Slama acknowledges that our slam takes place in Naarm, on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded, no treaty was signed and it always was and always will be Aboriginal land.
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*This venue is wheelchair accessible

*This venue has gender neutral toilets

NEW SEASON. NEW INTENTIONS.

We are back on our beloved premiere stage at the Brunswick Ballroom.

Slama is a space where we celebrate intersectional community and encourage Artists to bring their absolute best work to the stage.

On March 19th, after some many needed months of rest and recalibration, we celebrate the return of our beloved Melbourne Poet Tariro Mavondo

WHO IS TARIRO?

Tariro’s poetry is somatic, a loud eruptive invitation to enlist oneself to presence as the passageway into experiencing the sensorium of human and non human kinship. Tariro is the essence of an artist, her life work is tethered to re-villagising, unifying through difference and remaking a post humanist world where all things seen and unseen, known and unknown thrive. Nominated for an Aria Music Award in 2021 with her collaboration with The Australian Art Orchestra for Best Jazz Album last year and won an APRA AMCOS award for Work of the Year: Electroacoustic/Sound Art, for Closed Beginnings. Tariro has been a featured poet at Slamalamadingdong, Better Of Said, Melbourne Spoken Word and Poetry Festival, Passionate Tongue, Mother Tongue, Emerging Writers Festival, African Music and Cultural Festival, Melbourne Poets Union. She has been published in Growing Up African in Australia Black Inc Books and Going Down Swinging.

3-ROUND POETRY SLAM

- No props, music or costume.
- Poems must be 3 minutes.
- Must be original work.

We are continuing with a pre-registration system (for now) until further notice. $10 for poets to register.

POETS. Please have 3 pieces ready.

Want a coveted slam spot?

SIGN UP HERE BEFORE IT’S FULL

https://www.trybooking.com/CPEMU

12 spots only. Online registration CLOSES 4pm March 19 2024

Poets, please make sure to follow the registration process closely:

1. Start by paying your $10 fee at the trybooking link.

2. There you will find further instructions on how to upload your photo, biography and fill out our google form. These processes exist to keep everyone safe and help make everything run smoothly on the producer’s end. THANK YOU!

$50 cash prize for first place and we want all poets seasoned and new to put your name in the hat.

All scores are accumulated throughout the season and the poets with the top scores make it into our Grand Slam. Since 2023 was our first full season back in person and a new TEAM SLAMA was formed. We are declaring 2024 our “off season” so we can nurture the current team’s creative process towards regional and international travel.

In this “off season” we will be focusing on nourishing our community, loving on new to the stage poets and strengthening our processes in preparation for another team based finale in 2025. This is a perfect season for fresh voices and less excuses, so if you’ve been dreaming of standing on the Slama stage and competing, now is it.

This year our Grand Slam will occur in November 2024. Grand Slam Prizes to be announced.

TUESDAY MARCH 19 2024
THE BRUNSWICK BALLROOM
314 SYDNEY ROAD, BRUNSWICK

TICKETS:

$25 full
$23 concession
Free entry for First Nations folk
Free entry for Palestinians

Tickets available at brunswickballroom.com.au
Limited tickets available on the door.

DOORS: 6 PM

POET’S PRE-SHOW GATHERING: 6:15 PM

SHOW STARTS: 6:30 PM

SHOW FINISH: 9:45 PM (for all you 9-5 folk)

SLAMALAMA WHAT!!!?????
SLAMALAMADINGDONG!!!!!!

OPEN DOOR POLICY:

We will never turn anyone away. Selling tickets allows us to pay our producers, venue and artists appropriately. It also helps us make a small profit margin so we can continue to thrive and grow as an organization. We donate 2% of our income to Pay the Rent.
This being said, if you are struggling financially and feel the need to participate, please advocate for yourself and send us a message so we can find a way to make sure you can participate in all the Slama goodness.

COST: $25 full / $23 concession / Free entry for First Nations folk / Free entry for Palestinians / Tickets available at brunswickballroom.com.au / Limited tickets available on the door.

ACCESSIBILITY: *This venue is wheelchair accessible / *This venue has gender neutral toilets