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Previews of the 2026 BRIC JazzFest and the Dodge Poetry Festival in Newark

By Doug Doyle

Published October 13, 2026 at 10:18 AM EDT

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Bilal is one of the headliners of BRIC JazzFest 2026

On the October 10 WBGO Journal...

We preview the 2026 BRIC JazzFest at the BRIC House in Downtown Brooklyn...

BRIC JazzFest 2026 is a two-day event at the BRIC House in Downtown Brooklyn

We hear from headliners Bilal, Arturo O'Farrill and Takuya Kuroda. BRIC JazzFest runs October 16 and 17.

Takuya Kuroda is one of the headliners at BRIC JazzFest 2026

and WBGO Journal host Doug Doyle chats with the producer of the 2026 Dodge Poetry Festival Ysabel Y. González and acclaimed poet, dancer, librettist and actor Marc Bamuthi Joseph about the annual poetry festival at NJPAC and other Newark venues...

WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with Ysabel González and Marc Bamuthi Joseph about the 2026 Dodge Poetry Festival — WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with **Ysabel González** and **Marc Bamuthi Joseph** about the 2026 Dodge Poetry Festival

The 2026 Dodge Poetry Festival runs October 15-17.

The Dodge Poetry Festival runs October 15-17 at NJPAC and other Newark venues

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Doug Doyle

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.

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