BE NATURAL Poetry Slam

With all the national slam action going on don’t forget that the BE NATURAL POETRY SLAM will be on again as part of the ever fantastic 2022 Nature Festival.

Saturday, October 15th, 2022
5:30 – 8:30 PM

Dymocks Adelaide
101- 107 Rundle Mall, Adelaide


Contestants sign up on the night at 5.30pm. The main event gets underway at 6:00pm.

Performers have two minutes maximum to share their original poem on the broad theme of ‘nature’. Contestants can speak, scream, howl, whisper or sing their original poem. There are no props, no costumes, no music: just the poet and the words. Judges are selected at random from the audience.

Full rules as per the Australian Poetry Slam. Click here to read the rules.


Tickets from EventBrite: $10 plus booking fee.
Click here to book.


Special Guest Poet: Carissa Fischer

Pic: Clare Elvia

Carissa has been writing creatively since age 15, quickly immersing themselves within the poetry scene and officially debuting in 2019 as a feature poet at Draw Your (S)words. Since then, they have performed at the Better Together 2021 national conference, guested on the ‘Tales of Two Cities’ podcast, and featured in festivals such as Fringe and FEAST.