Login View Cart Time remaining: 00:00 Activate Code Your cart has expired Your order contained expired items and your shopping cart has been emptied. Close Details Wednesday, October 7, 2026 7:00PM The Moth StorySLAM - MAGIC 2026 The Moth StorySLAM The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night's theme. Sign up for a chance to tell a story or sit back and enjoy the show! Tonight’s theme is… MAGIC: Prepare a five-minute story about enchantment. An “abracadabra” in your life that rebuffs logical explanation. The improbable, the impossible, the unbelievable come true—for better or worse. Great beauty, wild coincidence, or a woman sawed in half before your very eyes! Pick a card. Any card. Doors Open: 6:00 PM Show Starts: 7:00 PM General Admission tickets for Berkeley StorySLAMs go on sale 3 weeks prior to the show date at 12PM PT. StorySLAMs nearly always sell out, so buy early. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. For sold out shows, a limited number of Standing Room Only (SRO) tickets may be available. SRO tickets only become available after the show starts and are sold at full price. The SRO ticket line usually forms before the show starts. All sales final. With support from KQED . Want to learn more about The Moth? Sign up for The Moth Newsletter to take a deep dive into the show and be the first to hear about upcoming events at The Freight and beyond! ABOUT THE MOTH Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of stories told live and without notes. Moth shows are renowned for the great range of human experience they showcase. Each show starts with a theme, and the storytellers explore it, often in unexpected ways. Since each story is true and every voice authentic, the shows dance between documentary and theater, creating a unique, intimate, and often enlightening experience for the audience. The Moth was founded by the novelist George Dawes