Carl Sandburg Festival

Carl Sandburg Festival The 25th Carl Sandburg Festival will be on April 23-26, 2020, in Galesburg, Illinois. The Festival honors three time Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Sandburg.

01/26/2023

This festival has been cancelled.

04/18/2021

Sorry to say, but we will not be having a Carl Sandburg Festival in April 2021.

12/14/2020

A heartfelt thank you to the 350 generous people who participated in the Rhythm Room end of year GoFundMe to pay back taxes and accumulated shut down costs. We almost doubled our goal! The outpouring of love and generosity has touched our soul. This really helps! Thank you!

03/16/2020

THE 2020 Carl Sandburg Festival has been cancelled.
25th Carl Sandburg Festival
April 23 - 26, 2020

The Galesburg community has joined together since 1996, for a celebration of the life and legacy of Galesburg native, three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Lincoln biographer--Carl Sandburg.

03/13/2020

We have not made a decision as to the future of the 2020 Carl Sandburg Festival, scheduled for April 23 -26. We see many events for April have been cancelled. Please keep checking this page for updates and keep washing your hands!

02/11/2020

Marc Kelly Smith with the judges from the Eleventh Annual Rootabaga Poetry Slam, held at 156 East, in Downtown Galesburg, on Sat. April 29, 2017. (photo by Thomas Foley, © 2017)

The Galesburg community has joined together since 1996, for a celebration of the life and legacy of Galesburg native, th...
02/08/2020

The Galesburg community has joined together since 1996, for a celebration of the life and legacy of Galesburg native, three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Lincoln biographer--Carl Sandburg.
25th Carl Sandburg Festival
April 23 - 26, 2020.

The president of Carl Sandburg College, Dr. Seamus Reilly, attended the 13th Rootabaga Poetry Slam with his wife.  Marc ...
05/03/2019

The president of Carl Sandburg College, Dr. Seamus Reilly, attended the 13th Rootabaga Poetry Slam with his wife. Marc Smith asked him to be a slam judge, and then asked him to recite a poem. Seamus sang a song instead. Well done!

We had a great crowd at the  13th Rootabaga Poetry Slam, hosted by Slampapi Marc Kelly Smith (the founder/creator of the...
05/03/2019

We had a great crowd at the 13th Rootabaga Poetry Slam, hosted by Slampapi Marc Kelly Smith (the founder/creator of the international Poetry Slam movement) on Friday April 26, 2019, at baked (pizzas), 57 S. Seminary, in Downtown Galesburg, Illinois.
The 2019 Carl Sandburg Festival was sponsored by Carl Sandburg College and the BNSF Railway Foundation.
The Galesburg community has joined together since 1996, for a celebration of the life and legacy of Galesburg native, three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Lincoln biographer--Carl Sandburg.

25th Carl Sandburg Festival
April 23 - 26, 2020
(photo by Thomas Foley © 2019)

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