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Sunday 15th of June program

Highlights

Sunday program

Main Performance - Ian Sanborn

June 15 / Deaf / Hard of Hearing.
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June 13, 14, 15

Poetry International x Willem de Kooning: Poster Exhibit

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June 15 / Workshop

Workshop - Diving Deeper into Sign Language Poetry

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June 15 / Kids

The Junior Poetry Summit (7+): Poems with a golden touch

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June 15 / Film

Film: Manual for the displaced

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June 15 / Reading

Main reading - Simon Armitage

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June 15

Poetry Press Conference

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June 15 / Workshop

Poëzie lezen – Close reading: Esther Jansma

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June 15

Finale: Doe Maar Dicht Maar

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June 15

Meet the foyer

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June 15 / Deaf / Hard of Hearing

Main performance - Dana Cermane

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June 15 / Reading

Main reading - Joke van Leeuwen

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June 15 / Workshop

Workshop – Storytelling in Poetry

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June 15 / Deaf / Hard of Hearing

Main Performance - Ian Sanborn

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June 15

Award Ceremony – Johan Polak Poetry Prize

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June 15 / Reading

Main reading - Patricia Jabbeh Wesley

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June 15 / Reading

Main reading - Derek Otte

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June 15 / Reading

Main reading - Jean D‘Amérique

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June 15 / Deaf / Hard of Hearing

BYMEKAAR: Poetry Improvisation

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June 15 / Reading & Talk

Erik Jan Harmens in conversation with Akwasi

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June 15 / Special

Poetry International x Codarts: Poetic Compositions

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June 15 / Reading

Main reading - Luljeta Lleshanaku

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June 15

Showcase: Spraakuhloos Onbeperkt

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June 15 / Special

Translating together: a live experiment

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June 15 / Special

What poetry preserves – Indonesia: 80 years of independence

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June 15

Woorden Worden Zinnen

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June 15

Final Declaration & The Last Poem

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Sunday poets and performers

Sunday workshops

Special: Poetry in sign language

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.

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