Started by poet Bud Kenny, the first Wednesday Night Poetry open mic was held February 1, 1989, and since that fateful night, WNP has not missed a single week of poetry in historic downtown Hot Springs National Park since, over 1850 weeks in a row. Thought to be the longest running consecutive weekly open mic series in the country, WNP is currently hosted by Hot Springs Poet Laureate, author, and
teaching artist Kai Coggin. Every Wednesday, 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Kollective Coffee+Tea, 110 Central Ave.,
Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas USA 71901
Free and open to all ages. FORMAT
Open mic for all poets, songwriters and storytellers begins at 6:30. Feature Poets may be local, regional, or touring artists, and typically do a 20-30 min set starting at 7:30. This is followed by a second round of open mic. Our venue: WNP has been in 14 different venues over the past 35+ years. We love our current home, and are thankful to Kevin and Agnes, the owners. Kollective Coffee+Tea is a "3rd wave" coffee+tea house featuring batch, manual, and nitro cold brew coffees, espresso, lattes, cappuccinos, etc. and a large selection of loose-leaf tea. And now wine as well. Kollective also serves an assortment of pastries, salads, and sandwiches with many vegan options on the menu. All items are organic and most are made locally. Visit the Kollective page: https://www.facebook.com/kollectivecoffeetea
