Nitty Gritty Slam is the official poetry slam of Albany, NY, certified by Poetry Slam, Inc. and takes place on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each and every month at The Low Beat (335 Central Ave., Albany, NY).
NGS is sponsored by Albany Poets, Urban Guerilla Theatre, and The Frequency North Reading Series.
Join Albany Poets for an incredible night of poetry & spoken word on July 18 at The Linda with the members of all three Nitty Gritty Slam Teams.
A great summer of poetry and spoken word returns to The Low Beat on Tuesday, July 15 with the 74th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam!
We’re back at The Low Beat on Tuesday, July 1 for Nitty Gritty Slam #73 with Rachel Therres from the Suffern Slam as our featured poet.
We are back at The Low Beat on Tuesday, June 17 with the 72nd edition of Nitty Gritty Slam as the summer of NGS rolls on.
We’re back at The Low Beat on Tuesday, June 3 Nitty Gritty Slam #71 with an Old School Slam after a very exciting team selection tournament.
On May 20, everyone will want to be at The Low Beat for the 2014 Grand Slam featuring eight poets competing to be part of #TeamNittyGritty.
On Tuesday, May 6 we’re hosting the Wild Card / Last Chance Slam with the top two poets of the night moving on to the Grand Slam on May 20.
We had so much fun last year at the WF Haiku Battle, we thought we’d bring it back this year and add the great DDE The Slammer as the feature.
Things are really heating up as we get closer to selecting the team to represent Albany and NGS at the National Poetry Slam in Oakland.
For one night only, Tuesday, March 18, Nitty Gritty Slam #66 will be at The Linda for the final Open Slam as we get closer to the Grand Slam.
On Tuesday, March 4 we are back at our new home, The Low Beat, for Nitty Gritty Slam #65, Albany’s one and only poetry slam series.
On Tuesday, February 18 we are moving to our brand new venue, The Low Beat, for Nitty Gritty Slam, Albany’s one and only poetry slam series.
