# Event Details - **Event Name**: Kansas City Poetry Jam, Second Annual - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 03:00 pm - **Event Description**: The Kansas City Poetry Jam is a one day micro festival for writers, teachers, students, performers, editors, and publishers of poetry.About this EventThe Kansas City Poetry Jam is a two-day micro-festival for everyone on the spectrum of poetry: readers, writers, editors, teachers, performers, and publishers. If you love poetry, join us for our second annual event.Schedule:Friday, 7 to 9 pm: Opening Ceremonies and ReadingsSaturday, 10 am to 2 pm: Workshops, Networking, and Open Mic.Saturday,6 -9 pm: KC BookBeat Lit and Libations FestFriday and Saturday, Book Booths: Flying Ketchup Press, Spartan Press, Helianthus Books, and Sullivan Book Arts. Poets, bring your books to swap or sell!Here’s a sneak peek at the workshop offerings:Mary Silwance -- Poetic Inspiration. Let's launch our Poetry Jam with poems that inspire us. Bring a favorite to share.Tyrone "Inkwell" Gethers Jr -- The Song of Poetry: Let's explore how the essence of music activates the creative process as we construct poems with emotion as their foundation.Polly Alice McCann " --The Poet-Tree Effect: Learn how to edit and publish poetry.Jamie Lynn Heller -- Artists and Writers Walking Hand in Hand. Explore the art of Ekphrastic writing and see how visual artists and writers can inspire each other to help an audience experience a moment on multiple levels.Tajsha Dixon -- "Movement as Language"Come jam with us at Shoal Creek Co-Op, located in Pleasant Valley, Missouri, near Worlds of Fun. Our goal is to merge diverse groups of writers and poets for education and best practices, a cross-pollination of all good things, especially to increase the publishing of poetry.Poetry Jam will be followed by the KC BookBeat annual Lit and Libations Event from 6 to 9 pm. Tickets for our event are $20 at the door. Or get the Lit and Libations ticket from KCBookbeat.com and add ours for half price. Thanks to the Missouri Humanities, both festivals were able to work together to make this literary weekend possible!Helping regional writing artists catch up with eachother and their creative practice is the mission of Ketchupedia, begun in 2020 by Flying Ketchup Press ® as an outreach to make room for poetry as space for personal narrative that empowers, heals, and unites diverse audiences. FKP was established in 2018 to champion new voices in poetry and short stories. Our dream, to share worlds of wonder and delight; to share stories. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/pleasant-valley/kansas-city-poetry-jam-second-annual/100001520422517679 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, festivals, performances, workshops, entertainment, open-mic - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fkansas-city-poetry-jam-second-annual-tickets-1520422517679 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Pleasant Valley - **state**: MO - **country**: United States - **location**: The Co-op at Shoal Creek - **lat**: 39.2178439 - **long**: -94.4757592 - **full address**: The Co-op at Shoal Creek, 6816 North Church Road, Pleasant Valley, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Flying Ketchup Press (https://allevents.in/org/flying-ketchup-press/17795335) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/a28c10ce775861d5934b5eeaab7dfe18f46f5fb4b94ac2a7c22deedf2262baeb-rimg-w1200-h1006-dc000000-gmir.jpg?v=1755152525 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/d0ec3e4c4a5cd32653f8282de000d096bb1f13cb8e95c2574407892cf2592030-rimg-w400-h400-dc010101-gmir.jpg?v=1755152523 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Fri, 07 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** The Co-op at Shoal Creek, 6816 North Church Road, Pleasant Valley, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Flying Ketchup Press - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, literary-art, festivals, performances, workshops, entertainment, open-mic - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Kansas City Poetry Jam, Second Annual ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Kansas City Poetry Jam, Second Annual", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/a28c10ce775861d5934b5eeaab7dfe18f46f5fb4b94ac2a7c22deedf2262baeb-rimg-w1200-h1006-dc000000-gmir.jpg?v=1755152525", "startDate": "2025-11-07", "endDate": "2025-11-08", "url": "https://allevents.in/pleasant-valley/kansas-city-poetry-jam-second-annual/100001520422517679", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "The Co-op at Shoal Creek", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "6816 North Church Road", "postalCode": "64068", "addressLocality": "Pleasant Valley", "addressRegion": "MO", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "39.2178439", "longitude": "-94.4757592" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "The Kansas City Poetry Jam is a one day micro festival for writers, teachers, students, performers, editors, and publishers of poetry.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "2025-11-08", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/pleasant-valley/kansas-city-poetry-jam-second-annual/100001520422517679" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/pleasant-valley/kansas-city-poetry-jam-second-annual/100001520422517679", "price": 0, "name": "Donation" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Flying Ketchup Press", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/flying-ketchup-press/17795335", "description": "Flying Ketchup Press ® is a trademarked small press in Kansas City, Missouri established to develop new and diverse voices in poetry and short story. 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