SpeakEasy Poetry Open Mic | Vol.7 17.09 | echo & bounce

SpeakEasy Poetry Open Mic Vol. 7 When: 17th September ; 6pm for 6:30 start Where: Basement downstairs at echo&bounce Feature Poet: Elf Daw @elf.daw or @bloodrobes Hosts: Nikita Kostaschuk @by.nikita.kostaschuk ; Rae Elliot White @rae.elliot.white & Dani Ringrose @dani_ringrose ; Amber Clare @ambacious Theme : TBA SpeakEasy Poetry returns with their soft & powerful monthly poetry open mic in the secret second story loft studio of echo & bounce, in Woolloongabba, Brisbane. SpeakEasy Poetry's 'Studio Sessions' is an intimate imagining of a stage to bare your heart, and a return home to our shared humanity. Details: Volume 7 of SpeakEasy Poetry will take place in the Basement downstairs at echo&bounce. This is most easily accessed by the internal stairwell leading from the bar. Bathrooms are available at bar level. Please reach out for detailed accessibility information. 6pm Arrival - come along early to get comfortable, snag a delicious bowl of Ramen from the venue & register for the open mic 6:30 Event Begins - a warm welcome from hosts Nikita, Rae & Dani then 1st Half of the Open Mic 7:10 - Feature Poet Set - Elf Daw @elf.daw or @bloodrobes 7:30 Intermission - you can arrange to have a warm meal from the kitchen ready at the break, avail yourself to refreshments at the bar, or we invite you to engage in writing prompts & colouring in available around the room 8:00 Event Resumes - settle in for the 2nd Half of the Open Mic 9:00/9:30 Event Closes - depending on signups & venue closing times Where: echo&bounce 596 Stanley St, Woolloongabba QLD 4101 Public Transport : Mater Hospital Busway Stop Ubers : use Jacob Lane for easiest drop offs Parking : The venue unfortunately has no reliable free parking. There are two paid parking complexes next to the venue. They are accessible via Allen Street & Water Street respectively. Ticketing: Sliding Scale : Complimentary, $10 + bf, $15 +bf or $20+bf Please secure your ticket in advance (even comp.) as there is limited capacity. Honour system on ticketing - all money raised by SpeakEasy goes into paying the venue, hosts, technicians & feature poets, so we can all carve out a little living in this difficult time for the arts. Accessibility: The Venue is multi-level & unfortunately challenging for accessibility. Entry to the venue is at street level - Stanley St entry has a small rise, Jacob Lane entry has 4 - 6 stairs. Bathrooms are located down those small stairs. The Season Three Loft Space is 12 -platform - 16 stairs steep up to the Loft Space, or a 13 step staircase from the Toilets The Land: this event takes place in Meanjin/Magandjin, in a venue co-created on the lands of the Yagera and Turrbal people. sovereignty over this land was never ceded. it always was & always will be Aboriginal land. we pay respects to elders past, present and emerging. we vow to work with and listen to First Nations people in efforts towards reconciliation & reparations.