News from the Fingal Poetry Festival
The 2023 Competitions
The 2022 Fingal Poetry Festival Competitions, namely the Fingal Poetry Prize and A Fiach Dubh, are now open for entries.
Here we go again!
The lengthening days bring us closer to our fourth festival. We are very excited about this year’s programme of events that contain something for everyone. The festival will open on Friday night with the hugely popular Poetry Slam. On Saturday the Big Poetry Day Out is an invitation to local people and visitors to the…
Fingal Poetry Festival Slams 2023
We are excited to announce that the Fingal Poetry Festival Slams are returning for 2023. The first one will take place in Balbriggan Library on Wednesday, 26th April. Doors 5:45pm, Slam from 6:15 to 7:45.Get your FREE ticket by emailing fingalpoetryslam@gmail.com. Limited capacity, reserve your place soon.Details on the poster….
Final Words for the 2022 Festival
The final verse in this year’s Fingal Poetry Festival has been spoken, the last note of music has been struck. What an amazing time we had – we had poetry on library walls, poetry in libraries, poetry in shop windows, on the streets, in parks, in pubs and a theatre, in a purpose-built auditorium and…
2022 Poetry Competition Results
We are delighted to announce the winners of our two international poetry competitions, as unveiled during the Fingal Poetry Festival. Is cúis áthais dúinn buaicfhilí ár gcomórtaisí filíochta a ainmniú. Congratulations!! Comhghairdeas leo! We want to thank everyone for entering, the judges were delighted with the quality of poems submitted and the diversity of voices.…
Today is the day! Fingal Poetry Festival is coming to town!
Today at 8.30pm, Floraville will play stage to poetry and music, launching this year’s Festival in style by celebrating the light that poetry brings to our lives. Listen to poetry and watch a live performance of “Currents”, a specially commissioned poem by Sunday’s Child. “Currents” will also feature in our spectacular new video projection, which…
Mark your diaries!
Indeed, do mark your diaries! On Thursday, September 1st, Fingal Poetry Festival will launch with an evening of poetry and spectacular video displays. We are celebrating the light that poetry brings to our lives and the sea – which is precious to all and in peril. 🌟🌟🌟 The event is free – saor in aisce…
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Fingal Poetry Slam 2022
Be part of Fingal Poetry Festival’s Poetry Slam Fri 16th September Submit your poem or piece of spoken word for a chance to slam live at Fingal PoetryFestival’s Grand Poetry Slam. The event will take place in Skerries Mills Courtyard on Fri 16 September, from 7 pm, as part of the 2022 Fingal Poetry Festival.…
First 2022 Poetry Slam a Great Success
What a great night at our first monthly Poetry Slam at Rush Library! We had a very popular winner in Eppy Mutetwa. Huge congratulations! She will be able to compete for the title of Fingal Slam Champion in the Fingal Poetry Festival’s Grand Poetry Slam in Skerries Mills on Friday 16th September. A huge thank…
Looking forward to Fingal Poetry Festival 2022
The Fingal Poetry Festival 2022 is promising to be another exciting celebration of poetry and music, running from September 15th to 18th. However, we are very happy to announce that we also have a number of events lined up to take place before the Festival weekend. 1) Calling all performance poets! We are running POETRY SLAMS in…
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