This night will kick off the 2016 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam, the event where 40 poets from across Canada compete for the title of Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Championship, the reigning top ranked spoken word poet in the country. On the first night, 40 of the best poets from across Canada will be slamming with four-minute and one-minute poems. There will be ten poets in each bout, come and cheer for the representative from your home city!
Doors at 6:30pm.
Bout #1 starts at 7pm.
Bout #3 starts at 8:30pm.
Femcees starts at 10:30pm.
Tickets for CIPS Bouts 1 & 3 Available now on Brown Paper Tickets: http://cipsbouts1and3.brownpapertickets.com
Tickets may also be purchased at the door.
Bout #1 Line-up
d’j
Same Difference
Alan Leangvan
Alasdair
Steve Currie
Andre Prefontaine
Rabbit Richards
Taylor Heywood
KT Job
Apollo the Child
Bout #3 Line-up
Andre Fenton
Kay Kassirer
Sofia Waqar
Shawna Dmitry
Kortnee Stevens
Aaron Simm
Kathleen Driscoll
Marina Reid Hale
Jacq Brass
Paul Finkleman
Come for dinner and stay late! Café Deux Soleils will offer kitchen and bar service throughout the show.
This show is All Ages. General seating. Box office and Will Call will open with doors at 6:30pm. Box office is CASH ONLY. There is an ATM located directly across the street.
This show may contain strong language, controversial issues, and words that make you re-evaluate your life. Advance tickets are NOT mailed out; they can be picked up at the Will Call station at the venue. Box office and Will Call will open with doors at 6:30pm. Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferrable.
Accessibility Info:
Café Deux Soleils has been the main venue for the Vancouver Poetry Slam since 1999. It is sold out every Monday by fans of spoken word poetry. It is an iconic venue run by a staff that are friendly and promote progressive values.
Café Deux Soleils is a semi-accessible venue to wheelchairs and scooters. They have recently completely renovated the bathrooms, installing three ungendered stalls. However there is no wheelchair-accessible bathroom. Please read the full report from the Radical Accessibility Mapping Project for more details.