Each week we present a featured poet accompanied by the Blake Newman Group.
Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA, 7 pm; Admission $10; Buy Tickets
Lizard Lounge Slam Team Takeover
The Lizard Lounge Slam Team is taking over!!
The slam team will host a night with more poetry and more poets! We’re hoping to create additional opportunities for poets to share their work, offer more open mic space, and provide room for themed events, alternative formats, and exciting experiments…MORE
Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA 7 pm; Admission $10; Buy Tickets
Ossa A'More
Ossa A'More is an independent hip-hop and soul artist who constructs immersive sonic worlds through cinematic production, layered arrangements, and precise vocal work. Her music merges melodic rap with alternative R&B—moody, textured, and distinctly visual...MORE
Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA 7 pm; Admission $10; Buy Tickets
Christa
Christa is a queer poet, author, and model based in RI. They were on the Provslam '25 team as a top-3 Northbeast finalist and on the '26 team as well...MORE
Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA, 7 pm; Admission $10; Buy Tickets
kwe
A native son of West Africa, born of a Ghanaian mother and a Cameroonian father, poet, multi-instrumentalist, composer, podcast host, educator, producer, and entrepreneur, kwe started the Music Is Healing Us (MIHU) collective in 2014 as a bridge between music, community education, and wellness…MORE
LIZARD LOUNGE POETRY JAM
The doors open at 7:00 pm every Sunday, and we start with our “Open Mic,” accompanied by the Blake Newman Group. The “Poetry Slam” will start roughly at 8 pm. After the slam, we present our “Featured Poet,” also accompanied by the Blake Newman Group. There’s a $10 cover charge, and the Lizard Lounge is a 21+ venue.
BEST POETRY SERIES
The Improper Bostonian says that the Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam is the "Best Poetry Series" in the greater Boston area!