Other listings: Poetry Flash: http://www.poetryflash.org/ - SF Beat Museum – SFSU Poetry Center – Poetry for
the People City College
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Mondays |
Tuesdays |
Wednesdays |
Thursdays |
Fridays |
Saturdays - Sundays |
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45) Hotel Utah Mondays, Live |
102) Poetic Tuesdays Varies, see the info, Live |
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3) Bird & Beckett 1st
Th. Live 28) 16th
Mission, Live 100) 1428 Poets, Hybrid |
107) First Fridays 3 venues, Live 108) Labyrinth. Live |
76) La Promenade.1st
Sat. Live 94) Smack Dab, 1st
Sun, Live 106) The Center, Live |
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45) Hotel Utah Mondays, Live |
17) On the Page off the
Page Hybrid, 2nd
Tuesdays |
1) Sacred Grounds 2nd Weds,
Hybrid 105) Blackbird Books 2nd Wednesdays,
Live |
28) 16th
Mission, Live |
108) Labyrinth. Live |
106) The Center, Live |
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45) Hotel Utah Mondays, LIve |
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28) 16th
Mission, Live |
108) Labyrinth. Live |
103) Clarion, 3rd
Saturdays, Live 106) The Center, Live |
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45) Hotel Utah Mondays, Live |
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28) 16th
Mission, Live |
108) Labyrinth. Live |
104)
OddVerse, Final Sun., Live 106) The Center, Live |
Dan Brady http://www.creativeideasforyou.com/emailpage.html Dan still hosts the zoomroom see the links below –
SacredÕs Weekly Newsletter
where the zoom info can be found: https://www.drdan.solutions/Sacred'sWeeklyNews.htm
Sacred Grounds Open Mic FB – where features are listed https://www.facebook.com/groups/203539673028715/
See some Zoomroom features: https://www.youtube.com/@dbrady94134/videos
CafŽ Days Video Archive: http://www.creativeideasforyou.com/SacredGrounds_YouTube.htm
(3) Bird and Beckett Bookstore – First
Thursdays, Live – 7 to 9pm, 653 Chenery Street San Francisco, CA 94131
venue phone: 415-586-3733
Hosted by: Jerry Ferraz and Michael Koch co-host Bird & BeckettÕs
monthly poetry reading with an open mic following the featured readers.
https://birdbeckett.com/ They also have a
bi-monthly zoom open mic hosted by Kim Shuck and Brett Benson.
On the first Thursday of each month Jerry Ferraz and Michael Koch host
a poetry reading that showcases local legends, poets passing through, and folks
from around the Bay – typically two featured poets followed by an open
mic. We can count on a warm group of poets and poetry fans eager to hear the
features and the potpourri of poets of every stripe who come out to read and keep
the open mic scene alive. Drawing on the generosity of our neighbors and
patrons, we're able to pay a small honorarium to the featured poets, a rarity
in reading series off the college campusesÉ your additional dollar or two
tossed in the bucket at the readings makes it that much sweeter. 2018-19 SF
Poet Laureate Kim Shuck has graciously taken on some booking chores since
assuming her laurels, and much fun, and some magnificent poetry, is to be had
as a result!
(17) On the Page, Off the Page
– Second Tuesdays, Hybrid – 6:00 to 7:45, at the
Park Branch Library, downstairs, 1833 Page St. (between Shrader and Cole)
Event hosted
by Richard Ivanhoe
Poets, musicians, and audience welcome.
We are hybrid
(both in-person and online) from the community room of the Park Branch Library,
downstairs at 1833 Page Street (between Cole and Shrader). Remember that our
hours are 6 pm to 7:45 pm, Pacific Time; food for the body, the mind, and the
spirit (sorry, we can't provide food for the body to those online).
(28) * 16th and Mission – Thursday
Nights, Live – 9pm until whenever.
It is at the BART Stn. Plaza at 16th and Mission Streets, Southwest
corner it is outdoors,
no microphone, amidst the pigeons, under the stars step up, step in, be
heard it is poetry and more. Hosts:
Charlie Getter and many others
Yes! The 16th & Mission
"open mic without a mic" has been happening for 16 years and hasn't
stopped! We're here every Thursday night (rain or shine) from about 10pm to
midnight—and we need YOU! Come join us, and bring something to
share—a song, a poem, a rap, jokes, and rants... anything, in any
language! Everyone is welcome. Come scream at the void with us!! This an outdoor, freeform street arts
workshop welcoming poets, musicians, emcees, comedy – all forms of
expression, in any language, representing SF's best tradition of free
expression.
Questions/ concerns? Want to collab? Please DM us! Instagram: @16thmission – stuff
about the corner goes up... like... here... and on Instagram... and then it
goes out on the interwebs... also here get to know it https://www.facebook.com/groups/103422546416088/ And here get to know it in
another way: https://www.facebook.com/groups/103422546416088/user/100084934634028
(45) Hotel Utah Open Mic –
Mondays, Live – Sign-ups @ 6:15,
starts at 6:30 -7:45 Show at 8, Hotel Utah Saloon at 500 4th St (at Bryant) San
Francisco
Event by Brendan Getzell https://www.facebook.com/bgetzell
Featured performer goes on at 10, after which open mic resumes. Performers get
one song, not to exceed six minutes in length. Originals, Covers, it's all
good. Spoken word performers (comedy, poetry, readings, etc) get six minutes.
House guitar & piano are available for your performance. Great food &
drink at the bar so come hungry/thirsty. Audio recorded and uploaded to theutah.org Video live stream on
facebook 10-time winner of 'Best Open Mic' in the SF Bay Guardian's annual
"Best of The Bay" readers poll
- Hotel UtahÕs website www.hotelutah.com
(76) La Promenade – First Saturdays, Live – 6:15 sign-up
to 7:45 pm – the venue: La Promenade, 3643 Balboa, near 38th Ave. Ph 415
- 221-6023
Brett Benson hosts with a
host of others. (Facebook invites w/google calendar invites coming in the
future) Open mic is 3-4 minutes per reader, depending on the size of the crowd,
contact Brett – brettjbenson30@gmail.com
(94) Smack Dab Queer Open
Mic – 1st Sundays, Live – 5pm At MannyÕs, 3092 16th
Hosts Larry-bob Roberts {he/him} and Dana Hopkins
http://www.facebook.com/pg/smackdabopenmic/
We are a free LGBTQ2SIA
community event with the slogan ÒAll ages, all genders, all the time.Ó We're
the longest running Q/T Open mic in the SF Bay Area and we welcome YOU to join
us {on Zoom of course} to share: stories, poems, a song, dance, your visual art
or your latest manifesto.
Are you a beginner who's
never stepped up to a mic before? Come on in, we are warm and friendly. Are you
a published author or a touring musician?
Come on in! Everyone at every level is welcome and safe here. Want to
simply join us as friends, family, and supportive allies in Queer and Trans
community? Our hosts Larry-bob Roberts {he/him} and Dana
Hopkins {she/her} welcome you to come on in!
If you'd like to perform at
the open mic, please come sign up at 4:45 pm and bring five minutes of whatever
you want to share {we do pay attention to time.} Message us if via FB if you
want to share visual material or if you have questions.
(100) 1428 Poets – First Thursdays – 4 to 6pm – no
longer a hybrid, however an alternate is being sought.
Antoinette Vella Payne continues
hosting 1428 Poets at a new location and it is a beaut! The venue has a mic and
a stage. Antoinette is very excited to begin hosting on December 5th, 2024,
come one; come all! See the groupÕs Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/357760398718400 Dan Brady is the zoom host and the zoom info is the same as that for
Sacred, see its links and listing.
(102) Poetic Tuesdays with MoAD
– Tuesdays, Live –
12:30 to 1:30pm from May through October. This is at The
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
This program
is co-presented by the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival.
The event will
be hosted in-person at Jessie Square: https://ybgfestival.org/venue/jessie-square/ located directly across the street from Yerba Buena Gardens and is part
of the Festival's Poetic Tuesday series. For the full program schedule, visit www.ybgfestival.org.
Sharing works
that delight, provoke, inspire and rouse, the monthly Poetic Tuesdays series
runs from May through October, turning lunchtime into an oasis of creative
expression. Lighting up Jessie Square with a fabulously curated line-up of
poets and musicians, Poetic Tuesdays offer a vivifying midday breather for
neighborhood groups, students, office workers on break and out-of-towners
looking for respite from The CityÕs hustle and bustle.
(103) Third Saturday Poetry
in Chinatown – 3rd Saturdays, Live – 1pm to 3 pm, Clarion Performing Arts Center, 2 Waverly Place
(between Sacramento & Clay Streets) San Francisco, CA (415)
391-1317 and the webpage: https://www.theclarionsf.org/
Curated
by Bay Area poet Greg Pond, with double Features and an open mic! Bring a poem or two to
share, or just come and listen. This is a FREE event.
Donation is greatly appreciated. Encounter poets and poetry in a cozy space
every 3rd Saturday of the month, 1-3 pm. We begin with a toast
of plum wine or tea, and proceed to two hours of expressive audio pleasure.
(104) OddVerse
– Final Sundays, Live – 4:30 to 8pm, the venue is Medicine for Nightmares 3037 25th
St. https://www.facebook.com/events/388013773590774/?_rdr
OddVerse is a
justice-oriented open mic at Medicine for Nightmares. Featuring brilliant local
artists, we create a warm, vibrant, and cozy atmosphere, welcoming all to our
space. Come join us for powerful art, meaning conversations, and caring
community. Sign up for the next open mic at bit.ly/oddverse
Odd Verse is
now a collective that aims to amplify peoplesÕ narratives by creating platforms
for the stories, ideas and perspectives of voices that deserve more
representation. We create spaces of discourse, education, solidarity between
communities, and collective action for causes of justice & liberation. In
our monthly open mic, we honor our vision by holding a safer & braver space
for local folk to express their art fully and unapologetically.
(105) Poetry +
Prose Open Mic Night @ Blackbird
Books – 2nd Wednesdays, Live – 7 to 9pm at 4541 Irving St. San Francisco
venue ph:
415-742-5203 Hosted by Laura Booth
We are open
every day: cafe 7am–6pm
bookstore hours 9am–7pm (415) 742-5203 books@blackbirdsf.com events@blackbirdsf.com
See the events
page for RSVP information https://blackbirdsf.com/
Share the mic and your words with fellow writers and poets in this monthly
night here are Black Bird.
(106) The
Center SF Open Mic – Sundays, Live – 6 to 9pm, Sundays,
Hosted by
Theory and Liz https://www.thecentersf.com/
548 Fillmore St Poetry, comedy, storytelling, theater, short films, music, and
more
(107) First
Fridays, three venues, all LIVE, all in the North Beach area of San Francisco
*Golden Sardine, 362 Columbus Avenue
– First Fridays, Live – 6pm, on Ramaytush Ohlone Land
https://sites.google.com/view/sfnbff/home https://www.facebook.com/northbeachfirstfridays/
*A City Lights Reading Series – First Fridays, Live –
near to 5pm, hosted by Carlos Quinteras,
arrive near to 5pm in Kerouac Alley
This event will be held in Keroauc Alley, between City Lights
Booksellers and Vesuvio Cafe, between Columbus and Grant Avenues,
Admission is free to the public
*Jessica Loos Poetry Series
- First Fridays, Live – 7 pm, hosted by Jessica Loos
@ Macchiarini Creative Design & Metalworks Gallery, 1544 Grant Ave.
Betw Union and Filbert In the heart of beautiful North Beach!
Macchiarini
Creative Design & Metalworks Gallery https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100075996497991
108) The Scott
Street Labyrinth – Fridays, Live – 7pm,
hosted by Clyde Always
Calling all
poets, comics, songsters, playwrights, rappers, clowns, puppeteers, magicians,
acrobats, sword swallowers and all performers of all kinds.
Share your
talents at The
Scott Street Labyrinth https://www.clydealways.com/open-mic
Since 2014, we
have held together as a community of like-minded artists who support one
another. Hear/see/experience the San Francisco performance scene WITH YOUR
HAPPY HOST CLYDE ALWAYS, the Bard of the Lower Haight, at your service. No
signup, no set list, no speech-restrictions, no sound system, no rules.