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2026 ST. AUGUSTINE POETFEST - DAY 1

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Thu, Apr 9, 2026

6 PM – 9 PM EDT (GMT-4)

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Beat Poet Summit followed by community open mic hour

The festival kicks off with a Beat Poet Summit on Thursday night featuring ten minutes of podium time awarded to any past or present Beat Poet Laureate who gets “On the Road ” like Kerouac, and travels to the Sunshine State. A community open mic will follow. The sign-up sheet for the open mic portion is available at 6 p.m. and open to the first 10 people. Please limit your time at the podium to five minutes.

Free open to the public event at the Waterworks. Door open 6:00 pm | Showtime 6:30 pm
more info about the National Beat Poetry Foundation
https://nationalbeatpoetryfoundation.org/

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