32nd Annual Mad Poets Festival - Sunday, October 6th, 2019 * Noon to Five
From noon to five, come join us at the 32nd Annual Mad Poets Festival, which will feature 40+ locally & nationally known poets.
Since 1987, this poetry festival has been bringing poets together at MEDIA BOROUGH HALL, in the Mansion Parlor, 3rd and Jackson Streets, Media, PA, and is held in conjunction with the MEDIA FOOD AND ARTS FESTIVAL. The Media Food & Arts Festival takes place on State Street, between Monroe and Orange Streets, with vendors & bands in the streets, and many types of food! The Mad Poets Festival takes place at Media Borough Hall, back at Media Borough Hall and it's a celebration with old friends and new! Come out and hear a sampling of the most talented, diverse poets in the Delaware Valley! Special thanks to Media Business Authority and the Borough of Media.
TO SIGN UP TO READ (FOR 5 MINUTES): Email madpoets@comcast.net with “2019 FESTIVAL” in the subject line.
DEADLINE FOR SIGNING UP: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2019*** Hurry! The schedule fills up fast!
*This Festival is a benefit / food bank for Media Food Bank/Free Store! Your “ticket” is a non-perishable food item!
The 32nd Annual Mad Poets Poetry Festival will be held in conjunction with the Media Food & Arts Festival, on Sunday, October 6, 2019, from noon to five, in the Mansion Parlor at the Media Borough Hall, Third and Jackson Streets in Media.
The Mad Poets Festival will be held RAIN OR SHINE, on Sun. Oct. 6th - even if the street fair is canceled due to rain.
The Mad Poets Festival will offer a variety of original poetry from some of the finest poets in the area. This year's event features approximately forty locally and nationally known poets who will read from original work and offer “food for thought,” simultaneously with the Media Food and Crafts Festival, at Media Borough Hall. Poetry readings, some with musical accompaniment, will begin at noon and end at 5 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
If you are interested in sharing five minutes of your poetry, space may still be available on the schedule to share your poems. Email: madpoets@comcast.net for information, with “2019 Festival” in the subject line.
Please bring a non-perishable food item and/or canned good(s) for the food drive as your “ticket” for admission to the Mad Poets Festival. This year, Mad Poets Society will help to support the Media Free Store at 350 W. State St. in Media, a project of Transition Town Media.
The event is sponsored by the Mad Poets Society. Events are graciously funded in part by grants from the PA Council on the Arts, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Five County Arts Fund. Special thanks to Media Borough Authority and Media Borough Council. For further information on this festival: Contact Eileen D'Angelo at madpoets@comcast.net.