Rambling Read is truly rambling this month! We are headed to Heirloom Arts near the Maple Street YMCA for this months open mic. Join us to hear local poets Shanna Collins, Devin Bullmer, and Zoe Reyes. Also, stay for the open mic and show us what you have been working on! Doors Open at 6pm, […]
Poets in Print sponsored by Kalamazoo Poetry Festival Katy Didden and Samyak Shertok Saturday, March 28, 2026 In person at the KBAC Gallery 7:00 p.m. Katy Didden is the author of The Glacier’s Wake (Pleiades Press, 2013) and Ore Choir: The Lava on Iceland (Tupelo Press, 2022). Her poems and essays appear in journals such as Poetry Northwest, Ecotone, […]
Kalamazoo Poetry Festival sponsors a magazine! Come support local artists, musicians, and poets at The Void Zine drop! Featuring local poet and Fire Executive Director, Destine Price. There will be snacks, bands, and a special poetry reading. Destiné Price (She/They) Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan and raised in both Kalamazoo & metro Detroit area, Destiné plants […]
JOIN EGYPTRINITY AND HOST QUINCY ELLIS for the Fire First Friday Open Mic, which is the Part One open mic for the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival Week! Doors Open at 5:30pm, and sign up happens in-person. Come on out! Part Two Open Mic takes place on April 10, at Fire, hosted by Dane Hudson. The Your […]
The Kalamazoo Poetry Festival Celebration of Community Poets is back for 2026! We are excited to welcome the public to this FREE event. Doors open at 6pm, and show starts promptly at 6:30pm. Come hear local poets and musicians perform their own work at The Crawlspace Theatre, located inside the KNAC in downtown Kalamazoo. There […]
Emcee Dane joins us again for the Your Turn Open Mic at Fire on Portage Road. We are splitting the open mic up into two weeks this year, because of how popular it was last year! Sign up will be in person at the event, and we welcome all poetry, acoustic music, micro fiction, and […]
REGISTRATION REQUIRED- LINK BELOW Let the World Suggest the Poem: Use everyday language and surroundings as inspiration to spark poems through curiosity, play, and openness. Let the World Suggest the Poem When writing poems, we often begin by engaging with the most intimate parts of ourselves. We rummage through the contents of our lives and […]
REGISTRATION REQUIRED- LINK BELOW jessica Care moore explores poems and inspires participants to use art for social change. Poetry is resistance art. The Fire This Time jessica Care moore explores poems and inspires participants to use art for social change. Poetry is resistance art. Come with your pen ready & heart & mind open.
Facilitators EgypTrinity and Quincy Ellis lead a creative workshop. Where poetry meets sound. Where voice meets beat. Where you meet your next level. Join us for an immersive workshop blending spoken word, rhythm, and creative expression_ whether you write, perform or are just getting started, this space is for YOU!
Join KPF for the 2026 Craft Talk between jessica Care moore and Alen Hamza, moderated by Dane Hudson. Stay for a short coffee break, before the Finale Poetry Reading at 5pm. This event takes place upstairs at the Epic Center, in the Cori Terry Theatre. jessica Care moore: jessica Care moore is an award-winning poet, […]
RSVP IS NOT REQUIRED BUT IT IS APPRECIATED! RSVP HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finale-reception-kalamazoo-poetry-festival-tickets-1981453153722?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl YOU CAN ALSO FIND THE FACEBOOK EVENT HERE: https://www.facebook.com/share/17sdo9JWH2/ Help the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival welcome our 2026 featured poets jessica Care moore and Alen Hamza. This year, we will be hosted by the wonderful folks at the Wellspring Dance Company, in their Cori Terry […]