All-day literary festival coming to downtown

The Allies Pub Lit Fest will celebrate the 'power of words’ Feb. 28
by Dave Waddell | Posted February 5, 2026
From left, Steve Kay, Rob Davidson, Michael Bertsch, Jason Cassidy, Nancy Wiegman, Steve Metzger. Photo by Dave Waddell.

An all-day literary festival will be held on the last day of February at The Allies Pub in downtown Chico.

The Allies Lit Fest, beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, will be a celebration of “local writers, readers and the power of words,” said pub proprietor Steve Kay.

Kay emphasized that the festival, which is free and public, is not an academic conference, but rather “an approachable, social, multi-generational, pub-friendly, rooted-in-lived-experience” affair. read more