Victorious Voices – Victoria’s biggest and highest energy youth poetry and spoken word festival is back for their 7th year! Featuring poets, workshops, special showcases and eight high school poetry slam teams going head-to-head for the City Championship.
To bring the energy from the stage to the page, this year’s festival will offer free spoken word workshops for youth, hosted in collaboration with the Greater Victoria Public Library .
“We’re reaching more youth than ever through a diverse range of partnerships and programming,” explains Festival Director Jeremy Loveday. “This festival is about providing a platform to amplify and celebrate the voices and experiences of young people in our community.”
APRIL 11: SEMI-FINALS
Victoria Event Centre
7:00pm sharp – $5.00
APRIL 12: Still Victorious Word
Spoken Showcase – Solstice Cafe
7:30pm – $5.00
APRIL 13: FINALS
Victoria Event Centre
7:00pm sharp – $5-$10.00
With the generous support of the BC Arts Council and the CRD, this year’s festival features the Vancouver Island high school slam championships and day and evening showcase performances by Canada’s top spoken word talent including Winona Linn, Victoria Youth Poet Laureate Ann-Bernice Thomas and former Victoria Youth Poet Laureate Zoe Duhaime.
Visit the Victorious Voices website for more information, or Facebook event page.
