Six Ft. Swells Press: 20 Yr Anniversary Party!
Fri, Oct 10
|Wild Eye Pub
Six Ft. Swells Press Celebrates 20 Years of Publishing After-Hours Poetry! The infamous poetry press, Six Ft. Swells, returns to Grass Valley for a one night stand!
Time & Location
Oct 10, 2025, 6:30 PM
Wild Eye Pub, 535 Mill St, Grass Valley, CA 95945, USA
About the event
Six Ft. Swells Press Celebrates 20 Years of Publishing After-Hours Poetry!
Looking for a good time? Infamous poetry press, Six Ft. Swells returns to Grass Valley for a one night stand! They'll celebrate their 20th anniversary as publishers with a party and poetry performance for the launch of their two new books: From the Top Shelf: A Six Ft. Swells Anthology, 2005-2025, and Three Poets Walk Into a Bar, by Todd Cirillo, Julie Valin and Matt Amott.
The event features performances by Todd Cirillo, Julie Valin, Matt Amott with local poets Will Staple and Marilyn Souza, plus San Francisco poet, William Taylor, Jr. The publishers want to not only celebrate the poets, but the community the press was born in. It isn’t a party without you! Books will be available for sale at the event. Bonus points if you buy a poet a beer!
The press has a reputation for…