On Saturday 5 October 2024 from 20:00 CET, the 41st Nacht van de Poëzie (Poetry Night) takes place in the Great Hall of TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht. Among the guest poets are Mahat Arab, Astrid Haerens, Simone Atangana Bekono, Daan Doesborgh, Anna Enquist, and Rozalie Hirs. The festival is organised by the International Literary Festival Utrecht (ILFU). More information will follow by the summer of 2024.
The Night of Poetry is the foremost poetry festival of the year in the Netherlands. The audience is treated to a poetic marathon until sunrise. Up-and-coming talent and big names in Dutch poetry are alternated with musical and theatrical entr’actes. Besides the programme on stage, you will also find a book market and a presentation of small publishers, literary magazines and organisations in the corridors around the Great Hall of TivoliVredenburg. The above photo by Anna van Kooij shows an earlier edition of the Night.
Date: 2024-10-05
Door time: 20:00 CET
Location: Grote Zaal, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Performers: twenty poets, including Mahat Arab, Astrid Haerens, Simone Atangana Bekono, Daan Doesborgh, Anna Enquist, and Rozalie Hirs; fourteen musical and theatrical entr’actes