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Winter Festival of Poetry
Madison, WI · Arts & Culture
- When
- January 17 – March 7, 2027
- Where
- Cafe Coda, 1224 Williamson St · Madison · WI
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
The Winter Festival of Poetry is Wisconsin's longest continuously running poetry reading series of its size, running since 1987. Six or more poets read each Sunday afternoon over eight consecutive weeks in January through March, hosted by James P. Roberts for the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets.
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The Winter Festival of Poetry is Wisconsin's longest continuously running poetry reading series of its size, running since 1987.
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