What we’re about
Tongue & Groove hosts a monthly open mic in Raleigh, NC. As of May 2025, our new venue is Artspace in the fabulous part of downtown known as City Market.
Every second Sunday, we welcome poets, musicians, and storytellers to co-create a night of ephemeral creativity. (Sorry, no comedy.)
Hat opens at 12:15. We draw the list at 12:45. Show starts at 1. Slots are 7 minutes.
Anna Weaver hosts the show, with much help from Chief Timer & Archivist Sarah Egan Warren, and the Voice of the Dovetail* Andrew Warren. We are organizationally unaffiliated, but grateful fans of the Meetup group Living Poetry.
Why join us? Because you have poetry, music, or stories to share. Because you love local talent and want to hear what the artistic souls in your city have to say. Or because you think that shared creativity in the form of an open mic night just might save the world.
All our shows are free for audience and performers.
Artspace is within the downtown Sip & Stroll zone, so you are welcome to bring your own bev.
Covers welcome. Originals encouraged!
If you want to perform:
- Drop your name in the hat anytime from 12:15 PM on.
- At 12:45 PM SHARP, we draw names for 15 seven-minute slots.
- If you're present for the drawing, you can choose your slot.
- If not, we will assume you've been waylaid by pirates and fill from the end of the list to give you plenty of time to chew through your bonds or parlay for your freedom.
- Halfway through the show, we draw 3 more names for our bonus 4-minute shim slots.
If you don't make it on the list this month, come back next month!
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*What's the Dovetail? A collective poem written during the show by the performers and audience.
