📚 2026 Los Angeles Times Festival Of Books (April 18&19) 📚

No host event
The nation’s largest literary and cultural festival will returned to the USC University Park Campus on Saturday, April 18 and Sunday April 19.

Train Options

There are trains that run from Orange County to LA‘s Union Station where you can then take Metrorail out to USC/Exposition Park.

Sheila plans to go Saturday. She will catch the 9:19am Metrolink from the Irvine Transportation Center to Los Angeles’ Union Station and return to Irvine on the 4:20pm Metrolink train. ($10, R/T; $5, R/T for seniors-includes light rail from Union Station to USC and back😊

Amtrak also offers trains. Check out their site.

Driving Directions

Get directions to the University Park campus via Google Maps. If you’re using another mapping program, enter the address for the campus center: 3351 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089.

On-campus parking ($)