We want to celebrate Pride with our fans at our special June 24 slam!

We can't wait to have on our stage two incredible poets who are no stranger to the Drake: Rabbit Richards, hailing from Montreal, and Kay Kassirer, repping Vancouver and a former TPS Team member.

The slam stage and open mic slots are available to you, budding poets and storytellers, and bring your words to the Drake on June 24, with doors at 7pm and signup at 730pm.

$7 cover.

Hosted by the hilarious Charlie Petch

If you want to be on our stage, you CAN!

Just ensure you're at the Drake by 730pm for signup, and you can be competing in the slam or on the open mic!

We're excited to feature the one and only Mama of Dad Sheri-D Wilson reppin Calgary!

That's right, our annual STORY SLAM returns!

2 rounds. Only poets with two narrative-style pieces should compete. Cumulative score.

Host TBD

And we are excited to feature a UK star! Multi-award winning stand up poet, writer, crowd-pleaser and all round good egg. Rob Gee's is the only performance ever to have instigated a fight at the Leamington Spa Peace Festival.

Doors/signup 7pm show 730pm

A special Pride Weekend edition of TPS has two incredible queer poets rocking our stage! You won't want to miss RABBIT RICHARDS and KAY KASSIRER!

Doors 7 signup 730 show 8pm

Hosted by Charlie Petch

For those unaware of what goes down at a poetry slam...anyone can be on our stage that evening! We do have a feature poet, Mona Mousa, but the slammers and open mic'ers are from this city's fantastic well of talent!

Doors are at 7pm and signup is 730pm sharp with host Tanya Neumemeyer.

You can compete in the slam or perform on the open mic. Note you should have 3 poems to compete in the slam in case you make it to the third round. Open mic is available to artists of all genres, not just poetry.

$7 cover. All ages