Woven Words X Badassery

Woven Words Plaɘ × Tomorrow’s Monday Records present an intimate poetry and spoken word open mic evening and dancefloor hosted at Badassery. Thursday 9 July · 8pm till 2am How the night moves: 8:00 – 10:30 · The Listening Lounge As you arrive, Lapis presents a scent bar to slow you down and drop you into the space. Leave a thought in the communal archive on your way in. Downstairs, ambient and downtempo sound from Markov invites the body to remember before the mind. A space for deep listening and conversation. From 8:00 to 9:00, a crochet workshop opens the evening: sit, make something, meet people, no experience needed. This is also where the anonymous open mic opens. A lit curtain, a silhouette, no faces. Step behind it whenever you feel it and add your voice through poetry, song, story, reflection or silence. Your own words, or read from what is left out. 10:30 – 12:00 · The Bridge SHMIKESSS × Lillow carry the room from ambient into bass. The open mic stays open. Behind the curtain, participants become players and identity gives way to expression. 12:00 – 2:00 · The Floor Party Smith closes the mic and opens the floor, carrying the room from the Listening Lounge into full movement. Upstairs: World Cup on the big screen if you want to catch the game. Everyone is invited to contribute to the living tapestry of the evening. Plaɘ (“play”) is a Cape Town creative collective fusing storytelling, nightlife and performance art into immersive experiences, cross-pollinating underground subcultures and giving emerging artists a platform to tell their own stories. Tomorrow’s Monday Records is an independent Cape Town label with a global network. Born from Tomorrow’s Monday Magazine, it blends music, film, photography and visual art into transformative events, building a movement rooted in curation, collaboration and community.