SA Summer Slam

Thursday 2nd March 2023
Doors open at 7:00 pm

Jive
181 Hindley Street, Adelaide, SA 5000.

$10 at trybooking or at the door.

After three heats of fresh voices and fiery words, we will have our ten Summer Slam finalists for 2023!

Come watch our ten finalists battle it out with words and wits to win the top spot. Competitors will have two minutes to impress the judges who will be randomly selected from the audience.

If you’ve never been to a Poetry Slam before, this will be the perfect introduction! Bring along some friends and experience the excitement of … ... Read more ...

Saturday 18th February 2023
6:30 pm for a 7:00 pm start

Cumberland Hotel – The Cumby
76 Causeway Road, Glanville, SA 5015

$10 at the door or at trybooking for participants and audience.

Are you ready to witness the freshest words and voices of 2023? We are!

We’re kicking off a big year for South Australian spoken word with our annual Summer Slam. All the standard slam rules apply – two-minute time limit, no props, no costumes etc. Scroll down to see the full set of rules for 2023.

This year, the SA Summer Slam will have THREE HEATS. The … ... Read more ...

Friday 10th February 2023
6:30 pm for a 7:00 pm start

State Library of South Australia
cnr Kintore Avenue and North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000

$10 at the door or at trybooking for participants and audience.

Are you ready to witness the freshest words and voices of 2023? We are!

We’re kicking off a big year for South Australian spoken word with our annual Summer Slam. All the standard slam rules apply – two-minute time limit, no props, no costumes etc. Scroll down to see the full set of rules for 2023.

This year, the SA Summer Slam will have … ... Read more ...

Saturday 4th February 2023
10:00 am

Playford Civic Centre Library
Playford Boulevard, Elizabeth, SA 5112

$10 at the door for participants and audience.

Are you ready to witness the freshest words and voices of 2023? We are!

We’re kicking off a big year for South Australian spoken word with our annual Summer Slam. All the standard slam rules apply – two-minute time limit, no props, no costumes etc. Scroll down to see the full set of rules for 2023.

This year, the SA Summer Slam will have THREE HEATS. The top three scoring poets from each heat will go to … ... Read more ...

In addition to all the talented competitors for Summer Slam 2022, we’re lucky to welcome Tracey O’Callaghan to the stage as our feature performer!

Tracey O’Callaghan is a passionate, raw, feisty poet. She will take you on a journey, fire you up, and fill you to the brim with powerful words. Tracey made her spoken word debut in the South Australian state heats of the 2018 Australian Poetry Slam. Since then, it has been a crazy ride. She was a state finalist in the competition for 2018, 2019, and 2020. In 2021, she took out the top spot to … ... Read more ...

Sunday 6th February 2022
from 7:00pm

Jive
181 Hindley Street, Adelaide

$10.

As a practice run for the SA leg of the Australian Poetry Slam, the Summer Slam has traditionally consisted of five heats, plus a final. This year, we’re doing it a little differently. This will be a one night only event!

The poets will compete in a random order, and the top five scores will go through to an immediate second round – just like at the National Final.

We have no choice but to limit the number of events this year, so this is your chance to … ... Read more ...

Dear poetry slam family,
unfortunately there will be no Summer Slam this year.

2020 was tough and the start of 2021 is no different. Everyone managed to contribute a great deal to getting the SA leg of the 2020 Australian Poetry Slam done and dusted. We are very proud of our volunteers and very grateful not only to everyone who competed but everyone who attended as audience members. We made it happen because we simply had to. But we are under-resourced, unfunded and, quite frankly, exhausted.

So please all explore your local poetry community and see what other events you … ... Read more ...

Runners up Rubina and Matthew Neild with winner, Kathy Parker

Summer Slam 2020 Finalists

Winner, Kathy Parker

Runner up, Matthew Neild

Third place, Rubina

Guest musician, Eve Harris

Final Five, Bruce Greenhalgh

Final Five, Avalanche

Terry Anne Jones

Tom Cassidy

Sarah Pearce

Don Brice

Tracey O’Callaghan

Thomas Pellen

Sacrifice and MC, Kami

Supporters in the crowd

JIVE

 

Congratulations to Kathy Parker for taking out the 2020 Summer Slam, with Matthew Neild and Rubina in second and third places! 

Well done to all the poets who dared to step up over the summer and share their words. 

Thank you to … ... Read more ...