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Songwriters & Poets Open Mic Night
January 20 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
FREE
After 2 years of leading this event Dave Dishneau will be stepping down and handing over hosting duties to Bob Courter. We want to thank Dave for all his hard work on this special event. Bob Courter is a well-known local singer/songwriter and guitarist with the BBD Trio and Prophets of the Abstract Truth.
This Songwriters & Poets Open Mic at Music Makers will be held on the third Monday of each month. Each two-hour, evening session will feature both songs and poems, in an alternating format. Participants will be invited to perform up to three works initially, with additional rounds if time allows.” This is a great event. Admission is Free, stop by and check it out!
Please enter through Gallery 50 (50 West Main Street) and check out the amazing art! Gallery 50, Music Makers, and Destination ARTS! are all initiatives of the non-profit Arts Alliance of Greater Waynesboro. Free Live Music has been presented in Waynesboro every weekend since July 2013 (except when closed during the pandemic). Donations are gratefully accepted to help keep this and other events going.
Inclement Weather Policy
The Arts Alliance of Greater Waynesboro (AAGW) recognizes the fact that inclement weather can affect the organizations’s ability to be open for business, hold events, and the employees’ and volunteers’ abilities to get to and attend events. The safety of the AAGW’s employees and volunteers is paramount to the organization. If any of the following events occur, Gallery 50, Music Makers, and all events associated with the AAGW are considered cancelled for that day:
(1) The governor declares a weather emergency and asks people to stay off the roads
(2) Waynesboro Area School District cancels school or after-school activities due to inclement weather
(3) Penn State Mont Alto cancels evening classes.
The AAGW will make every attempt to update social media to reflect the cancellation by 3pm for any evening events and by 8:30am for any morning events, but any notification stating one of the (3) events listed above has occurred should be considered notification of the cancellation.