Australian Poetry Slam ’26

Sun, 25th Oct 2026 05:00 pm

Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney NSW 2000

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Talks and Ideas Playhouse Watch poets change the world with their words. Join this celebration of writers who answer the call of a mic on a stand. Their scrawled leaves of passion fly from notebooks with poems to spark your dreams. Australian Poetry Slam (APS) invites you to clear out cobweb memes. Ignore that wrinkled cushion begging your bum to curl into your couch. Be spellbound by the nation’s top 16 spoken-wordsmiths reflecting the spotlight off their chests, igniting every mind in the room. APS is the home of stories told bold, vulnerable and alive. The stage is set. The audience is gathered. Catch writers who electrify you. Choose the 2026 Slam-bassador to represent spoken word at international festivals in 2027. Tell our leaders to step aside. From today, Poets Run This! Presented by Word Travels