Upcoming events
Lyrical Lounge Daytona Open Mic
Daytona Beach, FL🌴☀️!
🎙Lyrical Lounge Daytona Open Mic is bringing you another poetry slam for the culture! February 19, 2026, get ready to watch spoken word poets compete against one another as two crowning Champs 👑 will compete for a fully paid registered berth at Slam Madness in Greenville, South Carolina, and the Phenomenal Womxn Poetry Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada!
Registration is now available and open for competing poets to register! General Admission starts at $10 (active college students with ID shown at the door get half off tickets)! Happy Hour starts at 7:00 pm🍻 and poetry slam starts at 8:00 pm. See you there!
So'Fried: Last Chance Slam
📢 IT'S SLAM SEASON!🗣📢
Poets, get your pens✒ and your bars ready! Voyeurs of spoken word poetry👂🏾🎙️! Join us on Saturday, April 26th from 1-4pm in DeLand, FL🌴 @ Thin Man Watts Amphitheater for MacDeland Slam & The Blunt Space's, "SoFried: Last Chance Slam"! Not only will 12 poets compete against each other for prize money and bragging rights, but the winner of the SoFried: Last Chance Slam will go on to be Breaking Bad Poetry's representative for the largest regional slam in the country, Southern Fried in Knoxville, Tennessee! Registration for the slam is FREE but LIMITED so don't procrastinate and miss out on your blessings! 💰🙌🏾 ✨
To register as a competing poet, email MacDeLand Slam with a short bio and a headshot at macdelandslam@gmail.com. Ticketing prices and admission is TBD.
Connect & Collect
Connect & Collect is a performance showcase and night gallery dedicated to giving resources to marginalized voices within the arts and community. It serves a safe space for Black, POC, and/or LGBTQ+ artists, businesses, vendors, and organizations to showcase their talents, products, and art; in addition to connecting underserved communities to local and accessible networks and organizations.