Tonight! Wednesday April 3rd, the BC Youth Poetry Slam has their opening night Spoken Word Jamboree! Featuring acclaimed Ted-X featured poet and Sister Speaks featured poet, TRUTH IS.

Show starts at 7:30pm at the Roundhouse Community Centre

{181 Roundhouse Mews, just down the street from the Yaletown Canada Line stop. The Roundhouse also has wheelchair access for anyone needing assistance.}

Thursday and Friday evenings feature preliminary bouts for the high school teams involved. This is what they’ve been working for all year long! A chance to compete for the coveted Billy Sharkspeare championship trophy.

Friday night also has the 2nd annual Hullabaloo Indie Poet championship featuring 14 team reps competing to see who can bring the poetic noise the best.

Saturday night wraps up the festival with the team poetry slam finals plus a feature performance by 2009 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion, Amy Everhart. Advance tickets for this show and the others can be purchased before the day of. No online sales will be available the day of the show: for tickets and full event schedule, visit their website!