We welcome all adults (18+) to join us at the Jacksonville Public Library’s Main Branch during April’s Art Walk for an Open Mic Night!

This event will be emceed by the one and only LoveReigns! Come show off your skill or share your latest poetry, while learning about Hope at Hand, Inc. Then explore the three major hubs: James Weldon Johnson Park, The Jessie (duPont Center), and Melanin Market at The Breezeway at Vystar Tower, and all the businesses and public art between.

We have an event for teens on the same night, more info here!

This event will be emceed by the one and only LoveReigns! Come show off your skill or share your latest poetry, while learning about Hope at Hand, Inc. Then explore the three major hubs: James Weldon Johnson Park, The Jessie (duPont Center), and Vagabond Flea at The Breezeway at Vystar Tower, and all the businesses and public art between.

We have an event for teens on the same night, more info here!

Taryn “LoveReigns” Wharwood is a poet, writer, author, emcee, motivational speaker, entrepreneur and curator of Dopeness. LoveReigns captivates audiences by finding power in her truth. Her words, her aura, her spirit all scream love…but not without equal amounts of pain. If you know Love, you know yourself. She creatively uses words to reflect you back to you. The beauty, the pain, the good, the bad, the ugly, the peace, the joy, the love…even if you don’t believe it yet!

Special thanks to the Jacksonville Public Library and Downtown Vision, Inc. for partnering with us for this event.
Thank you to the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville, the City of Jacksonville, the Poetry Foundation, and the Florida Department of State Division of Arts and Culture for helping sponsor this event.
Jax Poetry Fest is presented by Hope at Hand, Inc.

Special thanks to the Jacksonville Public Library and Downtown Vision, Inc. for partnering with us for this event.
Thank you to the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville, the City of Jacksonville, the Poetry Foundation, and the Florida Department of State Division of Arts and Culture for helping sponsor this event.
Jax Poetry Fest is presented by Hope at Hand, Inc.