Annikki Poetry Festival

See the lineup of the 2024 festival! The Annikki Poetry Festival will be held on 8 June 2024 from 11 am to 10 pm in the courtyard of the Annikki Wooden Quarter in Tampere, Finland. The theme for the 2024 Annikki Poetry Festival is “Personal”. The festival will once again feature prominent international performers, a fine selection of Finnish poets as well as music, prose writers, open mic, children’s programme and visual arts. See the festival schedule!

The venue

The venue of the Annikki Poetry Festival is a 100-year-old wooden town quarter in the centre of Tampere city, which has served as a very special, warm and welcoming milieu for poets and audience to meet and mingle.

Since 2023

In 2003, the residents of Annikki Wooden Quarter in Tampere founded a poetry event in their yard. Since then, Annikki Poetry Festival has developed into one of Finland’s most significant poetry events and original cultural festivals. It has also spawned Annikki OFF, a three-day series of events around the city. In addition to Finnish performers, Annikki Poetry Festival also regularly features high profile international performers.