Family Fun Day: Dodge Poetry Festival
Saturday, October 17, 2026 · 11:00 AM · New Jersey Performing Arts Center, New Jersey
The Venue
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
1 Center St
NJPAC pairs major touring performers with a substantial local program, bringing music, dance and comedy to Downtown Newark.
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Shape The Day
Before
Military ParkSix acres of triangular green between Broad Street and NJPAC, laid out to a Frederick Law Olmsted plan. There is a carousel, a café kiosk and seasonal programming from the city parks foundation in warm weather. It is the piece of downtown Newark that has benches and people sitting on them before an event.
11:00 AM · Family Fun Day: Dodge Poetry Festival
After
McGovern's TavernFrank McGovern opened this on New Street in 1936 and it has not moved or changed its name since. It is a narrow old bar with a kitchen, a long wooden counter and a sign reading in God we trust, all others pay. On a night when downtown Newark empties out after an event, this is the place that is still serving.