901KidsFest 2025

Join us for a day of family fun at the Cossitt Library. 901KidsFest celebrates the wonder and creativity of kids in the Mid-South. We'll have a host of youth performers, authors, podcast hosts, and vendors on-hand, highlighting some of the best and brightest in our community.

Vendor’s Market:

• Young Writer's Guild from the Memphis Parks Literacy Series
• Dance Like a Cupcake
• Young Kidz Create
• Kidpreneur Market: Dancing Marshmallows, Awesome, and much more!

Author’s Corner:

• Alice Faye Duncan, I Gotta Sing!
• Tristan Towns, I Am Unique
• Josiah Harvey, So What's Your Dream?

Young Writer's Guild from the Memphis Parks Literacy Series:

• Tyson Vanhook - I Have Asthma, But it Doesn’t Have Me!
• RiCarlos Jones - Basketball Living Legend in the Making
• K’myra Partee - Best Day Ever
• Royalty Smith - The Goodnight Song

Interactive Stations:

• Lee Nelson Art - Ornament Making
• Memphis Cookie Company - Cookie Decorating
• Kaye's Pints and Scoops: Hot Cocoa Bar
• My Canvas Art Project - Holiday Arts & Crafts

Giveaways:

• Shelby Farms Park Pals & the Grand Opening of Starry Nights – Book Giveaway

Performances & Screenings:

• Dance Performance by Zoey Armstrong and Zamara Marshall of Collage Dance Collective
• Movie Screening: Jingle Jangle

Food & Refreshments:

• Popcorn
• Hot Cocoa
• Holiday Treat Bags

This event is powered by the Memphis Library Foundation, Downtown Memphis Commission, Shelby County Commission, Urban Child Institute, Burroughs Foundation, and Kifani Kids.