2026 San José Poetry Festival, Day 4: Our delightful Small Press Fair & Open Mic!
This is Day Four of our four-day festival! Check out the complete list of events that are part of the 2026 San José Poetry Festival!
Admission is free to the public.
Come tour our headquarters at Markham House in the serene comfort of History Park. Peruse the books and wears by publishers from around California, listen to the poetry open mic, and stick around for a Poets of Poetry Slam performance at the end of the fair!
If you’d like to read a poem in the open mic, be sure to sign up in person.
Small Presses & Publishers Tabling:
Caesura
El Martillo Press
La Raiz Magazine
Mumblers Press
Rawmeash
REED Magazine
Swan Scythe Press
Thinking Ink Press
Tourane Poetry Press
Abraham Garcia
Elizabeth Jimenez Montelongo
Nahui Ollin
Asha Sudra
Yuki Teikei Haiku Society
and more!
Here is a map of History Park. Click image to expand it in a new tab. There are three parking lot options.
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The San José Poetry Festival is possible thanks to the support of these organizations.
San José Poetry Festival 2026 is presented by Poetry Center San José and sponsored in part by a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San José; a grant from SVCreates, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara and the California Arts Council; and additional support from Anne & Mark’s Art Party and the Brandenburg Family Foundation. Many thanks to Four Points by Sheraton for hotel accommodations and Robertino R. Ragazza for his guidance and hospitality. We would like to acknowledge and offer our deepest gratitude to past and current venues worthy of your support: San José Stage, Central Park Library Santa Clara, Convergence Arts Center, SJZ Break Room, Art Boutiki (R.I.P.), Books Inc., Caravan Lounge, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, First Unitarian Church of San José, History/San José, MACLA, Cafe Stritch / Mama Kin (R.I.P.), Recycle Bookstore, The School of Arts and Culture (R.I.P.), Mexican Heritage Plaza, Tabard Theatre (R.I.P.), Willow Glen Public Library, Works/San José art & performance center and Hillbrook Upper School of San José. Please support these spaces however you can. And we thank all our volunteers whose time and effort make this festival possible.