OPEN MICROPHONE

BEFORE THE WINTER BREAK

We are heading into the last month of The Dangerous Microphone for the season as The Dangerous Kitchen will be closing on Friday 4 July for their well deserved winter break. So make the most of our June evenings .

Come on down, meet your neighbours around the fire and enjoy the on-going connections with travellers and visitors as you devour a night of great pizzas, splendid entertainment and warm company. Here the food and beverage service is fantastic and the hostesses and hosts make you feel right at home.

We have three 30 MINUTES OF GLORY sessions this month featuring SIÂN CLEMENT , co-author of the book Heart of the Protest; poet, stand up and Dangerous favourite, RAZ and KABRA KADABRA presenting their new line up. We will pass the hat round for these guests on the night. See profiles to the right.

The DANGEROUS MICROPHONE delivers courageous performances and strong community connections you can’t buy! So make sure you line up for your weekly dose of entertainment, challenge and pure joy for the month of June.

NOTE: This is our last month before The Dangerous Kitchen takes a winter break. Our last Dangerous Microphone event in on Wednesday 1 July. We will resume on Wednesday 26 August (God willing and the creek don’t rise!).

Performance list open from 5.00pm.

DANGEROUS MICROPHONE
Wednesday 10 and 24 June ’26
Open Mic 6.00pm – 9.00pm
Wednesday 3 June, 17 June and 1 July ’26
Open Mic 6.00 pm – 7.30 pm
30 Minutes of Glory after 7.30 pm featuring SIÂN CLEMENT (3 June), RAZ (17 June) and KABRA KADABRA (1 July)
Open mic 8.15pm – 9.00pm

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30 Minutes of Glory in June

Come and hear SIÂN CLEMENT speak about the story behind the book, this Wednesday 3 June. Following the success of the documentary River of Freedom, the powerful new book — Heart of the Protest — takes readers behind the scenes of one of New Zealand’s most significant uprisings. Co-authored by filmmaker GAYLENE BARNES director and editor of River of Freedom, and writer SIÂN CLEMENT, Heart of the Protest features personal accounts and researched details around the events and motivations that shaped the 2022 Parliament Protest.

RAZ (Martin Erasmuson), with his keen wit for one-liners and his poetry of place and time, is pretty much a favourite at the Dangerous Microphone. A lifelong writer, he published BusStops and Driftwood in 1991, co‑founded the Hokitika Live Poets Society in 1993, and co‑produced the acclaimed anthology Wild Food for the Soul in 1995.
Raz writes on two fronts: knowledge and information management at stratsim.co.nz, and geopolitics at therazfiles.com. Beyond writing and performing, Raz creates wood art from salvaged native timbers and photographs the landscapes of Golden Bay, showcased at razart.co.nz.

Kabra Kadabra is a lively local gypsy-folk band weaving together the musical threads of the Balkans and beyond. Fronted by Golden Bay vocalist Hera Livingston, joined by the rhythmically-nimble acoustic guitar of Rye Morgan and a rotating cast of musical friends. On this occasion Mónica Naudín singing with latino soul and Julian Briggs on percussion and guitar . This spirited ensemble brings the fiery pulse of Eastern European folk traditions to life. You may not understand a single word, but that hardly matters — the rhythms speak for themselves.

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