This event is in the past.It took place on January 1, 2026 at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery.
Kick off your year with 52 years of creative chaos: this 11-hour endurance feat of poetry, music, and performance veers from "in-your-face and outrageous" to "trancelike, even meditative" as the day deepens. Over 75 poets, musicians, and artists rotate through St. Mark's Church in an experiment in creative velocity that has set New York's artistic tone since 1974.
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52nd Annual New Year's Day Marathon
East Village
Kick off your year with 52 years of creative chaos: this 11-hour endurance feat of poetry, music, and performance veers from "in-your-face and outrageous" to "trancelike, even meditative" as the day deepens. Over 75 poets, musicians, and artists rotate through St. Mark's Church in an experiment in creative velocity that has set New York's artistic tone since 1974.
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