2017 Touring Schedule
 
FEBRUARY
 
2/5 Super Bowl Lit Party (private), (Houston, TX)
 
2/10-11 TALE Conference (Corpus Christi, TX)
 
2/16 World Read Aloud Day (Houston, TX)

2/17 Shakespeare With A Purpose (Houston, TX)

​2/19 Private Book Club Event (Houston, TX)
 
2/25 Texas Alliance of Black School Educators Concurrent Workshops VIII (Houston, TX)
 
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MARCH
 
3/4 Houston Baptist University’s Annual Writers Conference (Houston, TX)
 
3/6-7 SXSW EDU Book Sale (Austin, TX)
 
3/14-20 TBA
 

APRIL
 
4/8-9 Drop Everything and Read (Houston, TX)
 
4/8-9 Austin International Poetry Festival (Austin, TX)

4/22 Round Top Poetry Festival / Poetry Field Trip (Round Top, TX)
 
4/29 Judge for PM Show Auditions (Houston, TX)
 

MAY
 
5/1-31 * Abstracted/Redacted Art Exhibit (Dallas, TX) 

5/6 District UIL (Houston, TX)

5/7 * Abstracted/Redacted Art Exhibit Reception (Dallas, TX) 

5/25-28 Red Cat Jazz Festival (Texas City, TX)
 

JUNE
 
6/6-9 Humanities Texas Summer Teachers Institute (San Marcos, TX)

6/10 Wimberley Book Festival (Wimberley, TX)

6/14  TEPSA Conference (Austin, TX)

6/24 PM Show: Poetry and Music (Houston, TX)

6/26-27 Model Schools Conference (Nashville, TN)

 
JULY
 
7/21 La Madeleine Carrilon (Houston, TX)

7/26 Region 6 ESC Write for Texas Summer Institute (Huntsville, TX)

7/29 Celebration of Authors Gala (Houston, TX)

 
AUGUST
 
8/3 SOLO Book Release Party For Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess (New York, NY)

8/3 SOLO Reception For Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess (Harlem, NY)

8/5-26 Texas Artists Exhibition (Beeville, TX)

​8/22 Picture Book Mini Summit (online)

 
SEPTEMBER

***September Dates Have Been Cancelled.
 
Fresh Off The Boat Mini Tour:

9/5 Fresh Off The Boat Book Release

​9/9 Book People (Austin, TX)

TBA (Houston, TX)

9/23 Brazos Valley Book Festival (College Station, TX)
                                                                                   

MERCH...
*Merchandise is available at tour stops. 

June
 
1. Dear Texas Radio Program (SoundCloud)
 
11. Wimberley Book Fest (Wimberley, TX)
 
17. Comicpalooza With Illustrator Jarrod Perez (Houston, TX)
 
22. *Official Party at Hard Rock Cafe (Atlanta, GA)

22. Little Shop of Stories Pop-up (Decatur, GA)

23. Taste and See Coffee Shop and Gallery (Macon, GA)

23. *The Hummingbird (Macon, GA)

23. The Ampersand Guild Hall (Macon, GA)

24. Georgia College [Re] Visit (Milledgeville, GA)

24. Artists Reception: Private Event (Milledgeville, GA)

25. *Blackbird Coffee (Milledgeville, GA)

30. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston HH (Houston, TX)
  

​July
 
3.* Houston Caribbean Festival (Houston, TX)

9. Etnia Barcelona Launch / Reception (Houston, TX)

12. Lunch at the Library Program (Houston, TX)

​15. Lost Keys Writers Date Auction (Macon, GA)

16. 2nd Annual San Antonio Indie Book Fest (San Antonio, TX)

16. *Palo Alto College Mixer: AKA River Walk Turn-Up (San Antonio, TX) 

16.*Official Party at Hard Rock Cafe (San Antonio, TX)

16. *After Party TBA (San Antonio, TX)

17. Media and Press Day (San Antonio, TX)

23. African Children's Book Festival (Houston, TX)

23. Texas Big 10 for Art Reception (Katy, TX)

​24. First Annual Texas Tea Regional Slam (Houston, TX)

30. Caney Creek Conservation Foundation Reception (Wharton, TX)
 
 
August
 
3. Region VI Workshop (Huntsville, TX)

5. ^^^When Doves Cry Exhibit (Brainerd, MN)

6. Texas Artists Exhibit Reception (Beeville, TX)
 
13. Navasota Blues Fest (Navasota, TX)

​18. Husky Social Hour (Houston, TX)

20. Writers Family Reunion (Houston, TX)

20. *Taste of African and Caribbean Festival (Houston, TX)  

26. ***De La Soul's New Album Listening Party (TBA)

27. Creative Arts Retreat (private event-College Station, TX)

28. Creative Arts Retreat (private event-College Station, TX)

30. *CAMH Young Patrons: Fall Launch Preview Party (Houston, TX)
 

September
 
3. TBA (San Marcos, TX)

10. Sugar Land-UH Book Festival (Sugar Land, TX)

17. Port O' Connor Library Dinner With Texas Authors (Port O' Connor, TX)

TBA  Writing and Wine for Moms (Woodlands, TX)

TBA Writing and Wine for Moms (College Station, TX)
 

October
 
1. ^^^Waco Wordfest Distinguished Writers Reception (recognized), (Waco, TX)

7. Houston Poetry Festival (Houston, TX)

29. Kicks on Kampus, Texas Southern University (Houston, TX) 


 
November
 
3. Private Reception With Kwame Alexander (Houston, TX) 

4. The Van Show (Austin Public Library)

4. Webb Middle School Author Visit (Austin, TX)

4. Book Signing at Half Price Books (7-9 on Lamar)

​5. Texas Book Festival (Texas Association of Authors, Austin)

5. ^^^National Sneaker Day

​6. Texas Book Festival (ATX)

6. Austin Poets International Book Signing, Texas Book Festival Pavilion (3-4)

*Official Parties and After Parties TBA

12. ^^^Kixpo: Alamo City Sneaker and Streetwear Expo (San Antonio, TX)

18. For The Love of The Paper Reception (KCAM, Katy, TX)

19-20. Houston Whatever Festival (Houston, TX)



December

2. University of Houston Mixer (Sugar Land, TX)

10. ^^^Fantastic Mini-Con (Houston, TX)

11. *Private Event

15. 41st Annual Ruth K. Shartle Symposium (MFA, Houston)

TBA Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. Private Book Club Appearance (New Orleans, LA)

​TBA Gallery Reading / Exhibit (New Orleans, LA)

***12/27 - 12/31

*Official Party at The House of Blues (New Orleans, LA) 


                  *2017 TOUR DATES WILL POST SOON...

Latvia Tour Dates

Riga:

Satori bookstore | Berga Bazaar, Rīga (Poetry Talk)   18:30–20:00                                                 9/7

Homo Novus (Reading to the Mixed Sounds of Sergejs Timofejevs)       22:00                              9/7                                          

http://www.totaldobze.com/ArtCenter/events/urban-poetry/workshops                                        9/8                                 

Totaldobze Art Center at VEF  (Author's Evening)  *Featured Musicians Deniss Paskevics and Arturs Tigulis                                                                                                                             19:00 – 21:00                                                                                                                                           9/8      

*Poet Van G. Garrett will present his creative activities and communicate how poetry falls under the umbrella of creative arts. Audience will be able to hear and see Van G. Garrett poetry performances, ask him questions and listen about urban culture in Houston.Workshops of poets Jacob Sam-La Rose and Aoife Mannix (UK)                                                                                                                             11:00                                      9/9

Live interview at Radio 101 along with poets Jacob Sam-La Rose and Aoife Mannix (UK)                                                                                                                          20:00                                 9/10    Poetry Slam Venues: Purvciems  and Totaldobže Art Center         21:00-01:00                9/10

Gertrudes St. Theater                                                  18:00                                                             9/12

Daugavpils:  Young Adult Poetry Workshop: Latgola, 10th Floor                             19:00           9/13  

Talk and Reading With 11th Grade Students: Daugavpils Centre Gimnasium        9:00             9/14

Workshop 1: High School Creative Writing: American Corner Daugavpils   10:00-13:00           9/14

Lecture 1: Daugavpils University                                                           14:00-15:35                       9/14

Young Adult Poetry Workshop 2: Latgola, 10th Floor                       17:00-19:00                         9/14

Workshop 2: High School Creative Writing: American Corner Daugavpils   10:00-13:00           9/15

Lecture 2: Daugavpils University                                                           14:00-15:35                       9/15

Workshop 3: High School Creative Writing: American Corner Daugavpils   10:00-13:00           9/16

* Special Jazz Performance and Talk: Daugavpils University School of Music                                                                                                                12:00-13:30      9/16

TOUR DATES

LOVERS, SAINTS, AND SINNERS TOUR

FEATURING:
Nina Foxx / Cynnamon Foster
ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Tamika Newhouse
www.ninafoxx.com
www.tamikanewhouse.com
www.reshondatatebillingsley.com

* Denotes that an event is part of Van's touring schedule. It does not mean that the other featured authors are certain to attend these functions.

* Book People Cafe (Meet and Greet), Austin, TX  7-8 p.m. 1/21 
* MoJoe Room (Official Party) 1/21
. Carver Library, Lovers, Saints, and Sinners Event (Part 1), San Antonio, TX  4-6 p.m.  1/22
* The Elephant Room (Official Party), Austin, TX 1/22
* Mojoe Room (Official Party/Appearance) 1/22 
* Barnes & Nobel (Meet and Greet), The Arboretum (Upstairs in "Art"), Austin, TX  1-2 p.m.  1/23

. Lovers, Saints, and Sinners Tour (Part 2) 
The Cellar Wine Bar, Clear Lake, TX   3-5 p.m.  3/5
*** Other dates and appearances TBA


SNOWBIRD TOUR
Fort Lauderdale, FL
December Tour Dates:

• Westfield Mall (Meet and Greet) 12/19
• 15th Street Fisheries (Official Party) 12/19
• Off The Hookah Bar (Official Party) 12/19
• Living Room (Official Party) 12/19
• African American Research Library and Cultural Center (Public Reading, Meet and Greet, Poetry Critiques) 12/20
• Las Olas (Photo Shoot) 12/20
• Blue Moon (Official Dinner Party) 12/20
• West Regional Library (Meet and Greet) 12/21
• Art Center / South Florida, Miami (Author Appearance) 12/21
• Sosta, Miami (Meet and Greet) 12/21
• Deco Blue, Miami (Official Party) 12/21
• Hyatt Cafe (Poetry Talk) 12/22

The Van G. Garrett 2010 Cap Tour Dates: 

• Washington, DC (ALA Writers Connection) 6/26
• Tuscany, Italy  (Private BID Fellows Reading) 6/29
• Montespertoli, Italy (Center of Town Park) 7/2
• Paris, France (Video Shoot with Kwame Alexander) 7/8 
• Paris, France (Le 9 Jazz Club with Sylvia Howard Trio) 7/9
• Florence, Italy (Writers Collective) 7/12
• Rome, Italy (At Video Shoot for the Film Zen) 7/13
• Ostia, Italy (Book Festival) 7/15
• Ostia, Italy (Book Signing with Author Tinesha Davis) 7/16
• Ostia, Italy (World Cup Skateboarding Concert Appearance) 7/16
• Sterling, VA (Author Reception and Signing at Doubletree) 7/17 
• New Orleans, LA (Playing With Fire at the House of Blues *Concert / Party) 7/31
• Austin, TX  TBA
• Houston, TX TBA

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