monthly magazine (36,000 print run, with readership of 126,000). Get in touch to learn about the benefits of sponsorship and see which opportunities might be a good fit for your organization.
Please contact the Kentucky Book Festival Director at (859) 257-4317 or jay.mccoy@uky.edu for more information.
To give your tax-deductible gift, click the button below and choose Kentucky Book Festival.
Mail a check to:
Kentucky Humanities
ATTN: Kentucky Book Festival
206 E. Maxwell St.
Lexington, KY 40508
Anti-Harassment Policy
Kentucky Humanities has implemented a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, sex (including transgender status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, political affiliation, or status as a parent. The Kentucky Book Festival has a zero-tolerance policy for harassment of any kind, whether in person or via email/social media/other electronic means, including but not limited to: Stalking or intimidation; Offensive verbal comments; Physical assault and/or battery; Harassing or non-consensual photography or recordings; Bathroom policing; Inappropriate, unwelcome, or uninvited contact or attention.
Should someone engage in any of these harassing behaviors, Kentucky Humanities staff will alert security, who will take immediate action in whatever form they deem appropriate, including expulsion from the event. This policy applies in all venues and areas of the Festival, to all who participate: staff, volunteers, authors, exhibitors, attendees, guests, vendors, press, and others.If you have been made uncomfortable by someone’s harassing behavior, or if you see harassing behavior happening to anyone else, please contact us.