Join Mad Swirl this 1st Wednesday of October (aka 10.01.25) when we’ll be doin’ the open mic voodoo that we do at Barbara’s Pavillion!
We will get things started with some musical grooves brought to you by Swirve (Chris & Tamitha Curiel, Gerard Bendiks) then hosts Johnny O & MH Clay will set the stage for some open mic madness!
This month we are featuring Dallas Beat Poet, Musician and our Mad Brother, Carlos Salas! Here’s a bit about Carlos:
Carlos Salas is a multi-discipline artist, former bookstore owner, and co-host of the Poets on X+ reading series held at Mighty Fine Arts Gallery in Oak Cliff, Texas.
He first started reading/reciting poetry at The Dogstar in Fort Worth, Texas and has been published in various chapbooks and anthologies. He has performed at the first annual New Orleans Poetry Festival of 2016, broadcast to Blackwater Poetry Festival in the County of Cork, Ireland, performed at The Latino Cultural Festival in Austin, Texas. Carlos appears as one of the many regulars at Mad Swirl Open Mic, the longest running monthly reading series in Dallas.
Carlos lives with his love and fellow poet Opalina Salas with their cat Jack in Oak Cliff, Texas.
Come to participate…
(preRSVP at our Facebook event page or send a message to
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Come to appreciate…
(join us LIVE at Barbara’s Pavillion- located at 323 Centre St, Dallas OR watch us on Facebook LIVE))
Come one. Come all. Come to be a part of this collective creative love child we affectionately call… Mad Swirl!
P.S. Here’s our the remaining 2025 features:
November: 21 Years of Mad Swirl Open Mic Swirlabration
December: Holidaze Hijinx
P.P.S. And here’s a sneak-peek at a few of our 2026 features:
January: Tim Cloward
February: Chloe Curiel
March: The Best of Mad Swirl : 2025 Anthology Launch
April: Kasey Jones
May: Chris Zimmerly
June: MH Clay
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