DodgePoetryFestival
Spoken word in every form is celebrated at the Dodge Poetry Festival on October 15-17, 2026 in Downtown Newark.
Meet your favorite poets including Elizabeth Acevedo, Tyehimba Jess, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Aja Monet, Danez Smith, Jive Poetic, Mayde del Valle, José Olivarez and more. Discover new voices, speak your mind, call for change and mix rhyme with rhythm.
Events include:
- 7 simultaneous stages of events in a walkable village in downtown Newark
- Network and socialize at Thursday night’s mixer and open mic hosted by EvoluCulture
- Fine-tune your craft on Thursday, a day for writers created in partnership with the Academy of American Poets
- Pop-up bookstore and book signings curated and hosted by Source of Knowledge
- Special readings by Cave Canem, CantoMundo, Lampblack and Kundiman and New Jeru Slam Team
- And Saturday free outdoor Family Fun Day on Chambers Plaza
Full schedule coming soon.
Festival passes DO NOT include special ticketed events which must be purchased separately: Patti Smith, Is Brooklyn in the House? and Def Poetry Reunion.
Adrian Matejka
Aja Monet
Anthony Cody
Arthur Sze
Carol Moldaw
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Danez Smith
Dasha Kelly
E. Ethelbert Miller
Elizabeth Acevedo
Evie Shockley
Frank X Walker
Jessica Jacobs
José Olivarez
Kimberly M. Blaeser
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Mayda del Valle
Meg Day
Michael Wiegers
Naomi Shihab Nye
Rajiv Mohabir
Rickey Laurentiis
Stephanie Burt
Terrance Hayes
Tyehimba Jess
Eventos gratuitos
Estos eventos están abiertos al público y no requieren la compra de un boleto o pase de festival
evening Open Mic/Mixer
Thursday, October 15, 2026
NICO Kitchen + Bar
Young Artist Day
Friday, October 16, 2026 @ 9AM
NJPAC
Family Fun Day
Saturday, October 17, 2026 @ 11AM
Chambers Plaza
ADD-ONs
Los espectáculos enumerados a continuación NO están incluidos en ninguno de los pases del festival. Estas presentaciones requieren de la compra de boletos por separado.
La interpretación ASL está disponible a pedido para ciertas presentaciones con dos semanas o más de anticipación (solo se proporciona en Prudential Hall y Victoria Theater). Llame al 973-297-5843 de lunes a viernes de 9 a. m. a 5 p. m., o envíe un correo electrónico a ticketservices@njpac.org