The City Slam & Experimental Open Mic - Cover Slam ft. Mighty Mike McGee
About this Event
Every last Sunday of the Month! sign up for the Slam by 7pm for your chance to win $100. If you sign up for the Slam or the Open Mic you get free entry!
This month is the Cover Slam! Perform your favorite poem, turn a song into a poem, let Your imagination run wild! Covers are not required but heavily encouraged! And this month we bring you an amazing feature performer, the Mighty Mike McGree!
McGee is the first slam poet to win both the American National Poetry Slam Individual Grand Championship (2003) and the Individual World Poetry Slam Championship (2006).[2] From late 2007 to December 2008, he hosted the San Jose Poetry Slam, with Co-Slam Master Christopher Bundy.
In 1999, McGee helped form Bleeding Edge Spoken Word, under the directorship of his then-roommate. Over two and a half years, the two released 33 compilations of contemporary American spoken word. Although the label is now defunct, McGee started his own imprints – 3XMsound and 3XMpress, in 2001 – in order to produce and release his own CDs and chapbooks.
In 2001, after three years of competing at the San José Poetry Slam, McGee earned a spot on the slam team and went to his first National Poetry Slam held that August in Seattle, Washington. He then returned to the National Poetry Slam with the same team in 2003 and 2004.
In 2003, McGee co-founded the Vancouver, British Columbia-based "talk-rock" trio Tons of Fun University with Shane Koyczan and C. R. Avery. Their debut was before a crowd of 15,000 at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, July 2004. The trio has since toured extensively throughout Canada, performing primarily in music festivals.
In 2005, McGee performed a revised version of his popular poem "Like" on a fifth season episode of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry on HBO.
From 2018–2019, McGee was named Santa Clara County Poet Laureate.
The Slam begins at 7pm, followed by the open mic. We have a guitar amp, a mic, and a DJ. Please have any music files available to transfer to the DJ, we cannot guarantee website based music will run smooth. And if you have anything else for your performance, bring it! Follow and message us on IG @thecityslam
Agenda
🕑: 06:00 PM - 06:59 PM
Doors and Sign Up
🕑: 07:00 PM - 09:30 PM
Slam, Feature, Open Mic
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 10.00
