Accent Open Mic

11/05/2025

Big announcement! The Accent Open Mic Reading Series is officially moving to a new venue! We are very happy say that Bar Le Record on St. Hubert will now be our new home going forward. It was a wild six years at La Marche à côté and we thank them for housing the series in that time. Here's to another wild six years of poetry going forward at our new digs! Onwards and upwards you beatniks and scribblers.

05/12/2025

May 18th at Accent. The Cactus Press Spring Launch with Carolyne Van Der Meer, Hillary Langford Taylor, and Carlos A. Pittella.

The wait is over. May 18th at Accent Open Mic the Spring releases for Cactus Press are launching!

04/20/2025

Dear Accent lovers! PSA: Accent will have to wrap up early tonight, at 9:30pm, since Bar La Marche à côté double booked the space without warning us. Unfortunately, we will only be able to accommodate a limited open mic. But still hope to see you all there for John Emil Vincent and Maia R. Becerra's featured readings!

We'll be starting promptly at 8:15pm tonight to try and cram in as much poetry as possible!

Don't be late.

04/09/2025

April 17th at The Yellow Door with not one, but two Accent alumni featuring at the next Poetry Matters. Our very own Willow Loveday Little, along with Joseph Kidney blazing the book tour of his now precious creation. Should be a night to remember!

12/03/2024

We've got a new website!

Join us for captivating literary evenings featuring local Montreal authors and poets. All events are open to the public and free to attend.

11/03/2024

Tonight!

06/15/2024

LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT / ANNONCE DE PROGRAMMATION

Barbara Kelly spent most of her career as a Theatre educator. She taught at Dawson College, Montreal, where she directed many plays. She wrote a play (Suspended Pieces) and co-wrote another play (Connect the Dots), both of which were produced at the Montreal Fringe Festival. She holds an M.A. in Theatre Arts (U. of Oregon) and an M.A. in English Studies (U. of Montreal). An emerging poet, Barb won Honourable Mention in both the 2020 and 2021 Dr. William Henry Drummond Poetry Contests. Her work has been published in Chronicling the Days: Dispatches from a Pandemic (Guernica Editions, 2021) and in Hope and Resilience in the Time of Covid (edited by Rebecca Welton, 2021). Barb was selected for the 2022 Mentorship program at Quebec Writers’ Federation where she was mentored by stephanie roberts while writing Leave-taking, her first chapbook. Barb lives in Morin-Heights, Qc.

Barbara will be performing at Festival Sur le Canal on Sunday. Join us for their reading and stay for the open mic!

Accent Open Mic, June 15th and 16th from 12pm-2pm under the Bar de Courcelle tent.