Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam

Sixteen teams. Two days. One grand prize.

The 2023 Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam will be in Portland, OR on June 2nd & 3rd, 2023. The top four teams will receive prize money. Come create your own legend.

2023 Event Schedule

Thursday, June 1st

Guilder Cafe, inside Powell’s Books (1035 W Burnside St.)
★ 6:00pm – 7:30pm – Welcome Poetry Open Mic – hosted by Julia Gaskill [eventbrite / facebook]

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Friday, June 2nd

The Cleaners at Ace Hotel (403 SW 10th Ave.)
★ 11:00am – 12:00pm – AAPI Poets Mic – hosted by Des Spicer-Orak [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 12:30pm – 1:30pm – Latinx & Indigenous Poets Mic – hosted by Michael Jasso [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 2:00pm – 3:00pm – Mental Health Mic – hosted by Jane Belinda [eventbrite / facebook]

Al’s Den (303 SW 12th Ave.)
★ 1:00pm – 2:00pm – Persona Poems Mic – hosted by Stephen Meads [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 2:30pm – 3:30pm – Nerd Poetry Slam – hosted by RJ Walker [eventbrite / facebook]

The Ace Hotel (1022 SW Harvey Milk St.)
★ 2:00pm – 3:30pm – Poetry Showcase – hosted by Christopher Diaz [eventbrite / facebook]

Literary Arts (925 SW Washington St.)
★ 5:00pm – 7:00pm – First Preliminary Bout [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 7:00pm – 9:00pm – Second Preliminary Bout [eventbrite / facebook]

Powell’s City of Books (1005 W Burnside St.)
★ 5:00pm – 7:00pm – First Preliminary Bout [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 7:00pm – 9:00pm – Second Preliminary Bout [eventbrite / facebook]

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Saturday, June 3rd

The Cleaners (403 SW 10th Ave.)
★ 8:00am – 11:30am – Meet & Mingle / Poetry Market [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 12:00pm – 1:00pm – Black Poets Mic – hosted by Reggie Edmonds [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 1:30pm – 3:00pm – Queer Poets Mic – hosted by Monarch the Poet [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 3:30pm – 4:30pm – Invisible / Visible Disabilities Mic – hosted by Brianna Renae [eventbrite / facebook]

Literary Arts, performance space (925 SW Washington St.)
★ 11:00am – 12:00pm – Sober Soliloquies – hosted by Zachery Kluckman [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 12:30pm – 1:30pm – Haiku Deathmatch! – hosted by Briana Hammerstrom [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 2:00pm – 3:00pm – Compliment Deathmatch – hosted by RJ Walker [eventbrite / facebook]

Literary Arts, board room (925 SW Washington St.)
★ 11:30am – 1:00pm – Malphor & Cliché Writing Workshop – hosted by Evris Oake [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 1:00pm – 2:30pm – How to Annotate Your Poem for Performance – hosted by Elle Hope [eventbrite / facebook]
★ 2:30pm – 4:00pm – The Body Then the Word: Reclaiming Motion in Poetry – hosted by Briana Hammerstrom [eventbrite / facebook]

First Congressional United Church of Christ (1126 SW Park Ave.)
★ 7:00pm – 9:00pm – Finals Stage [eventbrite / facebook]