Poetry Events in New York

Check out happening poetry events all around New York, NY

10/24/25 - Musiq Soulchild Performing LIVE The INKwell NYC

 Fri, 24 Oct at 05:00 pm INKwell Harbor Club Free

CENTRO x Nuyorican Poets Cafe

 Thu, 30 Oct at 06:00 pm Silberman School of Social Work Free

2025 Hobart Lecture

 Wed, 15 Oct at 07:00 pm St. Thomas Church Free

Launch of Vicki Mahaffey’s “The Joyce of Everyday Life”

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm Glucksman Ireland House NYU Free

Territorios en verso: Sudaquia y la palabra migrante

 Sat, 25 Oct at 01:00 pm John Jay College of Criminal Justice Free

Polifonías del deseo: corear el cuerpo

 Fri, 24 Oct at 03:00 pm John Jay College of Criminal Justice Free

poetry me, please: Metaphors & Real Rap

 Sat, 18 Oct at 06:00 pm Sound Of Brazil USD 34 to 55

Author Event: Pam Grossman's "Magic Maker" with Mitch Horowitz

 Tue, 14 Oct at 08:00 pm Book Club Bar Free

NYC KARAOKE LEAGUE - PRE LATE FALL SEASON MIXER!

 Wed, 22 Oct at 07:30 pm The Grisly Pear Midtown Free

Celebrating Recent Work by Eleanor Johnson

 Thu, 30 Oct at 05:45 pm Heyman Center for the Humanities Free

Paul Muldoon in Conversation with Lucy McDiarmid

 Thu, 04 Dec at 07:00 pm Glucksman Ireland House NYU Free

Between the Sandhills and the Sea - A Tribute to Vera Brittain

 Thu, 23 Oct at 07:00 pm OPERA America's National Opera Center - Marc A. Scorca Hall USD 25

Nuyorican Photography as Poetics: Diasporic Collage & Frank Espada's Vision

 Wed, 22 Oct at 06:00 pm Silberman School of Social Work Free

Nuevas Miradas – Edición Nueva York 2025

 Sun, 26 Oct at 10:00 am John Jay College of Criminal Justice Free

Coltivare: Pass the Aux at Sour Mouse

 Fri, 24 Oct at 07:00 pm Sour Mouse USD 15 to 55

WCS's Kiss: Closet Crush with Maggie

 Tue, 14 Oct at 06:30 pm Serendipity 3 - Times Square USD 29

Author Panel: What's New in the MFA Program at Stony Brook Manhattan

 Tue, 28 Oct at 08:00 pm Book Club Bar Free

Sappho's Garden- with Carol Lee Campbell and Domnica Radulescu

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:30 pm The Drama Book Shop Free

MOCA TALKS -《与此同时 At the Same Time》英译诗集座谈会

 Sat, 01 Nov at 03:00 pm Museum of Chinese in America USD 0 to 23

The Devil & Billy Markham

 Thu, 30 Oct at 08:00 pm Chain Theatre USD 35

SPOOKY-DELIC LOVE BUCK WEDNESDAY

 Wed, 29 Oct at 06:00 pm 2 Sisters 4 Brothers Restaurant & Lounge USD 9 to 119

#CREATIVEARTISTSHOWCASESERIES

 Fri, 24 Oct at 03:00 pm 299 South St USD 23

RA OPEN MIC's Vo. 20 "The Chamber of RA" Cosplay Open Mic

 Sat, 08 Nov at 07:00 pm White Horse Tavern - Financial District USD 0 to 15

Luigi Ballerini, Leonardo's Eels

 Mon, 17 Nov at 06:30 pm SVA, 133 W 21st St Free

OPEN MIC SUNDAYS @CHEZMESSY

 Sun, 10 Mar at 03:00 pm Chez Messy USD 0 to 10

25th Anniversary Cave Canem Prize Reading - NYC

 Thu, 06 Nov at 07:00 pm The New School, Starr Foundation Hall Free

Sam Sussman presents Boy from the North Country, with Todd Almond

 Wed, 05 Nov at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 7 to 33

Artopia - An Art Exhibit by The Bridge Arts Institute

 Thu, 23 Oct at 05:00 pm 101 E 119th St Free

Jazz Memorial for Ronny Whyte

 Tue, 14 Oct at 05:30 pm Saint Peter's Church Free

Darcie Dennigan presents "Little Neck" with Trace Peterson & Stine An

 Tue, 28 Oct at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 7 to 23

Poets as Deep Thinkers: A group reading with Samiya Bashir

 Sat, 01 Nov at 01:00 pm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Free

Pilates, Poetry, & Prayer by FitGalTribe

 Sat, 25 Oct at 01:00 pm BRASHFIT. LLC USD 35

Saul Williams on Black Experimentation, Fugitive Pedagogies, and...

 Wed, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Free

HOPPER HAIKU: New Songs by Composer Ellen Mandel and Lyricist Daniel Neer

 Mon, 10 Nov at 07:00 pm OPERA America's National Opera Center USD 29

Legal Tech Happy Hour & AI Open Mic

 Wed, 22 Oct at 05:00 pm Holiday Cocktail Lounge USD 0 to 100

WORD PLAY - Free POETRY SLAM With Live Music

 Wed, 16 Jul at 07:30 pm Sugar mouse Free

variety: LIVE Open Mic Nights

 Fri, 07 Feb at 07:30 pm N&M's Pizza Bar USD 0 to 13

New Approaches to Ukrainian & Chinese traditional music and poetry

 Tue, 14 Oct at 07:00 pm Bowery Poetry Club USD 23

Celebrating The Nation at 160 with Judy Collins, Kaveh Akbar, Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols, a

 Thu, 30 Oct at 07:30 pm St Ann's Warehouse Theatre, Brooklyn

Dumpster Fire Comedy

 Mon, 05 Feb at 06:30 pm The Stonewall Inn, Christopher Street, New York, NY, USA USD 6 to 12

Praise and Worship Open Mic

 Mon, 13 Oct at 06:00 pm Church of the Epiphany Free

Open Mic ~ Music ~ Poetry ~ Hip Hop ~ Jazz ~ Vendors Needed Wanted

 Wed, 05 Feb at 08:00 pm New York USD 7 to 34

LATE LAB MIC - open stage

 Wed, 16 Apr at 08:30 pm Enoch's Free

Stephen Rea - Krapp’s Last Tape at Skirball Center New York

 Wed, 08 Oct at 07:30 pm Skirball Center New York

Free Comedy Show at New York Comedy Club - 24th street

 Thu, 07 Aug at 06:00 pm New York Comedy Club - Midtown Free

October Open Mic Night of Theatre, Ideas, and Current Events

 Wed, 29 Oct at 07:00 pm The Actors Theatre Workshop USD 0 to 50

Powerful Voices Open Mic Show - Live Music, Comedy, Poetry+ More!

 Thu, 02 Oct at 08:00 pm New York Free

Harlem Bomb Shelter OPEN MIC & SHOWCASE

 Thu, 24 Apr at 07:30 pm The Conversation Room USD 0 to 18

Free Comedy Show at New York Comedy Club

 Sun, 03 Aug at 05:30 pm New York Comedy Club - East Village Free

Taillor Open Mic

 Fri, 20 Jun at 05:00 pm Madame X USD 23

OPEN MIC SIGN UP

 Wed, 03 Sep at 06:00 pm 2 Sisters 4 Brothers Restaurant & Lounge Free

Sunday Open Mic for Songwriters

 Sun, 21 Sep at 08:00 pm Sugar Mouse NYC Free

Patti Smith

 Sat, 22 Nov at 01:00 am Beacon Theatre

The City Reading Series

 Fri, 14 Nov at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 7

Open Mic Night

 Thu, 30 Oct at 07:00 pm Church St School For Music and Art USD 23

We Had it Coming

 Wed, 12 Nov at 06:00 pm 40 Loisaida Ave Free

KCB's Speech Bubble Open Mic

 Tue, 26 Aug at 06:30 pm Serendipity 3 - Upper East Side USD 18

Community Open Mic. at Buunni Inwood

 Fri, 14 Feb at 07:00 pm Buunni Coffee - Inwood Free

InspiredWordNYC Presents 1st Wednesdays Open Mic + Showcase at Sugar Mouse

 Wed, 01 Oct at 07:00 pm Sugar Mouse NYC USD 10 to 18

Songwriter Rounds NYC

 Sun, 20 Oct at 05:00 pm Houghton Hall Arts Community USD 13 to 18

InspiredWordNYC Presents Last Sundays Open Mic + Showcase at SOHO Live

 Sun, 28 Sep at 03:00 pm Soho Live USD 10 to 18

Open Mic Thursdays @ The Luncheonette, 5-9pm

 Thu, 21 Mar at 05:00 pm Two Bridges Luncheonette Free

Open Mic @ Enoch's Coffee in Hudson Yards Every Wednesday @ 6:30PM

 Wed, 13 Nov at 06:30 pm Enoch's Free

SOCIALDELIC COMPETITION

 Fri, 23 May at 06:00 pm 355 E 116th St USD 13 to 23

Open Mic hosted by Solpreme at the Loisaida Center

 Wed, 11 Dec at 06:00 pm Loisaida, Inc. USD 12

InspiredWordNYC Presents 1st Tuesdays Unplugged Showcase + Open Mic at UVK

 Tue, 01 Oct at 06:30 pm Urban Vegan Kitchen USD 13 to 18

As You Mic It: An Open Shakespeare Slam

 Tue, 30 Apr at 06:30 pm Under St Marks Theater USD 18

SUGAR MAMA MONDAYS OPEN MIC

 Mon, 06 Jan at 06:30 pm Sugar Mouse USD 0 to 13

W.O.W. Open Mic - a Nuyorican Poets Cafe offsite event at Loisaida Center

 Wed, 05 Mar at 06:00 pm Loisaida, Inc. USD 12

Q Lab Open Mic

 Mon, 03 Feb at 07:00 pm Tara Rose USD 0 to 13