The festival will be held from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 29, and from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 30.
Admission is free to the public.
However, tickets will be required to attend author panel discussions and lectures. Tickets will be available free of charge at all Ticketmaster locations throughout Southern California beginning April 16. A limited number of tickets will also be available on-site. More than 85 author panels will be held in UCLA lecture halls and classrooms during the two-day festival. Designed for the entire family, the Target Stage will feature the popular children's characters Barney, Thomas the Tank, and Bear from the popular Disney Channel children's series, Bear in the Big Blue House.