Upcoming Spoken Word Poetry Ekphrastic and Open Mic Events in Solano County, California
Upcoming Events in Fairfield
Upcoming Fairfield-Suisun City Visual Arts Ekphrastic Readings
Solano Town Center Gallery: 1350 Travis Blvd #D-8 (inside the Town Center Mall)
- August 29- 3:00-6:00pm Solano Town Center Gallery – Members Show
- October 17- 3:00-6:00pm- Solano Town Center Gallery – Opposites Attract
- December 19 – 3:00-6:00pm- Solano Town Center – Juried Art Show
Inspiration-Reversal Art into Poetry Events
Fairfield Civic Center Library: 1150 Kentucky Street, Fairfield
- October 3 – 1:00-3:00pm- Inspiration Reversal Poetry Reading (artists will choose a poem to then create an art piece)
- December 12- 2:00 – 4:00pm – Inspiration Reversal Art Reveal and Poetry Reading
for more details about these upcoming ekphrastic poetry events contact Suzanne Bruce at fairfieldpoetlaureate.emerita@gmail.com to join her mailing list.
- Fairfield Arts 2nd Anniversary Celebration at 710 Jackson Street, Fairfield – July 25 – 4:00pm Open Mic Poetry Reading
- Poetry & Pizza on the Palazzo featuring poet Katy Brown. $12 admission. September 12- 6:00-8:30pm- Vacaville Museum Patio at 213 Buck Ave, Vacaville
Open Mics in Solano County
New poetry event in Vallejo, Poetry by the Cup, meets every 1st Saturday at 11 AM starting August 1st, 2026 at Moschetti Artisan Roastery, 11 6th St, Vallejo, CA, 94590 Upcoming Dates: August 5, September 2, October 7, November 4, December 2
Benicia First Tuesday Poets hosted by Benicia Poet Laureate David Hakim will meet at 6:15 PM in the Doña Benicia Room at the Benicia Library at 150 East L Street. Upcoming dates: August 4, September 1, October 6, November 3, December 1
Poetry 4 the Mind hosted by Swiss TheBigCheez at the Lucky Garden. Presented by The Swiss Project and Hole None Records. To be Booked as a feature Contact Swiss at 832-758-6898 To sign up early text your full name to 832-758-6898 First Wednesdays at 6:00 PM at The Lucky Garden, 860 Tuolumne St, Vallejo, CA, 94590 Upcoming Dates: August 5, September 2, October 7, November 4, December 2
Ray Davis’ I Need a Mic will meet at 12:00 pm at 420 Virginia St, Vallejo on August 16.
Celebrate 18 years of spoken word performances at Vallejo’s longest running poetry open mic, Poetry by the Bay, hosted by Keith Thompson. Come read your poetry at the Mira theater or just come support your local poets! Founded in 2008 by Kyrah Ayers. Meets monthly at 7 PM on the 4th Thursday at the Mira Theater. Upcoming dates: July 23, August 27, September 24, October 22 (May be cancelled or have alternative dates in November and December due to holidays) 7:00 PM – Mira Theatre Guild, 51 Daniels Ave, Vallejo, CA, 94590
OZCAT Poetry Hour hosted by Kathleen Herrmann meets every 4th Thursday at 1026 Georgia Street. Arrive by 10:15 AM to read live on the air. Otherwise tune your radio to 89.5 FM from 10:30 to 11:30 AM to hear some great local poets. Streaming worldwide via Tunein. Note: The facility is only accessible via stairs and there are dogs and cats on the premises. Upcoming dates: July 23, August 27, September 24, October 22 (May be cancelled or have alternative dates in November and December due to holidays)
Valdez Hill’s Voices at the Table in Vacaville will not meet in July, but will resume in August. To get updates and RSVP email stng21@yahoo.com for the private location and upcoming dates. RSVP required due to limited seating.
Open Mic at the Town House Cocktail Lounge hosted by Rich Adams is at a 21+ venue and features musicians, poets, and comedians. Meets every Wednesday at 8 PM. 401 Georgia Street.
There are many open mics and poetry events in Solano County and beyond that pop up and ongoing events that have occurred for years. We don’t know about them all, and will likely miss a few.
We highly encourage that you join both our Facebook Group and Google Group and post information in both text and visual flyers to promote your upcoming spoken word events to our talented group of local poets, and to get the latest updates.