JLF Colorado 2025

Join us for the 11th edition of JLF Colorado, the annual international celebration of books, ideas, stories, and community, taking place September 12–13 at the Boulder Public Library.

A proud sister festival of the world-renowned Jaipur Literature Festival, JLF Colorado has been hosted in Boulder since 2014, and is produced by Teamwork Arts. Each year, it brings together acclaimed authors, thinkers, and changemakers from Colorado and around the globe.

The festival is free and open to all. Come for the morning music, stay for engaging conversations—and feel free to attend one session or many throughout the weekend.

Though this festival is free to attend, it’s not free to produce — if you love the sessions, the music, the memories, and magic we create together, consider pitching in. Become a Friend of the Festival or a Festival Patron by donating to JLF Colorado and get access to all exclusive Festival benefits. To bring books, ideas, and discourse to Colorado and keep the experience available to all, we depend on donations from passionate audiences like you!

About us:

Embodying the expansive energy and indomitable spirit of the mothership festival, JLF Colorado has been bringing a sense of literary camaraderie around the sharing of stories, while creating a community of inspired book lovers since 2015.

Festival attendees return year after year to Boulder, Colorado, to soak in all things literature set against the beauty of the Rockies and the Prairies. The eleventh edition promises an extraordinary array of speakers who will engage the audiences with their profound insights and experiences.

Like each year, JLF Colorado will continue to celebrate the power of stories, ideas, and dialogue, bringing together voices from around the world, welcoming renowned authors, journalists, historians, and cultural changemakers who share their journeys and ideas across genres and disciplines. From global bestsellers and award-winning journalists to pioneering publishers and literary advocates, our speakers will reflect the depth and diversity of contemporary storytelling. Whether rooted in literature, activism, scholarship, or popular culture, their work seeks to inspire conversations that resonate far beyond the page.

Stay tuned for the full program, and join us in honoring a decade and more of literary excellence and a future full of discovery.

JLF Colorado is a 501c3 non-profit organization. EIN 47-2730066

All donations are tax-deductible as permitted by law. All donations go to support the production of the JLF Colorado Literature Festival and Free Outreach Programs.

KNOW MORE

To better plan your JLF experience, please make note of the following:

~ Assisted listening devices for the Canyon Theater or the Skyscapse venues are available on a first-come-first-served basis from the Library Accounts Desk on the right, just inside the Arapahoe entrance to the Library. You will need to leave your Driver’s License (or other official form of ID) in order to check out a device.

~ FOOD available at the Library:

Scrumptious lunches and snacks will be available for sale on Saturday and Sunday from the Jaipur Restaurant in the lobby of the Library’s south entrance from noon till 3 pm. Coffee, tea, and snacks will be available for purchase in the Library Cafe throughout the weekend.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Boulder Public Library - Main Library, 1001 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, United States