1 Current Events

FSP September 2023 City Meeting – Open Mic

Monday, 4th September, 2023
from 6:00pm

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000

$5 to read. 3 minutes per poet

Add your name to the reading list on the night if you want a turn at the mic. Bring two printed copies of your poems with your name and contact details if you want them considered for next year’s anthology, or submit them electronically via the form below after the session.

The meeting will be held under current COVID-19 safety plans as required.

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FSP September City Meeting and Open Mic

Monday, 6th September, 2021
from 6:00pm

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000

Yes, we’re on again and bigger than ever!

Current COVID-19 guidelines (unless they change) allow us up to 72 people and we’re ready to hear your poetry. 

You just sign on – via QR code or handwriting – and then add your name to the reading list if you want a turn at the mic. Bring two copies of your poems for the current editors if you want those considered for next year’s anthology, or submit them electronically via the form below straight after the night.… Click for more

FSP May City Meeting and Open Mic

Monday, 3rd May, 2021
from 6:00pm

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000

3 minutes maximum time per reader. All poems read by members will be eligible for submission to the next Anthology. You can bring along two hard copies to submit on the night or you can submit via the on-line form below.

You no longer need to pre-register for the meeting but you will need to check in with a QR code or sign-in according to the COVID-19 safety plan.

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FSP City Readings and Open Mic to resume in August… confirmed!

After the long close down due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are now in a position to hold an Open Mic reading at the Box Factory on Monday 3rd August 2020.

Monday, 3rd August, 2020
from 6:00pm

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000.

To hold the meeting, we will be required to follow a COVID-19 safety plan, which includes social distancing with a corresponding impact on the total number of people who can attend the meeting. This means that a maximum of 40 people can attend. Therefore…

• You need to fill in the following Expression of Interest Form before you attend.… Click for more

A Note from the Treasurer

Friendly Street Poets financially strong despite COVID-19

I hope all members are keeping well during our suspension of monthly meetings. Remember that not all activities are suspended and, in particular, you can submit via the website HERE to have poems considered by the editors for inclusion in the FSP Anthology #45.

The shutdown is having an effect on FSP’s financial situation, but we remain strong. With no monthly First-Monday meetings, we are, of course, not collecting door entries. These add up to 15-20% of annual revenue, so they are important. We are likely to miss out on these for most of this year.  … Click for more

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