2025 Bigfoot Poetry Festival Schedule
(Please note: this schedule may be subject to change at any time.)
Wednesday, July 9th
Guilder Cafe, inside Powell’s Books (1005 W Burnside St)
★ 6:00pm - 7:30pm – Welcome Poetry Open Mic – hosted by Stephen Meads [eventbrite / facebook]
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Thursday, July 10th
The Woodlark Hotel, Grove room (813 SW Alder St)
★ MORNING EVENT - TBA
★ 10:00am - 11:00am – Liberation Poetry Open Mic – hosted by xxxx [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 11:30am - 1:00pm – Nerd Poetry Slam – hosted by xxx [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 2:00pm - 3:00pm – Compliment Death Match! – hosted by RJ Walker [eventbrite / facebook]
The Woodlark Hotel, Meadow room + Travel Portland’s Visitor Center
★ WRITING / PERFORMANCE WORKSHOPS - TBA
Multnomah County Central Library (801 SW 10th Ave)
★ 11:00am – 12:00pm – Parenting Poetry Open Mic – hosted by Grace Hoover [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 1:00pm - 2:00pm – Latinx & Indigenous Poets Open Mic – hosted by Pastiche Queen [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 3:00pm - 4:00pm – Mental Health Poetry Open Mic – hosted by Sammi Walker [eventbrite / facebook]
Covet.PDX (601 SW 11th Ave)
★ 5:00pm - 7:00pm – Early Bout, Night 1 [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 7:00pm - 9:00pm – Late Bout, Night 1 [eventbrite / facebook]
Powell’s City of Books (1005 W Burnside St)
★ 5:00pm - 7:00pm – Early Bout, Night 1 [eventbrite / facebook / Powell’s site]
★ 7:00pm - 9:00pm – Late Bout, Night 1 Bout [eventbrite / facebook / Powell’s site]
The Woodlark Hotel, Grove room (813 SW Alder St)
★ 9:30pm - 11:00pm – Feel Good Poetry Mic – hosted by Michael Shaeffer & Jesse Welch
★ 11:00pm - 12:30am – Erotica Poetry Open Mic – hosted by Roxy Allen
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Friday, July 11th
The Woodlark Hotel, Grove room (813 SW Alder St)
★ MORNING EVENT - TBA
★ 10:00am - 11:00am – Air Is Food You Breathe Environmental Mic – hosted by Mason Granger [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 2:30pm - 3:30pm – Haiku Death Match! – hosted by TBD [eventbrite / facebook]
The Woodlark Hotel, Meadow room + Travel Portland’s Visitor Center
★ WRITING / PERFORMANCE WORKSHOPS - TBA
Multnomah County Central Library (801 SW 10th Ave)
★ 11:00am – 12:30pm – Queer Poets Open Mic – hosted by Blacqwildflowr [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 2:00pm - 3:00pm – Black Poets Mic – hosted by Ebony Stewart [eventbrite / facebook]
Based General Store (1136 SW Alder St)
★ 12:30pm - 2:00pm – Poetry Team Showcase – hosted by The Bathtub Poet [eventbrite / facebook]
Covet.PDX (601 SW 11th Ave)
★ 5:00pm - 7:00pm – Early Bout, Night 2 [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 7:00pm - 9:00pm – Late Bout, Night 2 [eventbrite / facebook]
Powell’s City of Books (1005 W Burnside St)
★ 5:00pm - 7:00pm – Early Bout, Night 2 [eventbrite / facebook / Powell’s site]
★ 7:00pm - 9:00pm – Late Bout, Night 2 Bout [eventbrite / facebook / Powell’s site]
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Saturday, July 12th
The Woodlark Hotel, Grove room (813 SW Alder St)
★ 10:30am - 11:30am – Slam Family Map - hosted by Jane Belinda [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 1:00pm - 2:30pm – Youth Poetry Slam – hosted by Julia Gaskill [eventbrite / facebook / sign up form]
★ 4:00pm - 5:00pm – New Shit Mic – hosted by Brennan DeFrisco [eventbrite / facebook]
Travel Portland’s Visitor Center (1132 SW Harvey Milk St)
★ 8:00am - 11:30am – Meet & Mingle / Poetry Market [eventbrite / facebook]
The Woodlark Hotel, Meadow room + Travel Portland’s Visitor Center
★ WRITING / PERFORMANCE WORKSHOPS - TBA
Multnomah County Central Library (801 SW 10th Ave)
★ 11:00am - 12:00pm - AANHPI Poets Open Mic – hosted by Demetri Manabat & Johnny Swoopz [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 1:00pm - 2:00pm - Trans & Nonbinary Poets Open Mic – hosted by Reggie Edmonds-Vasquez [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 3:00pm - 4:00pm – Invisible / Visible Disabilities Poetry Open Mic – hosted by Camille T. McDaniel [eventbrite / facebook]
First Congregational United Church of Christ (1126 SW Park Ave)
★ 7:00pm - 9:30pm – Finals Stage [eventbrite / facebook]
Here is where all our venues are located!
We take great efforts every year to make sure our venues are in walking distance of one another. Because of this, ll of the main programming, including our host hotel, is within a 0.3 mile radius of one another. This is in order to help with the accessibility of getting around.
Our Finals Stage venue is the furthest away, but Finals (held once again at the First Congregational United Church of Christ) is only 0.5 mile away from the furthest venue (Powell’s), meaning our entire festival is a half mile radius.