Come out to an open mic as part of DC’s premiere poetry event, Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness
FREE to festival registrants. $5 at the door.
Sign up at the door.
More information: www.splitthisrock.org, info@splitthisrock.org, 202-787-5210
Also, nightly FREE readings featuring some of the most significant voices of our time: Elizabeth Acevedo, Kazim Ali, Ellen Bass, Sherwin Bitsui, Kwame Dawes, Camille T. Dungy, Ilya Kaminsky, Sharon Olds, Sonia Sanchez, Solmaz Sharif, Terisa Siagaton, Paul Tran, Javier Zamora!
At the National Housing Center (located within the National Association of Home Builders), 1201 15th St NW. Poets will be available to sign books after each reading. Busboys and Poets Books will be on site with books for sale. Readings are free & open to the public, wheelchair accessible & ASL interpreted.
Festival registration is available on site each day. More information at www.splitthisrock.org
Sep 16, 2026 3:00 pm
