Wakefield is a prolific performer, rotating between open mics, feature performances, fundraisers, political functions and multimedia exhibitions. In Toronto, he has performed at the Art Bar Reading Series, the Circus Project (for the Children’s Wish Foundation), Word on the Street and Scream in High Park. He has appeared on TV Ontario’s Imprint, CBC’s Hot Type, and opened the stage for Canadian music legend Jane Siberry at the Royal Ontario Museum.
In October 2005, Wakefield represented Poetry Slam Team Toronto in Vancouver for the 2nd annual Canadian Spoken Word Festival. In October 2006, he returned to Toronto for the same festival, this time on Calgary’s very first Slam Team. Since moving to Calgary in January 2006, Wakefield has competed in Calgary Poetry Slams, performed for flywheel and Single Onion, and facilitated a workshop for the Calgary International Spoken Word Festival entitled flowetree poetree.
Wakefield is the founder of b.funkee productionz, an entertainment company specializing in multidisciplinary art shows, and of the Pitbull Poetree Reading Seriez. He is currently recording his first double CD, The Other Brother.
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