The Shore Poets and LBPL Poetry Festival

Join us for the "It's a Shore Thing" Poetry Festival! Including Featured Readings, Open Mics, Flash Mob, Poetry Circles, Performance Poetry, Typewriter Poetry, Book Sales and more! See the full schedule listed below.

10am:  Welcome and Opening Remarks

11am-1pm:  Flash Mob Poetry Circles with Judy Turek, The Purple Poet

1pm-3pm: Long Beach Scribblers Circle with Marc DeSantis  *Registration Required*

11am-3pm: Featured Readings from LB Latino Civic association, Nassau Co. Poet Laureate Society, It’ Poetry Baby, Community writing Leaders, Performance Poets Association, The Scene, LBNY Arts Council, 13 Poets from Long Island, Micro Memoirs

3-6pm: Festival Open Mic hosted by Shore Poets

6:30-9pm: Poets and Songwriters Open Mic hosted by Lost Island Arts

This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Poetry: It’s a ‘Shore’ Thing! is underwritten by the Acoustic Poets Network™

The Open Mic is an endorsed event activity for the Art of Wellness.