Free 2 Spit: The Constitution Will Not Be Televised

Schedule

Fri Jun 05 2026 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

New Haven Peoples Center | New Haven, CT

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🔥 Connecticut’s legendary Free 2 Spit Poetry & Karaoke Open Mic Potluck — one of CT’s hottest and longest-running spoken word movements for OVER 20 YEARS — proudly presents:
🖤 “THE CONSTITUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED”
❤️ A Celebration of Juneteenth
💛 An evening of poetry, music, resistance, truth, culture, freedom, and unapologetic expression.
This is bigger than an open mic.
This is COMMUNITY.
This is ART with PURPOSE.
This is where voices rise. ✊🏾
For more than TWO DECADES, Free 2 Spit has created space for poets, singers, truth-tellers, revolutionaries, creatives, and everyday people to SPEAK LIFE into the room.
🎤 Poetry
🎶 Karaoke
🍲 Potluck Vibes
🔥 Real Energy
🗣️ Open Mic (First Come, First Served)
Hosted by Baub Bidon & Flow Like Water
🎧 Music provided by F2S
📍The People’s Center
37 Howe Street
New Haven, CT 06511
📅 Friday, June 5th
🕖 Doors Open at 7PM
🎟️ $10 Cover
🚗 Free Parking
Bring your voice.
Bring your people.
Bring your truth.
Because some things deserve to be HEARD — not filtered.
#Free2Spit #Juneteenth #SpokenWord #OpenMic #PoetryCommunity #BlackVoicesMatter #FreedomOfExpression #PoetryNight #NewHavenCT #ConnecticutEvents #BlackArt #ResistanceArt #OpenMicNight #LivePoetry #UndergroundCulture #CommunityHealing #PoetsOfInstagram #BlackCreatives #CTEvents #ArtAsActivism #KaraokeNight #IndependentArtists #PerformancePoetry #TruthTellers #NewEnglandArtists #BlackExcellence #ThingstoDoInCT #BaubBidon #CreativeCommunity #OurVoices
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New Haven Peoples Center, 37 Howe St, New Haven, CT 06511-4605, United States

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