OUR FEATURE THIS MONTH: YOU!! OUR COMMUNITY! The sun is setting earlier and the chill is creeping in, so we have set aside a little extra time on the open mic this season. For first timers finding their footing, for old-timers returning for ruckus, to read that longer piece you’ve been working out, play another song you’d like to share, or try a tight 10 instead of a tight 5, whatever your heart desires in under 10 minutes! Poets, puppeteers, performers of all types!

Every Monday Night since 2008!

🎙️ Open mic list is out 8 – 8:30 PM
🎙️ Show starts around 9 – 9:30 PM
🎙️ Runs on poet time & goes until we run out of words (11:30 – 12 AM)

WHERE: Ralph’s: 148 Grove, Worcester, MA
🎙️ Outside when weather allows, otherwise inside & down-to-the-right
🎙️ This is a strictly 21+ cash only bar (there’s an ATM) built around a historic diner cart & old fire station. There are multiple sets of stairs, mixed seating, and low lighting. We love Ralph’s for having us for over 18 years, please defer to them for any venue questions regarding accessibility / etc.

House Keeping: The open mic is a privilege that takes guts to perform on, so we ask you to be considerate of the space and performers. Keep your phones on silent, and any conversations to a whisper, or over in the diner cart/out of earshot. Some of our poets whisper and we want to hear them, not you.

WHAT: a fucking poetry show

🎙️ Open mic slots for first and second half, alongside a wait list, with a feature set in the middle. Don’t see room on the list? Talk to Nark and they’ll see what they can do.

🎙️ Read your work, tell your jokes, bear your soul, all while accompanied by the coolest backing band since the invention of Ray-Bans.


🎙️ Please donate your extra time forward to the next performer.


🎙️ Most-sometimes there’s a bonus ruckus in the second half (you could win a ‘lil prize for a poem written on the spot) and maybe there’ll be snack time?