Love Y’all Book Festival is taking over the Marriott Altanta Decatur Downtown to welcome romance readers for Valentine’s weekend 2026. The event features a stacked lineup of more than 80 authors, vendors, and experiences over three days.

VIP ticket-holders get started on Friday with their exclusive experiences with authors. Events range from bookstore tours, karaoke, and movies, to high tea, bowling, painting, and axe throwing. Atendees are also able to purchase individual tickets to most of those events separately. Several authors will attend each experience as well, giving readers a chance to meet and interact with their favorite writers in fun environments. VIP tickets also include a selection of Advanced Reading Copies from select authors, a tote bag, and swag.

Love Y’all fully kicks off on Saturday morning, with opening remarks from the event’s three founders at 9:30 a.m., followed by the opening keynote at 10 a.m. This year’s opening keynote speakers are Scarlett St. Clair and Kate Dramis. Attendees will then have opportunities to hear from authors during eight hours of panels throughout the day Saturday, followed by seven hours of panels on Sunday. Sunday wraps up with the closing keynote at 5 p.m., presented by Denise Williams, Sierra Simone, and Julie Murphy.

Attendees will also be able to get their books signed by authors during the event. Each author will sign up to two books per person per day during their one hour sessions. Sasha Payton Smith, Jessica Cage, and Matthew Hubbard will only be signing on Saturday, while Andrea Max is only available for signatures on Sunday. The full schedule for signings and table assignments is available here.

Love Y’all features shopping opportunities from four bookstores. Books can be pre-ordered for pickup at the festival or purchased on-site in a first come, first served manor. Several other vendors will be on hand offering bookish items, from stickers and pins, to shirts and swag. Sponsors will also have booths for attendees to peruse, with some tauting giveaways throughout the event.

General one- and two-day tickets are still available at $147 and $212 respectively, not including tax or fees. According to event social media, VIP ticket sales are closed, however they are still showing as available to purchase online.

Stay tuned for an update after the event.