The Poet's One Page Guide to San Francisco's Open Mic Poetry Scene
 

by Dan Brady  Version 3.4.1  06/30/2010    Please call ahead or check before you go; the information pipeline can be slow If the data is obsolete by the time you go; please, I hope, you'll let me know! One Page Guide Calendar And Listings: Now a 2 page document . email needed changes to Dan Brady 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