

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: PoemPalooza! FREE Event!!
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 02:30 pm – Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: April is National Poetry Month and Courtenay’s award-winning Downtown Poetry Walk is back for a fourth year, offering a shimmering selection of poems inspired by this year’s theme: Land and Sea.This year’s Poetry Walk also brings back POEM-PALOOZA , a free family-friendly event at the Courtenay Library, on Saturday, April 11th, beginning with an interactive Pop-Up Poetry Booth, from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m., where four poets will be writing brand new poems for anyone who wants one, followed by a Showcase Reading by many of the Poetry Walk poets, from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. No tickets required!Twenty-five local poets, ranging in age from 12 to over 80, have written poems for twenty-five businesses located throughout 4th, 5th and 6th Streets, as well as Cliffe and Duncan Avenues.Poems will be hand-painted on shop windows by artists Landon Arora Norris and Nate Schmold for everyone to enjoy while strolling downtown throughout the month of April. Recordings of the poems, read by their authors, will also be available to listen to on the Downtown Courtenay BIA website, along with biographies of the participating poets.The Downtown Poetry Walk, curated by Carys Owen, with event organization by Diana Kolpak, is an initiative of the Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Association.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/courtenay/poempalooza-free-event/80002253187892
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/80002253187892

## Event venue details

- **city**: Courtenay
- **state**: BC
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Vancouver Island Regional Library - Courtenay
- **lat**: 49.6899731
- **long**: -124.9978766
- **full address**: Vancouver Island Regional Library - Courtenay, 300 6th St, Courtenay, BC V9N 9V9, Canada

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 8
- **organizer**: Diana Kolpak (https://allevents.in/org/diana-kolpak/23593274)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Event Photo 1
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/thumbs/live_large69bb343957a28.jpg

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 02:30 pm (-07:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Vancouver Island Regional Library - Courtenay, 300 6th St, Courtenay, BC V9N 9V9, Canada
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Diana Kolpak
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about PoemPalooza! FREE Event!! ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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