• Skip to content
  • City of Melbourne
  • Create a listing
  • Subscribe
  • Favourites
  • What's on homepage
  • Favourites
    • Home
    • Things to do
    • Eat and drink
    • Shopping
    • Visitor info
    • Create a listing
    • Contact us
    • Subscribe

What are you looking for?

Primary category
Secondary categories for primary category Anything
Secondary categories for primary category Things to do
Secondary categories for primary category Eat and drink
Secondary categories for primary category Shopping
Secondary categories for primary category Hotels
Secondary categories for primary category Guides

When are you visiting?

Date shortcuts
Calendar

Where do you want to look?

Locations
What are you looking for?
Anything
Anytime Anywhere
  • Man standing at a microphone reading from a book, wearing braces, in a dimly lit brick-walled venue.
  • Man standing at a microphone stand laughing in a brick-lined bar venue.
Until 16 Jul

Poetry Open Mic

  • Free
  • Comedy

Come along to the Motley Bauhaus every Wednesday night to wax poetic, sip some wine or whisky and get inspired in a space to let your heart bleed and words run.

It's an inclusive, encouraging space for writers of all experiences to come up and read whatever they've been working on. Long form, short stories, haikus, spoken word – if you wanna say it, they wanna hear it.

Hours

Date Times
Wed 28 May
  • 7.30pm - 10pm 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Wed 4 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 10pm 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Wed 11 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 10pm 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Wed 18 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 10pm 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Wed 25 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 10pm 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Wed 2 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 10pm 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Wed 9 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 10pm 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Wed 16 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 10pm 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Location

The Motley Bauhaus
118 Elgin St
Carlton 3053

Open in maps location for The Motley Bauhaus

Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • email address: red@themotley.com.au
  • Visit website for Poetry Open Mic
Facebook page for Poetry Open Mic Instagram page for Poetry Open Mic

Only In The City

Only in this City of Ours See what's on
Melbourne's essential night-time events

Melbourne's essential night-time events

From hidden laneway markets to epic pop-ups, Melbourne gets lit once the lights go out.

  • Comedy
  • Theatre
Only in the City

Only in the City

This city hums with energy - with hidden laneway cafes, rooftop bars, art and culture at every turn.

  • Exhibition
  • Entertainment
Meyers Place

Meyers Place

Explore one of Melbourne's most iconic laneways, filled with bars, restaurants and murals.

  • Entertainment
  • Music venue
See what's on

Discover more

Mystery Night
24 Jun

Mystery Night

An evening with a mystery author, a mystery book and a glass of wine with Mary Martin Bookshop.

  • Talk
  • Activity
Melbourne Comics Art Jam
Until 21 Jun

Melbourne Comics Art Jam

Join like-minded artists to doodle and chat about writing, drawing, and reading comics.

  • Free
  • Talk
French Club
Until 13 Jun

French Club

Immerse yourself in French culture, improve your language skills and make new friends.

  • Free
  • Workshop
For Example: Piano Improvisation with Mark Bo Chu
20 Jun

For Example: Piano Improvisation with Mark Bo Chu

Experience Mark Bo Chu performing a 60-minute piano improvisation with discussion to follow.

  • Free
  • Activity
Envelope Icon

Subscribe to What’s On Melbourne

Sign up to receive updates on what to see and do in Melbourne.

Subscribe now
Australian Aboriginal Flag Torres Strait Islander Flag

The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

Create a listing
Contact What's On Melbourne
  • What's On Facebook page
  • What's On Instagram page
  • What's On TikTok page
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility
© 2025 City of Melbourne
City of Melbourne home page