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55th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam

55th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam

55th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam / 12-15 June

Highlights

Program

In conversation with Dutch Poet Laureates: on the role and the reverence

June 13 / Talk.
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June 13 / Reading

Main reading - Chris Tse

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June 13 / Talk

In conversation with Dutch Poet Laureates: on the role and the reverence

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June 13 / Reading & Talk

A Dragon in the Halls of Diplomacy

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June 13 / Reading

The State of Poetry – Keynote by Babs Gons

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June 13 / Interview

In conversation with Kwame Dawes

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June 13 / Workshop

Workshop poëzie schrijven - dichten als een fotograaf

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June 14 / Special

Arise, Socialists!

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June 14 / Reading

Main reading - Kwame Dawes

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June 14 / Workshop

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

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June 15 / Deaf / Hard of Hearing

Main performance - Dana Cermane

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June 15 / Reading

Main reading - Jean D‘Amérique

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June 15 / Deaf / Hard of Hearing

Main Performance - Ian Sanborn

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June 15 / Reading & Talk

Erik Jan Harmens in conversation with Akwasi

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June 15 / Kids

The Junior Poetry Summit: Poems with a golden touch

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June 15 / Reading

Main reading - Patricia Jabbeh Wesley

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June 15 / Workshop

Poëzie lezen – Close reading: Esther Jansma

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Workshops

Visitor information

For questions about ticket sales and festival programming, please get in touch with: info@poetry.nl

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.The programming in the foyer of LantarenVenster is freely accessible and can also be visited without a festival ticket.

Prices, discounts and service costs 
Early Bird Day tickets Friday/Sunday: €25, Saturday: €30.
Early Bird Passe-partouts: €55 (Friday to Sunday)
Up until a maximum of 50% discount for holders of RotterdamPas, CJP pass and students. 
Purchased tickets cannot be cancelled or exchanged. If you wish to re-sell your ticket, we recommend using Ticketswap.

Ticket sales 
Day tickets and passe-partouts for the festival on 13, 14 and 15 June 2025 can be purchased online. With a day ticket/passe-partout, you visit all festival programs in LantarenVenster. After your order, you will receive e-ticket(s) in your mailbox. The programming in the foyer of LantarenVenster is freely accessible and can also be visited without a festival ticket. Tickets for the festival can only be purchased via this website and not via the box office of LantarenVenster. Poetry International uses the Stager platform. 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, 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.

Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
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
College Fine and applied arts - University Illinois
Rotterdam festivals
Partners
LantarenVenster – Verhalenhuis Belvédère