Every Wednesday Night it's the Berkeley Slam
Hosted by Betsy Gomez, Dre, Jamie DeWolf, Sevan, & Katelyn Lucas
featuring
local and touring poets and a live band or special guest DJ at every event!
8pm $8
$150 in cash prizes every week
Check the BPS out on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Berkeley-Poetry-Slam/56551409302?ref=ts
8pm $8 All Ages until 10pm!
The Berkeley Slam on CalTV
The Berkeley Slam is a weekly spoken word celebration and tournament that features internationally renowned poets, storytellers, comedians, and emcees.
This is no ordinary, ho-hum open mic! Just ask our audiences – we draw 100-250 people every week to our show! In addition to the finest spoken word features around, our vibrant poetry scene spawns some of the best local talent in the nation! At every show, we also host a live improvisational band or DJ!
We have an open sign up (poets: get there at 7:30 to vie for the first 7 guaranteed slots, the remaining 8 poets are picked by lottery) at most shows – just check out the calendar (sometimes we host an invitational slam).
We run our slam with fair and transparent rules (they are printed on your program when you arrive and are here on the website). Judges are picked at random (also by lottery) out of the audience so you never know what kind of poetry will win on any given week!