Inspired Word Cafe: Many Tongues Multilingual Open Mic

Join Inspired Word Café at UBC Okanagan for a plurilingual night of music, storytelling and poetry! At the Many Tongues Open Mic, all languages are welcome. As part of the New Leaves Festival of Arts and Culture, Many Tongues is an event co-organized by Espaces francophones and will be hosted in French. Though English is welcome, priority for the Open Mic will be given to French and other bilingual speakers.

Many Tongues will be held on campus in EME 1123. This event is free to attend. Light refreshments will be provided.

The New Leaves Festival of Arts and Culture 2026 is made possible by the support of the City of Kelowna, the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies and School of Education at UBC Okanagan, the Province of British Columbia, the Government of Canada, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Espaces Francophone, and BNA Brewing Co.