2025 San José Poetry Festival, Day 4: Closing night gathering at Markham House.
This is the final event of our four-day festival! Free to the public.
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Close out the 2025 Festival with us!
We will welcome the evening at Markham House with snacks and beverages. No readings, no workshops, nothing planned. Maybe we’ll play some tunes, maybe we’ll sit on the porch. A little conversation and decompression. We’ll see where the evening takes us!
Parking will be available for $6 in the Kelly Park Parking Lot at 1650 Senter Road. See map below.
Here is a map of History Park. Click image to expand it in a new tab. There are three parking lot options and the schedule of events at Markham House.
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San José Poetry Festival 2025 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 Jose Stage, Central Park Library Santa Clara, Convergence Arts Center, SJZ Break Room, Art Boutiki, Books Inc., Caravan Lounge, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, First Unitarian Church of San José, History/San José, MACLA, Mama Kin, Recycle Bookstore, The School of Arts and Culture at 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