Upcoming Ginsberg Centennial Events

The magnificently energetic manager of the Allen Ginsberg Estate, Peter Hale, has dropped us a line to share the amazing roster of upcoming global Ginsberg related events. While we have our own events planned for later in the year in London and online, these dovetail nicely, and show our field has never been more vital and vibrant:

April 30
Čítárna Unijazzu, Prague, Czechia
Presentation of Allen & Peter & Steven vinyl release party
(Thomas Antonic, Tate Swindell, Josef Rauvolf)

May 2026
Toronto Contact Photography Festival / University of Toronto
Exhibition tie-in featuring selections of Ginsberg photography in their collection
May 11 The Chapel, San Francisco
Kronos Quartet performing Howl and other poems
Andy Cabic (Vetiver), Peter Coyote, Kim Stanley Robinson, Dominique DiPrima, Tongo Eisen Martin, Eleni Sikleanos, Brontez Purnel, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and others tba

May 17
UC Santa Barbara — Campbell Hall
Philip Glass and the Poets
Magic Psalm & Father Death performance

May 23
Beat Studies Association Panels at the ALA, Palmer House, Chicago
Kurt Hemmer, Chair
Camila Oliveira Querino, Stevan Weine, Jack Ryan, Don Heneghan, Erik Mortensen, Nina Zivancevic, Marc Olmsted et al.

June 3 – September 10
Stanford University Green Libraries Exhibition

June 3
The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church, New York
Poetry night celebration featuring Ed Sanders, Sol Cabrini, David Amram, Anne Waldman, Anselm Berrigan, Oliver Ray, Zoe Breszny, Steven Taylor, No Land, Sharon Mesmer, and others

June 4
Howl Happening, 6 East 1st Street, New York
Opening / panels / talks / readings
Exhibition June 4 – July 5

June 5
Howl Happening, 6 East 1st Street, New York
Psychedelic Sangha / Sound Bath
Audio immersion using original U-her auto-poesy recordings, with live performances by Jesse Jarnow and collaborators

June 6 – 11 (June 30, Rolling Thunder intro by Anne Waldman)
Anthology Film Archives
Ginsberg / Beat Film Festival

July 12
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London
Poetry International Festival
Participants include Thurston Moore, Scanner, Youth, James Lavelle, Stew (playwright from Passing Strange), Gina Birch, Anne Waldman, Steven Taylor and others