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This event is in the past.It took place on January 1, 2026 at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery.

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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.

52-year tradition
avant-garde performance
experimental readings
immersive cultural experience

Tips

💬"needs to be experienced, even felt, to believe" (The Poetry Project)
đŸŽșbrass band plays outside during the break
đŸŽ«buy advance tickets for peak hours (8–11 PM)

St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery

131 E 10th St, New York, NY 10003, USA

$30-$35

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