

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Poetry Out Loud Regional Competition
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for Poetry Out Loud, a celebration of poetry, performance, and student voice. High school students will take the stage to recite classic and contemporary poems from the national Poetry Out Loud anthology, showcasing memorization, interpretation, and presence.

This free, family-friendly event highlights the power of poetry to build confidence, strengthen literacy, and connect young people to language in meaningful ways. Students will be evaluated by a panel of judges, with top performers receiving prizes and the opportunity to advance to the state competition.

Come support our students, celebrate arts education, and experience the spoken word come alive.

February 5, 2026
Benjamin Mount Auditorium, Central School Arts and Humanities Center
? Light bites begin at 5:30 PM
? The competition starts at 6:00 PM
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lake-charles/poetry-out-loud-regional-competition/200029611289546
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, contests, performances, entertainment, spoken-word
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 19

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029611289546?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=lake+charles-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Lake Charles
- **state**: LA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 809 Kirby St, Lake Charles, LA, United States, Louisiana 70601
- **lat**: 30.22634
- **long**: -93.20911
- **full address**: 809 Kirby St, Lake Charles, LA, United States, Louisiana 70601

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Arts & Humanities Council of SWLA (https://allevents.in/org/arts-and-humanities-council-of-swla/3060093)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 809 Kirby St, Lake Charles, LA, United States, Louisiana 70601
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Arts & Humanities Council of SWLA
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, contests, performances, entertainment, spoken-word
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Poetry Out Loud Regional Competition ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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