Steel City Slam

Steel City Slam Steel City Poetry Slam happens once or twice a month! Check the website for updates at pghpoetry.org TOURING POETS PLEASE READ! Absolutely.

If your travels are going to take you through our fair city, we would love to talk with you. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FEATURE AT THE STEEL CITY SLAM, PLEASE COMPLETE THIS HANDY FORM: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGiN_BezcpKYR432i3TYpzWR1UWwzQv7vwvKgmUXQvVNagqA/viewform

04/07/2026

Pittsburgh’s top ten poets battle it out on the Alphabet City stage, sharing original work to be scored by selected audience members for a chance to win it all!

10/14/2025

Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

Slam tomorrow!!
08/11/2025

Slam tomorrow!!

YOUR WEEK AT POETRY LOUNGE!

August 11 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Brennan Edwards // Vinny Palese
Poetry Lounge 313 North Ave.
$10

August 11 @ 10:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Monday Karaoke w/ DJ Paris Not France
Free

Tuesday, August 12 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Steel City Slam & Open Mic w/ Pgh Poetry Collective
Followed by
Diamonds & Dust 10pm-close
Free

Wednesday, August 13 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Sonoa // Mark Buffalo // Anti-Corn League // Happy Hours
$5
Followed by Punk Rock N Roll Night w/ DJ Todd Cheat
Free

Thursday, August 14 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Doll Trap // Frame and Mantle // Brake Fluid
$10
Followed by Midnight Stereo w/ DJ Cryptid Yinzer
Free

Friday, August 15 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Ed Crawford Band // The Pooks // Creedmoors
$10

Saturday, August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Charles Bukowski’s Birthday Celebration w/ Sickbed of Cú Chulainn // The Never Weres
$10

Sunday, August 17th @7:00 pm -11:00 pm
Benefit 4 Local Bartender RACHEL CHARDELLO (Brewskis) w/ Cabin Fever // Normal Creatures // Constant Hell
$10

Tonight Kendall Snee is releasing their book and then Ale will be hosting our open mic!!!
08/05/2025

Tonight Kendall Snee is releasing their book and then Ale will be hosting our open mic!!!

Written in large part during Kendall’s City Books residency last summer and released by Poetry Lounge Press (does your bar publish poetry?), get your copy Tuesday August 5 from 6-7 before the open mic at Poetry Lounge! Hosted by Ale Hakala and featuring Porter Norton McDonald
We encourage everyone to read more, get involved in local policy making, and to pick up Kendall’s debut chapbook! - https://mailchi.mp/904d2bb12214/grandslamtomorrow20250428-13888265

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