The Dirty Gerund Slam-ish lineup is here! A bout draw if you will. We ended up with a total of four teams competing for a lovely cash prize of one mystery bucket of money, and the teams will compete in the following order:

Round 1:
Not Lavender Slam vs The Scooby Doods
Mill City Speaks vs The Lovers, Like the Tarot Card

Round 2:
The Lovers, Like the Tarot Card vs
Not Lavender Slam
The Scooby Doods vs Mill City Speaks

Every poet at every slam always says “the points don’t matter” but the moment it’s over you hear everyone comparing numbers. If the points don’t matter, prove it poet!

Each match up will produce a higher scoring team, and each round will produce an overall high score. In the end, only one team will have cooked up the best fully loaded baked potatos of poems. 

Judges! We need you!
You will be provided score cards and an abundance of gratitude from our community and the competeing poets for using your taste buds to consider what each team serves up and decide who cooked.
You won’t be asked to assign a value of 7.5 or 9.2 or even decide what is a 10. As each team performs, you’ll decide if they served up a home cooked meal or cold leftovers. You’ll tell us if that poet hit you with a line that wiped the expo board of your brain like a top shelf tequila shot, or if the meal you’ve been served was just sloppy.

We will calculate the rest from there!

Ralph’s is 21+, cash only bar with an ATM
Open mic before and after the slam, 3-6 minute slots for 1-2 poems or one song. 830 PM!~ish
Don’t see the room on the list? Talk to Nark, and they’ll see what they can do.

Let the houseband know if you need their support ✨️
HOUSEBAND: @mathdad_saxman, @tastelessjack, @isabelo.cl & @bghmatt


Community mutual aid: we will have a box by the mic list for anyone affected by SNAP benefit loss/food insecurity with snacks and staples. Take what you need, leave nonperishables that you can. We’re starting with dry goods and in talks to organize recurring hot meal potlucks. Please don’t leave the Gerund hungry!