ALBANY WORD FEST HISTORY

The 2003 ALBANY WORD FEST was the third annual event celebrating the arts of poetry and spoken word.

2003 saw the WORD FEST relocate from the windy hills of Thatcher Park to Valentines in Albany. Performers for the third installment included:

Woodstock Poetry Society (Bob Wright, Cheryl Rice, Will Nixon, Barbara Threecrow)

PoeT’s Inc. (Gabrielle Zane, Elizabeth Thomas, Faith Vicinanza)

Laughter & Tears (Don Levy, Shannon Shoemaker, Jill Hannifan)

A.P.D. (Anthony Bernini, Maureen Kowsky, Rachel Zitomer, Dan Wilcox)

Jason Martin

Universal Poetics: The Ghetto Soul Inc. (Mojavi, Simone Sneed)

Dr. Sax (Bruce Richardson and James Washburn)

Albany Poetry Syndicate (Mary Panza, Bone Leonard, Thom Francis, R.M. Engelhardt)

Voices of the Valley (Mike Jurkovic, Eddie Bell, Amy Ouzoonian, Robert Milby)

Every Other Tuesday Poets (Julie Gutmann, Victoria Moore, Nancy Klepsch, Sally Rhodes)

Plus, the Albany Word Fest Open Mic Hosted by Leo