Re-Enchant: Poetic Experiments For A New World

"Stage poets - there is still a deep cultural apathy to your artform. Don't buy into it.  The discourse of "poetry" has little capacity to appreciate or support the oral tradition. Few educational or arts establishments back poetry as a performing art. So - please - don't forget....

We are living through a mental health and loneliness epidemic. The artful application of poetry on the live setting is more urgently needed than ever. The bardcraft of applied poetics is not just entertainment. It is education, facilitation, activism, rhetoric, healing and consciousness modulation.
You are a front line against disenchantment and isolation. You are a vanguard of Beauty and Joy. You are a vibe holder, a hypnogoge, a spirit lifter and an engineer of collective empathy.
If you stop (because there is no money, you're "too old" or the scene is full of imposters) we all lose zeal, eldership, raw experience and poetry.
Its really hard right now, so its really important to keep the lifeblood of spoken word pumping. Be the micro-economy of poetic Beauty and collective Joy. Build your own stages. Build your own collectives. Start your own nights. Do it in a living room, a back yard, a pub basement, a holiday. Keep going"

 Pete The Temp

Our line up from the 2023 festival: 

Pete The Temp, Jasmine Gardosi: Dancing To Music You Hate, Pen-Ting Poetry: Experiments In Flow, Arnie the Beta, Zena Edwards, El-Nino, Sky God, Francis-Xavier Mukiibi, Kid Anansi, Emmy the Harp, Hally Kelly, Hannah Silva, Mellow Baku, She Drew The Gun, Ruby Wednesday