New York City Poetry Festival on Governors Island

Sat Jul 12, 2025 - Sun Jul 13, 2025
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Repeating every days through July 13, 2025.
11:00am to 6:00pm ET
Age: 6 and up
Price: FREE
Location:
Governors Island
646-241-2670
Colonels Row Green, New York, NY,
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The New York City Poetry Festival unites the vast and diverse New York City poetry community on Governors Island. The festival invites poetry organizations and collectives of all shapes and sizes to bring their unique formats, aesthetics, and personalities to the festival grounds.

Participants can also sign up to read their original writing at staged readings taking place at 4pm both Saturday and Sunday.

** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.