Upcoming Events
Hopkins Pride Festival
Hopkins Pride Festival is back this year on Sunday, June 14th from 11am-4pm. Out & About Book Bus and Mess Hall Arts are sponsoring the Kid Zone for Hopkins Pride!
Pride Family Fest at Graze Food Hall
Out & About Book Bus will be at Graze Food Hall for their Pride Family Fest on Saturday, June 20th from 3-6pm. Story Time will be at 3pm.
Twin Cities Pride Family Fun Day
Out & About Book Bus will be at Como Park East Pavilion for Twin Cities Pride Family Fun Day 2026!
Rainbow Play Date at the Beach
LGBTQIA+ Families are invited to our 2nd Annual Rainbow Play Date at the Beach on Sunday, July 19th from 10am-3pm!
Golden Valley Pride Festival
Out & About Book Bus will be at Golden Valley Pride Festival at Brookview Park from 12pm-6pm. We will be partnering with Golden Valley Pride Festival to offer hourly story times with local personalities. Story Times will be at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, and 5pm.
Free First Saturday at Walker Art Center
Out & About Book Bus and Rainbow Collective for Change will be at the Walker Art Center from 10am-3pm sharing LGBTQIA+ and gender affirming books, providing a hand kite art activity and leading Rainbow Story Times at 10:30am and 1:30pm.
Arbeiter Brewing Pride Beer Release Party
Out & About Book Bus will be at the Queerly Beholden Pride Beer Release Party at Arbeiter Brewing from 5-7pm (the event goes until 9pm).
Lyndale Wheels and Bike Rodeo
Out & About Book Bus will be joining Lyndale Neighborhood Association for their Wheels and Bike Rodeo at Painter Park on Saturday, May 16th from 11am-2pm. The address is 620 W 34th Street, Minneapolis.
Local Charter School Bus Stop
This is a private function for a local charter school’s families. Want to bring the Out & About Book Bus to your school or event? Email us today at anne@outandaboutbookbus.org.
Revolutions are Made of Love Fundraiser
Revolutions are Made of Love
A Fundraiser for Out & About Book Bus
Saturday, May 2nd
3-5pm
Lake Country School Green Space and Parking Lot
Register Here: https://bit.ly/4m7XuGA
Join us for an afternoon of community, stories, art, and love. Sun Yung Shin and Leslie Barlow - local author and illustrator of children's book Revolutions are Made of Love - will be reading excerpts and discussing the book and the idea that "revolutions are made of love". The gathering will include opportunities for you to participate in a community art project, enjoy appetizers and drinks, and all families will leave with a copy of Revolutions are Made of Love: The Story of James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs by Mélina Mangal, Sun Yung Shin, Leslie Barlow. Additionally, the Out & About Book Bus will be there for families to enjoy!
Tickets are $30 a person (kids are free). All proceeds benefit Out & About Book Bus and their efforts to get LGBTQIA+ and gender affirming books to kids and families throughout the Twin Cities. All ages are welcome and grown ups without children are encouraged to be children at heart and join us for this special event!
Can't attend the event but want to support Out & About Book Bus? Consider buying raffle tickets to win an Out & About Book Bus Visit for your next neighborhood gathering or birthday party! Purchase $10 raffle tickets here: https://bit.ly/bookbusraffle
Rainbow Story Time
Rainbow Story Time features LGBTQIA+ and gender inclusive stories in English, Spanish, and ASL. Register Here

