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by Dan Brady
Version 3.4.1
06/30/2010
Some of the links for the venues: for your
convenience!
1)
Gallery Cafe's 1st Mondays: All Poets
Welcome Series: multiple features followed by open
mic, 7:00 to 830, Gallery Cafe; 1200 Mason @
Washington, Host: Kit Kennedy: kit.kennedy@yahoo.com
3)
Bird and Beckett Series: 1st and 3rd
Mondays: open +features, 700 to 900, Bird
and Beckett Books, 653 Chenery nr Diamond: 586-3733
Bird
and Beckett (near Glen Park BART),
Host: Jerry Ferraz
4)
Cafe International: Fridays: open mic:
readers + musicians, 745 sign up - starts 800,
Cafe International, 508 Haight St. @ Fillmore:
552-7390 Host: Tyren McElwee + Wiseproof
12)
3300 Club: Last Tuesdays: open mic: food
+ features, 630 sign up - starts 700, Keane's
3300 Club, 3300 Mission @ 29th St.: 826-6886
www.3300club.com
(14)
Sacred Grounds Cafe: Wednesdays: open +
features, 700 sign up - from 730 to 950 Sacred
Grounds Cafe, 2095 Hayes @ Cole: 387-3859,
Sacred
Grounds Host: Jehanna Wedgewood
(16)
Smack Dab: 3rd Wednesday: open mic:
words, music, comedy, sign up 730 - start 800,
Magnet 4122 18th St. nr Castro: www.magnetsf.org,
Hosts: Kirk Read, Larry-Bob kirkread@earthlink.net
(17)
On the Page: Off the Page: 2nd Tuesday: open
mic: written, spoken word and song, starts 700,
SFPL Park Branch, 1833 Page St. nr Cole,
wwwsfpl.org,
Host: Diamond Dave Whitaker 240-0286 or
email: dmndv@hotmail.com
(temporarily closed during the renovation
of the library.)
(19)
Bazaar Cafe: Thursdays: open mic: music +
poetry, starts 700, Bazaar Cafe, 5927 California
St., nr 22nd: 831-5620, www.bazaarcafe.com,
Host: Robin Galante (Note: although
the venue features original, acoustic music poetry
is welcome.)
(22)
Final Fridays, Youth Speaks: 4th Friday;
open mic: opens 630, Luggage Store Gallery,
1007 Market St. nr 6th, www.youthspeaks.org
(23)
LUNADA: each full moon, open mic +
features, music, theater, 7:30 sign up, Galeria
de la Raza, 2857 24th St. @ Bryant: 826-8009,
galeriadelaraza.org/eng/exhibits/calendar,
Host: Marc David Pinate
(25)
Faithful Fools Series: 2nd + 4th Saturdays:
open + features, starts 400, 234 Hyde St.,
Host: Ramu Aki
(27)
Club 6: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays: Music spoken
word, hip hop, poetry, 1000 to 2AM, Club 6, 60
6th St. btw. Market and Mission: 863-1221
Hosts: Roxanne, Monolyth and John,
oshea_ent@comcast.net
(28)
Poetry Happening: Thursdays: step up + be
heard, starts 1000 +/- @16th St. BART Station
Plaza, Hosts: Charlie Getter et al,
http://16thmission.com
(42)
Sizzle: 2nd Saturdays: open and features,
starts 800, Femina Potens Gallery 2199 Market St. @
Sanchez, see: http://feminapotens.org/index
Contact: Tina Butcher,
feminapotens@ gmail.com
(43)
Brainwash: Mondays: poets, comics,
vaudeville, skits and more, 700 to 1000,
Brainwash Cafe, 1122 Folsom St. nr. 7th St.:
255-4886, Hosts: Mike Scott, M.G., Martin
w/Leaky Plumbing
(45)
Hotel Utah, Mondays: open, 700 to Last
Call, Hotel Utah's Saloon 500 4th St.,
http://hotelutah.com
(Order of performers is determined via a random
drawing: 6 min max -features music, poetry is
welcome.)
(46)
Pirate Cat Cafe, Friday
open+features, singing, spoken-wd music, 400
to 600, sign up 330 Pirate Cat Cafe, 2781
21st St. @ Florida,
http://www.piratecatcafe.com
Host: Diamond Dave Whitaker, 240-0286 or
email: dmndv@hotmail.com
(47)
Amsterdam Cafe, 3rd Tuesdays, Out of the
Mind Into the Mic, multiple features + open,
sign up @ 800, reading: 8 -11, Amsterdam
Cafe 937 Geary @ Larkin.
http://www.amsterdamcafesf.com
Host: Mitch Park, 415-574-5997,
email: smellslikerevolution@gmail.com
(48)
The New Sensationist! Bollyhood Cafe: Last
Tuesdays: open and features, 8pm sign up
Bollyhood Cafe, 3372 19th St, Mission
and Capp Sts. http://www.bollyhoodcafe.com/
Host: Nora, contact; nmtoomey@gmail.com
(49)
21 Club, 2nd Wednesdays, open
mic, 9pm sign up, 98 Turk St. betw. Mason St
& Market Sts, 771-9655, http://www.yelp.com/biz/21-club-san-francisco
Host: Ed Bowers
(50)
Poetry Mission @ Viracocha: 2nd 4th
Thursdays: open + features, 7 to 9pm,
Viracocha, 998 Valencia St., 374-7043,
http://viracochasf.com/
Host: Duo Von Dagrate
(51)
On the Page, off the page, Second Tuesdays,
open and features, 630 sign up to 845,
Coffee to the People, 1206 Masonic Ave. 626-2435
Host: Diamond Dave Whitaker dmndv@hotmail.com
(53)
SF Poets Speak Easy, Saturdays, open and
features, 3 to 530, Celtic Coffee House, 142
McAllister @ Hyde, Host: Barbara
Belle-Diamond bellediamond@comcast.net
(54)
Café Greco, Mondays, open and
features, 7 to 9, Café Greco, 423
Columbus Ave. , Host: Philip Hackett,
hackett.philip@gmail.com
(55)
Queer Open Mic, 4th Fridays: sign up 7;
show @ 730, Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia
@ 20th, open poets + musicians, Host: Sarah
Dopp. http://queeropenmic.com/
(56)
K'Vetch, 1st Sundays: 730 &endash;
10pm, Eros Lounge, 2951 Market St. nr 14th St.,
Host Tara Jepsen, http://www.erossf.com
255-4921
(57) Free Speech Zone,
Sundays:, music, poetry and more, 800 -
1100, Kaleidoscope, 3109 24th St. @ Folsom,
http://www.kaleidoscopefreespeechzone.com,
Host: Sara Powell,
kaleidoscopesf@gmail.com
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