UPCOMING DATES
OCTOBER 15 – VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Rave Up Records (Hofmühlgasse 1) 5:00 PM
America, Give a Shit!: Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky and Steven Taylor, Live in Graz 1980, album release
Tate Swindell of Unrequited Records and Beat Generation scholar Thomas Antonic present a newly found recording from the ORF archives. It’s Ginsberg’s never-released 1980 performance with Peter Orlovsky and Steven Taylor at Forum Stadtpark, Graz, mastered by Kramer. A limited first edition on violet 180g vinyl will be available at the event.
OCTOBER 16 – SZEGED, HUNGARY
No Milk Today (Bécsi krt. 8-16B) 6:00 PM
America Give a Fuck!: Allen Ginsberg 100, an album release and poetry evening
Featuring Thomas Antonic and Tate Swindell, with Beat Generation scholars. Music by Attila Blahó (piano) and Quetzal Tirado (saxophone), MC Gábor Gyukics. A bilingual evening in English and Hungarian.
OCTOBER 30 – STANFORD, CA (tickets)
Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University 7:30 PM
Let the Poets Speak: A Celebration of Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg
Featuring Timo Andres, Taylor Mac, and the San Francisco Girls Chorus
NOVEMBER 1 – ST MARK’S Church— NEW YORK (TBC)
Patti Smith evening honoring Allen Ginsberg
Evening of stories, songs, and poems
2027
MARCH 24 — NEW YORK CITY (details and tickets)
Morgan Library Concert: Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg: Piano and Poetry
Join the Morgan for an evening of music and poetry by Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg, celebrating Glass’s 90th birthday and the centennial of Ginsberg’s birth. Highlighting their creative kinship and decades-long collaboration, pianist Lisa Moore will perform select works by Glass, and special guests will read a selection of Ginsberg poems.
COMPLETE CALENDAR 2026
FEBRUARY – MARCH
February 19 – March 13 — WEIMAR, GERMANY
Theaterhaus Jena — Stückeinführung »Howl« (one-woman performance based on Howl)
Performer: Thato Kämmerer | Director: Azeret Koua
APRIL
April 19 — BRATTLEBORO, VT
Tiny Theater / ByWay Books & More — Special Beat poetry event featuring Bob Rosenthal
Exploration of the life and legacy of Allen Ginsberg and the Beat Generation
April 28 — BUDAPEST (8pm)
Café Jedermann, Ráday u. 58 — Poetry + music evening hosted by Gabor Gyukics
Participants: Thomas Antonic, Tate Swindell | Music: Viktor A. Bori (piano), Quetzal Tirado (horns)
April 29 — VIENNA (8pm)
Salon, Praterstrasse 17a — Poetry reading + discussion of the record
Participants: Thomas Antonic, Tate Swindell
April 30 — PRAGUE, CZECHIA
Čítárna Unijazzu — Allen / Peter / Steven vinyl release party
Participants: Thomas Antonic, Tate Swindell, Josef Rauvolf
MAY
May 1-31, 2026 — TORONTO, CANADA
Toronto Contact Photography Festival
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
Allen Ginsberg Friendship and Community: The Beat Generation on Film (details)
May 4 — GRAZ (7pm)
Forum Stadtpark — Poetry + discussion evening
Participants: Thomas Antonic, Tate Swindell | Guest: Günter Eichberger
May 4 – New York City Washington Square 5:30-6pm (RSVP)
Mass Reading of Howl (across from Garibaldi Statue)
May 11 — SAN FRANCISCO
The Chapel — Kronos Quartet performs Howl and related works within a collaborative program
Participants: Andy Cabic (Vetiver), Kim Stanley Robinson, Oliver Ray & No Land, Dominique DiPrima, Eleni Sikelianos, Brontez Purnell, and Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards
Music Director: Joel Robinow | Artistic Directors: Jesse Goodman and Peter Hale
May 17 — SANTA BARBARA (Tickets)
UC Santa Barbara — Campbell Hall — Philip Glass and the Poets
Featuring Magic Psalm, Wichita Vortex Sutra, Father Death Blues
Co-commissioned and Produced by Pomegranate Arts
May 17 – 19 — LISBON, PORTUGAL
Independent Beat Waves — Ginsberg Centennial Program
Venues: University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies / Casa Fernando Pessoa / Cinema Ideal
Participant: Anne Waldman
May 23 — CHICAGO
ALA, Palmer House — Beat Studies Association panels
Chair: Kurt Hemmer
Participants: Camila Oliveira Querino, Stevan Weine, Jack Ryan, Don Heneghan, Erik Mortensen, Nina Zivancevic, Marc Olmsted et al.
MAY 29 – June 4 — SAN FRANCISCO (see schedule)
Counter Culture Museum CCM Anniversary / Ginsberg@100
A Weeklong Celebration Movies / Panel Discussions / Music / Surprise Guests
JUNE
June 2 — Sept 12 NEW YORK CITY
Howard Greenberg Gallery
Group Exhibition Celebrating Centennials of
Vivian Maier, & Allen Ginsberg
June 3– WORCESTER MA
Bedlam Books bedlambookcafe.com
June 3 — BERLIN, GERMANY
Reading and talk with Durs Grünbein (poet/translator), Michael Kellner (translator/editor) and Alexander Schnickmann (poet/translator). Chair: Felix Palent.
At: Knesebeckstr. 11, 10623 Berlin, 19 H
June 3 — SANTIAGO, CHILE
Sociedad de Escritores de Chile — Centennial program
Organized by Rodrigo Olavaria
June 3 &4 — ROME
Interzone Galleria via Macerata, 46 – 00176 Roma, Italia
Interzone Galleria, in collaboration with David Liver, Aliah Rosenthal and the Allen Ginsberg Estate
Participants: Ai Weiwei, David Liver, Aliah Rosenthal, Marco Petrella, Michele Corleone, Marco Cassini, Angela Maria Piga, Antonia Gozzi, and many others.
June 3 — NEW YORK (Tickets)
The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church — Centennial poetry gathering
Participants: David Amram Jenni Muldaur, Sol Cabrini, Simon Pettet, Anne Waldman, Anselm Berrigan, Zoe Brezsny, Steven Taylor, Ed Sanders, No Land, Sharon Mesmer, Pamela Sneed, Oliver Ray, Bob Holman, and others.
June 3 – September 10 — STANFORD, CA
Stanford University — Green Library
Ginsberg at 100: Selections from the Allen Ginsberg Papers at Stanford (Details)
June 4 — NEW YORK
Howl! Archive (250 Bowery) — Panels, talks, readings Deborah Baker, Bill Morgan, Gordon Ball, Bob Holman, Hank O’Neal, and reception on terrace after
June 6 – 11 — NEW YORK
Anthology Film Archives — Ginsberg / Beat Film Festival
Third Week of June — BOULDER, CO
Naropa University — Summer Writing Program Week Three
JULY
July 2 — DORTMUND
Literaturhaus Dortmund (free)
Das Literaturhaus Dortmund nimmt den hundertsten Geburtstag von Allen Ginsberg zum Anlass für einen besonderen Abend, der nicht nur zurückblickt, sondern auch spürbar macht, warum seine Stimme bis heute hörbar ist.
July 12 — LONDON
Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank) — Poetry International Festival
Participants: Thurston Moore, Scanner, Youth, James Lavelle, Stew, Gina Birch, Anne Waldman, Steven Taylor, and others
Artistic Director: Jesse Goodman
July 13 – 14 — LONDON
Swedenborg House — Two evenings continuing the July 12 program
July 13 — LONDON
Ah! Sunflower — film + conversation on Blake & Allen
Participants: Iain Sinclair, Camilla Oliveira Querino, Barry Miles, Steven Taylor | Host: Stephen Coates
July 14 — LONDON
UK premiere of Outrider (Anne Waldman documentary) + reading/discussion
Participants: Anne Waldman, Alystyre Julian (Outrider Director)
SEPTEMBER
September 2 – 6 — NEW YORK
Little Island — Full centennial takeover
Five nights of music with rotating artists
Music Director: Thomas Bartlett | Artistic Director: Laurie Anderson
September 12 — NEW YORK
Great Hill, Central Park — Public meditation gathering in collaboration with Tricycle Magazine, Laurie Anderson, Anne Waldman, Zen Center, Tibet House, and others
FALL 2026
OCTOBER 15 – VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Rave Up Records (Hofmühlgasse 1) 5:00 PM
America, Give a Shit!: Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky and Steven Taylor, Live in Graz 1980, album release
Tate Swindell of Unrequited Records and Beat Generation scholar Thomas Antonic present a newly found recording from the ORF archives. It’s Ginsberg’s never-released 1980 performance with Peter Orlovsky and Steven Taylor at Forum Stadtpark, Graz, mastered by Kramer. A limited first edition on violet 180g vinyl will be available at the event.
OCTOBER 16 – SZEGED, HUNGARY
No Milk Today (Bécsi krt. 8-16B) 6:00 PM
America Give a Fuck!: Allen Ginsberg 100, an album release and poetry evening
Featuring Thomas Antonic and Tate Swindell, with Beat Generation scholars. Music by Attila Blahó (piano) and Quetzal Tirado (saxophone), MC Gábor Gyukics. A bilingual evening in English and Hungarian.
November 1 – ST MARK’S Church— NEW YORK (TBC)
Patti Smith evening honoring Allen Ginsberg
Evening of stories, songs, and poems
NOVEMBER
November 29 — MILAN, ITALY
BookCity Milano — Centennial program participation
Participant: Patti Smith (TBC)
2027
MARCH
MARCH 24 — NEW YORK CITY (details and tickets)
Morgan Library Concert: Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg: Piano and Poetry
Join the Morgan for an evening of music and poetry by Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg, celebrating Glass’s 90th birthday and the centennial of Ginsberg’s birth. Highlighting their creative kinship and decades-long collaboration, pianist Lisa Moore will perform select works by Glass, and special guests will read a selection of Ginsberg poems.
FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS and REPRINTS
| AH!MERICA by ALLEN GINSBERG from isolarii publishers February 2026 AH!MERICA gathers Allen’s Naropa lectures on William Blake, edited from the original audio archives. The hope is it’s a guide for not losing your mind, or attention, in contemporary America. |
| SELECTED POEMS 1947-1995 HarperPerennial April 2026 Reissue with new cover. Poem selection by Ginsberg and friends. |
| R. Crumb Ginsberg Portrait t-shirt Available on Bandcamp |
| Alice Notley Ginsberg Ink and brush portrait Ginsberg Centennial Logo shirt Available on Bandcamp |