Green Bay’s Premier Literary Event
UntitledTown is a free, community-driven book and author festival that transforms downtown Green Bay into a vibrant, intellectual hub. Produced by The Art Garage (Cedar Center Arts), our festival celebrates the power of the written word by bringing together readers, writers, and thinkers for an immersive experience that is open and accessible to all.
Experience the Literary Arts in Green Bay
From keynote presentations by renowned authors to intimate, hands-on writing workshops, UntitledTown offers a diverse range of programming designed to inspire creativity. Whether you are a dedicated bibliophile or a casual reader, our festival provides unique opportunities to:
Support Local Culture: By attending, you are helping to foster a culturally vibrant region, making Northeastern Wisconsin an exciting destination for creators, readers, authors, storytellers, and families alike.
Engage with Bestselling Authors: Attend keynote sessions featuring nationally recognized writers and have face-to-face booksignings and interactions.
Participate in Community Events: Join workshops, craft talks, reader book discussions, live literary readings, community literary projects, gallery programming, and more — all held throughout the heart of downtown Green Bay.
Call for Speakers
We’re all full for UntitledTown 2026. Watch this space for future calls for speakers.
Be part of the UntitledTown Story
UntitledTown’s history of community support speaks for itself. Our sponsors and donors align with UntitledTown to demonstrate support for a vibrant Northeastern Wisconsin and their commitment to education and literacy.
Sponsors also use these partnerships to meet their own steward ship and outreach goals by engaging with a sophisticated, intellectual and community minded audience.
Volunteer and Contribute
Behind every milestone stand volunteers, mentors, marketing gurus and voices, each with a story worth sharing. Sign up to volunteer at pre-festival preparations, as well as our big need for volunteer support the weekend of September 25-27. We’ll need author drivers, guides, room helpers and more. All volunteers will get added festival perks and souvenirs. Sign up here and make sure to note your interest in UntitledTown in the application.
Why UntitledTown matters
UntitledTown is more than a festival—it is a community movement. By keeping our events free and fully accessible, we remove barriers to education and literary engagement, ensuring that stories remain a shared human experience. Our festival has become a vital economic engine for the region, driving foot traffic to local hotels, restaurants, and shops, and cementing Green Bay’s reputation as a relevant, exciting place to live and visit.
How we got here
UntitledTown Book and Author Festival was founded in November 2016 in the mission of providing a free community-focused celebration of literature and stories. The first three festivals hosted an average of 3500 attendees and an average of 125 presenters. In 2020, the festival was cancelled due to lockdown. It was adopted by The Friends of the Brown County Library from 2021-2024. The Art Garage became UntitledTown Headquarters in 2025.
It’s time to restore UntitledTown to its former gradeur and give the poets, readers, authors and storytellers of Northeastern Wisconsin their place to belong.
Our Mission
UntitledTown is more than a festival; it is a vital cultural engine. By celebrating stories, we transform Green Bay into an elite literary destination, fostering community, driving economic vitality, and positioning our region as a premier hub for talent recruitment and retention. As we look toward our next chapter, we invite you to become a cornerstone of this movement.
Cedar Center Arts exists to support and elevate artists, makers, writers and creatives of all ages, backgrounds and disciplines by providing accessible space, resources, and opportunities to create, teach, and share their work. We connect individuals with the larger community through inclusive programming, exhibitions, and education that welcome people of all ages and experiences levels. By making art affordable, visible, and joyful, we affirm that creativity belongs to everyone and strengthens our community.
Lifelong Citizenship
Cedar Center Arts, founded in 2006, serves as the primary steward of the UntitledTown revival. The organization’s history is deeply rooted in the local community, having transformed a century-old former cannery factory into a vibrant creative hub called The Art Garage. Our president Wendy Wimmer Schuchart and former board member Alex Galt are the original co-founders of UntitledTown in 2016. Cedar Center Arts brought on Wimmer Schuchart, an award-winning author, to invigorate its mission of serving the literary arts.
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Updates
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Gregory Kompes
Gregory A. Kompes (MFA, MS Ed.) has authored 19 books (fiction, poetry, nonfiction), contributed to over a dozen anthologies (including 4 Chicken Soup for the Soul volumes), and written hundreds of published articles and essays on a wide range of topics. Gregory is the founder and facilitator of The Writer Workshop and teaches for…
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Wendy Wimmer
Wendy Wimmer is a writer living in Wisconsin. Her work has been published in Barrelhouse, Waxwing, Paper Darts, Believer, ANMLY, Per Contra, Blackbird, and others. She holds a PhD in English Literature with a Creative Dissertation from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, and a Master of Arts in English Creative Writing from…
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Craft Talk: Character Issues
Join acclaimed novelist, former high school English teacher, and experienced conference speaker Melissa Westemeier (author of the Nun the Wiser Mysteries and Bassville Stories) for a masterclass in unforgettable character-driven fiction. Drawing on her extensive background in storytelling and classroom teaching, Melissa breaks down the structural architecture that transforms flat descriptions into vibrant, living…
Bringing the love of reading to Northeastern Wisconsin
A young reader doesn’t leave RL Stine hanging at our 2018 Festival
For more information on our mission, programming, and how to get involved, explore our site or contact The Art Garage team today.