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Saturday 14th of June program

Highlights

Saturday program

Reading and interview - Warsan Shire

June 14 / Reading & Talk.
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June 13, 14, 15

Poetry International x Willem de Kooning: Poster Exhibit

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June 14 / Workshop

Workshop – Make your own poetry book in only one hour!

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June 14 / Special

Arise, Socialists!

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June 14 / Reading

Main reading - Nadia Mifsud

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June 14

Sustainable Poetry Development

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June 14 / Reading

Main reading - Esther Phillips

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June 14 / Reading

Main reading - Tom Lanoye

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June 14

Meet the foyer

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June 14 / Special

The poem is your message

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June 14 / Reading

Poetry International x Skrifi present: Eline Marengo & Koloku

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June 14 / Reading

Main reading - Kwame Dawes

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June 14 / Reading & Talk

Reading and interview - Warsan Shire

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June 14 / Talk

A New Sound

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June 14 / Reading

Main reading - Maricela Guerrero

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June 14 / Workshop

BATTLE POETRY – workshop & performance

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June 14

Frontaal Open Mic: Heldenstemmen

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June 14

Masterclass Tom Lanoye – ReinAard reimagined

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June 14 / Reading

Main reading - Diana Anphimiadi

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June 14 / Reading

Mooi zijn alleen de wolken – Gedichten uit Kamp Ravensbrück

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June 14 / Special

Buddingh’ Talent

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June 14

End presentation Poetry Circle 010

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June 14

Poetry Press Conference

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June 14 / Special

HARDOP! - Declamation competition

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June 14 / Reading

Main reading - Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

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June 14

Spoken word live essay: more than 10 minutes

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June 14 / Interview

Guiding Voices x Poetry International: Chris Tse

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June 14 / Special

Poetry International x Codarts: Poetic Compositions

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June 14

The Poetry Debate

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June 14 / Special

The Wholesome Poetry Battle

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June 14 / Talk

Writing in Times of Oppression

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June 14 / Talk

Living between languages - Suriname: 50 years of independence

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June 14 / Special

Unwanted Words Presents: Ballroom is a poem

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June 14 / Reading

Main reading - Lyuba Yakimchuk

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June 14

The Last Poem

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Saturday poets and performers

Saturday workshops

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)

All ticket prices include service fees. 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

Verhalenhuis Belvédère
Rechthuislaan 1
3072 LB Rotterdam

Theater Zuidplein
Gooilandsingel 95
3083 DP Rotterdam

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.

Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
V Fonds
Fonds21
VSB fonds
Maatschappij tot Nut van ’t Algemeen
Volkskracht
Literatuur Vlaanderen
DigitAll
Ambassade van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in Suriname
Erasmusstichting
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
Lira fonds
Versopolis
J.E. Jurriaanse
Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
Elise Mathilde Fonds
Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
Veerhuis
VDM
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