Slam Nuba

Slam Nuba is an award-winning performance poetry event based in Denver, Colorado. Spoken Word - Open Mic - Poetry Slam
Nationally Acclaimed Featured Poets

01/26/2026

This Friday come out to RedLine Contemporary Art Center for Slam Nuba Featuring . Let’s kick this year off with poems and good fun.

Doors Open: 7:30pm
Show starts: 8:00pm

10/14/2025

Hosting a 4 part workshop series called “Write or Ignite” to help cultivate craft, increase community and wellness , and get your pens moving. RSVP is in the link in the bio. Come write with us!

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10/08/2025

Come out tonight and spit some jokes!

Sign Up at 7pm
Show starts at 7:30pm

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09/24/2025

This Friday come out to Slam Nuba at for another night of poetry. We have the amazing Holly Ajala aka featuring. Get your tickets before it’s too late.

Here is a little about your feature:

Holly Ajala (also known as TheGoodSis) is a writer and storyteller with a fierce belief in the power of effective narrative to inspire empathy in the face of difference, to propel the reach of social justice and above all, to challenge human beings to be more human. Her words have been featured in Ayo Magazine, AfriWowWri Literary Journal and more. Holly truly believes that good stories can change the world.

07/25/2025

Today come to Slam Nuba at and see our amazing feature and get on the open mic!

A little about our feature!

Matthieu is a multifaceted artist, father, and yoga teacher whose poetry flows from the intersection of healing, ancestry, and radical truth. His work invites listeners into deep reflection, spiritual awakening, and the messy, beautiful journey of becoming fully human.

04/25/2025

Tonight is the night folks and we have an amazing feature with our host holding down the space. Get your tickets online or show up at the door!

A little bit about our feature:

TJ Simba-Medel is the son of Joy and Tito. Grandson of Mila and Tom Simba and Dr. Paz Lutz and Congressional Gold Medal Reciepient Colonel Armando Medel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Decendent of the Gomezclan in Pasay (pah-sigh) and royal blood of the Marawi (Ma-rah-wee) in Mindinao (min-din-now) of tue Philippines.

As an award winning international poet. His credits include:

2006 New Jersey Youth Slam Team for HBO’s Brave New Voices
2008 New York Knicks Poetry Slam Top 10 Finalist at Madison Square Garden.
2009 Southern Fried Individual Slam Champion
2010 Nuyorican Poets Cafe Slam Champion
2018 Producer of the National Poetry Slam in Chicago
2022 Katipunana (kah-tee-poo-nan) Slam Champion of Historic Filipinotown in Los Angeles
2023 New Orleans Cresent City Slam Champion

As an international award winning comedian, he is a Second City Bob Curry Fellow and holds stand-up credits in NBC Breakout Comedy Festivals, CBS’s Diversity Showcases, and National and International Improv Festivals. His television credits include EMPIRE (FOX) and CNNPhilippines.

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03/27/2025

We are so excited for Slam Nuba tomorrow at featuring the wonderful ! And hearing from her new book, make sure you get your tickets! I hear people are looking to slam as well, can’t wait!

A little bit about our feature:

Ralonda Simmons is an everlasting experiment. She writes poems, takes care of business, and has all the feels, which she wrote down and bound into a collection called Whispers & Conversations, published by World Stage Press.
She’s appeared in South Broadway Ghost Society, and World Stage Press’s anthology called “Poems In Praise of Libraries,” in honor of the Sims Library in Los Angeles. As far as performance, that’s Ralonda’s first love, from Punketry to Jazzetry, the House of Poetry to the DCPA, to teaching young writers at Lighthouse. She does it all for the plot and is happy to be here with you today.

03/18/2025

We are so excited to be back with to bring you another Flowetry! This is one of Denver’s premier poetry events where poets are paired with Yogi’s to create poetry in motion. We have lots of Slam Nuba members performing and DM for a discount code!

We can’t wait to see all you beautiful people (figuratively and literally)! Come travel across the terrains with us.

02/27/2025

We are very excited to have aka Lucifury featuring tomorrow night at Slam Nuba. Slam Nuba is hosted at with an open mic and feature.

Come out and end Black History Month right! Doors open at 7:30! Hosted by !

02/25/2025

Today is the day everyone! Come visit us at the for our annual Black History Month Slam! We also have an open mic for anyone who wants to read some cultural or social justice forward poems! We have amazing poets performing, so use that slam Nuba discount code and get tickets for FREE!

01/27/2025

This Friday we have a very special feature! Check out as he tears down the Slam Nuba stage. Tickets start at $10, come out to for a good time. We will also be introducing our new host and poetry coordinator .emocean

A little about our feature:

Jozer GY el Grito is a poetic musical experiment with members Jose Guerrero on the microphone, Elias Garcia on the guitar, and Grammy nominated trumpet player Joshua Trinidad

Address

2350 Arapahoe Street
Denver, CO
80205

Website

http://www.slamnuba.org/

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