Open Mic Night for Teens at Concord's Market Days Festival

Registration remains open for the poetry “Open Mic Night for Teens” to be held 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 18, during the Concord Market Days festival.

The event is sponsored by the New Hampshire Poetry Society, New Hampshire Poetry Out Loud and the Concord Public Library Foundation and will be held at the festival’s “South Main Street Park,” next to Red River Theatres.

Students may read an original work or the work of another poet. Last year, several high school students who participated in the Poetry Out Loud program, recited the poems they performed during the statewide competition.

Students are asked to present for no more than three (3) minutes and may be invited to read a second poem, time permitting. Each student who registers for and recites at the event will receive a gift certificate to a downtown Concord merchant.

For more information and/or registration, which is first-come first-served, please contact Gordon Lang of the Poetry Society of New Hampshire at poetsintheattic@gmail.com.  For more information you can also contact the Concord Public Library Foundation atinfo@concordlibraryfoundation.org. To learn more about the Concord Public Library Foundation, its support for the Concord Public Library, and library programs and events, please visit the foundation's website, concordlibraryfoundation.org.

Submitted by the Concord Library Foundation.