Enjoy the spring weather and celebrate National Poetry Month with your friends from The Lion & Pirate in Art Spark’s backyard!

At this inclusive open mic, we’re open to work in any genre: music, spoken word, improv, skits, storytelling, dance, poems or prose… Anything you can perform!

Join us to hear work by featured Austin poets Bijan Rahnamai and Sueitko Zamorano-Chavez; then, it will be your time to shine! Sign up at the event. Contact us if you have questions about our sound set up.

What to Expect:

• The performer sign-up opens at 2:30 PM.
• This is a disability-inclusive open mic, so all performers are welcome, regardless of their abilities. It’s a supportive and welcoming environment where everyone is encouraged to share their gifts.
• The Lion & Pirate Open Mic is a great way to showcase your talents and connect with other artists.
• We encourage a variety of performers, including musicians, poets, comedians, storytellers, and more to join us.
• We will have amplification.
• Both the office and the backyard are accessible, please email MsBoye for individual accessibility questions or requirements.
• The event is free and open to the public. All ages are welcome.

Image Description: A lion statue wearing an eye patch and a pirate’s skull-and-bones do-rag grips a microphone cable in its jaws. Text reads, “Join us in person! The Lion & The Pirate, an inclusive open mic for writers, performers, and musicians. 3 PM to 5 PM, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Art Spark Texas, 1152 San Bernard St., Austin, TX.” Logos for Art Spark Texas and the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities appear at the bottom.