VersoFest Visionary 2025: Musician, Artist, and Icon Patti Smith

VersoFest 2025 is kicking off with a legend of music and letters.

Patti Smith, the acclaimed singer/songwriter, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and National Book Award winner, will open The Westport Library’s fourth annual music and media festival on April 3.

Smith is revered for her work as a performer and songwriter — her 1975 album has been hailed by Rolling Stone as one of the top 100 albums of all time. Her 2010 volume, , won the National Book Award for nonfiction. She is also the author of New York Times best-sellers M Train and Year of the Monkey and works of poetry including Auguries of Innocence.

At VersoFest, Smith will discuss her latest volume, , The New York Times best-selling photo book with 365 images taking the reader through a single year of Smith’s life, inspired by her wildly popular Instagram account.

Each ticket for this event include a seat in the Trefz Forum for Smith's talk as well as a copy of A Book of Days.

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VersoFest is four days of music, media, and creativity, running next year from April 3 to April 6 — a forum for media creators, artists, and fans to converge. VersoFest includes conversations where experts share their perspective and vision; intimate workshops provide creators the opportunity to deconstruct, improve, and hone their craft; performances entertain and inspire.

Past VersoFest guests include hip hop legend Chuck D, established hit-makers Spin Doctors and the Smithereens, up-and-coming bands Sunflower Bean and the Lemon Twigs, rockers Lez Zeppelin, famed producers Steve Lillywhite (U2, Dave Matthews Band) and Tony Visconti (David Bowie, T. Rex), Psychedelic Furs frontman Richard Butler, the Doors drummer John Densmore, Cramps drummer Miriam Linna, Alice Cooper Group bassist Dennis Dunaway, hip hop originators Tony Crush and Grand Wizzard Theodore, Manic Panic’s Tish and Snooky, and a wide array of authors, photographers, artists, and thought leaders.

Host or Publisher The Westport Library