Jersey City Poetry Festival

Sun Sep 21 2025 at 12:00 am to 03:00 pm UTC-04:00

Museum of Jersey City History at the Van Wagenen (Apple Tree) House | Jersey City

Jersey City Poetry Festival
Publisher/HostJersey City Poetry Festival
Jersey City Poetry Festival
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Jersey City Poetry Festival Family Day
9/21 Sunday -  12pm - 3pm
Venue: Museum of Jersey City History -  298 Academy St Jersey City NJ 07306
Community-centered with youth performances family-friendly activities and surprises.
About:
JCPOFEST is a festival for The People  illuminating the tapestry of human connection that transcends the boundaries of individual studies and mediums. We celebrate the joy of literacy and literature! 

Established in 2024 JCPOFEST is not just a festival—it is a homecoming of voices a gathering of questions a place where poetry shakes hands with science where philosophy sits beside technology and where all art forms exist like a harmonious ecosystem. It is a celebration of who we are where we wander what we wonder and how we shape the world around us. 

JCPOFEST is rooted in community energized by innovation and inspires us to envision new ways of being together of dreaming together. As part of the year round events leading to the festival weekend multidisciplinary experiences invite us into a poem not just as readers but as witnesses as participants as makers of sacred spaces that nurture collective imagination. 
 
JCPOFEST doesn’t just speak—it listens.
At the heart of this vision is the festival's founder and creative director
Melida Rodas eco-poetry teacher and Jersey City’s Poet Laureate.
Her award wining multimedia body of work is equal parts elegy and call to action. 
 
JCPOFEST in partnership with local writers artists organizations and local businesses is a gift wrapped in hope vision and the urgent need to remind us about the mystery fragility and majesty of our planet earth and those who inhabit it.
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Museum of Jersey City History at the Van Wagenen (Apple Tree) House, 298 Academy St, Jersey City, NJ 07306, United States

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