18th Annual Belfast Poetry Festival October 12-15, 2023
an all-arts festival with poetry as the driving force
Fashion Sketch, 2018 by Alex Rheault.
The annual Belfast Poetry Festival returns for its eighteenth year from Friday to Sunday, October 13-15, 2023, celebrating poetry, community, and artistic possibility. An all-arts festival with poetry as the driving force, this year's event combines variety show, art exhibit, and literary showcase. The evening showcase is free and open to the public.
The Belfast Poetry Festival, one of the few community-based, non-academic poetry festivals in the United States, is possible thanks to support from The Maine Review, the City of Belfast, the Belfast Free Library, and the office of the Belfast Poet Laureate. For more information on this year's event, the Maine Postmark Poetry Contest, or other programming produced by the Belfast Poetry Festival, contact Jacob Fricke or see our facebook page.
"Ron," sketch by Alex Rheault.
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2023 Schedule & Details
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Thursday, October 12th
Wheelbarrow Poets Group Reading
6:30 - 8 pm - Abbott Room, Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast
Friday, October 13th
Afternoon Workshop: Collective Grief - From Root to Seed with Samaa Abdurraqib and Jefferson Navicky
4 pm - 6 pm - Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast
Saturday, October 14th
Farmers Market Pop-Up Open Mic with Senior College
10 am - 11 am - United Farmers Market of Maine, 18 Spring Street, Belfast
Make a Tiny Poetry Book!
1 pm - 2:30 pm - Waterfall Arts, 256 High Street, Belfast
Afternoon Workshop: How to Be a Human Radio with Id M Theft Able and Jefferson Navicky
2 pm - Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast
Evening Showcase
Troy A. Howard Middle School, 173 Lincolnville Avenue, Belfast
6 pm – 6:30 pm Evening Reception
6:30 pm – 8 pm Poetry, Performance, and Visual Arts Multimedia Show
2023 Featured Poets, Performers, and Artists
Tom Daley, Heather Nelson, and Tzynya Pinchback
Kathleen Ellis and Annaliese Jakimides
Stefania Irene Marthakis and Id M Theft Able
Mihku Paul and Dawn Nye
Lauren Saxon
Sampson Spadafore and Greg Jamie
Meghan Sterling and Alex Rheault
Sunday, October 15th
DRAFT Open Mic Reading
12 pm - 2 pm - Marshall Wharf Brewing Company, 36 Marshall Wharf, Belfast