Sunday 27th February, 2022
from 5.30pm.

Broadcast Bar
66A Grote Street, Adelaide.

Paul Kohn is a writer of poetry and short stories, performer of spoken word, and creator of music and lyrics. Residing in South Australia, he’s featured at The Good Word and West Side Petry Slam. Most recently placing third in the 2021 SA Winter Slam, he placed first in the July 2020 Ruckus Monthly Slam. His words have been published in Black Bough, Anti Heroin Chic, RDW World, and the Poetry at the Pub Anthology 2021. Paul writes as a way of processing, understanding, healing and growing, and shares his written and spoken word poetry all over Australia and the world in the hope that it helps others too.

>> FREE entry
>> open mic
>> book raffle

While Spoke N Slurred has been taking some time off due to Covid, we have taken this opportunity to support our friends over at Spoken Word SA by donating the book prizes for Summer Slam 2022.

Click here for details, rules, and other vital information.

SUNDAY 8th August, 2021
from 5:30pm

Broadcast Bar
66A Grote Street, Adelaide

>> FREE entry
>> Open mic
>> Book raffle
>> Cheap booze

Carissa Fischer is a performance poet, born and raised in roaring Radelaide. With the use of lyrical language, upbeat tone and metaphoric prose, they explore intersectional identities, and how to navigate these landscapes in their self described coming of age journey. Creating poems and writing creatively since age 15, Carissa has immersed themselves in the poetry scene. Testing the waters, they performed at FEAST’s Queer Youth Underground in 2018 and 2019, officially debuting in 2019 as a feature poet at Draw Your (S)words. They have since performed at the University’s Senior College Fringe Showcase 2020, and spoke at Better Together, closing the national conference with a poetry set. Still navigating the poetry scene, and coming into their own as an artist, Carissa views their poems as a work in progress.

Sunday 27th June 2021
from 5:30pm

Broadcast Bar
66A Grote Street, Adelaide

KAMI. One of the original Paroxysm Press 98ers. National tourer. Two time Australian Poetry Slam national finalist. One of the founders of Spoken Word SA. Three books to his name. Former booze hound. Now sober as a judge.

>> FREE entry
>> open mic
>> cheap booze
>> book raffle

Click here for the Facebook Event.

Well, February – March is traditional Adelaide Fringe time and you know what that means… So Paroxysm Press is striking out with its own fiercely independent festival of all the usual Spoke n Slurred madness with less obscenity, unless requested… Get these Thursdays in your diary and support the local spoken word community!

All events at the Broadcast Bar, 66A Grote Street, Adelaide, starting at 7:00pm.

There’ll be a fabulous guest performer each night with an open mic, raffles to support the artists, and the Broadcast Bar will be open for service.

Thursday 25th February: Piers Diprose

Thursday 4th March: Tracey “Coogs” McNally

Thursday 11th March: Kathy Parker

Thursday 18th March: Themba Shumba

Okay, 2020 you win!

Spoke n Slurred returns
Sunday, 31 January, 2021
5:30 PM – 9:30 PM 

Broadcast Bar
66A Grote Street, Adelaide

FREE ENTRY

Open Mic
Book raffle
$6 beer
$5 bourbons and vodkas

Click here for the facebook event.

Chris Jaksa is new to the scene but has already blown us away by taking out the #2 spot in the SA leg of the Australian Poetry Slam and finishing in the top 5 of the Australian Poetry Slam final streamed on-line.

Let’s all hope for a better new year and we’ll see you then.

BUT it’s a great time to get back to our ‘Lockdown Facebook group‘ to post us your spoken word…