Tickets, all ages, PWYC Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm If available, tickets will also be sold at the door. A celebration at the failed attempts to silence the Native voice. A collaboration between the Native Hip Hop Festival Society and Vancouver Poetry House featuring Savage Family, Enigma the Poet, … Continued
Tickets free for CIPS poets who register two weeks in advance If available, tickets will also be sold at the door. Learn how to use Canva to create an animated video of your own poem. This is a hands-on workshop with video editor extraordinaire, Wonderful Ida. Bring your laptop and … Continued
Tickets Doors at 7, show at 7:30 If available, tickets will also be sold at the door. Poets will be paired up via random draw and compete head-to-head. The first round is 3 minutes long. The second round is 1 minute long.This will be a double knockout competition. Meaning 16 … Continued
Tickets, WISE Hall Tickets, Zoom If available, tickets will also be sold at the door. Welcome to Poetry Lab is a panel and talk back session that provides an opportunity to hear about our existing programs, learn how to get involved and discuss how we, as poets and organisers, can … Continued
Tickets free for CIPS Poets who register two weeks in advance If available, tickets will also be sold at the door. Learn about the gear and workflow process for filming your own performance. This is a hands-on workshop with Wonderful Ida. Get ready to record yourself performing your poem and … Continued
Tickets Doors at 7, show at 7:30 If available, tickets will also be sold at the door. Poets will be paired up via random draw and compete head-to-head. This will be a double knockout competition. The poets competing will be the 8 poets who lost in the First Preliminary Night. … Continued
Tickets a Masterclass with Britta B. free for CIPS Poets who register two weeks in advance If available, tickets will also be sold at the door. By focusing on fundamental performance skills and an experimental lens of sound, participants will work toward deepening their connection to what tone, emotion, harmony, … Continued
with Rudy Francisco and Zayn Tickets Doors at 7, show at 7:30 If available, tickets will also be sold at the door. The top 4 poets from Preliminary Round 1, and the top 4 poets from Second Chance Night will go head to head. The knockout format is as follows: … Continued
Tickets Rudy Francisco is one of the most recognizable names in Spoken Word Poetry. He was born, raised and still resides in San Diego, California. At the age of 21, Rudy completed his B.A in Psychology and decided to continue his education by pursuing a M.A in Organizational Studies. As an … Continued
Tickets If available, tickets will also be sold at the door. Joseph A. Dandurand is a member of Kwantlen First Nation located on the Fraser River about 20 minutes east of Vancouver. He resides there with his 3 children Danessa, Marlysse, and Jace. Joseph is the Director of the Kwantlen … Continued
Tickets Doors at 7, show at 7:30 If available, tickets will also be sold at the door. Featuring Titilope Sonuga, Britta B. and Tonye Aganaba In this special, festival-closing event, Edmonton Poet Laureate Titilope Sonuga will be matched with fellow award-winning spoken word artist and trailblazer Britta B, and acclaimed … Continued
Vancouver Poetry Slam's new home is at Next Door part of Slice of Life Gallery, 1636 Venables. You can also perform or watch online! Doors at 7, Show at 8 June Features June 6th - Wordcraft Jon Hedderwick & Saleem Ansari June 13th - Catherine Garrett June 27th - Ronnie … Continued
Doors at 7, Show at 8 Next Door on Venables or the Van Slam zoom space In-Person Tickets $10 or $15 We will have 5 sponsored tickets If you don't have the means just ask, we want you there! Online Tickets$6-10 or by donation Catherine Garrett (they/she) is a bisexual … Continued
by Frankie McGee Saturday, June 18, 7-8pm Victoria Park Field, 1425 Victoria Dr, Vancouver As Frankie digs into their community and blood lineages of queer and trans ancestors, you’ll be welcomed in to their messy, grief-and-love-filled effort to uncover and remember queer and trans histories. Grappling with their & their … Continued
Doors at 7, Show at 8 In-person TICKETS, $10-15, Next Door, 1636 Venables Street We will have 5 sponsored tickets If you don’t have the means just ask, we want you there! Online TICKETS, $6-10 or by donation Ronnie Dean Harris aka Ostwelve, is a Stō:lo/St’át'imc/N’laka'pamux artist based in New Westminster, … Continued
Tickets Doors at 7:30, show at 8 If available, tickets will also be sold at the door. Sounds Like Fire, Thursday, August 11, C-Lab at the Cultch, 1895 Venables St, Vancouver We had to cancel Sounds Like Fire during the festival but you just can't keep a good fire down. The … Continued
There is no fee to become a member of the Vancouver Poetry House Society. As a member, you will be able to vote at our annual general meeting. We welcome your involvement in directing the society. Become a Member or Renew Your Membership The BC Societies Act requires us to … Continued
Hey Vancouver poetry peeps! It's time to meet up once more in our hybrid live & online format! Bring your selves and your words to Next Door on Venables or to the Van Slam zoom space. Poets in our slam will win cash & collect points toward the playoffs later … Continued
Hey Vancouver poetry peeps! It's time to meet up once more in our hybrid live & online format! Bring your selves and your words to Next Door on Venables or to the Van Slam zoom space. Poets in our slam will win cash & collect points toward the playoffs later … Continued
Hey Vancouver poetry peeps! It's time to meet up once more in our hybrid live & online format! Bring your selves and your words to Next Door, 1638 Venables St. or to the Van Slam zoom space. Poets in our slam will win cash & collect points toward the playoffs … Continued
Hey Vancouver poetry peeps! It's time to meet up once more in our hybrid live & online format! Bring your selves and your words to Next Door, 1638 Venables St. or to the Van Slam zoom space. Poets in our slam will win cash & collect points toward the playoffs … Continued
Online Registration In-Person Registration by emailing Johnny Trinh artisticdirector@vancouverpoetryhouse.com Award winning theatre artist and performance poet, Charlie Petch wants to help you improve your onstage game. As a former slam coach for Toronto Poetry Slam, and theatre director, I know I can help you not only form a poem that … Continued
Hey Vancouver poetry peeps! It's time to meet up once more in our hybrid live & online format! Bring your selves and your words to Next Door, 1638 Venables St. or to the Van Slam zoom space. Poets in our slam will win cash & collect points toward the playoffs … Continued
Hey Vancouver poetry peeps! It's time to meet up once more in our hybrid live & online format! Bring your selves and your words to Next Door, 1638 Venables St. or to the Van Slam zoom space. Poets in our slam will win cash & collect points toward the playoffs … Continued
Hey Vancouver poetry peeps! It's time to meet up once more in our hybrid live & online format! Bring your selves and your words to Next Door, 1638 Venables St. or to the Van Slam zoom space. Poets in our slam will win cash & collect points toward the playoffs March … Continued
Hey Vancouver poetry peeps! Join us for our first slam at our new home base, Community Pizza! As always this is a hybrid event, and we are excited to continue offering live and online programming! Bring your selves and your words to 1191 Commercial Dr, or to the Van Slam … Continued
TICKETS An evening of poetic short performances featuring an ensemble of poets from across the country. Each excerpt represents a preview of a forthcoming full production, offering audience members a sneak-peek of performances in the making. Act 1: Body Language: A Study of Poetry in Motion – explores how we … Continued
Hey poetry peeps! We're back again with another Van Slam! It’s time to meet up once more in our hybrid live & online format. Bring your selves and your words to Community Pizza, 1191 Commercial Dr, or to the Van Slam zoom space. Poets in our slam will win cash … Continued
Hey poetry peeps! It's our final Van Slam of the year! Come join us and celebrate our final slam of 2022, as always in our hybrid live & online format. Bring your selves and your words to Community Pizza, 1191 Commercial Dr, or to the Van Slam zoom space. Poets … Continued
Hey poetry peeps! It's our first Slam of the new year! Come join us and get the new year started well as always in our hybrid live & online format. Bring your selves and your words to Community Pizza, 1191 Commercial Dr, or to the Van Slam zoom space. Poets … Continued