ACID ON THE MICROPHONE
IT’S ALL ACOUSTIC- ALL OPEN MIC – ALL NIGHT Gather yourselves to the Mussel Inn. Come to the fireside with a poem in your pocket… Read More
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the dangerous microphone
For two years the Dangerous Microphone has been gracing the fireside at the Dangerous Kitchen. And this month of July sees four sessions of the… Read More
MID WINTER MONTH OF JULY
At the end of July we say goodbye for a while to the Dangerous Microphone as the Kitchen wipes down the pizza ovens for the… Read More
THREE LITTLE GIGS
AROUND THE PIANO. Monday night singalong with CRAIG DENHAM. Every Monday at the Mussel Inn from 7.00pm. Bring your voice and an acoustic instrument to… Read More
POT LUCK FEAST & MOONSHINE ON THE MICROPHONE
This Thursday 4 July, come on down to NgAng’s Gallery in Collingwood and enjoy a pot luck feast with a little gathering of friends and… Read More
winter nights draw in
The winter nights draw in. The black curtain falls early and shuts out the daylight. But still, the flames dance in the fire place and… Read More
3 CHORDS & THE TRUTH
Three bands this Saturday at River Inn. Kicks off 7.00pm. Look out for Callie, Neal and Paul in a new edition of their band,… Read More
MONDAY NIGHTS AROUND THE PIANO
MONDAY NIGHT SING ALONG IS BACK Monday night sing-a-long with Craig Denham has started again at theMussel Inn. The sessions will run right through until… Read More
HOLDING THE SPACE
Holding the space is a consistency thing. Keeping our open microphone sessions going takes time and effort and a heap of goodwill. We have been… Read More
LISTEN TO A PIN DROP
Aralyn Doiron, storyteller, live at The Mussel Inn Since that anonymous neanderthal took a charred stick to the cave wall to record the tale of… Read More
45 MINUTES OF GLORY
featuring GOLDEN BAY BLUEGRASS live @ The Dangerous Microphone It’s a new thing. Periodically the Dangerous Microphone will bring you a featured… Read More
Shadow To The Light Single Release Tour
Golden Bay singer/songwriter Nick Feint is on the road playing his new single along with a set list from his previous recordings and live numbers. Read More
OUT OF THE TOMB
The voice that is quiet, the life that lives in timidity, the song that sings only within, the story that has never been told. Comes… Read More
acid on the microphone all night
Calling poets and musicians! Here’s a place to speak your words and sing your songs. A place to gather for some good crac… Read More
THE WORD
It’s only words’ sung the Bee Gees. ‘But words are all I have to take your heart away.” And we write plenty of them, words. Read More
WASH AWAY THE STAINS
presented by Golden Bay Live Poets Society A spoken word performance with Emma Callaghan & Mark Raffills “Poetry is the… Read More
the word the reckoning & the rose
the poem as guardian of the heart The poet in society is the guardian of all things just and righteous, the herald of the inner… Read More
THE DANGEROUS JAM
When the music just doesn’t want to stop and the crowd calls out for more, it’s time to usher in THE DANGEROUS JAM. Sometimes the… Read More
Tomorrow is here already
Here comes the sun, tomorrow is here already and our voices are sharpened by the light. Ask not what the new year may bring to… Read More
Arts Festival Edition – THE DANGEROUS MICROPHONE
A WILD NIGHT OUT – WEDNESDAY 24 JANUARY 2024 https://www.gbarts.org.nz/event-details/the-dangerous-microphone With weekly attendances averaging 80 to 100 performers and audience participants, THE… Read More
THE MATINEE POETS
https://www.gbarts.org.nz/event-details/the-matinee-poets “Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it begins as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the… Read More
POEMS ON STEEL STRINGS – NEAL BONNER
Sometimes he takes a page from punk poet John Cooper Clark; other times he draws from his own deep well of prose poems and holds… Read More
SOME OTHER THINGS
LUNASA FESTIVAL 2024 Canaan Downs – Pikikirunga, Golden Bay, Aotearoa – New Zealand Ticket information and all other details here: https://luminatefestival.co.nz/lunasa/ Weds… Read More
EMMA CALLAGHAN – SECOND IN NZ POETRY SLAM
Golden Bay poet Emma Callaghan placed second in the NZ Poetry Slam Final held in Auckland at the end of last month. Read More
STAR ON THE MICROPHONE
The song sung as bright as the stars on a moonless night; the poem spoken as loud as the midnight choir that shook the hillside. Read More
THE OPEN MICROPHONE IN JUNE
MOONSHINE ON THE MICROPHONE THURSDAY, 6th June!. NgAngA’s Gallery, Collingwood. This one is getting more intimate by the day. You would swear you… Read More
DOMINIC HOEY, ISLA HUIA, LIAM JACOBSON
Dominic Hoey’s new collection of poetry, The Dead Are Always Laughing At Us, is being released this month by Dead Bird Books. To celebrate this… Read More
To Remember
MONDAY NIGHT SING ALONG Monday night sing-a-long with Craig Denham has started again at theMussel Inn. The sessions will run right through until Christmas. So bring… Read More
OBSERVING THE DANGEROUS MICROPHONE
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water! The Dangerous Microphone serves as a reminder to be observant, to be… Read More
IN COLLINGWOOD
IN COLLINGWOOD, on the first Thursday of each month, MOONSHINE ON THE MICROPHONE takes place in the MAD Cafe. With a reputation for being the… Read More
HOLDING THE SPACE
If there is merit in seeing things through to their conclusion then maybe there is something to be said for commitment, for lasting the distance,… Read More
ACID ON THE MICROPHONE
Poetry Slam + Callie & Joy The Regional Poetry Slam plus folkies Callie & Joy light up Acid on the Microphone this month. It is… Read More
NELSON LIVE POETS 30TH ANNIVERSARY
Nelson Live Poets Society celebrates 30 years of spoken word Nelson Live Poets Society will hold a concert to mark the 30th Anniversary of their… Read More
THE POETRY SLAM IS ON!
GOLDEN BAY / NELSON REGIONAL POETRY SLAM 2023 LIVE. AT THE MUSSEL INN THURSDAY 16 NOVEMBER, 7.30 PM. A POETRY SLAM is… Read More
A Revolution of Change
The bond of like-minded souls is indestructible. I just read that somewhere! The open microphone has always been the voice of the revolution. I just… Read More
ANDREW LOCKWOOD
Singer, songwriter and poet Andrew is a travelling journeyman songwriter and poet from the UK who has played extensively across the United Kingdom. He is… Read More
ACID ON THE MICROPHONE
Folk singer, poet and international troubadour, ANDREW LOCKWOOD will be our gust at this months ACID ON THE MIRCOPHONE So come on down and relax… Read More
Dangerous Microphone
Well, there is no doubt about it, after the winter break the Dangerous Microphone has kicked off just where we left it mid July! Nice… Read More
MOONSHINE on the MICROPHONE
Night-life under the moon in Collingwood can be full of surprises. You never can tell exactly what is going to go down; but then that… Read More
THREE THINGS TO REMEMBER
THING ONE MONDAY NIGHT SING ALONG Monday night sing-a-long with Craig Denham has started again at theMussel Inn. The sessions will run right through… Read More
New season at the microphone
Winter is on the retreat, they say. Gathering her white skirts about her and heading across the lake to some other shore. There is… Read More
DANGER ON THE COMEBACK
YEP, its true! We welcome back the Dangerous Kitchen crew from their well-deserved winter break. And come this Wednesday, 30 August, we look forward to… Read More
Fairy Tales in the shadow of A.I.
Beyond the edges there is a place that we can meet . There be the Wyrd sisters , there be the Cave of wonders ,… Read More
THE MOON AND THE MOUNTAIN
The moon glides across the waters of Ruataniwha into the arms of Mount Burnett. They dance in the twilight to the tunes wafting from the… Read More
NEW MUSIC
Two local musicians have new singles out. Find them on Spotify and Bandcamp. Keep an ear out for their next gigs and be sure to… Read More
THE STORY IS TOLD
IAN KENNETH BROWN – story teller – will be our guest at September’s Acid on the Microphone. The fire will still be burning in the… Read More
Jules Riding – Gospel concert
Personal music for personal times Jules Riding is a much-travelled singer/songwriter who has been traversing the length and breadth of New Zealand from the late… Read More
When the poem becomes the song – Nick Feint puts the words to the music
When the poem becomes the song we sit enthralled as word and melody dance together. Songwriter and poet drink from the same cup and we… Read More
Mapua Literary Festival
The Mapua Literary Festival is back on the calendar after a couple of disruptive years. It will take place this month and will feature a… Read More
Mapua Programme
SHADOWS ON THE MICROPHONE
Sometimes we have to lay aside our own shadows and let the moon shine through the window of another. This Thursday come on down… Read More
THE MICROPHONE IS OPENING
The Dangerous Microphone is still on its winter break as the the crew take some time to replenish their hearts and energy, And that gives… Read More
The Poem Becomes The Song
Nick Feint will be our guest at this month’s Acid on the Microphone. This talented singer/songwriter/poet from ‘just around the corner’ will entertain and inspire… Read More
Lifted Higher
by the open microphone It is the song and the poem. It is the tune and the word. It is the heart of the human… Read More
A Winter’s Night Moon
On a clear winter’s night, the moon comes shining for all it is worth. It sits above the MAD Cafe in Collingwood, lights up the… Read More
Rapping up Winter
Where freedom sings! This freedom is more than just a folk song, strummed in the sanctuary of our own room. This freedom gives voice loud… Read More
POEMS & SONGS @ ACID ON THE MICROPHONE
This one is going to be something quite special. Two performers together for one stunning show, brought to you by Golden Bay Live Poets Society. … Read More
DELIVERING HENRY LUDBROOK
Henry Ludbrook’s poems are wide and deep just like the sky! That’s what is says on the back cover of his just released first collection… Read More
alanjahjah – singer/songwriter
So good to have alanjahjah perform his own songs at this months Acid on the Microphone. He has played live music extensively all around the… Read More
We all need a little light sometimes
I was fortunate indeed to have the privilege of being the MC for last weekend’s Winter Festival of Light Variety Concert staged by Golden Bay… Read More
FROM BEHIND THE THE CLOUD COMES THE MOON
The moon sometimes shines brightly; other times it can be obscured by dark clouds. But it was dancing in all its glory at our most… Read More
THE SHERIFF COMES TO TOWN
A better yarn was never had than that over the bar at the Cardrona Hotel in Central Otago. Proprietor Brian Gilbert could spin with the… Read More
PROPHETIC POEMS & INSIGHTFUL SONGS
RESPECT gets down to business at The Dangerous Microphone this month as we wind up the words and sing of those things that bind us… Read More
GOT TO HAVE A LITTLE RESPECT
“…I got to have a little respect…” sings Aretha Franklin. ‘Respect’, the song was a massive hit for Aretha back in 1967 and established her… Read More
Di Mackey Photography
Home after 15 years of world wandering Di Mackey is hanging her photographs at the Dangerous Kitchen to show some of the ‘beautiful’ she discovered… Read More
ACID FIZZING ON THE MIC
Brain “The Sheriff” Gilbert will be stepping out of the shadows later this month to perform as Acid on the Microphone’s featured guest at the… Read More
SONG OF THE JOURNEY
There is a song of the journey, springing from the lips of travellers and wayfarers. It stands upon a heart of joy, it is tuned… Read More
MOONSHINE ON RUATANIWHA
Ever seen the moon laying it down in gold on Collingwood’s Ruataniwha Inlet? It’s a site to behold. In its light hearts are ignited, poems… Read More
THE FAMILY GATHERS
and what a gathering it is! Talk about the grounds of parliament! The DANGEROUS MICROPHONE is one of protest song and prophetic poem. It’s the… Read More
ACID ON THE MICROPHONE GOES GYPSY
Gypsy-jazz Songstress and poet, Isabelle Wolff is our featured guest at this months Acid on the Microphone taking place at The Mussel… Read More
Isabelle Wolff
gypsy music takes the stage at Mussel Inn Call it gypsy pop if you will, no matter how you hear her, Isabelle Wolff’s vocal styling… Read More
Hazy shade of winter
Winter is still sounding like a warm fire on a Monday evening at the Mussel Inn with choir master Craig Denham conducting the season! Yep… Read More
Ella Keita – brand new EP out now!
‘HEAVY WINGS’, Ella’s new EP is available now!… Read More
MOON, SHINE ON ME IN COLLINGWOOD
Yes the moon, dancing alone on the pavement outside the MAD Cafe in Collingwood is looking for some company this Thursday 6 April (tomorrow) at… Read More
the night draws in
and the dangerous microphone lurks in the shadows of the darker nights. Yeah. Daylight saving comes to an end for another year and the 5.30… Read More
REDWOOD – LIVE & VOCAL
ACID ON THE MICROPHONE gives ya this month Redwood & friends. Redwood, Colm and Sol take to the stage with their Live… Read More
A STRONG FOUNDATION
We have a strong foundation, a long dream and the certainty of what we know; we have the power of friendship, the strength of truth… Read More
The reality of NEWTON’S THEORY
The truth is, nothing is more real than a live performance of acoustic folk/rock from this local outfit comprising Barrett Newton and Neal Bonner and Ken… Read More
There’s a storm a’comin’
There’s a storm a’comin’. It’s rumbling through the iron mountains. You can hear it in the howl of the lonesome wind, in the distant echo… Read More
Moonshine in Collingwood
The moon was quiet and alone last month. Looking for a little company tonight,Thursday 2 March. Come on down to the MAD Cafe in Collingwood… Read More
Steve and Ainsley Apirana
It was a long time ago, on another stage when Steve Apirana was doing Jimi Hendrix and the blues proud in his band, Butler, fresh… Read More
THE DANGEROUS MICROPHONE
Never was there ever such a night as this. The Dangerous Microphone was turned on mid January 2023 ready for a year of storm-fighting provocations,… Read More
Acid at the Mussel
What a stunner the first Acid on the Microphone session was! What a night it was. A real stormer – the first Acid on the… Read More
2023, live ya life to be free!
What is behind us now, is behind us. Perhaps there are scars, maybe there are consequences, some restitution still we can offer. Scarlet becomes snow. Read More
EMMA CALLAGHAN – setting the microphone on fire!
Golden Bay poet Emma Callaghan is the featured poet at our first ACID ON THE MICROPHONE event for 2023. She represented Golden Bay/Nelson… Read More
dancing in the moonshine
Here we go for another year in the heart of Collingwood! MOONSHINE ON THE MICROPHONE is dusting off the floor at the MAD CAFE and… Read More
BURNING UP THE MICROPHONE
Nah, we don’t set fire to the place, literally. But artistically? Courageously? With fear and trembling sometimes? Oh yes we do! THE DANGEROUS MICROPHONE has… Read More
ACID ON THE MICROPHONE – Mussel Inn 2023
We’ve got guests for you in 2023! And a new poster! Yeah, some open mic spots too, to get the motors running each month –… Read More
DEAR COMPANIONS
A solo album from ADAM McGRATH of The Eastern. “A lot of people helped me make the record,” says Adam. Read More
ABUNDANCE-2
ABUNDANCE – our co-created mini festival is happening again, Thursday 22 December at The Community Gardens, 24 Waitapu Road. Kicks off 12 noon. You can… Read More
HERE’S A FEW
A huge and mighty congratulations to Emma Callaghan who represented Golden Bay/Nelson in the NZ National Poetry Slam in Auckland last weekend! What a… Read More
MAD MOON RISING
Yep. Moonshine on the Microphone is on this Thursday 1 December. Won’t you come on down, have a sip or two of moonshine, speak a… Read More
ACID ON THE MICROPHONE
Rapping up the year Golden Bay’s original poetry open mic event is saying goodbye to 2022 with a rousing night of poem and… Read More
Rapping up the year with
ACID ON THE MICROPHONE Golden Bay’s original poetry open mic event is saying goodbye to 2022 with a rousing night of poem and… Read More
the danger lies in silence
A LONG NOISY SUMMER ON THE DANGEROUS MICROPHONE The sun don’t shine when alternative voices are silent. But at the fabulous open mic event known… Read More
Crafting a community family
Every time we stand behind the microphone, step over fear and stand on nervousness to speak and sing, we strengthen our own hearts, we build… Read More
ABUNDANCE
Here it is. ABUNDANCE – our Co-Created Mini-Fest! Saturday, 12 November, from 1.00 pm at Onekaka Hall. We are amazing and better together! ABUNDANCE has… Read More
Moon is shining in Collingwood
The moon lays itself, a sheet of gold, on the Ruataniwha estuary lapping at the feet of Collingwood. It peeps through the window of the… Read More
ACID – Haewai Collective
The Haewai Collective featured guest at this month’s ACID ON THE MICROPHONE A little break with tradition this month as we feature some… Read More
emma callaghan – regional poetry slam champion
What a great night it was, a couple of Thursdays back when we ran the Golden Bay/Nelson Regional Poetry Slam and were treated to a… Read More
THE MICROPHONE AS HAMMER
Building community, song by song, poem by poem, prayer by prayer This is the time to get busy and build strong community networks to stand… Read More
NEW ALBUM from NORINA MERKABAH
We have had the joy of listening to Norina sing at The Dangerous Microphone. Well, now you can listen to her as often as you… Read More
THE DOWN SIDE OF DIGITAL
“Our technological world, our digital life, is largely devoid of touch or taste or smell or emotion”. So said the speaker on a clip a… Read More
Victory Poetry Slam
Here’s an incredible opportunity for 14-24 year olds. VICTORY POETRY SLAM It’s a free workshop with two of the country’s best spoken word poets… Read More
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In CRUMB you will find all the events sponsored by Golden Bay Live Poets Society plus a few other gigs and community happenings. If you… Read More
There is power in the Microphone
In a time when it has never been so important to speak out, to assert one’s own sovereignty and to be true to yourself, the… Read More
ACTIONS SPEAK
Community helping Community This Sunday 6 November Do you want to lend a hand trimming a hedge, mowing a lawn or digging a garden?There… Read More
Sometimes ‘Yes’ Sometimes ‘No’
“…You say yes, I say no…” A little bit of Beatles culture that may have greater significance now that it did back when the band… Read More
on being heard
It’s not so easy, this being heard. It takes effort to polish off your voice and give it permission to speak your heart. And then,… Read More
how dangerous can you get?
One is left kind of breathless at the range and talent of the performers at our weekly open microphone event known as THE DANGEROUS MICROPHONE. Read More
a moon-lit evening in collingwood
The moon lays itself, a sheet of gold, on the Ruataniwha estuary lapping at the feet of Collingwood. It peeps through the window of the… Read More
slammin’ down the flames!
Yeah I know. It’s spring and the hearth may not be dancing to the fire as the evenings warm up. But the ACID ON THE… Read More
slam poetry competition
NOW ON THIS THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER NELSON REGIONAL EVENT. LIVE. MUSSEL INN. THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER, 7.30 PM. A POETRY SLAM is a spoken word… Read More
masked and anonymous
Some years ago Bob Dylan made a movie, masked and anonymous. Seems a little prophetic to me all this time later. There is a thief… Read More
Mad Doggerel Poetry Cabaret
25 August 2022, 7.30 pm @ Mussel Inn with David Eggleton, Daren Kamali and Richard Wallis live at The Mussel Inn Two poets and a… Read More
a gREAT rAW
The PEACE Co-Op Theatre Company presents a theatrical debate on war and all its greatness. Featuring Andy Dolling, Devon Darklin, Mark Raffills The original theatre… Read More
New bunch of poems from Jan FitzGerald
Jan FitzGerald (b.1950) is a long established NZ poet whose poems have been published in all the mainstream NZ literary journals including Poetry NZ, NZ… Read More
A Nice Time @ The Barn #2
Break out the cushions, light up the candles and open your arms for cuddles at the next Nice Time @ The Barn. Sunday 17… Read More
FREE UP the microphone becomes DANGEROUS microphone
We’ve taken the microphone indoors for Winter. You will find us now every Wednesday at the Dangerous Kitchen between 5.30 and 7.30 pm. The message… Read More
New Music worth a listen
Nick Feint Next Exit From Babylon Here’s a brand new album from Golden Bay singer/songwriter Nick Feint. Released last month via a… Read More
Finding a place to be
Without a fire there is no warmth; without bread we are consumed by hunger. A tentative joy is ours to carry when the fire burns… Read More
Acid on the Microphone – you’re the voice!
Thursday 14 July, 2022, the daring, boundary-pushing open mic phenomena known as Acid on the Microphone hits the stage at the Mussel Inn. There never… Read More
The New Highway
One thing that has evolved out of the covid situation over the last couple of years is that people are finding new ways of doing… Read More
MOONSHINE on the MICROPHONE
It is happening again this coming Thursday 7 July! Collingwood’s own voice! MOONSHINE OF THE MICROPHONE Poets, story tellers, singers and musicians –… Read More
THE FUTURE IS NOW
One thing the bizarre use of mandates and vax passports has created is an alternative way of living, socialising and getting things done for those… Read More
CARRIE RUDZINSKI & OLIVIA HALL
THEY are back, performing their new show Hysterical at the Mussel Inn on Thursday 19 May 2022. Don’t want to miss this one! Women are… Read More
ROBBIE BURNS COMES TO TOWN
One could ask if he ever left such has been his impact on his native Scotland and in every clachan, kirktown, baile and glen scattered… Read More
A WINTER’S BIRTHDAY
THE THURSDAY POEM Every Thursday I post a video poem on Facebook. It’s something I have been doing for four and a half years now. Read More
krumb – a lesson in fortitude
krumb, fallen from a dry crust. Something about hanging in there, showing what you are made of when there are no easy answers. Persistence, perseverance,… Read More
GOT A GIG, EVENT, NEW BOOK or RECORDING COMING UP ??
Got events or gigs coming up that you’d like to let CRUMB readers know about, please email the details, jpeg pics and jpeg… Read More
FREE UP THE MICROPHONE – on the move
It’s been quiet on the Village Green these last few weeks so thought we would try a relocation for a while. SOMA Cafe in Takaka… Read More
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