The Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Imani Sims. Imani Sims is a spicy Chai tea-loving Seattle native who spun her first performance poem at the age of fourteen. Since then, she has developed an infinitely rippling love for poetry in all of its forms. She believes in the healing … Continued
This will be the last opportunity for poets to qualify for the youth slam playoffs in March. To qualify you must slam/compete during the 2015/2016 regular season (July 2015-Feb 2016) at least twice AND you CANNOT be turning 21 BEFORE Sept 1st, 2016. Only poets who have not yet qualifed … Continued
The Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Ransford Brempong. When trying to describe Ransford you will find that it's never quite that easy! He is complicated, diverse, humble, a world traveler, extremely positive, artistic mind, ex professional basketball player, self proclaimed underdog. He's a seeker of truth & knowledge, and … Continued
The Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Ransford Brempong. When trying to describe Ransford you will find that it’s never quite that easy! He is complicated, diverse, humble, a world traveler, extremely positive, artistic mind, ex professional basketball player, self proclaimed underdog. He’s a seeker of truth & knowledge, and … Continued
The Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Johnny MacRae. Johnny MacRae is a mouthy poet. The 2013 Poet of Honour for the Victoria Spoken Word Festival, he has been a regional and a national poetry slam champion. Since 2010, MacRae has regularly toured across Canada and the United States, both … Continued
The Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Johnny MacRae. Johnny MacRae is a mouthy poet. The 2013 Poet of Honour for the Victoria Spoken Word Festival, he has been a regional and a national poetry slam champion. Since 2010, MacRae has regularly toured across Canada and the United States, both … Continued
The Vancouver Poetry House presents feature poet, Charles Ekabhumi Ellik. Charles Ekabhumi Ellik is a poet, artist, husband, student and teacher of Classical Tantric Hatha Yoga. He teaches Yoga Asana at Yoga Tree's Telegraph studio, where he designed the "Dancing Peacock Feathers" mural. A former Options Broker, he quit finance … Continued
The Vancouver Poetry House presents feature poet, Charles Ekabhumi Ellik. Charles Ekabhumi Ellik is a poet, artist, husband, student and teacher of Classical Tantric Hatha Yoga. He teaches Yoga Asana at Yoga Tree’s Telegraph studio, where he designed the “Dancing Peacock Feathers” mural. A former Options Broker, he quit finance … Continued
The Vancouver poetry house presents feature poets Kelsey Warren and Bryan Roessel. Kelsey Warren stumbled across the world of poetry in late 2014, when a series of tragedies led her to this psuedo-therapy. This year she competed at the Women of the World Poetry Slam in Albequerque, NM, and was … Continued
The Vancouver poetry house presents feature poets Kelsey Warren and Bryan Roessel. Kelsey Warren stumbled across the world of poetry in late 2014, when a series of tragedies led her to this psuedo-therapy. This year she competed at the Women of the World Poetry Slam in Albequerque, NM, and was … Continued
For the past 8 months poets have been competing to earn the privilege to compete for a spot on the Vancouver Youth Poetry Slam Team. On this night the top 8 scoring poets from the season will go head to head to make it on to the 2016 team. Competing … Continued
The Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Molly Billows. Molly Billows is swift waters, secrets, and salal berries. Northern Coast Salish from the Homalco Nation, she was adopted-out and grew up in and around Victoria. She has been living as a visitor in Vancouver, on the territories of the Musqueam, … Continued
The Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Molly Billows. Molly Billows is swift waters, secrets, and salal berries. Northern Coast Salish from the Homalco Nation, she was adopted-out and grew up in and around Victoria. She has been living as a visitor in Vancouver, on the territories of the Musqueam, … Continued
Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Siaara Freeman. Siaara Freeman was born and raised in Cleveland Ohio. She’s very proud of this even when others assume she’d feel otherwise. She began writing at 7 years old and actively slamming at 15 for the National Brave New Voices Competition until she … Continued
Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Siaara Freeman. Siaara Freeman was born and raised in Cleveland Ohio. She’s very proud of this even when others assume she’d feel otherwise. She began writing at 7 years old and actively slamming at 15 for the National Brave New Voices Competition until she … Continued
Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Winona Linn. Winona Linn is a poet, performer, teacher and spoken word artist. Although originally from Kingston, Ontario, Linn made a name for herself in the thriving poetry community of Halifax, Nova Scotia while attending the University of King’s College. In only her second … Continued
Vancouver poetry house presents feature poet, Winona Linn. Winona Linn is a poet, performer, teacher and spoken word artist. Although originally from Kingston, Ontario, Linn made a name for herself in the thriving poetry community of Halifax, Nova Scotia while attending the University of King's College. In only her second … Continued
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.
The Spoken Word Jamboree kicks off Verses Festival of Words' youth stream, Hullabaloo: BC's Youth Spoken Word Festival. 16 school teams present short poems as an introduction to their team, their work, and themselves. The Spoken Word Jamboree features the truly remarkable work of Lishai Peel. Alice MacKay Room (downstairs … Continued
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.
Are your students finding poetry boring? Unexciting? An archaic form practiced by old people obsessed with nature imagery? Try the All-Star Slam. It brings the poignancy, hilarity, and immediacy of slam poetry competitions to the stage. The All-Star Slam pits three poetic champions head to head to head in an … Continued
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.
This night will kick off the poetry slam section of Hullabaloo. Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye rooms (downstairs from the main concourse). Doors at 6pm. 6:30pm–8pm – First slate of preliminary team bouts. 8:30pm-10pm – Second slate of preliminary team bouts. Every team in Hullabaloo will perform in one bout … Continued
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.
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 … Continued
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!
The land of poetry spreads out far and vast. There’s a lot of territory to cover. You could spend a whole day just traveling from metaphor to extended metaphor. Then there’s rhyme and alliteration. Poets have spent years investigating the nooks and crannies of those areas. What about the presentation … Continued
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.
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. Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye rooms (downstairs from the main concourse.) Doors at 12:30pm. 1pm–2:30pm – First slate of preliminary team bouts. … Continued
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!