“Muldoon’s Picnic”

“OK, it’s not actually a picnic but a mixum-gatherum of poetry, prose, and music!”

Time Out New York

Named after a popular New York vaudeville act and an Irish-American knockabout farce from the 1880s, Muldoon’s Picnic is an entertainment devised, developed, and hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon.

The Picnic has been featured for over 10 years at the Irish Arts Center in New York City and has toured widely in Ireland, most recently in August 2022. It will once again arrive in Sharon Springs NY on Saturday, September 9, 2023, before returning to take up residence in New York.

Billed as a mixum-gatherum of poetry, prose, and music, Muldoon’s Picnic has featured appearances by hundreds of artists. In addition to the “house band” Rogue Oliphant, the 2023 Sharon Springs Picnic will feature novelist Susan Choi, poet Mark Doty singer/songwriter Amy Rigby, and, of course, poet Paul Muldoon himself.

The 2023 Sharon Springs Poetry Festival is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.

Klinkhart Hall Arts Center’s programs are made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

19th Century “Muldoon’s Picnic” Gallery

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