Poetry Events Update: What’s Happening Near You This Week?

Attn. Washington, DC

Date & Time: Tuesday, October 2nd at 9:00 PM

Venue: Langston Room, 2021 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009

Details: Tuesday Night Open Mic Poetry hosted by Twain. For two hours, audiences can expect a diverse chorus of voices and a vast array of professional spoken word performers, open mic rookies, musicians and a different host every week. Tickets are $5 at the door. For details on advance ticket purchase, click here. To contact the venue by phone, call: 202-387-7638.

Date & Time: Tuesday, October 2nd at 8:30 PM

Venue: Emergence Community Arts Collective, 733 Euclid Street NW, Washington, DC (near Banneker High School and Howard University School of Business)

Details: Droopy the Broke Baller and Dwayne B. the Crochet Kingpin  present the renowned Spit Dat weekly open mic –Thursday nights, 8:30 PM to 11:30 PM. This is one of the longest running open mics in Washington, D.C., and it recently won a NUSPA (National Undergroud Spoken Word Award) for venue of the year.

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Attn. Virginia

Date & Time: Tuesday, October 2nd at 8:00 PM

Venue: See flyer above.

Details: Open to poets, singers, musicians, MCs, rappers, magicians, and comedians. Free and open to the public.

 

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Attn. Texas, Michigan, Ohio

Future The Poet performing…

Date & Time: Wednesday, October 3rd at 7:30 PM

Venue: Red Cat Jazz Cafe, 711 Franklin St., Downtown Houston, TX 77002 (next to Historic Magnolia Brewery Building)

Details: Come out and see Future The Poet perform. For additional details about the venue, click here.

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Date & Time: Saturday, October 6th at 7:30 PM

Venue: University of Michigan-Flint, French Hall Theatre, 303 E. Kearsley Street, Flint MI 48502-1950.

Details: Future The Poet will not only be performing at the national Super Talent Show. Tickets are $10. We are planning to organize this event annually with the upcoming show being the first installment. We look forward to seeing YOU come out!  Online auditions for next year will begin on July 1st and end on July 31st. Either send a YouTube link to garyjones@live.com (performance time limit is 5 minutes) or audition in-person. In-person auditions are at the University of Michigan-Flint Kiva auditorium on July 20th 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM and July 21st 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.

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Date & Time: Sunday, October 7th at 7:30 PM

Venue: Delish, 149 N. Main St., Dayton, OH 45402

Details: Future The Poet will be headlining The Lyrical Lounge Spoken Word & Open Mic Night. Be there early to sign up if you would like to participate.

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Attn. New York

Date & Time: Thursday, October 4th at 7:00 PM

Venue: Spot Coffee, 227 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY

Details: Open mic every Thursday, same time, same place

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Attn. Florida

Date & Time: Wednesday, September 26th at 8:00 PM

Venue: Club Easy, 878 Hwy US1, Rockledge, FL 32955

Details: Second and Fourth Tuesdays of each month. Doors open at 8:00 PM and the event starts at about 9:00 PM.

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Attn. British Virgin Islands

Location: Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Details: For additional information, click here to contact Emorej Bless by sending a message.

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