Join The Poetry Society of New York on sunny Governors Island Saturday July 29 and Sunday July 30 at the free-to-attend, 13th Annual New York City Poetry Festival. Enjoy local vendors, delicious food, and iconic headliners at the largest free gathering of the poetry community in the country. A short, cheap, and easy ferry ride from Manhattan or Brooklyn.

***Please note that the festival is being held at the Nolan’s Park are of the island this year.***

We will be at our book table #82 throughout the festival and will be on the Algonquin stage at 2:30 pm on the Saturday.

Our featured readers are all contributors to our upcoming anthology Beacon Radiant: Youssef Alaoui, Ed Go, Ana Maria Jomolca, and Celeste Ramos.

Hosted by Thomas Fucaloro.

Every summer, The New York City Poetry Festival invites poetry organizations and collectives of all shapes and sizes to bring their unique formats, aesthetics, and personalities to the festival grounds, which are ringed with a collection of beautiful Victorian houses and tucked beneath the wide, green canopies of dozens of century old trees. By uniting the largest community of poets in the country and offering a unique setting for literary activity, the New York City Poetry Festival electrifies arts and literature and brings poetry to new light in the public eye.