Sandburg Festival
Welcome to the Sandburg Days Festival web site. The Sandburg Days Festival for the Mind is held each spring in April. Members of the Galesburg community have joined together since 1996 for a celebration of the life and legacy of Galesburg native, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Lincoln biographer--Carl Sandburg.
The Festival for the Mind features three days of literary, history, and children’s events that take place the the Carl Sandburg Historic Site and Visitor’s Center, in downtown Galesburg, at Carl Sandburg College and Knox College. The activities include a Festival kickoff and folk concert, poetry contests, writers workshops and photography workshops. The committee works to develop a number programs that includes workshops, performances, contests and award ceremonies for writing, poetry, journalism, music, photography, art, theatre, etc.
The Sandburg Days Festival Steering Committee includes:
Peter Bailley, Robin DeMott (coordinator), Tom Foley, Jean Jacobs, Bert McElroy, Heather Norman, Betsy Rinehart and Lori Sundberg, Karly Steele.
The Festival enjoys local support of BNSF, Bullis & Sundberg Insurance Services, Carl Sandburg College, Carl Sandburg Historic Site Association, Foley Photo Studio, Galesburg Broadcasting, Galesburg Civic Arts, Galesburg District #205, Galesburg Public Library, Galesburg Visitors Center, Kaldi’s Coffeehouse, Knox College, Prairie Radio Communications, Seminary Street, The Big Read, The Galesburg Register-Mail.