The biggest, fiercest spoken word poetry slam in the Southern Hemisphere is hosting its 5th annual Grand Slam in conjunction with Sydney Festival!

The Grand Slam pits poets in a battle of words, flow and themes. Forming groups of four randomly drawn by BPS, the top scoring poets from each monthly Bankstown slam will be creating new work in their teams and slamming their hearts out for one night only.

Bankstown Poetry Slam is Australia’s largest and most loved spoken word poetry event and its fifth annual Grand Slam brings together Western Sydney’s finest writer-performers to speak their truth on love, identity, family, politics and everything in between.

Hosted by lawyer-poet Sara Mansour and featuring Anthony Anaxagorou, this is wordplay at its most dazzling – a spectacular display of verbal dexterity, agile thinking and observational brilliance. Warm your fingers up for some hectic clicking.

Tickets are essential and will sell out - https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/grand-slam