One of our most popular events each season is the Poetry and Barbeque, held in April in honor of National Poetry Month. This event combines great poetry, live music, delicious barbeque, and a silent auction and raffle that helps us raise funds to support our programming.
14th Annual Poetry and BBQ
April 5, 2025
Tickets Now Available!
Hear readings by outstanding members of our local writing groups, followed by our headline event, Mothers and Daughters, featuring three extraordinary voices of American poetry, including Cathy Smith Bowers, a former North Carolina Poet Laureate, Sarah Freligh, of Rochester, New York, and Tina Mozelle Braziel, from Remlap, Alabama.
The event includes a raffle and silent auction to support our writing programs and is followed by a downhome BBQ dinner, drinks, and live music.
Interested in Sponsoring the BBQ or Offering an Item for Raffle/Silent Auction?
We’d be very grateful! Use the links below to get to the right form. Questions? Call 772-569-6718 or email admin@lrjf.org
Auction/Raffle Donation Item Form
Past BBQs
Past featured poets have included:
Naomi Shihab Nye, Tony Hoagland, Brian Turner, Ken Hart, Shane Seely, Claude Wilkinson, Enid Shomer, Judson Mitcham, Patricia Waters, Rick Campbell, Sylvia Curbelo, Carol Frost, Michael Hettich, Campbell McGrath, Peter Meinke, Lawrence Hetrick, Lynn Knight, Chelsea Rathburn, George Bilgere, Sean Sexton, and many others.
P.S. Do you have a copy of the Poetry and Barbeque celebratory anthology, Decade: Ten Years of Poetry and Barbeque?