Spoken word events in New York
Check out happening spoken word events all around New York, NY
The 15th Annual New York City Poetry Festival
Sat, 18 Jul at 11:00 am
Nolan Park
USD 0 to 55
poetry me, please presents: Bet On Yourself SLAM (5Yr Anniversary)
Sat, 06 Jun at 06:00 pm
Sounds Of Brazil
USD 20 to 429
Dreaming Beyond Rikers
Sat, 06 Jun at 03:00 pm
The People's Forum
Free
THE IDEASMYTH SALON: Stories on Stage • 19 May 2026
Tue, 19 May at 06:00 pm
Pangea
USD 0 to 23
Aja Monet - New York
Wed, 20 May at 11:30 pm
Carnegie Hall - Judy & Arthur Zankel Hall
Honoring Memorial Day: Exit12's Stories of War
Fri, 29 May at 07:00 pm
Intrepid Museum
Free
The 24th Annual Junior Scholars Program Youth Summit
Sat, 16 May at 11:00 am
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - New York Public Library
Free
Pride Poetry Reading, with Joseph O. Legaspi, Dante Micheaux, & Yev Gelman
Sun, 07 Jun at 05:30 pm
P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts
USD 10 to 21
One Up! Cut-throat storytelling...with CASH!
Wed, 29 Apr
Pubkey
USD 10
Exhibition Program | Poetry Reading with Paul Muldoon & Kevin Young
Mon, 18 May at 06:30 pm
The Grolier Club
Free
OPEN MIC / JAM SESSION at CAC
Sat, 23 May at 07:00 pm
Children's Art Carnival
USD 10
Songs For Tomorrow
Thu, 28 May at 06:00 pm
El Barrio's Artspace PS109
Free
For The Love Of The Art by J.C.C.
Tue, 19 May at 09:00 pm
Silvana
Free
Robert Sullivan Mona Simpson Timothy Donnelly & Sam and Louise Sullivan in Conversation with Paul Muldoon
Mon, 18 May at 07:00 pm
Buttenwieser Hall
The Brothers In Word Experience
Sun, 19 Jul at 03:00 pm
Producers Club Theaters
USD 25
The Sanctuary - Episode 5
Sat, 16 May at 06:00 pm
Smacked Village - Legal New York Cannabis Dispensary
USD 34
Map Belonging Poetry Reading
Sat, 16 May at 02:00 pm
325 Convent Ave
Free
Ghalya Saadawi + Olivia Tapiero
Fri, 15 May at 08:00 pm
The Poetry Project
USD 10
NYC Poets Afloat - Harborwide Poetry Reading 2026
Sun, 17 May at 02:00 pm
Wavertree
USD 0 to 13
Jupiter Invincible & Harriet Tubman
Tue, 16 Jun at 07:00 pm
Stella Adler Studio of Acting
USD 5 to 10
NYC No Menthol Poetry Contest
Fri, 29 May at 06:30 pm
Mother AME Zion Church
Free
Sh*t L*szt — Part of the 14th Annual CompCord Festival – Comedy
Sun, 17 May at 03:00 pm
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery
To Dance Is To Be Free featuring Gerson Lanza
Thu, 14 May at 07:30 pm
Aaron Davis Hall
USD 29
Culture Writers: A Reading
Mon, 25 May at 06:30 pm
Von
Free
A Westside Experiment Young Actors Laboratory Summer 2026
Mon, 10 Aug at 10:00 am
154 Christopher St
USD 0 to 642
ORANGE CRUSH – a reading
Mon, 18 May at 07:30 pm
245 10th Ave #10w
USD 18 to 25
Spoken Word Evening: A Father's Worth In Words
Tue, 02 Jun at 06:30 pm
67 Ave. C
Free
CINEMATIC THOUGHTS of DAVID HOPPER pain into poetry
Fri, 19 Jun at 07:00 pm
Alke Café
USD 23
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
The Blue Pill Poetry
Wed, 30 Jul at 09:00 pm
Patrick's Place
USD 20
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Spoken word events in New York