Words Wide Night: fearless, and therefore powerful

Join us for Words Wide Night on July 13 at Shoe Bar & Cafe, Yagan Square. We throw open the doors at 7pm with admission $5 on entry, or free for performers.

Perth's most innovative and multi-disciplinary open mic, this is an inclusive and deliberately supportive event.

Words Wide Night is a space for new performers to take to the stage for the first time and established performers to try new material in a friendly space.

This open mic features some of Perth's best storytellers, poets and spoken word performers, musicians and singer-songwriters, comedians and generally sort of funny types. If there’s time enough and demand, your host for Words Wide Night, Jay, will probably read something involving bears.

If you want to perform, get in touch, and let us know if you're new to Words Wide Night, because one spot in each of the night's three sections is reserved for fresh faces.

Support Words Wide Night and you support local artists and local business – but most of all come to enjoy yourself with some of the city's best performers.

Invite all your friends to like our page, or you can become a supporter on Patreon for a bear pack of benefits: https://www.patreon.com/wordswidenight

We acknowledge this event takes place on the traditional lands of Whatdjuk Nyoongar people, and that sovereignty of these lands was never ceded.

This month's event name is taken from 'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley, “Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”

Event details: Doors open: 7pm Show starts: 7:30pm Show finishes: 10:00pm (ish) Admission: $5 on the door, cash or EFTPOS, and free for performers.

Venue: Shoe Bar & Cafe, Yagan Square.

Find us in the Baby Shoe (the upstairs function room), if you’re a Shoe newbie, ask the friendly team behind the bar and they’ll point the way.

Performers get 5 mins on stage each, except musicians who get 3 songs (within reason!) please try to stick to time so we don’t have to cut you off.

We provide two microphones and an in-house PA, if you need instruments, cables or adaptors please BYO.

Get in touch in advance via our page if you’re keen to perform, open spots on the night are always very limited.

Words Wide Night is a deliberately inclusive event, and we ask all performers to read and acknowledge the Code of Conduct on the Words Wide Night page.

Any other questions, please drop us a line!