The Ruta Maya Open Mic poetry reading is one of the longest running weekly open mics in Texas. Originally starting in 1995, thousands of poets from Central Texas and all of the populated continents on Earth have performed on the Ruta Maya stage. Hosted by David Bates, the open mike opens with a “Round Robin” open mic with no sign up list from 6 to 7 PM followed by a “Sign Up List” open mic from 7 PM to 9 PM.
Donations of canned goods and non-perishable food items are requested at Open Mic Poetry for the Poets Pantry. The Poets Pantry is a community outreach project by the poetry community on behalf of those who are homeless and stateless and also assists homeless poets with food and clothing when necessary.
The Music Open Mike is from 9 PM to 1 AM.
Sign up for Open Mike is at 8:30 PM upstairs above the coffee bar with performance order by lottery.
It is not possible to call Ruta Maya and be put on the sign up list.
There is a Ruta Maya House Band available on Tuesdays during open mic that will provide accompaniment if desired.
Performance time is three songs or 20 minutes, which ever is less.
Recordings can be made of Open Mic performances and CDs of these recordings are available to the artist for a $10 fee. Please let the sound man know in advance there is a request to be recorded.
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Monday are booked by the Talent Buyer, Jennifer Marchand. You can contact Jennifer Marchand at bleufrenchlaundry at gmail dot com.
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