Slams/Open Mics

Austin
Aural Literature, Austin Public Library - Terrazas Branch, last Wednesday, 7PM

Austin Poetry Slam, Spiderhouse Ballroom, Tuesday, 8PM

Austin Poetry Society (Guest Poets followed by Open Mic as time allows), Twin Oaks Branch Library, 3rd Saturday, 1:30PM

Austin Poetry Society (Features and Open Mic), New World Deli, 4th Thursday, 7PM

Austin Writers’ Roulette (Juried Prose and Poetry), Stompin’ Grounds Lounge, 2nd Sunday, 4PM

Expressions, Austin Baha'i Center, 1st Saturday, 7PM

Neo Soul, Mr. Catfish & More, Thursday, 8:30PM

Open Mic, Bookwoman, 2nd Thursday, 7:15PM

Poetry Open Mic Night, Barnes & Noble - Arboretum, 2nd Thursday, 7:30PM

Recycled Reads (Round Robin), Austin Public Library Foundation, 1st Sunday, 3:30PM

Share Your Stories (Prose and Poetry), Twin Oaks Branch Library, 3rd Friday, 1PM

Spoken & Heard, Kick Butt Coffee, Sunday, 7PM

They Speak Youth Slam (Youth Writing Workshop and Youth Poetry Slam), Alpha House, 1st Saturday, 12PM

Belton

Temple Live Poets, Belton City Library, 1st Thursday, 5:30PM

Dallas

Dallas Poetry Slam & Open Mic, Heroes Sports Bar & Grill, Friday, 8PM

Oral Fixation, storytellling

Verse and Rhythm, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, last Saturday, 7PM

Dripping Springs
Dripping Springs Awesmic City Café (Music and Poetry), 3rd Saturday, 8:30PM

Dripping Springs Thirsty Thursdays (Feature and Open Mic), Dripping Springs Ranch Park, 3rd Thursday, 7PM

El Paso

Barbed Wire Open Mic, various locations, last Saturday, 8PM

Grynde Bar, open mic, Monday, 9PM

Fort Worth
Fort Worth Poetry Slam, The Dock Bookshop, Tuesday, 8PM

Georgetown
Georgetown Fiction Friday (Writers, Poets, Musicians, and Readers of fiction), Cianfrani Coffee Co, 6:30PM

Houston

Houston Moth StorySLAM, Warehouse Live, 2nd Tuesday, 7:30PM

Open Mic Night, Writespace, last Saturday, 7PM

Orbit Poetry Slam, Discovery Green, 2nd Friday, 6PM

Orbit Poetry Slam, MECA, 3rd Friday, 6PM

VIP Monthly Poetry Slam, Friday - dates vary, 7PM

Humble
Poetry Open Mic, Half Price Books, 1st Thursday, 7PM

Midland
Permian Basin Poetry Society Open Mic, The Ground Floor Coffee House, 2nd Saturday, 7:30PM

Permian Basin Poetry Society Open Mic, Tea2go, 1st Saturday, 7:30PM

Permian Basin Poetry Society Open Mic, Kampisi, 3rd Wednesday, 7:30PM

San Antonio

PuroSlam Poetry, Southtown 101, Tuesday, 9:30PM [on hiatus]

Sun Poets' Society Open Mic, Olmos Bharmacy, Tuesday, 7PM

San Marcos
San Marcos Poetry Night, Wake the Dead Coffee House, 1st Thursday, 7:30PM

Webster
Poetry Reading & Open Mic, 4th Tuesday, 4PM