Special Events

Thursday 23 October 2025
6:30pm

African Village Restaurant
2A Northcote Street, Torrensville, SA 5031

$20, includes meal.
Click here to book at trybooking

Feast on the diversity of the human experience while enjoying authentic Ethiopian food! 

As Story Week expands into South Australia, we offer an evening featuring a shared meal and story circle to feed your body and soul. Join us at the African Village Restaurant, a place of connection, born from the hope and resilience of owner Mohamed Bayan. A set of story cards will guide your conversations with friends and strangers around the tables to … ... Read more ...

Slam poetry has been used to amplify the voices that need to be heard to enact change. From climate action, women’s rights, mental health advocacy, to preservation of First Nations culture, and everything in between. If everyone was listening to you, what would you want them to hear?

Hosted by SWSA and the State Library of South Australia, this series of three sessions in July will use the national competition’s rules and structure, allowing you to learn how to write, perform, and make people want to listen.

All sessions at
Hetzel Lecture Theatre, Institute Building, State Library of South Australia… ... Read more ...

Friday 15 March 2024
5:30pm to 7:30pm

City Library
3 Rundle Place, 77-91 Rundle Mall 
Adelaide SA 5000

FREE

Adelaide has a vibrant spoken word community, with boundless amounts of talent. Get ready to be awed by some of this city’s young and rising stars. Four poets, all under the age of 25, will be sharing their original words and performance. Between them, these poets have been State and National finalists in the Australian Poetry Slam, presented highly acclaimed workshops, and featured at venues around the state. Their voices represent a bright future, and their work will leave you inspired.… ... Read more ...

winner – Radhe Krishna

runner up – River Hill

third – Tracey O’Callaghan

Henry Davis

Kerryn Tredrea

David Cronin

Conor Brown

Ginny Thorne

Emma Collins

Tim O’Laughlin

Jill Wherry

Luke Baker

Beth Baillie

Drew Cuffley

guest – Matthew Pankhurst

audience

MC Kami

 

The “Nature Festival – Be Natural Poetry Slam” brought out a fine group of poets, including some excellent new faces, for a fabulous night of nature-inspired poetry. Guest poet Matthew Pankhurst entertained us with hedgehogs, mice and other denizens of the wild. Congratulations to winner Radhe Krishna, runner-up River Hill, and third-place Tracey O’Callaghan.… ... Read more ...

Saturday 14 October 2023
Poets sign up from 6.30pm, slam commences at 7pm.

Dymocks Adelaide
Regent Theatre Level 1, Shop 45 101/107 Rundle Mall, Adelaide

$10 at Humanitix

Now in its fourth year, the ‘Be Natural’ Poetry Slam is an all ages event with the broad theme of nature and what it means to you giving the participants the opportunity to stretch their creative ‘limbs’ and think about what nature and the natural world does mean to them. The rules are simple – one poem, two minutes maximum, no props, no costumes, no … ... Read more ...

Game Slam winners

Game Slam 1st place – Cecelia Ronson

Game Slam 2nd place – Carrisa Fischer

Game Slam 3rd place – Conor Brown

Side Quest Prize – Carissa Fischer

Matthew Pankhurst

Claire Watson

Cecelia Ronson

Carissa Fischer

Conor Brown

Coogs

Sacrifice – Kami

MC Sarah Jane Justice

 

Game On! A Game Themed Poetry Slam at The Jade lived up to the hype and more! Fabulous poems, crazy games, enthusiastic punters well and truly into the fun, and MC Sarah driving the whole league-ladder-shaking round to the final siren! Here are few pics… thanks to everyone who braved the … ... Read more ...