The New York City Poetry Festival After Party

Schedule

Sun Jul 19 2026 at 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Bird MMXXIII | New York, NY

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Join us for our first-ever NYC Poetry Festival After Party, a celebration and toast to our 15th annual festival on Governors Island!
About this Event

We’re closing out this year’s modern Odyssey with our own kind of homecoming: a gathering of poets, myth-makers and fire-keepers to revel in more poetry, music and dancing. As the sun sets over the wine-dark sea, join us at the gorgeous BIRD MMXXIII on Governors Island for the first-ever NYC Poetry Festival After Party, co-curated with the artist behind this work, Sheila Berger. We’re thrilled to partner with Sheila and Governors Island Arts to bring you an evening complete with a live DJ set, food and libations, poetry readings, and a big, communal toast to 15 years of keeping poetry free and open to the public. This event will take place near Hammock Grove on Governors Island, is free to attend and open to ages 21+.

What to Expect

  • Featured poetry readings
  • Dancing and DJ set by Jive Poetic
  • A celebration of Sheila Berger's BIRD MMXXIII sculpture
  • A sunset toast to the festival's success
  • Free drinks
  • Food trucks
  • The joy of gathering in poetry & community!

About NYCPoFest

The New York City Poetry Festival unites the vibrant & wildly diverse poetry community of New York City & beyond, inviting poetry organizations & collectives of all kinds to bring their unique styles & voices. At the heart of the festival is a deeply held belief that poetry should be free & for all. We believe poetry belongs everywhere—in parks, ferries, gardens, & public squares—not just in bars, bookstores, & universities.

For one weekend each summer, the festival brings poets out into the daylight to gather, read, teach, listen, perform, experiment, collaborate, & celebrate the strange, beautiful art of language together.

By gathering the largest community of poets in the country, The New York City Poetry Festival is a weekend of literary magic that shines a bright public light on poetry!

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Harper Zacharias at [email protected].

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Where is it happening?

Bird MMXXIII, 758 Enright Road, New York, United States

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