Sound System for New Community Open Mic in Keene!

We're starting a new Wednesday Night Open Mic at Yahso Jamaican Grille on Main Street in Keene!!

Please help bring community music-making to Main Street in Keene, NH by donating what you can here, attending the open mics to cheer on the musicians (and budding musicians), and signing up yourself to perform!

All the pieces are coming together nicely. We have some of our personal equipment to lend to the cause, but we’re asking for donations to purchase some other necessary sound equipment and gear (portable PA, microphones, cables, mixer, etc.).

A Little Background...

Through the first years of the global COVID pandemic, when all the open mics shut down, we gathered friends every couple of weeks to make music at a distance in our yard, our screen porch and, eventually, in our house.

This feels like the natural next step! We are grateful to connect with Yahso, a great local restaurant with a mission of strong community involvement.

We strive to have this open mic continue the community-making efforts at Yahso, where we first experienced the Marnita's Table model of intentional community building, which informs this open mic initiative.

We're so excited — hope to see you there starting in January of 2023!

Thank you :-). - Nancy & Forrest

Financial Transparency:

Your generous donation will initially be used to reimburse Nancy, Forrest and others for equipment purchases for the open mic (a new Harbinger MLS900 powered speaker array and Behringer Flow 8 mixer along with assorted used mics, cables, stands, etc.). If additional funds are raised, they will be used to cover other equipment and upgrades for the open mic and other associated costs (including recurring sign-up form hosting fees, flyer printing, etc.). Some of the purchased equipment will be stored securely at Yahso but will technically be “owned" (if anyone truly owns anything) by Nancy & Forrest for use almost exclusively at the open mic, with the intention of either passing it on to whoever continues the open mic should they one day step back, or to support another open mic or community event at their discretion. Please let us know if you have any questions.