55th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam
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55th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam
55th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam / 12-15 June
The Poetry Summit: Laureates & Legends
Join us from the 12th-15th of June 2025 for a poetic gathering that promises to be both cheeky and profound. This year’s theme takes inspiration from the United Nations with the first-ever global Poetry Summit, co-curated by Poetry International and Dutch Poet Laureate Babs Gons. We bring you a line-up featuring only the most esteemed voices, recognized with the highest (inter)national honors.
As representatives of their countries, they will engage in readings, discussions, workshops, interviews, debates, and performances that will showcase the rich tapestry of poetic cultures. Together with you, they will explore poetry's role in shaping both nations and the world. Be a part of this historic occasion where the world’s leading voices unite for one time only to celebrate the 55th Anniversary of Poetry International Festival.
In a groundbreaking moment, the festival will witness the adoption of the Declaration of Future Poetry Generations, a visionary document about the vital importance of poetry, aimed at securing the future of poetry for generations to come.
Let’s make poetry the universal language this June in Rotterdam! See you there.
New readings, performances, and workshops are added here every week!
Highlights
Program
In conversation with Dutch Poet Laureates: on the role and the reverence
Festival poets
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Workshops
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Visitor information
Visit the festival
Upon arrival at LantarenVenster, you will receive a wristband that gives access to halls 1, 5, and 6 of LantarenVenster upon presentation of your festival ticket at the festival desk.
All programs and rooms are free to walk in and out, but full = full applies. So be on time for a program starts to secure a place.
Prices, discounts and service costs
Day tickets
Friday/Sunday: € 27,50
Saturday: € 35
Passe-partouts
€ 77,50 (Friday to Sunday)
Opening program
€ 22,50 (Thursday, not accessible with a passe-partout)
Workshops
€ 27,50 (per workshop)
There are discounts for holders of RotterdamPas and students.
Purchased tickets cannot be cancelled or exchanged. If you wish to re-sell your ticket, we recommend using Ticketswap.
Ticket sales
Workshop tickets, day tickets and passe-partouts for the festival on 13, 14 and 15 June 2025 can be only be purchased online. After your order, you will receive e-ticket(s) in your mailbox.
With a day ticket/passe-partout, you visit all festival programs in LantarenVenster. The programming in the foyer of LantarenVenster is freely accessible and can also be visited without a festival ticket.
For questions about tickets, ticket sales and festival programming, please contact: info@poetry.nl
Accessibility
LantarenVenster
Otto Reuchlinweg 996, 3072 MD Rotterdam, Wilhelminapier
Story House Belvedere
Rechthuislaan 1, 3072 LB Rotterdam, Katendrecht
Theater Zuidplein
Gooilandsingel 95, 3083 DP Rotterdam, South
All locations are easily accessible by public transport, car, bicycle, water taxi and on foot. Paid parking is possible on parking lots and garages nearby.
For more information on accessibility, click here.
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