This summer, we invite you to a vibrant celebration of Romanian poetry at the 9th edition of the European Poetry Festival 2026.
In a dynamic poetry setting, where language becomes performance and verse unfolds in real time, four remarkable poets residing in the UK and Ireland -Simona Nastac,Chris Tănăsescu (MARGENTO),Luminița Amarie andMiruna Fulgeanu - come together to trace the shifting contours of identity and imagination across borders.
Set in the intimate surroundings of the Poetry Café in central London and hosted by The Poetry Society, this special evening is part of the festival’s acclaimed “Camarade” series. Here, the Romanian poets join their British and European counterparts on stage, presenting brand new poetry and specially curated collaborative performances.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a FREE event, open to all. Seating is unreserved and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Programme:
Simona Nastac and Livia Franchini
Miruna Fulgeanu and Andra Simons
Margento and Nick Murray
Luminița Amarie and Tony White
with poets Katarína Krupičková and SJ Fowler, Yekta and Matt Martin, Eleanor Wilders and Annabel Taylor-Munt, Edward Adonteng and Victor Rees
“For the very first time the 2026 European Poetry Festival will feature a night celebrating one of the continent’s most considerable poetic nations, Romania.” – Steven Fowler, EPF director & founder
TheEUROPEAN POETRY FESTIVAL is the biggest consistent celebration of continental poetry in the UK. For eight years as a festival, and a decade as an event series, over 1200 European poets have performed new collaborations across the British Isles. The festival celebrates, in the UK and beyond, the grand resurgence in avant-garde and literary poetry that has marked the 21st century across Europe and it aims to not only innovate what a live poetry experience might be, but to inculcate community and engagement between poets across the continent, as well as between new audiences and complex poetries. At the heart of the festival is its collaborative model, the Camarade events. Here pairs of poets, visiting or based in the UK, create brand new works for each event, free to innovate. Each event often features multiple pairings, engaging playgrounds for experimentation as well as friendships.
