The third Saturday of every month: Join Guelph Spoken Word for Guelph Poetry Slam! This event includes a feature poet set, open mic and a poetry slam competition, where the winning poet takes home a cash prize of $100. Slam poets have three minutes to dazzle the panel of judges, assembled from the audience. All ages, discretion advised.
Last Tuesday of every month: CIUT Howl host Valentino Assenza presents a monthly poetry/spoken word open mic feature, with self-recorded submissions aired on CIUT 89.5 FM from 10:00 – 11:00 PM ET.
Three Thursday nights a month, from Sep. – May: Victoria Poetry Project hosts Tongues of Fire, a spoken word series of open mics & poetry slams. Open mics, including a featured poet, take place on the 2nd & 4th Thu. of the month, while poetry slams take place on the 3rd Thu. of the month. Presented at the Caffè Fantastico Quadra Village Roastery.