Vancouver Poetry Slam

04/09/2026

Amplify Spoken Word Intensive

Amplify Spoken Word Intensive-- Applications are now open for Amplify 2026. Amplify Spoken Word Intensive 2026 runs May 4-15 across Vancouver. It is co-produced by Stage to Page Performance Society, Vancouver Poetry House, and Historic Joy Kogawa House with support from Enabling Arts, OneMic Educators, the Calgary Spoken Word Society, the British Columbia Arts Council, and Canada Council for the Arts....

Amplify Spoken Word Intensive– Applications are now open for Amplify 2026. Amplify Spoken Word Intensive 2026 runs May 4-15 across Vancouver. It is co-produced by Stage to Page Performance S…

03/08/2026

Verses 2026

Verses 2026 - Festival Overview Johnny Trinh, Artistic Director Statement The 2026 Verses Festival of Words marks the culmination of a four-year vision of Executive Artistic Director Johnny D Trinh, with the theme: Intimate Dialogues. Upon the return of in-person programming, the festival's focus has been centred on gathering, community, shared learning, amplifying voices in solidarity, and being in space together....

Verses 2026 – Festival Overview   Johnny Trinh, Artistic Director Statement The 2026 Verses Festival of Words marks the culmination of a four-year vision of Executive Artistic Director …

02/17/2026

Beyond Black History Month: Black-Led Nonprofits to Support, Black History and Poets to Read

For Black History Month we once again share a list of community groups, nonprofits, historical resources, and artists. With the reelection of Donald Trump there was an additional focus last year on black media/journalism, organizations serving historically underserved communities, and support for black voices in the arts. This remains the focus. Additional links have been provided to contribute to Minnesota’s recently maligned Somali community as the violence of the Trump administration continues to escalate....

  For Black History Month we once again share a list of community groups, nonprofits, historical resources, and artists. With the reelection of Donald Trump there was an additional focus las…

02/16/2026

2026 Zaccheus Jackson Nyce Memorial Award Nominations Open

Nominations for recipients of the 2025 Zaccheus Jackson Nyce Memorial Award are now open. We encourage you to nominate someone who fits the criteria for the award (below), with particular consideration for a person who doesn’t ask for, or receive much recognition or praise, but deserves it. We recognize the great sacrifices Zaccheus made to bring poetry to communities who needed it, and we wish to carry forward that legacy....

Nominations for recipients of the 2025 Zaccheus Jackson Nyce Memorial Award are now open. We encourage you to nominate someone who fits the criteria for the award (below), with particular consider…

01/15/2026

https://pushfestival.ca/shows/kamwe-kamwe/

Presence // Resistance // Remembrance Kamwe Kamwe (One by One) is a force of movement and song—a meeting of ancestral rhythm and contemporary resistance. On a sand-covered stage, four Zimbabwean dancers move through a terrain […]

01/15/2026

https://pushfestival.ca/

One of Vancouver’s signature events, presenting groundbreaking work in the live performing arts.

01/14/2026

Ticket link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/van-slam-ftmagpie-ulysses

Van Slam February's feature is none other than Magpie Ulysses!

Location: Enabling Arts (343 Railway Street, Vancouver)

Doors: 7 pm

Sign up: 7:30 pm

Slam: 8 pm

$8 in advance on zeffy.com link in bio

$10-15 @ the door. No one turned away for lack of funds.

VOLUNTEERS welcome! [1 scorekeeper and 1 timekeeper]

Please email [email protected] to claim a volunteer spot for Monday, Feb. 2nd, or register as a volunteer if it's your first time, here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUPFM5DwPd2_cKMLI3B2I4UUMpYBQgx5GmyhUn36jPwsBq_A/viewform?usp=dialog

10/13/2025

November 3rd, 2025
Van Slam will return to El Torito (139B Keefer St.) on November 3rd with the inimitable CHARLIE PETCH as our feature!
https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/van-slam-ft-charlie-petch

08/14/2025

https://www.vancouverpoetryhouse.com/event/vancouver-poetry-slam-feat-shima-aisha-robinson/

Monday, September 1st, 2025 (and every first Monday of the Month) at Shamshiri Caveman (139 Keefer St.)

Vancouver Poetry Slam September– featuring Shima Aisha Robinson! Monday, September 1st, 2025 at Shamshiri Caveman (139 Keefer St). Doors: 7:00 PM | Sign up: 7:30 PM | Show: 8:00 PM $8 A…

07/25/2025

The Vancouver Poetry House Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday, August 24, 3pm, at 111 W Hastings St #210. A virtual option will be available. Everyone is welcome to the AGM but only members will be able to vote. New members must wait for 30 days before they can vote so you must have become a member on or before July 19th....

  The Vancouver Poetry House Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday, August 24, 3pm, at 111 W Hastings St #210.   A virtual option will be available.   Everyone is welcome to…