[Neal Pollack has been hard at work organizing this festival, to which we hope you will come.] - - - - JULY 26-27 Because no magazine is complete without a festival to celebrate itself, and because we believe that festivals are fun and should include drinking beer, and, because, let's face it, our ambition knows no earthly bounds, we are announcing a celebration of all things new and exciting in literature. This festival will be held in Philadelphia, PA, the birthplace and first capital of our nation, and still a great city with a very entertaining basketball team. All reading events are free. The music events will, it looks like, cost $8 the first night and $10 the second night. The cost for both nights together will be $15, if you buy a wristband at the door on the first night. At some point there will also be a live epic battle between good and evil, but we are not yet sure where and when. Books will be on sale at the library event, courtesy of Joseph Fox Booksellers, an excellent independent bookstore and a proud member of the McSweeneys 100. The special tours of the Rosenbach Museum and Library will be at 2 PM on Thursday the 26th and 11 AM on Friday the 27th. Interested parties should send an email to dmiller@rosenbach.org, or call at 215-732-1600, x13 to reserve a space, as each tour is limited to 15 people. Admission to the Rosenbach is $5. We encourage all residents of Philadelphia and the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey to attend this festival, but we also want to extend a welcoming hand of brotherly love to anyone from the New York area, from the Washington, D.C./Baltimore area, from Wilmington, Delaware, and from anywhere else on the eastern seaboard. Philly is close, and getting there inexpensive. You will want to say you were there when it all began, and you will want to purchase our collectible T-shirts. Now, the lineup: THURSDAY, JULY 26 JULY 26 FRIDAY, JULY 27 JULY 27 JULY 27 For generous Philly residents who want to offer places for out-of-towners to stay (or simply recommend some inexpensive hotels), or for out-of-towners who need places to stay in Philly, there is a message board called "McSweeney's Philadelphia Throwdown" in the Books section of Salon's Table Talk discussion forums. This will be the place where festival attendees can exchange information, and meet each other through the advanced technology of computers. Address any and all questions to the following email address: mcmarch2001@yahoo.com, and watch this site for updates and annoucements of bands. This will be a very fun festival. Please come. Neal Pollack
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