Our big 72th! annual Symphony Book Fair sale at the UNO Arena Book Fair is back in the spacious UNO Arena!
Saturday, May 31 and Sunday June 1, 2025
at the University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena
6801 Franklin Ave
New Orleans, LA 70122
(same location as last time)
Plenty of Free parking – enter from Franklin Avenue
Enter the sale under Ramp 1 (which faces Franklin Ave)
Hours:
Saturday 9am-TBA
$20 Admission charge for best selection early on first day only,
free admission that (hours TBA)
Sunday 9am-4pm, free admission
All items budget priced. Many categories of books, including children’s and young adult. Even rare items are priced at “wholesale” level prices.
- Books – Fiction & Nonfiction in 50 categories
- Music – Sheet music and recordings (LPs, CDs)
- DVD’s and Audio Books
- Art – both posters and original works of art (see below for more details)
- A special children’s sale will be on Sunday from 11 to 2:30 when a child, accompanied by an adult, can decorate a white bag and fill it with children’s books ! One filled, they are $5 per bag.
Please come for bargains and to help support our wonderful Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra!
Credit cards accepted for purchases as well as cash.
Check this space for special collections
An Abundance of Artwork – Paintings, Prints, Posters and Fabulous Frames!
Including ones like these at the 2024 sale:
- Audubon Louisiana Heron
- Photographs by Delcroix, Rod Broussard, Lorenzo Bergen
- 1990 Zulu Poster
- 1996 Krewe of Orpheus Poster
- Jamie Hayes’ Mardi Gras in New Orleans 1996
- Jamie Hayes’ Mardi Gras in Soulard 1997
- 1992 Crescent City Classic Poster
- 1983 Crescent City Classic Poster
- 1984 Louisiana World Exposition Posters by St. Germain
- Campbell Hutchinson Originals
- 1981 Crescent City Classic Poster
- West Indies Map
A Sampling of the Many Artists Represented at the 2024 sale:
- Peter Briant
- Terrence Osborne
- Jean Blue
- C. Ryan, mixed media cubist
- N. Nouly
- Phillip Bascle
- Ghanan Artist Nii
- John Akers
- Raejean Clark
- Harriette Prevatte
- Richard Thomas
- Nell Tilton
- Ruth Owens
- C. Francis
Lagniappe:
- check back!
Can’t wait for the big sale? Keep an eye on our calendar for some pop up sales at our warehouse.