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Knockout Book Bash 2026

June 12-13, 2026

Venue:

Bluegrass Convention Center

aka Clarion Hotel Conference Center

1950 Newtown Pike

Lexington, KY 40511

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2026 Knockout Book Bash Itinerary

June 12, 2026 @ 8am

June 12, 2026 @ 8:30am

June 12, 2026 @ 12:30pm

June 12, 2026 @ 1pm - 5pm

June 12, 2026 @ 5pm - 6pm

June 12, 2026 @ 6pm - 9pm

June 13, 2026 @ 8am - 10apm

June 13, 2026 @ 10am -12pm

June 13, 2026 @ noon - 1pm

June 13, 2026 @ 1pm - 5pm

June 13, 2026 @ 5pm - 6pm

June 13, 2026 @ 7am

1st time chance for ticket holders to do early registration where you can pick up your signing lanyard for entrance into the event and your Author Autograph booklet!

Horse Farm tour arranged by JM Madden! (More details and registration coming in the next two weeks!)

District Distillery tour arranged by JM Madden! (More details and registration coming in the next two weeks!)

1st time period for Authors to start their table set-up in the main ballroom.

2nd early ticket holder registration opportunity to skip the line Saturday.

Join us Friday night for our brand new "Pre-Order Pick-Up Party"! Come party with us for pre-registration for the main event, pick up an Author Autograph booklet and have fun with book friends and a cash bar!

Some of our Authors will be set up with their PRE-ORDERS for attendees to pick up their orders so that when you go to the main event on Saturday you have more time to mingle and talk with the authors and other attendees. There will also be Vendors selling book themed merchandise for you to get your shopping on. Please note authors are NOT ALLOWED to sell any books that night and you are only there to pick-up your pre-order, pre-register for the event on Saturday & get your lanyard for entrance and get your Author Autograph booklet signed!

2nd Author setup in main ballroom and VIP ticket holders 3rd early registration opportunity.

VIP ticket holders will have from 10am until noon to meet and greet with all of our authors before the rest of the attendees arrive at 1pm! Meet new authors, find new books, make new friends. What could be better babe?!?!

Don't get hangry babe! Buy a catered lunch ticket so you can relax in the "Paddock" and fuel up. If that doesn't sound like the lunch you were dreaming of we'll also have a couple of food trucks in the parking lot or you can check out the convention center's fab restaurant, Sedona Taphouse. Plenty of options for everyone! To see the Food Trucks that we currently have booked for this event, PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK.

General Admission ticket holders join us for all the bookish fun that can be had and VIP ticket holders are invited to come back! 

At 5pm promptly we will have to ask attendees to exit the room and surrounding outer area so that authors can break down their tables and exit in a safe, timely manner. Hosts and volunteers will also be setting up for the afterparty.

BLING & BLUEJEANS AFTERPARTY! Host Jennifer Madden is putting together our first afterparty with a DJ and a cash bar! Come mingle babes!

FOOD & DRINKS

As an event attendee you have a few options for lunch during the event! There will be food trucks, the venue's restaurant the Sedona Taphouse, or you can purchase a catered lunch ticket and eat at the venue's "Paddock" area.

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THINGS TO DO IN

LEXINGTON, KY

Welcome to the "Horse Capital of the World"! The perfect place for a weekend getaway. Click here to explore some things to do.

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HOTEL

As soon as we have information on the hotel block for attendees of this event, we will post it here! Please check back often or sign up for our KOBB Newsletter to find those details once they are available.

EVENT VENUE

Bluegrass Convention Center

aka, Clarion Hotel Conference Center - North

1950 Newtown Pike, Lexington, KY, 40511

Click the venue logo above to see the floorplan!

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Knockout Book Bash 2022 & 2024 were SOLD OUT READER EVENTS... ARE YOU READY FOR 2026?!

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CONTACT THE HOSTS

Venue

Bluegrass Convention Center

1950 Newtown Pike

Lexington, KY 94158

 

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