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Lamentations
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Join Juno-nominated Luminous Voices for a moving Good Friday performance featuring powerful works by Tallis, Bach, and Howells.
An Evening with the Poet Laureate
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Edmonton’s Poet Laureate Shima Robinsson (AKA Dwennimmen) invites you to come down to The Aviary for An Evening With The Poet Laureate.
French Twist: Le Dixième Anniversaire!
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C’est le 10e anniversaire du French Twist, présenté dans le cadre du Edmonton Poetry Festival !
Literary Editions
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This annual poetry event will feature online readings from UAlberta Press’ newest collections: This Sweet Rupture by Omar Ramadan, When Whales Went Back to the Water by Lisa Baird, and Python Love by Shannon Arntfield, all hosted by Aaron Kreuter.
Dapper Dan's Indian & Outlaw Extravaganza
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The Edmonton Poetry Festival Society s proud to present a curated evening of poetics, politics, dance, & culture as part of Theatre Networks’ celebrated Phoenix Series.
The Twenty Launch, Part One
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The Edmonton Poetry Festival Society (EPFS) is launching a youth poetry book to showcase up-and-coming voices in poetry, as part of the festival’s 20th anniversary.
The Blinks 2025
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The Blinks 2025 is not your robot’s poetry! This year is all about “Putting the Art in Artificial Intelligence”.
The Edmonton Poetry Festival's 20th Birthday Party!
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This year the Edmonton Poetry Festival turns 20, so we’re throwing a birthday party!
Celebration of Poetry
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Celebrate National Poetry Month with an afternoon of poetry, hosted by Regional Writer in Residence Anna Marie Sewell and featuring two local poets, Kayleigh Cline and Don Perkins.
HEIST at The Citadel Theatre
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Inspired by caper films like Ocean's Eleven, Heist is a fast-paced, heart-racing play about a diamond heist gone wrong. Can this band of criminals pull off the perfect robbery? Full of diamonds, guns, lasers, betrayal and an incredible cast of characters.