The Word Fest is Albany Poets’ annual celebration of the poetry, art, and spoken word of Upstate New York taking place each April.
The 2024 Word Fest – two days of poetry and spoken word – is one week away, and sign up for the Word Fest Open Mic is now open!
Due to the current CoVid-19 pandemic Word Fest 2020 will be cancelled. We do not plan to reschedule for this year.
The 2019 Word Fest stopped at the Hudson River Coffee House with featured poets Danielle Pouliot, L-Majesty, Karen Fabiane, & Avery Stempel.
While the Readings Against the End of the World have ended the 2019 Word Fest continued with the 2nd Sunday @ 2 Open Mic at The Arts Center.
Dan Wilcox spent a lot of time at the 2019 Word Fest Readings Against the End of the World open mic and took notes.
New this year, we are seeking publishers of local presses and local authors to submit their books to us for sharing at this year’s Word Fest.
The 2019 Word Fest continues as Albany Poets presents the Brass Tacks Poetry + Spoken Word Open Mic with featured poet Influence!
Sign-up for the Readings Against the End of the World 24-hour open mic, kicking off the 2019 Word Fest, is now open!
In celebration of National Poetry Month, Albany Poets presents the 2019 Word Fest featuring the poetry and spoken word of upstate New York.
We are starting to plan out the next Albany Word Fest and we want to know about your Word Fest history and what you want to see in 2019.
The 2018 Albany Word Fest is right around the corner. In just 10 days our week-long celebration of the poetry and spoken word kicks off at the Hudson River Coffee House.
Sign-up for the “Readings Against the End of the World” 24-hour open mic to close out the 2018 Albany Word Fest is now open!
