Commie Bop Open Mic - PINDN and Wes Carroll with Awi'nakola Foundation

Name: Commie Bop Open Mic - PINDN and Wes Carroll with Awi'nakola Foundation
Start: 2025-10-07T18:45:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-07T22:00:00-07:00
Location: The Mint Victoria

Schedule

Tue Oct 07 2025 at 06:45 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

The Mint Victoria | Victoria, BC

Commie Bop Open Mic. October 7, 2025.
Hosted by PINDN and Wes Carroll
A Commie Bop is an expression of freedom, verve, and solidarity. Share yours with us—let’s bask in the liberating imagination of our city!
Sign Up Via Google Forums or at 6:45pm before the event.
Doors: 6pm
Event: 7pm - 10pm
Performer sign up: https://forms.gle/kXjoJbyf155p1ktY9
Tix: (Link)
All proceeds go to Awi'nakola: Tree of Life Foundation www.awinakola.com
A Commie Bop is freedom in motion—a song, a poem, a spell, a skit, a dance against the grind of colonial capitalism. It’s where creativity smashes exploitation, where solidarity squeezes alienation, and where we (yes, we, the ridiculous and unruly) celebrate our collective fire.
This is a space to howl anti-capitalist anthems, share art that bites back, and honor past and future generations. Leftist debates? Vital. But tonight we revel in the kaleidoscope of our movement, checking our purity test kits at the door with our hearts open to each other’s stories. We have license to be silly little peasants! Think Carnival mocking lords and kings…
Terminology:
What is a Bop? A Bop is a hit.
Why Commie? Commie is short for communist, you silly. But of course anarchists, socialists, and anyone curious should feel right at home. In this case, Commie is in reference to a desire to move beyond capitalism, and in doing so reorganize wealth, power, and democratic control of our economy, housing, environment, and arts scene.
Open Mic Sets:
Your offering does NOT need to involve a complex analysis - our day-to-day experiences put us into the crosshairs of capitalism’s contradictions. Sets should be 10 minutes or less. Please explain why you chose or wrote what you’re sharing. Performers are encouraged to make space for audience participation - teach us your chorus, wrangle us into your skit, add call and response, or bring up Alice to play the tambourine or the triangle.
All acts should, in their own unique way, call for an end to exploitation and discrimination. This space celebrates dignity. Check lyrics for oppressive language (racist, sexist, ableist, SWERFS, TERFS, etc.). We fight systems, not each other. Please respect the venue.
We will save five sets as first come first serve before the event and open up the rest for folks who wish to register via Google Forms. NOT READY YET? Join the crowd, soak up the vibes, and cook something up for next time.