Regina Word Up Open Mic Featuring The Merchant of Poetry

Joining us from Calgary, we have The Merchant Of Poetry featuring for this month's open mic! Our spoken word events offer a chance to gather with the community and share stories, poems and words that make us laugh, or cry, or any emotion in between. Sign up for the open mic starting at 6:30 pm, with spots limited to 12 poets.

Event Details:
Creative City Centre presents Regina Word Up Open Mic Featuring The Merchant of Poetry
Date: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
Doors: 6:30PM
Show: 7:00PM
Tickets: $5.00 or pay what you can at the door

The Artesian is wheelchair accessible, all-ages, and a proud supporter of positive spaces initiatives with a zero-tolerance policy towards hate, harassment, and/or discrimination. We reserve the right to remove any patron creating an unsafe environment. The accessible entrance is available via a lift, Please ask staff for help if necessary.

About The Merchant of Poetry:

The Merchant of Poetry is a slam poet and fiction writer from Calgary, Alberta. She began writing and performing in 2018, when her close friend bullied her into joining her high school slam team. Now she is a 2 time finalist of the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam, A youth slam coach, a member of the Woolf’s Voices Artist Collective, and a passionate member of the Canadian spoken word scene. Most of her work is epistolary, exploring themes of feminism, butch identity, love and spite.

***  Guidelines, Community Agreements, and Consent Statements

At the Creative City Centre we strive for inclusivity and respect in the community both inside and out of our facility, which is why we have compiled the following guidelines to remember both for our events and also in everyday life.

• We encourage respecting the way folks self-identify, without assuming gender, sexuality, orientation, religion, or ability.
• We understand that at times folks may need to leave or engage in other methods of self-care, and that’s okay.
• We encourage language that promotes inclusivity, education, and awareness and dislike all forms of explicit ignorance including, but not limited to, hate speech, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and classism.
• We encourage the culture of consent meaning we respect people’s physical, verbal, and emotional boundaries. This means respecting that some people might not want to be hugged and if you want to engage physically in any way with a person it is important to ask permission before doing so.  

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Regina Word Up is a program of the Creative City Centre. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage,  the Canada Council for the Arts, SK Arts and City of Regina. We are grateful to The Artesian on 13th, who are facility partners for this event.  

For more information on programs and opportunities, please visit www.creativecitycentre.ca

For more information, please email  [email protected].