Second Year Anniversary! Come to the Slammiversary Ball!

It's the SLAMMIVERSARY BALL! The Peterborough Poetry Slam celebrates it's 2nd birthday on Thursday, November 26th. So, true to toddler bday fashion, we will be donning pary dresses, suits and eating cupcakes, wishing our little kiddo a happy big 2.

AND afterwards:

dj will pearson &
dj go go ghoul &
dj twinkle-fingerz

Party dresses certainly encouraged, but all are welcome, of course.

Bring two poems to compete, volunteer to be an audience "judge," or just sit back, get a drink and enjoy.

Sign-up will start at 7:30, with the show starting at 8. $5/PWYC

Be an audience judge! It's fun! Convince people that you'll take bribes of beer and butter tarts. (But you're really doing this for the poetry, right?)

New poets are always welcome and encouraged. Seriously, new poets are like... icing on cupcakes.

We mentioned cupcakes, right?

For those haven't been before, a poetry slam is a mock competition between poets. There are two rounds of 8-12 poets, who each perform a poem and are then given a score from 1.0 (meh) - 10.0 (fuck yeah!) by a panel of five randomly selected audience judges. Often emotionally and politically charged, the audience is expected and allowed to cheer and jeer the judges and the poets and each other. Expect any and all styles of poetry from folk ballads to hip-hop. And remember - the points aren't the point, the poetry is the point!

This is meant to be a celebration of two years of poetry slamming in Peterborough. Feel free to come out for the first time and wow us with what you've got- or sit back (or dance back) and be wowed.