Open Mic Poetry Slam

Hamilton You Poets present the June Open Mic and Poetry Slam Thursday June 26th 6pm-9pm at the Art Gallery of Hamilton!

“POETRY ROYALE: Open Mic & Slam Night
📅 Wednesday, June 26, 2025
📍 Art Gallery of Hamilton
🎟️ $10 General | $5 Students & Underwaged
(Includes AGH exhibition access + sculpture garden vibes — come early and sip something cold.)

🎤 Spit bars. Speak truth. Feel everything.
Join us for a night of raw poetry, bold storytelling, and electric community. Whether you’re grabbing the mic or soaking it all in, this is spoken word with soul.

🔥 Featuring 2024 National Slam Champ: Karessa McQueen 🔥
World-stage poet. Mic-wielding truth-teller.
Fresh from the World Poetry Slam Championships in Mexico, Karessa brings the heat back home to Hamilton. She’s not just performing — she’s starting a fire.

🎭 Event Schedule
🕕 Doors: 6:00 PM
🎤 Open Mic: 6:30 PM (4 min | first come, first served)
🔥 Slam: 7:00 PM (3 min poems | no props, no hate — just straight fire)
🍕 Pizza + drinks available
🎧 Want to perform with music? DM us your track @hamiltonyoupoets “–HYP.