37th annual Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Festival: October 9–13, 2025
Poetry and musical performances, tours, and more planned to commemorate life and legacy of Jack Kerouac
Lowell, MA — Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell and became a writer here. Each October, the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Festival (LCK!) illuminates his local influences and explores his enduring impact on music, art, and literature.
This year’s events include:
· The Last Pink Glow: An Interpretation of Jack Kerouac’s The Haunted Life, performed by Rocking Horse Music Club (Sun, Taffeta Music Hall)
· Dreams, Creativity, and Kerouac: a discussion with author and psychologist Deirdre Barrett (Sun., lala books)
· Annual LCK! Parker Lecture: Hassan Melehy on the role of immigrants in Kerouac’s novels (Sat., Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Theater)
· Musical performances by Rachel Sumner (Fri., Dragonfly Cafe), Alligator Wine with Mike Younger & The Tennessee Tree Huggers (Fri., Worthen House Café), and legendary jazz performer and Kerouac collaborator David Amram (Sat., Middlesex Community College)
· Book talk: Legends of Little Canada by Charlie Gargiulo (Fri., lala books)
· spectral-in-my-mind Bridge Street: A presentation of historic Lowell photography in conjunction with the by Annie Powell project
· Tours to sites including Kerouac’s birthplace, grave site, and novel locations.
For more information, visit: www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org
