Festival Theme: X-Dream Thinking
Greetings! O-Spoken Word Lovers & X-Dream Thinkers~ Welcome to the 10th annual Spoken Word Festival Poetry Party Beyond Belief!
Come Celebrate with us in quixotic Duende. Bring in the daffodil of spring with the soul of Tin Tin—and avant-garde bling, 10 years—lets mark this thing—together in merriment and spirit and poetry erelong and lets sing our song to the sky till she cries no more. Let's howl—MMXIII bebop to the core! So come and converse!
The 10th annual Calgary Spoken Word Poetry Festival will take place April 06- April 29—with 40 events / Workshops / DEB talks / Electronic Experimentation / Live Streaming / Blog & Social Media / Panels / Launches / Special Events / French & Spanish Voices / Insta-Translations /Golden Beret Award / Collaborations & Tributes /Slams / Open Mics / Featuring 100 Artists.
BOB Blog
See the festival through the open and awake eyes of Bob Holman. This Blog will make you think. It will challenge you to create and to participate on the poetry site. Your poems may appear on any stage as Bob picks the best of the best for the world to digest.Festival Passes
Buy a Pass, For Yourself or Someone Special
With this pass, you will get access to all of the Calgary Spoken Word Festival events in 2013*. We hope the tenth anniversay to be a good one, and we want you to enjoy the rhythm and poetry of all the artists the festival has to offer.
*does not include workshops
$80.00
(over $100 value)
Originality of Orality T-Shirts!
Didn't buy one at the festival? Now is your chance to have one of these great shirts for yourself. Men's sizes: Med, Lrg, XL, & XXL (regular fit) Women's sizes: Lrg, XL, & XXL (small fit) $23 + Shipping You may also get a free shirt if you donate money to the Calgary Spoken Word Society. Click Here for more information.
Blog & Social Media
Fest-O-Off
5 minute limit! Slam it! Win it!
Participate in Singles or Duos.
Call for Volunteers
There are benefits to joining our volunteer crew, so get in touch to find out what it's all about!
Elder Project
A tribute to this land
Athena
A wonderful poem by Derek Beaulieu
Thanks For Nothing
A poem of poems by John Giorno
The Calgary Spoken Word Society participated in this world-wide, phenomenal event! This year, it took place at the Historic King Edward School as a part of a community building event titled We Should Know Each Other #100.