Dorian Marsh performing at The Love Mic. Photo courtesy of Janna Wilson.
Lake Highlands High School graduate and host Janna Wilson describes The Love Mic as a ‘mental health open mic’, emphasizing a the warm and safe community she’s built by hand.
“I’m building my audience one neighbor at a time,” she says.
Wilson came from a troubled upbringing, escaping a broken home to enter a life of drug dealing through her teenage years and mid-twenties. Now sober, and decades removed from that lifestyle, she now works as a life coach and books The Love Mic in her free time.
The Love Mic began in 2021 as a side project at Chocolate Secrets, a wine bar that Wilson frequented. She volunteered to host an open mic that the spot began to workshop, and by giving it a name she made it her own brand. She invited acoustic music artists, stand-up comedians, magicians and even a puppeteer to perform.
Wilson and “Torch”, a puppet character that frequents The Love Mic.
In January 2024, she took The Love Mic across town to Sundown At Granada, showcasing local talent on Mondays at 7 p.m.
Next Monday, March 25, marks her tenth show at Sundown. Tickets for The Love Mic are available via Prekindle for $8, every Monday at 7.
