Heat 4 winner Tom McSkimming and runner up Andrew Drake have booked themselves a spot in the SA Poetry Slam State Final on 30th September. One more heat, two more chances to make it to the final! Jive Nightclub 16th September 6.30 pm.
Thanks to Luxi Photography and Filmography for their great camera work and to Matilda Bookshop for their ongoing support. Thanks also to Onkaparinga Libraries for pizza, poetry, Nancy Bates and their ongoing support of Spoken Word SA
Heat 5 of the SA leg of the Australian Poetry Slam is coming your way!
Registrations open at 6:30pm. The show starts at 7:00pm.
20 competitors per heat – first 15 are guaranteed, if over 20 register those last five spots are decided by random draw.
$5 Entry / Door. $150 in prizes and two spots in the SA Slam Final up for grabs.
Feature performer, Hana Breneki. Adelaide singer, songwriter and guitarist for the band Hana & Jessie-Lee brings powerful husky tones and simple melodies drowning in heartache to tell tales of travelling, living in the middle of nowhere, and failed relationships with an alt-country soul landscape. In September 2015, Hana packed up and ventured overseas playing a string of solo shows across Europe and the UK, including 5 shows in France supported by French label, Beast Records. On the back of releasing a two track single in April 2016, Hana went into the studio with Jessie-Lee and a full band to track 10 songs with producer Nick Finch (Graveyard Train), and engineer Paul Maybury (Rocket Science) in Melbourne. The album is set for release in early 2017.
SA Poetry Slam 2016 supported by:
Congrats to SA Slam Heat 3 winner, Caroline Reid, and runner up, Alison Bennett. Both now head to the SA State Final on 30th September at the Goodwood Institute.
Thanks to Luxi Photography and Filmography for the pix.
Heat 4 of the SA leg of the Australian Poetry Slam is coming your way!
Registrations open at 6:30pm. The show starts at 7:00pm.
20 competitors per heat – first 15 are guaranteed, if over 20 register those last five spots are decided by random draw.
$5 Entry / Door. $150 in prizes and two spots in the SA Slam Final up for grabs.
Feature performer, Jill Wherry. Having always been interested in writing and the spoken word, after retiring Jill discovered bush poetry and began attending festivals to ‘test the water’ with her poems. The remnantsof her cute Irish lilt made her performances unique and she soon became a crowd favourite. Born with a keen eye for observation and a zany sense of humour, Jill records the quirky side of her life’s experiences through verse.
PLUS a very special guest: Nancy Bates is a singer-songwriter who describes herself as a late bloomer. Barkindji woman Nancy Bates is a new voice whose songs are written from life. Growing up in Broken Hill with ties to Wilcannia and Menindee, the Far West songbird has been on tour with Archie Roach in the UK but will be playing for us at Woodcroft Library on her return.
SA Poetry Slam 2016 supported by:
