Having made their first venture out west in November last year, Melbourne poetry collective Slamtidote is making a quick return with a show in Footscray on Thursday 29 January .
As with their first performance in the inner-west, Slamtidote’s appropriately titled All Poets Are Misfits event will be held at Misfits Bar on Chambers Street from 6pm until late.
The event is one of the collective’s bi-monthly poetry parties where live music performances, a spoken word open mic and a raffle fundraiser are held alongside poets reciting verse.
Slamtidote was established with the aim of showcasing the the talent of marginalised communities that might fall under ethnic, queer, and femme umbrellas, and it does this not only through regular poetry parties, but also by publishing zines, with four released last year alone.
The poetry parties also provide local creatives with opportunity to sell their own work as well as perform, while a percentage of the money generated from the fundraising raffles goes towards a different charity each month.
Slamtidote is hoping to soon register as a not-for-profit.
All Poets Are Misfits will be presided over by MC’s Britt, Tierney and Lian, feature live performances from Melbourne musicians Pia Nesvara and Shesoblu, and musical accompaniment by improvisational keyboard player Izzy.
Entry is free, though those interested in entering the fundraising raffle are required to RSVP beforehand.
Details: https://ra.co/events/2346430
