TEAMS
Team registration is now full but we are happy to add you to the waitlist or find other ways for your poets to get involved. Contact us at vicvoicesfestival(at)gmail.com
SCHOOL GROUPS
This year’s festival features two daytime showcases. To register your group, email us at poets.raising.voices(at)gmail.com
COWICHAN VALLEY ALL-STAR SLAM
Tues, April 18th: 12:30p.m. – 2:00p.m. @ Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, Duncan, BC
The All-Star Slam is a head-t0-head-to-head battle between Victorious Voices Festival artists Isaac Bond (Saskatoon), Rabbit Richards (Montreal), Johnny Trinh (Toronto) and Maita Cienska (Victoria’s Youth Poet Laureate) where student judges pick the winner! $5 for students, FREE for chaperones and teachers. Large groups please email poets.raising.voices(at)gmail.com to book.
VICTORIA ALL-STAR SLAM
Wed, April 19th: 12:30p.m. – 2:00p.m. @ Metro Studio Theatre, 1411 Quadra St, Victoria, BC
The All-Star Slam is a head-t0-head-to-head battle between Victorious Voices Festival artists Isaac Bond (Saskatoon), Rabbit Richards (Montreal), Johnny Trinh (Toronto) and Maita Cienska (Victoria’s Youth Poet Laureate) where student judges pick the winner! $5 for students, FREE for chaperones and teachers. Large groups please email poets.raising.voices(at)gmail.com to book.
WORKSHOPS @ GVPL
Also new this year are workshops hosted by the Greater Victoria Public Library. Registration info for the library workshops below.
WORKSHOP – MAITA CIENSKA
Wed, April 19th: 4PM – 6PM @ the Greater Victoria Public Library, Central Branch
Join Victoria’s Youth Poet Laureate Maita Cienska for a spoken word workshop that will blow your mind and heart wide open (trust us). For ages 14-22. FREE. Register at gvpl.ca or call 250-940-GVPL (4875) for more information.
WORKSHOP – ISAAC BOND
Thurs, April 20th: 4PM – 6PM @ the Greater Victoria Public Library, Central Branch
Do not miss this rare chance to catch a workshop with our finals stage feature poet Isaac Bond. A Victoria Spoken Word Festival Alum and founder of Saskatoon’s poetry in schools program Write Out Loud, Isaac knows how to make words play. For ages 14-22. FREE. Register at gvpl.ca or call 250-940-GVPL (4875) for more information.
