(This page will be updated for the 10th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival, January 20-25, 2014 shortly.)
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9th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival January 21-26, 2013. Join us for evening readings and performances, afternoon talks and a panel discussion by some of America's most engaging and award-winning poets. Our readings and lectures are open to everyone. Click here to download a (pdf) ticket flyer to print (tba), or scroll down this page for a complete listing of all ticketed events.
Purchase tickets online (subject to handling charge), or to order tickets, call or visit the Delray Beach Center for the Arts Box Office. Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33444 or phone: 561-243-7922, extension 1. Tickets are now available for purchase.
Individual event ticket prices are $15 General Admission, $12 for seniors, $10 for students. Group discounts are available for groups of ten or more. Click here to Purchase tickets. Online ticket sales are subject to a $4 per ticket handling charge which does not go to the festival, but to the online sales service provider. You may avoid the fee by contacting the box office directly.
Directions to Delray Beach Center for the Arts at Old School Square and Parking Information
Afternoon Craft Talks:
Tracy K. Smith and Tony Hoagland
General Admission $15, $12 seniors, $10 students.
Begins at 2:00 p.m.
BILLY COLLINS INTERVIEW:
Ginger Murchison interviews Billy Collins
General Admission $15, $12 seniors, $10 students
Begins at 4:00 p.m.
Kickoff Reading:
Lisa Russ Spaar and Terrance Hayes
General Admission $15, $12 seniors, $10 students.
Begins at 8:00 p.m.
Afternoon Craft Talks:
Thomas Lux and Jane Hirshfield
General Admission $12, $10 seniors, $8 students.
Begins at 2:00 p.m.
Festival Gala: The Gala is a fundraiser for the festival and tickets cost $250.00. Details to be advised. Cocktails & Dinner.
Event begins at 5:00 pm
Evening Reading:
Gala Reading: Special Guest, Billy Collins, U.S. Poet Laureate, 2001-2003
General Admission $15, $12 seniors, $10 students
Begins at 8:00 p.m.
THURSDAY, January 24, 2013
Afternoon Craft Talks:
Laura Kasischke and Terrance Hayes
General Admission $15, $12 seniors, $10 students
Begins at 2:00 p.m.
Mid-Week Reading
Tracy K. Smith and Thomas Lux
General Admission $15, $12 seniors, $10 students
Begins at 8:00 pm
FRIDAY, January 25, 2013
Afternoon Craft Talks:
Lisa Russ Spaar and B. H. Fairchild
General Admission $15, $12 seniors, $10 students
Begins at 2:00 p.m.
Workshop Participants Open Mic
- Free Event Free Event –
Begins at 4:00 pm
TGIF Reading: Laura Kasischke and Tony Hoagland
General Admission $15, $12 seniors, $10 students
Begins at 8:00 pm
SATURDAY, January 26, 2013
Panel Discussion: Beloved & Influential Poems
Spaar, Smith, Lux, Kasischke, Hoagland, Hirshfield, Fairchild, Hayes
General Admission $15, $12 seniors, $10 students
Begins at 2:00 p.m.
Finale Reading:
Jane Hirshfield and B. H. Fairchild
General Admission $15, $12 seniors, $10 students
Begins at 7:00 p.m.
Late-Night Coffee House and Party - Performance Poetry
Marty McConnell and Rives followed by DJ Dance Party
General Admission $15, $12 seniors, $10 students
Begins at 9:00 p.m.
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