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Duke City Story Slam

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

6:00 PM 8:00 PM

Canteen Brewhouse 2381 Aztec Road Northeast Albuquerque, NM, 87107 United States (map)

Duke City Story Slam

Unexpected Challenges:
Challenges come in many forms, from multiple directions, they may all come at you at once or one at a time, maybe there's just one big one, some are temporary, others are permanent.  If you have an Unexpected Challenges story, put your name in to be an open-mic-er!

Duke City Story Slam is Albuquerque’s only story slam (friendly storytelling competition). An accessible event including both Featured Tellers and Open Mic-ers telling true personal stories on a quarterly theme. Prizes are given for the top scoring Featured and Open Mic Tellers and through the audience raffle.

Featured Tellers are recruited ahead of time and are provided with story crafting support and a rehearsal before the slam. They get 10-minutes on the mic to tell their story.

Open Mic Tellers can prep their story beforehand or spontaneously put their name in the hat at the mic for a chance to tell their 5-minute true story on that month’s theme

Storytelling guidelines:

  • True Story

  • Your Story

  • No notes, props, or music

  • No -isms will be tolerated

  • Storytelling, not stand-up

  • Storytelling, not therapy

  • Stay within the time limit

more details on guidelines

Earlier Event: June 27
Albuquerque Story Crafting
Later Event: July 12
Santa Fe Storycrafters