For the second year, the G Three stage hosts a handful of poets and musicians who have graced the open mic stages during the week. Selected by audience feedback, these wordslingers and tunesmiths–amateur and professional alike–speak (and sing) to the spirit of the Gathering. They demonstrate the value of participation, the vitality of tradition, and the sheer delight of self-expression. Drawing from their connections to life, land, and the lot of you, the evening’s performers lend credence to a Gathering credo: the voices in your midst can both entertain and enlighten…lend an ear!