Spoken word events in New York

Check out happening spoken word events all around New York, NY

Patricia Smith Susan Morrison & Loudon Wainwright III in Conversation with Paul Muldoon

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:00 pm Buttenwieser Hall

Teen Open Mic Night with the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and Writopia Lab

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:00 pm Banksy Museum New York Free

The 15th Annual New York City Poetry Festival

 Sat, 18 Jul at 11:00 am Nolan Park USD 0 to 55

Letters Live

 Thu, 14 May at 07:30 pm Town Hall

poetry me, please presents: For The Poetry Lovers

 Sat, 25 Apr at 06:00 pm Sounds Of Brazil USD 20 to 429

Vital Voices Reading

 Sat, 02 May at 12:30 pm The Festival Stage on Washington Square South (between Sullivan St & Thompson St) Free

Dreaming Beyond Rikers

 Sat, 06 Jun at 03:00 pm The People's Forum Free

Aja Monet - New York

 Wed, 20 May at 11:30 pm Carnegie Hall - Judy & Arthur Zankel Hall

Exhibition Program | Poetry Reading

 Mon, 18 May at 06:30 pm The Grolier Club Free

An Interactive Poetics Writing Workshop with Noel Quiñones

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria Free

MMM's Sneaker Ball

 Sat, 25 Apr at 06:00 pm West 120th Street USD 7

Lower East Stories

 Fri, 01 May at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Bookstore, Coffee, & Podcast Studio

Robert Sullivan Mona Simpson Timothy Donnelly & Sam and Louise Sullivan in Conversation with Paul Muldoon

 Mon, 18 May at 07:00 pm Buttenwieser Hall

PENGAME Poetry Slam

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:00 pm 8 W 126th St USD 23

Jupiter Invincible & Harriet Tubman

 Tue, 16 Jun at 07:00 pm Stella Adler Studio of Acting USD 5 to 10

Teen Open Mic Night with the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and Writopia

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:00 pm Banksy Museum New York Free

James Ciano presents The Committee of Men, with Catherine Barnett

 Tue, 28 Apr at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 22

One Up! Cut-throat storytelling...with CASH!

 Wed, 29 Apr Pubkey USD 10

The Sanctuary - Episode 5

 Sat, 16 May at 06:00 pm Smacked Village - Legal New York Cannabis Dispensary USD 34

NYC Poets Afloat - Harborwide Poetry Reading 2026

 Sun, 17 May at 02:00 pm Wavertree USD 0 to 13

Ghalya Saadawi + Olivia Tapiero

 Fri, 15 May at 08:00 pm The Poetry Project USD 10

Puma Perl Band / SoulCake at 11th St. Bar

 Tue, 12 May at 08:00 pm 510 E 11th St, New York, NY, United States, New York 10009

The Familia Poetry Reading: A Celebration of Orange

 Fri, 08 May at 06:30 pm Loisaida, Inc. Free

A Westside Experiment Young Actors Laboratory Summer 2026

 Mon, 10 Aug at 10:00 am 154 Christopher St USD 0 to 642

Machetero Screening, Poetry Reading & Panel Discussion with Not 4 Profit

 Sun, 26 Apr at 06:00 pm Piragua Art Space Free

Author Talk with J. Chester Johnson: An Afternoon of Poetry and Prayer

 Sun, 03 May at 02:00 pm St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, East 10th Street, New York, NY, USA Free

NYC No Menthol Poetry Contest

 Fri, 29 May at 06:30 pm Mother AME Zion Church Free

CINEMATIC THOUGHTS of DAVID HOPPER pain into poetry

 Fri, 19 Jun at 07:00 pm Alke Café USD 23

variety: LIVE Open Mic Nights

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

Taillor Open Mic

 Fri, 20 Jun at 05:00 pm Madame X USD 10 to 23

InspiredWordNYC Presents 1st/3rd Wednesdays Open Mic at Sugar Mouse

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

Nuyorican Bowery Slam

 Mon, 08 Jan at 07:00 pm Bowery Poetry Club USD 20

The Open Mic Downstairs

 Tue, 11 Oct at 09:30 pm Under St Marks Theater USD 9

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

Oxxxymiron

 Sat, 25 Apr at 01:00 am Terminal 5

The Blue Pill Poetry

 Wed, 30 Jul at 09:00 pm Patrick's Place USD 20