Tag: open mic

Lady Laughs Philly: Open Mic Night // December 2026

Lady Laughs Philly produces monthly comedy shows that feature all women and queer comics. Our open mic welcomes anyone and everyone, however we center women and queer comics. Join us!

 

MONDAY, DECEMBER 14TH
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN

 

Hosted by Lauren McKinney & Amanda B.

Produced by Shawna Lutzow of Lady Laughs Philly

Follow Lady Laughs Philly on Instagram.

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Mondays, 4-11pm | mom’s marvelous meatless mondays?? Say it 3 times fast and see what happens. we dare u. Meatless Monday is here at TMoms from open ’till close. See what’s on special this month!

• Mondays, Upstairs 6-11pm | cue ball as bright as ur future. Free Pool Mondays upstairs at TMoms continues!

• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!

• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.

Excalibur Poetry // November 2026

Excalibur is the sword given to Arthur by the lady in the lake. It is the legendary sword used to defend against colonialism and oppression. Our guiding principles are the same. This is a place to wield your words against the forces that would rather see us dead.

IT IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE a safe and brave space for people of color and the LGBTQ+ community. -phobias and -isms are not welcome. There are no outsiders here, just new poets. Welcome to our castle.

 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7PM
OPEN MIC LIST OPENS AT 6PM SHARP
NO COVER // FREE FUN

 

Featuring George Marshall

 

Host/Photographer: C. R. Hooker
Host: Lindsay Hargrave

 

Follow Excalibur Poetry on Instagram.

 

George Marshall is a writer out of Omaha, Nebraska. George has been published for fiction in Magpie magazine, Nonfiction is Silly Goose Press and was runner up Thirteenth Floors editor’s choice in poetry. He’s an urban spelunker, spending much of his free time in search of the ninja turtles.

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Sundays, All Day Long | if u didn’t get glitter in ur drink did you even craft sunday? Craft Sundays at TMoms every sunday, play both upstairs and downstairs. u heard me, both.

• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!

• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.

Lady Laughs Philly: Open Mic Night // November 2026

Lady Laughs Philly produces monthly comedy shows that feature all women and queer comics. Our open mic welcomes anyone and everyone, however we center women and queer comics. Join us!

 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN

 

Hosted by Kendra Shine and Megan Goetz

Produced by Shawna Lutzow of Lady Laughs Philly

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Mondays, 4-11pm | mom’s marvelous meatless mondays?? Say it 3 times fast and see what happens. we dare u. Meatless Monday is here at TMoms from open ’till close. See what’s on special this month!

• Mondays, Upstairs 6-11pm | cue ball as bright as ur future. Free Pool Mondays upstairs at TMoms continues!

• Tuesdays, 4-10pm | it’s tacos. it’s tecate. it’s tuesdays. what more can we say. $1.50 beef or bean tacos every Taco Tuesday + $3 tecate!

• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!

• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.

“Hot Takes” Open Mic // November 2026

Have you ever sauntered into Tattooed Mom and thought “wow, I wish I could get everyone in this establishments take on something that is happening to me/ has happened to me / is happening in the future?” Well now is your chance. She’s chatty, she’s casual, no preparation encouraged. Come share a story, ask a question, mime. Who knows.

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH
7-10PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN

 

Follow Act II Philly on Instagram.

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Thursdays, 4-10pm | we support bad decisions but this isn’t one of them. 75¢ pierogis all day for Pierogi Thursday … with all the toppings & sauces ur heart desires + $3 cans of tecate!!!

• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!

• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.

COLLIDE-O-WEEN

Join us for COLLIDE-O-WEEN on October 26th: A SPOOKY OPEN MIC + ART MARKET 🎃🕸️

📅 October 26 | 6–9 PM📍 Tattooed Mom | South Street

🎤 Open mic 6-9 (intermission at 8)🎃 Costumes contest at 8pm

🎨 Vendor market in the front room

🕯️ Spooky raffle prizes

🖤 Tips to featured poets benefit LiveCarePhilly

 

Come dressed in your most creative costume and wander through a marketplace featuring local haunted art wares, treats, and DIY crafts! Then gather in the back room for an open mic where the weird and the wicked are welcome to tell their haunted Philly tales and spit saucy lines, and dare to be hilarious, haunting, and amazing for a chance to win a raffle prize donated by Collide!

Could it be a gift card, local art, a piece of custom merch? You’ll have to come to find out

 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26TH
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: EVENTBRITE

 

Featured vendors:

@vampirevampireboy
@cultivatewithcaroline
@jettakayama
@cobweb_couture
@pyrasflame.angelichealing
@goo.dollz
@technotarot
@cupiddelockette
@drsglass
@_deadgods_

 

All cash tips will be donated to our good pals at LiveCarePhilly, who strive to distribute funds to local nonprofits in Philadelphia doing the most for artists, disadvantaged communities, and more. Check out their info here, and become a monthly sponsor if you can: https://livecarephilly.org/

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Mondays, 4-11pm | mom’s marvelous meatless mondays?? Say it 3 times fast and see what happens. we dare u. Meatless Monday is here at TMoms from open ’till close. See what’s on special this month!

• Mondays, Upstairs 6-11pm | cue ball as bright as ur future. Free Pool Mondays upstairs at TMoms continues!

• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!

• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.

Excalibur Poetry // October 2026

Excalibur is the sword given to Arthur by the lady in the lake. It is the legendary sword used to defend against colonialism and oppression. Our guiding principles are the same. This is a place to wield your words against the forces that would rather see us dead.

 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25TH
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7PM
OPEN MIC LIST OPENS AT 6PM SHARP
NO COVER // FREE FUN

 

Featuring Tiffani Dean

Host/Photographer: C. R. Hooker
Host: Lindsay Hargrave

 

Follow Excalibur Poetry on Instagram.

 

Tiffani Dean is a performer/poet/playwright, mixed media and doll artist and teaching artist. Her theater work has been seen at The Think Create Inspire Theatre Festival, The Cool Stories Theater Festival, The Bridge PHL Theater Festival, The Philadelphia Art Sanctuary Celebration of Black Art, the SheNYC Summer Theatre Festival and the SheLa Summer Theater Festival and recently in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival Story Time for Grown Ups and more. Most recently she has been awarded “Best Playwright” at the 2025 Atlanta Black Theater Festival.

Artistically her mixed media and dolls art has been in several art galleries and featured at many art festivals across the country for the past 24 years. Tiffani has also been recognized by several news media sources for her creative and innovative way of highlighting the beautiful features and hair of woman and girls of color in both her dolls and mixed media art. In 2025 her dolls were a part of an exhibit of African American Art The Indianapolis Public Library for Black History Month, Recently they were a part of an exhibit called My Skin Is Black installed in city hall of her home town Philadelphia.

She is the CEO of La Diva Dolls, LLC, Co-founder and COO of The Collective Mic Productions, and has been a Philadelphia Art Sanctuary Teaching Artist Fellow. Tiffani calls herself a multidimensional griot who tells stories how ever the stories want to be told and by whatever means they want to be. Whether a book, a play, a poem, painting or even a doll. She just wants the story to come to life

 

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Sundays, All Day Long | if u didn’t get glitter in ur drink did you even craft sunday? Craft Sundays at TMoms every sunday, play both upstairs and downstairs. u heard me, both.

• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!

• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.

Lady Laughs Philly: Open Mic Night // October 2026

Lady Laughs Philly produces monthly comedy shows that feature all women and queer comics. Our open mic welcomes anyone and everyone, however we center women and queer comics. Join us!

 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12TH
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN

 

Hosted by Leah Renee and Dezzy

Produced by Shawna Lutzow of Lady Laughs Philly

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Mondays, 4-11pm | mom’s marvelous meatless mondays?? Say it 3 times fast and see what happens. we dare u. Meatless Monday is here at TMoms from open ’till close. See what’s on special this month!

• Mondays, Upstairs 6-11pm | cue ball as bright as ur future. Free Pool Mondays upstairs at TMoms continues!

• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!

• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.

Skill Shot & The Gender Europhia Duology Book Tour + Open Mic

Join Jinx Leonard as she reads from all three of her books and have a chance to share your work as well!

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: EVENTBRITE

 

Follow Jinx Leonard on Instagram.

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Wednesday, 4-10pm | they’re a smash hit for a reason. Smash Burgers (classic or vegan) every Wednesday for just $6!! u heard that right! + $3 PBR! RUN!!!

• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!

• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.

Excalibur Poetry // September 2026

Excalibur is the sword given to Arthur by the lady in the lake. It is the legendary sword used to defend against colonialism and oppression. Our guiding principles are the same. This is a place to wield your words against the forces that would rather see us dead.

Sharpen your tongue and discover which is mightier, the pen or the sword. May your words be sharp and shine like silver.

 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 9PM
OPEN MIC LIST OPENS AT 6PM SHARP
NO COVER // FREE FUN

 

Follow Excalibur Poetry on Instagram.

 

Frances Tirado is a writer, dancer, actor and movement director.

Her work has been featured in the New York City Poetry Festival and at the Centre for Arts and Creativity in Banff, Canada. In Pittsburgh, PA, she has performed durational and site-specific choreography with The Blanket, choreographed many strange stage productions, musicals, and short films, and fell in love with salsa dancing.

Frances has written for nonprofits and provided humanitarian support in Texas, Pennsylvania, New York and Puerto Rico. She has performed Off Broadway at the Pregones/PRTT theater and performed with Gibney’s Hands Are For Holding program. She is an enthusiastic friend and is led by an unwavering commitment to the truth.

Artist Website/Portfolio:

https://www.frannerisms.com/

 

 

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Sundays, All Day Long | if u didn’t get glitter in ur drink did you even craft sunday? Craft Sundays at TMoms every sunday, play both upstairs and downstairs. u heard me, both.

• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!

• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.

“Hot Takes” Open Mic

Have you ever sauntered into Tattooed Mom and thought: “wow, I wish I could get everyone in this rooms take on something that is happening to me / happened to me / is probably going to happen soon” ?

Well now is your chance.

Introducing “hot takes” open mic. Informal, no preparation required, you don’t even have to write anything down. Come tell a story, share an anecdote, a tale, something wild you once saw on the septa bus. Get the public’s take on a matter. She’s chatty, she’s casual, she’s informal, no experience preferred. Sign ups at the door, free tickets on Eventbrite.

 

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH
6-10PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN

 

Follow Act II Philly on Instagram.

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Tuesdays, 4-10pm | it’s tacos. it’s tecate. it’s tuesdays. what more can we say. $1.50 beef or bean tacos every Taco Tuesday + $3 tecate!

• Daily Happy Hour | $4 drafts every day from 4-6pm, everybody cheered!

• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.

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