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Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
USC University Park Campus, Los Angeles, CA
The country's largest free literary festival fills the USC campus for a weekend of author panels, book stalls, and a cooking stage. Founded by the Los Angeles Times in 1996, it draws several hundred thousand attendees over two days each spring; the 2026 edition ran April 18-19.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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