Always double check an event/venue’s social media for the latest information! This list was last reviewed: March 2026
List is alphabetical by location
| Name | Details | Links | Location |
| Melody Maker Talent Shows | Monthly event, typically a Saturday at 6 PM – multi-genre, poetry encouraged | Venue Instagram | Clinton MA |
| Cafe 641 Open Mic Nights | Typically 1st Thursdays | Venue Instagram | Hudson MA |
| Lowell Poetry Wheel | Includes Untitled Open Mic, Mill City Slam & Brewd Awakening’s Freeverse: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays Untitled features poets Mill City Slam qualifiers create a regional team | Website Linktree | Lowell MA |
| Echo Chamber Open Mic | Monthly, Tuesdays | Venue Website | Lowell MA |
| Warp & Weft Open Mic Night | Recurring multi-genre open mic | Venue Website | Lowell MA |
| Coffee Loft Poetry Nights | First Saturday of every month Sign-up at 6 pm, show starts 6:30 pm | Venue Website | Marlborough MA |
| Bolton Street Tavern Open Mic | 2nd & 4th Tuesdays Multi-genre (not poetry focused) open mic, 7 – 9 PM | Venue Website | Marlborough MA |
| Library Open Mic Night | Recurring, acoustic & multi-genre (not poetry focused), 6 PM | Venue Website | Marlborough MA |
| TD’s Open Mic | Wednesdays Multi-genre (not poetry focused) | Venue Facebook | Milford MA |
| Open Mic Café | By Meetinghouse Arts Center, at Parish Hall First Friday, at 7 pm, September through June. | Website | Northborough MA |
| Slightly Off-Beat Poets | Monthly, typically on a weekend Features poets | Contact roberteugeneperry @ gmail.com for sign ups & details | Sutton MA |
| The Poetry Extravaganza | Third Wednesdays at The Mill in the special events room Features Poets | Website | West Boylston MA |
| The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show | Mondays 21+ venue, 8 PM Not a slam venue but advertises a no-qualifier-necessary regional slam team Features poets | Website | Worcester MA |
| A Poetic Affair | Sporadic event, check website 21+ venue | Venue Website | Worcester MA |
| The Poet’s Cauldron | Typically monthly at The White Room or JMAC Features poets & singers | Website | Worcester MA |
| Of Myths & Muses | 2nd Tuesdays in the Worcester Public Market | Worcester MA | |
| Poetorium Too | Last Wednesdays at Tidepool Bookshop (Chandler) Sign-up Starts at 4:45 pm Features poets | Website | Worcester MA |
| Elizabeth Bishop’s Motley Menagerie | Twice a year: Once in October once in February at Bishop’s grave in Hope Cemetery | Worcester MA | |
| The Richard Fox Poetry Series | At Root & Press Cafe monthly | Venue Instagram | Worcester MA |
| Chapel House Open Mic | Every other month, typically the third Friday In the Lee Froom of First Baptist Church, spoken-word focus from poetry to storytelling | Worcester MA |
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