~ 12th Biennial Festival Schedule ~
October 3 – 5, 2024 | La Conner, WA
Ilya Kaminksy
Ellen Bass
CMarie Fuhrman
October 4, Friday during the day – Students Only. Students throughout our local school districts have been studying these poets in their classrooms and now they get to interact with them in small sessions!
Maple Hall: Main Check-In/Ticket Purchase/Will Call
104 Commercial Street, La Conner, WA 98257
Thursday: 1pm – 6pm
Friday: 2:30 – 7:30pm
Saturday: 8am – 8pm
View Full Schedule Here | Friday & Saturday
~ Festival Preview ~
Festival Opener, October 3, Thursday, Maple Hall, 104 Commercial Street, La Conner, WA 98257 (open to the public)
- Finding Cascadia: A Poetry Reading with Derek Sheffield, Elizabeth Bradfield, CMarie Fuhrman, and Tim McNulty, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Friday, October 4 (open to the public starting at 2:30pm)
- Afternoon Poetry Sampler with Claudia Castro Luna, Samuel Green, and Robert Wrigley, 2:30pm – 4pm
- Afternoon Poetry Sampler #2 with Chen Chen, Tony Curtis, Tawanda Mulalu, 2:30pm – 3:45pm
- One Poem Marathon, each poet reads a poem, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Saturday, October 5 (all day open to public)
- Join Ellen Bass, Ilya Kaminsky and 33 other poets for an eventful day of readings, discussions, and workshops, 8am – 10pm
Accessibility notes: The sessions are throughout the town of La Conner and within easy walking distance. But, there is a hill to climb to reach the Methodist Church, the Civic Garden Club and the History Museum. The shortest way to get up the hill is to take the steps from South First Street. You’ll find a sturdy bench midway. The longer, more gradual ascent would be to use South Second Street on either side of town.
Arianne True, the current WA State Poet Laureate, was set to be a festival poet, but is unable to attend due to her severe case of Long Covid, and unfortunately recovery is difficult as there are still currently no approved treatments for this illness. We wish her well and look forward to opportunities for collaboration in the future.
