Celebrate Poe’s 208th Birthday this Saturday

The Poe Museum, your local go-to source for all Poe related activities, is getting ready to throw a part this Saturday. For the $5 price of admission you get to take part in a full day of celebration. You can even buy your ticket ahead of time online.

Be a part of the world’s largest annual celebration of Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday as only the Poe Museum can do it—with twelve straight hours of music, performance, tours, and (of course) birthday cake. Be sure to stick around for the midnight toast in the Poe Shrine!

The party lasts from noon to midnight with twelve straight hours of performances, film, music, readings, exhibits, walking tours and more for just $5 per person.

Birthday Bash Schedule:

11:30-12:30 p.m. Museum Tour

11:45-1:15 p.m. Live Music Band: Junk Music with The Junkman

12:30-1:30 p.m. Neighborhood Walking Tour with Eliza Poe: Eliza and Edgar in Richmond

1:30-1:45 p.m. Performance: Elmira Shelton Poetry Reading

1:45-2:45 p.m. Walking Tour: Elmira Shelton: Elmira and Edgar in Richmond

2:00-2:20 p.m. Book Talk & Signing: Crash LaResh and Midnight, Me, and Bob Macabre

2:30-3:15 p.m. Reading: The Pit and the Pendulum

3:00-3:30 p.m. Curator’s Corner: Scandals Exhibit

3:30-4:00 p.m. Talk and Reading Event: Poe Scandals

4:00-4:15 p.m. Birthday Cake Served

4:30-4:45 p.m. Ironclad Coffee Talk at Coffee Table

4:45-5:45 p.m. Event: James River Writers Poe Inspires Award Ceremony

5:00-6:00 p.m. Museum Tour

6:00-6:30 p.m. Talk and Reading Event: Poe Scandals

6:30-7:30 p.m. Neighborhood Walking Tour: Poe’s Last Night in Richmond

6:30-8:00 p.m. Live Music: Band: League of Space Pirates

7:00-8:00 p.m. Museum Tour

8:15-9:30 p.m. Screening Poe Movies

9:45-10:45 p.m. Museum Tour

10:00-10:15 p.m. Reading: The Raven

10:15-11:45 p.m. Live Music: Charming Disaster

12:00 a.m. Champagne Toast in the Poe Shrine

*This Schedule is Subject to Change*