2025 FESTIVAL

october 15 - 26, 2025

WRITER SQUARE

DENVER, CO

This year’s Biennial festival will be a community-centered celebration that uplifts local voices and shared creativity. Rooted in connection and conversation, the programming will reflect the diversity and dynamism of our region and its connections to the Americas. As part of the ongoing activation of 16th Street, the festival will bring vibrant cultural experiences into the heart of downtown Denver.

Festival Highlights

Biennial Culture Club exhibition Double Vision will highlight the duplicity of identities and perspectives we all face.

Rooted in reverence for land, labor, and lineage, Sabor Ancestral seeks to dissolve the boundaries between gallery, bar, and ritual space.

CANDY STORE, an experimental exhibition by Jonathan Saiz, features thousands of miniature and affordable artworks by over 20 Colorado artists.

MATTER’s Reading Room, invites readers, listeners, performers, and writers into a dynamic space for creative exchange.

Festival Program

Festival Program

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