Start: 7pm
(local times)

Tickets on sale 1 August 2025. More information here.  

Join the nation-wide search for the people’s poet.

Give the bullhorn to slam champions from Mumbai, Bali, and Australia. The crowd crowns a new champion – a whispering truthsayer raging for a meaningful life – the 2025 Australian Poetry Slam-bassador.

Who inspires you to change? To care? To jump in and scream for the pure rush? Storytellers, lyricists and POETS!

Two slam champions from every state and territory slam their poetry. Whittled down from heats in tiny towns and metro centres, the crowd now crowns our nation’s next 2025 Australian Poetry Slam (APS) Champion.

Listen, snap, cheer, burst into tears or laughter – as the audience decides who gets a prize pack worth up to $20k in gigs, publication and international touring.

Slam stars from Bali and Mumbai fly in to take the mic; mixing verses with APS alumni and a live DJ.

Ready to call a new election? Let the POETS RUN THIS! Elect the 2025 Australian Poetry Slam-bassador.

HOST: Miles Merrill
FEATURED ARTISTS: Jo Giles (APS Champion, 2024), Sabika Abbas (Mumbai Spoken Word Artist), Eva Fernandes (Ubud Slam Poet), Lizzie Chan (Ubud Slam Poet),
Ashu Bhoir (Mumbai Slam Poet), APS 2025 Finalists and more to be announced.

Content Warning: Most Poetry Slams are all ages and some content may not be suitable for children. Performances may include strong language and / or adult themes.

Event times local time.
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This Australian Poetry Slam event is presented by Word Travels.

Supported by: The Australian Government through Creative Australia, and the NSW Government through Create NSW.  Also supported by Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Mumbai LitFest, Singapore Writers Festival and Byron Writers Festival. 


Sydney Opera House – Bennelong Point, Sydney NSW 2000