Triangle Poetry Festival

Triangle Poetry Festival celebrates artists, heart-leading advocates, and movers in the margins. The challenges we face as a community are great. Greater still is our hope, our creativity, and our resilient love for one another. 

On March 20 and 21, 2026, Boxyard RTP and Third Angle Poets will be hosting an exciting, engaging and immersive poetry experience that has something for everyone, no matter your age or artistic background.* Check out the full experience lineup below, and reserve your spot here. 

Triangle Poetry Festival Schedule

Friday, March 20

5:30 – 7:00 PM | Open Mic poetry in front of neighborhood musicians at LOJO

7:00 – 9:00 PM | Poets Meet & Greet Social with Anna Weaver & Third Ange Poets Collective

Saturday, March 21

10:00 – 11:30 AM | Revision Workshop with Writeaways

1:00 – 2:30 PM | Tea Ceremony with Angelica Whitehorne & NC Botanical Garden

2:30 – 3:00 PM | Line Break: Cypher Dancing with Raleigh Rockers & Antino Art)

3:00 – 4:30 PM | A Youth Poetry Jam with DS Will

4:00 – 5:00 PM | Generative Workshop with Paradiso Poetry

5:00 – 6:15 PM | Eden Unheard: Community-Nominated Featured Poets Reading

6:30 – 7:00 PM | 99 Poets Read Together

Reserve your spot. 

*Check the details for each activity (TBD) as some handle heavy subjects, and discretion may be advised for young children. This program especially welcomes poets and changemakers in the margins. 

Triangle Poetry Festival is a Third Angle Poets Production.

About Third Angle Poets at Boxyard RTP:

Founded in 2024, Third Angle Poets is a collective of seasoned arts organizers from across the Triangle. In partnership with Boxyard RTP, Third Angle creates one-of-a-kind interactive events for poets and changemakers to share their voice, hone their craft, and collaborate for social good – including the quarterly Poets’ Playground series and Triangle Poetry Festival. By showcasing poetry, we seek to foster vulnerability and trust. By catalyzing conversations between artists and activists, we help meet the immediate- and long-term needs of our community—while fueling our souls.

Note: By participating in this event, you consent to the recording of your likeness, image, and/or voice and authorize Boxyard RTP to use photographs, video, and audio recordings containing your likeness, image, and/or voice in any medium for any purpose.

Got questions? Send us an email at hello@boxyardrtp.com.