2012 OFFICIAL Tour Schedule

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January

• 1/18  - Michigan – Grand Rapids – Grand Valley State University – 2nd annual “All I Need is One Mic Poetry Slam!” presented by Alpha Sigma Phi – for more info CLICK HERE or go to the FaceBook Event HERE

• 1/21 – Oklahoma – Tulsa – Psalms & Soulfood Saturdays @ Big Anthony’s BBQ – 8151 E. 21st Street (74129) – 7pm – FREE SHOW!!! – ALL AGES

• 1/30 – California – Santa Cruz – UC Santa Cruz – Kinetic Poetics Poetry Festival Featuring Andrea Gibson, Sunny Patterson, Seth Walker, & Anis Mojgani  -  1 HOUR SET w/ GREY FICTION

February

• 2/1 – California – Berkeley – Bezerkeley Slam @ The Starry Plough – 3101 Shattuck Ave. (94705) – Sign up at 7:30, show at 8:30, feature starts around 9:45 to 10:00 – $8 – ALL AGES BEFORE 10PM

• 2/2 – California – Oakland – Tourettes Without Regrets @ The Oakland Metro – 630 3rd St. – sign ups at 8pm / 8:30pm – $10 – FULL BAR – ALL AGES – for more info visit: www.touretteswithoutregrets.com/next

• 2/13 – California – Chico – 2 HOUR SET w/ GREY FICTION – LIVE @ The Cafe Flo – 365 E. 6th st. – 7-9pm – $5 – ALL AGES

• 2/25 – California – San Francisco – ALBUM RELEASE PARTY  for “The Album” by Seth Walker Poetry & The Pillars Project – LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM: THE PILLARS PROJECT & GREY FICTION, The Death Medicine Band and The Sons of Razi - 285 9th st at Folsom in the SOMA, a short walk from the Civic Center BART (more info to come)

• 2/28 – California – Fairfield – Life Sentence @ Missouri Street Theatre – 1125 Missouri St. (94533) – doors @ 6:30/show @ 7pm – $5 – ALL AGES

MARCH

• 3/1 – Nevada – Las Vegas – Las Vegas Slam @ Yayo Taco – 4632 S. Maryland Pkwy. (89119) – 6:30 sign up / 7pm show – FREE SHOW!!! – ALL AGES

• 3/2 – Nevada – Las Vegas – First Friday “Painters & Poets” @ The Arts Factory – 107 E. Charleston Blvd. (89104) – 7pm – FREE SHOW!!! – 21+

• 3/3 – Nevada – Las Vegas – Talky Trees @ The Arts Factory – 107 E. Charleston Blvd. (89104) – 5pm to MIDNIGHT!!! – FREE SHOW!!! – ALL AGES

• 3/6 – California – West Hollywood – Da Poetry Lounge @ The Greenway Court Theatre – 544 N. Fairfax Blvd. Los Angeles (90036) – 1st half 9-10:30 / 2nd half 10:45-12

• 3/7 – California – Pomona – LionLike MindState @ Machine Pomona – 273 South Park Ave (91766) – door @9, starts 9:20pm – $4 – ALL AGES -

• 3/9 – Arizona – Bullhead City – TBA

• 3/10 – Arizona – Sedona – Sedona Poetry Slam @ Sedona Performers Guild’s Studio Live – 215 Coffee Pot Drive – 7:30pm – $7 ADVANCED TICKET / $12 @ door – ALL AGES

• 3/15 – Arizona – Tucson – Ocotillo Poetry Slam – Cafe Passe – 415 N. 4th Avenue  (85705) – Doors/Sign-up at 7:00pm, Show starts 7:30pm – FREE SHOW!!!! – ALL AGES

• 3/17 – Arizona – Flagstaff – 2 HOUR SET w/GREY FICTION @ Sundara – 22 E route 66 – doors @7 show @ 7:30-11pm – $3

• 3/18 – New Mexico – Albuquerque – BENEFIT CONCERT for The Center For Peace & Justice – 202 Harvard SE (87106) – 5 to 9pm – MORE INFO TO COME

• 3/27 – Texas – Austin – Austin Poetry Slam @ 29th St. Ballroom @ Spiderhouse (formerly Art Authority) – 2908 Fruth St. – 7:15 / 8pm sharp – $5 – ALL AGES

• 3/29 – Texas – Austin – Neo Soul Slam @ 11th Street Station Restaurant & Bar – 1050 E. 11th Street – 830/9pm -midnight – $6 – ALL AGES

• 3/30 – Texas – Houston – Secret Word Slam @ The Secret Word Cafe – 2016 Dowling St (Third Ward - 77003)

• 3/30 – Texas – Houston – 2 HOUR FULL SET w/ GREY FICTION @ The Secret Word Cafe – 2016 Dowling St (Third Ward - 77003)

***** PAST DATES FROM TOUR *****

July 19, 2010 – Austin, TX – The Hideout Theatre 610 Congress Ave 7pm
July 20, 2010 – Houston, TX – Taft Street Coffee 2115 Taft Street 8pm
July 20, 2010 – Houston, TX – Mr. A’s 3409 Cavalcade 10:30pm
July 22, 2010 – Houston, TX – Under the Bridge 6202 Hwy 6S 8pm
July 25, 2010 – Austin, TX – Kick Butt Coffee 5775 Airport Blvd 7pm
July 30, 2010 – Tulsa, OK – Living Arts Show
August 1-7, 2010 National Poetry Slam
August 9, 2010 – St. Paul, MN – Artist’s Quarters 9pm
August 12, 2010 – Chicago, IL – Heartland Cafe – 7000 North Glenwood Ave. @ 9pm – FREE
August 18, 2010 – Indianapolis, IN – Poetry On The Patio @ “300 east” Fall Creek & Delaware, 8pm
August 19, 2010 – Indianapolis, IN – Urban Element 901 N Pennsylvania St 8pm
August 20, 2010 – Indianapolis, IN – Write On @ Healing for the Soul 34th & Clifton 8pm
August 25, 2010 – Chicago, IL – Heartland Cafe – 7000 North Glenwood Ave. @ 9pm – FREE
August 27, 2010 – Chicago, IL – Real Talk Live 4529 Monticello Ave. – 7:30pm
August 28, 2010 – Chicago, IL – 4060 N. Lincoln Ave. – 9pm – 21+ NO COVER
August 29, 2010 – Chicago, IL – Green Mill Poetry Slam 4802 North Broadway 8pm – $6 cover
September 2, 2010 – Ann Arbor, MI – Cavern Club @ Circus 210 S. 1st Street, 48104 – FREE SHOW – NO COVER – 8pm
September 3, 2010 – Detroit, MI – 5 E Gallery 2661 Michigan Avenue Detroit, MI, 48216 – 9pm
September 5, 2010 – Detroit, MI – The Sweet Epiphany 13306 W Seven Mile Road – 9:30-2:00 a.m – $10 cover
September 9, 2010 – Kalamazoo, MI – The Globe Theatre 241 E. Kalamazoo Ave. – 8:30pm – 21&up – $3
September 14, 2010 – Kalamazoo, MI – Blaze Hookah Lounge 2728 W Michigan Ave – 18&up – 9pm
September 17, 2010 – Detroit, MI – 5 E Gallery 2661 Michigan Avenue Detroit, MI, 48216 – 9pm
September 22, 2010 – Detroit, MI – 5 E Gallery 2661 Michigan Avenue Detroit, MI, 48216 – 9pm
September 25, 2010 – Detroit, MI – Creative Juices @ Artist’s Village 17340 Lahser St.
September 27, 2010 – Detroit, MI – WORKSHOP- “Guerilla Touring: How to keep the art alive” The Sweet Epiphany – 13306 W Seven Mile Road
September 28, 2010 – Detroit, MI – State of the Art Poetry @ State Bar & Grill, 2101 Woodward Ave. 7pm $5
September 29, 2010 – Detroit, MI – The Sweet Epiphany 13306 W Seven Mile Road – 9:30-2:00 a.m – $10 cover
September 30, 2010 – Lansing, MI – Spitfire Poetry Slam @ Scene MetroSpace 110 Charles St. 7:30pm – $4/ $3 for students
October 2, 2010- Grand Rapids, MI – Destination 1111 (1111 Godfrey) – Art Prize Festival 9:30 p.m.
October 4th – Grand Rapids, MI Writing workshop at award-winning Plan B – Art Prize Festival – 8:30 p.m.
October 11, 2010 – Toledo, OH – Ground Level Coffeehouse Open Mic 2636 W. Central Ave – 8pm
October 15, 2010 – Jersey City, NJ – Jersey City Slam @ The Grassroots Community Space- 54 Coles Street – 9-11pm
October 17, 2010 – Philadelphia, PA – The Rox Box 6080 Ridge Ave – 9pm
October 20, 2010 – New York, NY – Nuyorican Poets Cafe – Slamming 236 East 3rd Street Reverend Pedro Pietri Way – 9pm
October 21st, 2010 – New York, NY – The Path Cafe (Half Hour Set) 131 Christopher St – 6pm
October 23-24 – Manchester, NH – NorthBEAST Poetry Slam – VOLUNTEERING & Slamming!
October 29, 2010 – Manchester, NH – Dead Author’s Slam – Spotlight – The Bridge Cafe 1117 Elm St – 7-11 pm – $3
November 3, 2010 – Cambridge, MA – The Cantab Lounge – Boston Poetry Slam 738 Massachusetts Ave. – 8pm
November 5 & 6, 2010 – Hot Springs, AR – Arkansas Grand Slam @ The Poet’s Loft 514 Central Avenue
November 7, 2010 – Fayetteville, AR – Jody’s Livingroom @ LIT Lounge 436 Watson Ave. – 8pm
November 9, 2010 – Fayetteville, AR – Ozark Poetry Slam @ Rogue pizza co. 402 W. Dickson St, 72701 – 7pm
November 19, 2010 – Memphis, TN – The Zodiac Club – $150 SLAM 6135 Mount Moriah Road Exd (38115)
November 26, 2010 – Knoxville, TN – Knoxville poetry slam @ The Time Warp Tea Room 1209 North Central Street – 8pm -$5
November 27 – Richmond,VA – Richmond Slam @ ARTSPO+ACE ART GALLERY Zero east 4th Street – Workshop @ 5pm – Show afterward
November 30 – Washington, DC – Beltway Poetry Slam @ The Fringe 516 8th st. SE – 7:30-pm – $5
December 4, 2010 – Decatur, Ga – KNIGHT TYME Entertainment – Wonderful Individual Poets & Singers (WIPS!) 627 E. College Ave, Suite F – 8pm-1am
December 5, 2010 – Decatur, Ga – Java Monkey Wine & Organic Coffee Bar 205 E. Ponce De Leon – 8pm
December 9-11, 2010 – Individual World Poetry Slam – Charlotte, NC
December 12, 2010 – Birmingham, Al – Boss Ultra @ Loveshooter Lounge312 20th St. South – 8pm
December 14, 2010 – New Orleans, La – Sweet Lorraine’s Jazz Club (Spotlight Feature) 1931 St. Claude Ave. 70116 – 9pm
December 16, 2010 – Austin, Tx – Club Illusion – Austin Neo-Soul 2700 Pecan St. – 8pm
December 17, 2010 – Houston, Tx – The Secret Word 2016 Dowling St. (77003) – 8pm
December 18, 2010 – Houston, Tx – G’s and Z’s Cafe 4420 Almeda Rd. 77004 – 8:30pm – $5
December 19, 2010 – Denver, CO – Denver Mercury Slam @ Mercury Cafe – 2199 California St., 80205 – 8pm – $5
December 27th – Salt Lake City, UT – Put Your Mouth Where The Word Is POETRY SLAM – $5 cover, ALL AGES– 8-11 pm
January 9th, 2011 – Salt Lake City, UT – Greenhouse Effect Open 3231 South 900 East – FREE! – 8:30 pm
January 17, 2011 – Salt Lake City, UT – Freedom Festival 2191 S 300 W- 7:00pm – FREE
January 17, 2011 – Boise, ID – Boise Poetry Slam @ Neurolux Lounge 113 N. 11th St. 83702 – 7:30pm – $5 – 21+
January 19, 2011 – Sacramento, CA – Mohogany Urban Poetry Series @ Queen Sheba 1704 Broadway – 9pm
January 20, 2011 – Chico, CA- Chico Poetry Slam @ Cafe Culture 931 W. 5th St. 95928-door/signups 7p show 8p $6
January 25, 2011 – Fairfield, CA – Life Sentence Slam @ Missouri Street Theatre 1225 Missouri st. – 7pm
January 27, 2011 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Slam @ Oasis bar & restaurant 135 12th st @ Madison – 8pm $7
February 2, 2011 – Berkeley, CA – Bezerkeley Poetry Slam @ The Starry Plough Pub
3101 Shattuck Avenue- Doors open at 7:30
February 3, 2011 – Oakland, CA – Tourettes Without Regrets @ The Oakland Metro
630 3rd St. (@ Jefferson) – 8pm – ALL AGES – FULL BAR – $10
February 8th, 2011 – San Francisco, CA – Brainwash Cafe & Laundromat Open Mic
1122 Folsom St at Langton, San Francisco 94103 – 7pm
February 16, 2011 – Pomona, CA – LionLike MindState @ Da center for the arts
252 S. Main St. Pomona, CA – 9pm
February 18, 2011 – Venice, CA – Venice Mozaic @ Talking Stick Cafe 
1411 Lincoln Blvd. – 730pm
February 22, 2011 – Los Angeles, CA – Da Poetry Lounge @ GreenWay Court Theater 544 N. Fairfax Blvd. 90036 – 9pm – EARLY ARRIVAL IS A MUST
February 23, 2011 – Claremont, CA – LionLike Dinner Show (with Tshaka, Kevin Sandbloom, Marcus Love) – 219 W. 1st St. – $10 (includes dinner) 8:30pm
February 23, 2011 – Boyle Heights, CA – Flowers of Fire Corazon Del Pueblo
2003 1st st. – 8 pm
February 25, 2010 – Albuquerque, NM – Winning Coffee Co.
111 Harvard SE – doors 6:30 / starts 7pm -$3 donation ALL AGES
March 2, 2011 – Oklahoma City, OK – Red Dirt Poetry Slam @ Sauced 2912 Paseo – 8:30pm FREE
March 3, 2011 – Oklahoma City, OK – WORDPULP Open Mic, Slam, & Live Music Nite 
Queen of Sheba Restaurant – 2308 N. MacArthur Blvd – Doors open at 8pm
March 4, 2011 – Edmond, OK – Verbs & Vibes Open Mic – Bean Juice 2141 W. 15th Street – 8pm FREE
March 15, 2011 – Peoria, IL – Red Barn Open Mic 621 West Glen Ave. Peoria, IL 61614 – FREE – 21+
March 17, 2011 – Peoria, IL – St Patrick’s Show with Jazzocalypse, Filthy River, Derrick Hart, and more! -
Red Barn – 621 West Glen Ave. Peoria, IL 61614 – $5 – 21+
March 18, 2011 – Mount Vernon, Iowa – Cornell College – 800 Common Circle SW
March 21, 2011 – Indianapolis, IN – Locals Only 2449 E 56th St – 8:30 – $5/$3 for poets – 21+
March 23, 2011 – Chicago, IL – In One Ear @ Heartland Cafe – 7000 North Glenwood Avenue
March 26, 2011 – Grand Rapids, IL – Workshop with Seth Walker / Night Show (other acts tba) – Dog Story Theatre 7 Jefferson
April 1, 2011 – Fayetteville, AR – TBA
April 2, 2011 – Hot Springs, AR – Poet’s Loft – 514 B Central Ave – $3 – 8pm
April 9, 2011 – New Orleans, LA – The George & Leah Mckenna Museum of African American Art – 2003 Carondelet – 10:30pm – $7
April 12, 2011 – New Orleans, LA – Sweet Lorraine’s – 1931 St. Claude Ave. – 8pm
April 17, 2011 – College Station, TX – Revolution Cafe – 211 Suite B Main St – 9pm – FREE
April 21, 2011 – Houston, TX – Khon’s Bar 2808 Milam – 9pm – FREE
April 26, 2011 – Houston, TX – Taft Street Coffee – 2114 Taft St – 7pm – free!
April 29, 2011 – Killeen, TX – Wannabe’s Cafe – 220 E. Avenue D – 8pm – $5
May 2, 2011 – Waco, TX – Dr. Pepper Museum – SHOWCASE FEATURE – Also feat Houston Hughes – $5
May 4, 2011 – Ft Worth, TX – MUSIC FEATURE – The Aardvark – 2905 W. Berry Street
May 6, 2011 – Dallas, TX – POETRY SLAM FEATURE -Dallas Poetry Slam @ The Boiler Room – 2723 Elm Street (75226) – 7pm – $5 -18+ to enter/ 21+ to drink
May 16 – 18, 2011 – Oklahoma City, OK – 3 Day Workshop Series @ The Poet House – 1231 NW 31st St. – 6-8pm all 3 days – $5 suggested donation, but NO ONE WILL BE TURNED AWAY!!! ~ THIS SERIES IS ABOUT GIVING BACK!!! ~
~Monday – Concept development & writing ~ 6-8pm
~Tuesday – Editing 101 & Power Packing a poem ~ 6-8pm
~Wednesday – Performance & body awareness ~ 6-8pm
~~~ALL AGES & WRITING LEVELS ARE WELCOME – BUT – ADVANCED THEORY WILL BE DISCUSSED~~~
May 18, 2011 – Oklahoma City, OK – POETRY SLAM FEATURE – Red Dirt Poetry Slam @ Sauced – 2912 Paseo – Sign up 8:30/ Show Starts 9pm – NO COVER!!!! – ALL AGES!!!
May 25th, 2011 – Albuquerque, NM – PANEL DISCUSSION – Verso Quatro @ The Projects Theatre – 3614 High Street NE, East of Edith and North of Candelaria – 7pm – Verso Quatro is a Poetry-n-panel discussion for the Local Poets Guild with co-features Jessica Helen Lopez, Mary Oishi, and Joaquin Zihuatanejo with Moderator Richard Vargas
May 27-29, 2011 – Moab, UT – JUST CHILLIN – Desert Rocks Folk Music Festival – For info visit: www.desertrocks.org
June 12, 2011 – Salt Lake City, UT – OPEN MIC FEATURE – Greenhouse Effect Coffee – 3231 S 900 E – 8pm – Free!
June 18, 2011 – Salt Lake City, UT – FESTIVAL FEATURE – Freedom Fest – for details visit: http://slcfreedomfest.org
June 23, 2011 – Westminster, CO – PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP – Forza Coffee – 3013 W 104th Ave. Suite 100 (80031) – 6-7pm – NO COVER!!! – ALL AGES!!!
June 23, 2011 – Westminster, CO – OPEN MIC FEATURE – Forza Coffee – 3013 W 104th Ave. Suite 100 (80031) – 7pm – NO COVER!!! – ALL AGES!!!
June 26, 2011 – Denver, CO – POETRY SLAM FEATURE – Denver Merc Poetry Slam @ The Mercury Cafe – 2199 California St (80205) – $5(suggested donation) – 7pm – all ages
July 1, 2011 – Omaha, NE – SHOWCASE FEATURE/ MUSIC VENUE SHOW – Barley Street Tavern – 2735 N. 62nd st. – Start time (TBA) – $5 cover
July 10, 2010 – Chicago, IL – POETRY SLAM FEATURE – The Green Mill – 4802 North Broadway St. – 7-10pm – $6
August 4, 2011 – Manchester, NH – ROAST MASTER (Roasting Sam Teitel & Mark Palos) – Milly’s Tavern 500 Commercial St – Doors Open @ 7pm – $3 – ALL AGES
August 8-13, 2011 – Boston, MA – VOLUNTEERING – National Poetry Slam – for more info & tickets visit: www.PoetrySlam.com
August 15, 2011 – Worcester, MA – OPEN MIC FEATURE – Dirty Gerund Poetry Show – 148 Grove St – 8:30pm – $2 donation – 21+
August 16, 2011 – Providence, RI – OPEN MIC FEATURE – Got Poetry Live @ Blue State Coffee – 300 Thayer St. (02919) – 8pm – $3 + 1 cafe item minimum – ALL AGES!!!
August 17, 2011 – Worcester MA – OPEN MIC FEATURE – 69 canterbury st. – 8:30 – NO COVER – 21+
August 20, 2011 – Jaffrey, NH – Audio Graffiti @ MindFull Books & Ephemera – 29 Main Street
Potluck @ 7pm – Show starts 8pm – $3
August 23, 2011 – Portland, ME – OPEN MIC FEATURE – Veritas @ Blue – 650 Congress Ave. – 7pm – 2 purchase minimum – ALL AGES
August 25, 2011 – Manchester, NH – POETRY SLAM FEATURE – Milly’s Tavern – 500 Commercial Street – 7pm – $3 – ALL AGES
August 28, 2011 – Worcester, MA – POETRY SLAM FEATURE – The Poet’s Asylum @ WCUW Radio Station – 910 Main St. – sign up @ 6:30pm/ Show @ 7pm – NO COVER!!! – ALL AGES!!!
August 29, 2011 – New York, NY – POETRY READING SERIES FEATURE – Louder ARTS: the reading series @ Bar 13 – 35 East 13th st. – door @ 7pm/ show @ 7:30pm – $6/ $5 w/student i.d. – ALL AGES!!!
September 2, 2011 – New York, NY – POETRY SLAM FEATURE – Nuyorican – 236 East 3rd Street (between Ave A and Ave B – trains are the 6 to Astor Place, F train to 2nd Avenue or J train to Essex St.) – $10 – 10pm
September 16, 2011 – New Haven, CT – UNIVERSITY POETRY SLAM FEATURE – Yale University – 7pm – NO COVER!!! – ALL AGES!!!