Rock The Boat
Push the Boat Out’s Monthly Open Mic
Rock the Boat is back Summerhall on Thursday 5 September and we’re excited to announce Maya MacGregor as our featured poet.
About Maya – Maya MacGregor is a writer, singer, and artist based in Glasgow, Scotland. They sing and write in Gàidhlig and in English. You can find their bilingual work on tor.com, in Steall magazine (Summer 2020), and Uncanny magazine, with poetry in Poets’ Republic and elsewhere. They sing with the Glasgow Gaelic Musical Association, the Alba Choir, and Fuaran. The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester was their first young adult novel and The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will is their second.
Rock the Boat is free to participate in and everyone is welcome. Please register if you’re interested in coming along – we’d love to see you.
Rock The Boat’s first-ever outing was to close out our 2021 festival, and it was one of our best-attended events! You made it clear to us that the Edinburgh appetite for poetry open mics was strong and we’ve hosted a monthly open mic ever since. On the first Thursday of every month, we gather at Summerhall’s Gallery Bar to indulge in a dreamy evening of poetry and wholesome camaraderie. A featured poet will close the night with a set of their work.
If you’re not (yet) one to read your poems for any and all ears to hear, come out to listen to some of the best fresh poetry Edinburgh has to offer.
Pre-register for a certain spot to read or pop by on the night to try your luck!
