Van Slam ft. Khaleefa, Apollo the Child May 4 👏 Enabling Arts (343 Railway St., Vancouver) Open Mic + Slam Sign-Up 7:30pm 🎤 Show 8pm $8 Advance | $10-15 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds) About the feature: Khaleefa ‘Apollo the Child’ Hamdan is a … Continued
Oral Traditions 2026: (Inaugural) International Indigenous Poetry Slam April 27 | Chill-X Studio Doors: 7pm | Sign-up 7:30pm | Show: 8pm Adv. $10 | $15 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds) Advance tickets from Zeffy here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/oral-traditions-at-verses--2026 Buy a Verses Festival pass HERE Co-produced with … Continued
Un-Closing Captions: possibilities for descriptive text April 29 | Chill-X Studio 3 pm to 5pm Adv. $10 or by donation | $10 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds) Advance tickets for this event here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/captioning-and-scoring-poems-workshop Buy a Verses Festival pass HERE Led by Vancouver Poet … Continued
Famous Last Words from Death Rides A Unicorn April 28 | Chill-X Studio 6:30pm to 8:30pm Adv. $10 | $15 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds) Buy Advance Tickets for this event here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/famous-last-words-verses-2026-edition Buy a Verses Festival pass HERE A hilarious evening of poetry … Continued
Wednesday, April 29th, at Chill X Studio Doors: 6:30 PM | Bout 1: 7:30 PM | Bout 2: 9:00 PM $10 Advance | $15 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds) Advance tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/canadian-individual-poetry-slam-preliminaries-night--1 BUY A FESTIVAL PASS HERE The first round of competition features back-to-back … Continued
Writing Workshop led by Skylar Kay April 30 | Chill-X Studio 2pm to 4pm Adv. $10 | $15 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds) Advance tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/verses-festival-writing-workshop-with-skylar-kay BUY A FESTIVAL PASS HERE Skylar Kay is an Alberta-based poet and grad school dropout. Since releasing … Continued
April 30th | Chill X Studio Doors: 6:30 PM | Bout 1: 7:30 PM | Bout 2: 9:00 PM Adv. $10 | $15 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds) Advance tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/canadian-individual-poetry-slam-preliminaries-night--2 BUY A FESTIVAL PASS HERE The second night of competition features back-to-back slams as … Continued
May 1st | Chill-X Studio 2pm to 4pm Adv. $8 | $10 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds) Advance tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/verses-festival-poetry-jam--2026 BUY A FESTIVAL PASS HERE This open workshop will invite all who are interested in spoken word to participate in a facilitated workshop … Continued
May 1 | Chill-X Studio 8pm to 10pm Adv. $10 | $15 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds) Advance tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/mashed-poetics-verses-2026-edition BUY A FESTIVAL PASS HERE Mashed Poetics is one of Vancouver’s longest-running poetry showcases-- an all-star line-up of poets is invited to write poems … Continued
May 2 | Chill-X Studio 3pm to 5pm Adv. $10 | $15 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds) Advance tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/stage-to-page-showcase-intimate-dialogues BUY A FESTIVAL PASS HERE Stage to Page Showcase: Intimate Dialogues brings poets Abdulsalam, Jeremy Loveday, Skylar Kay, Amber Dawn, and Clifton Joseph together … Continued
May 2, | Chill-X Studio Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm Adv. Tix: $10 | $15 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds) Advance tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/canadian-individual-poetry-slam-finals-ft-spin-el-poeta BUY FESTIVAL PASS HERE Join us for the final night of the national competition to determine the 2026 Canadian Individual … Continued