The Spoken Word Jamboree kicks off Hullabaloo, the youth spoken word section of the festival, with feature Lishai Peel. All teams will be invited to perform a one-minute intro poem to tell us more about themselves and their school.
A poetic battle royale featuring Hullabaloo 2016 Poet of Honour Janet Rogers, Toronto's Lishai Peel, and Kingston's Winona Linn, hosted by Johnny MacRae.
This night will kick off the poetry slam section of Hullabaloo. 16 teams from across BC show off their poetic best with solo poems and team pieces.
Underground Indies is the chance for individual slammers to show the breadth and depth of their poetic skills. After day one of prelims on Friday April 22nd, we’ll take the poetry off the stage and put it into a different format. The audience will be arranged in a circle around the performance area. There will be no stage and no microphone. Instead 16 poets will compete in a head-to-head format to determine the best slammer at Hullabaloo.
Poetryland spreads out far and wide. There’s a lot of territory to cover. You could spend days just traveling from metaphor to extended metaphor. Hullabaloo's featured poets, Janet Rogers and Lishai Peel, alongside Winona Linn and veteran WordPlay Poets facilitators, lead you on a series of poetic field trips!
By the second day of prelims, the tournament will be in full swing. Some teams will be flying high, others will be working hard to improve their ranking.
The 6th annual HULLABALOO FINALS NIGHT will determine which school has the best poetic chops in all of British Columbia. Hullabaloo Poet of Honour Janet Rogers will start the evening with a feature set of her award-winning spoken word poetry. Then the top four teams from the preliminary bouts will face off against each other with the 2016 Hullabaloo team championship (and the Billy Sharkspeare Trophy) at stake!
