Hullabaloo evening events are open to students, parents and teachers. Event organizers with provide the registration link for attendees.

Hullabaloo presents the 2nd annual Hullabaloo Videopoem Festival celebrating the best in youth video poetics.  There will be awards for Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Animation, Best Poem and Audience Favourite”  Winners will be determined by a panel of judges and of course, you, the audience.

Hullabaloo is BC’s Youth Spoken Word Festival featuring workshops, showcase performances and some of BC’s finest high school-aged poets all sharing work for peers and audiences alike. The festival is a forum where youth tell their stories, explore the issues that matter to them, and find their voice. Hullabaloo gathers poets from across British Columbia, connecting them together into a community of writers.

School teams come together to compete in slams, participate in workshops, see great feature poets, and connect with other writers.Events at the festival include an alumni showcase, a youth video poem screening, a team piece showcase plus our annual Spoken Word Jamboree and closing night Feature Performance.  Schools from around the province are invited to attend.

If you have questions about accessibility at the Festival visit Access Verses

Vancouver Poetry House events take place on the ancestral territories of the Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh First Nations, whose lands were never sold, ceded, or relinquished,—lands that were taken. Vancouver Poetry House supports the resurgence of Indigenous culture and the work of Indigenous poets.