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  • Anna Weaver | Open Mic Tourist
  • About
  • Poems
  • The Map
  • Tips For Hosts
  • Tips For Performers
  • Tongue & Groove
  • Media Kit
  • Contact
  • Front Street Taproom Open Mic — Fargo, ND

    Front Street Taproom Open Mic — Fargo, ND

    Scan the walls at the Front Street Taproom and you get a display of taxidemic skill—turkey, bear, deer, geese. You…

  • The Bozeman Poetry Collective — Bozeman, MT

    The Bozeman Poetry Collective — Bozeman, MT

    If there’s one thing that’s true of all open mics—well, all the ones I’ve been to—it’s that they start later…

  • The 5 most magical moments at Tongue & Groove Open Mic

    The 5 most magical moments at Tongue & Groove Open Mic

    A Guest Post by Sarah Egan Warren Unlike, Anna, I don’t have a lot of open mic experiences—either at home…

  • I Dreamed I Was Emcee

    OG open mic host John Dancy-Jones shared this poem as part of a series of interviews with people who have…

  • The Sunflower Poetry Slam — Lenexa, KS

    The Sunflower Poetry Slam — Lenexa, KS

    Let’s talk age. More than once—okay, often—okay, most nights—when I walk into an open mic or a slam (especially a…

  • 10 facts about open mics across America (okay, half of America)

    10 facts about open mics across America (okay, half of America)

    Admittedly, it’s a cliche to talk about milestones on January 1. But like all cliches, this human tendency is rooted in something…

  • Open mic at SoulFood Coffeehouse — Redmond, WA

    Open mic at SoulFood Coffeehouse — Redmond, WA

    First, a confession: I lost the notebook with multiple glorious lines and quotes captured from this, my latest entry in…

  • 12 tips for open mic hosts: how to be flexible, fair, and fluid

    12 tips for open mic hosts: how to be flexible, fair, and fluid

    Let’s say you host an open mic, or you will soon, or you want to. I’m gonna assume you’ve done…

  • Hale Hookah Open Mic Wednesday — Hilo, HI

    Hale Hookah Open Mic Wednesday — Hilo, HI

    For the open mic tourist who, by definition, does this for fun and at her own expense, the toughest thing…

  • Open mic at Hilo Town Tavern — Hilo, HI

    Open mic at Hilo Town Tavern — Hilo, HI

    Yeah, that’s right, Hawaii. When I declared this open mic tourist thing to be A Thing, my sights were set…

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America’s only open mic tourist, mapping poet-friendly open mics across the U.S. and compiling practical tips for hosts, organizers, and performers.

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