FOLK & WORD Open mic
NEW POETRY & SPOKEN WORD; ORIGINAL ACOUSTIC MUSIC
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Event date21 Apr 2026 19:30 - 19:30
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A free open mic session for all kinds of spoken word & acoustic music in York
Dates: 19 Mar - 21 Apr - 21 May - 16 June - 21 July
7.30 pm, upstairs at The Black Swan, 23 Peasholme Green, York YO1 7DE [NOTE: 21st May at The Artful Dodger, 47 Micklegate, York YO1 6LJ]
All welcome. SAFE, DIVERSE AND FRIENDLY. Entry is free with a purchase from the bar.
Sign up from 7 pm.
Welcoming writers and wordful acoustic musicians with original material who'd like to share their work in a WARM, APPRECIATIVE ENVIRONMENT.
We'll invite a writer and a musician to play host each month, and they'll bring a guest to perform as well.
Then the floor is open to everyone for an open mic session (sign up from 7 pm).
Bring a poem, a song, some new jokes, a monologue, a guitar, a voice. Try out fresh material or revive an old fave. Or just sit and enjoy the others!
NOTE: access is by stairs only, sorry: it's a listed building.
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MinutesBlack Swan, Peasholme Green, York, UK