In addition to two stages of music and a DJ area, the festival will also feature a Spoken Word Tent! The lineup is:
1pm - Vancouver Poetry Slam
Host: Chris Gilpin
Featuring: TL Groves, Nola Semczyszyn, Magpie Ulysses, Helen Gregory
2pm - World Poets
Hosts: Ariadne Sawyer (English), Alejandro Mujica-Olea (Spanish and English)
Featuring: Bernice Lever (English), Diego Bastianutti (Italian and English) Jacqueline Marie (French and English), Ibrahim Honjo (Serbo-Croatian and English)
3pm - Black Writers Network
Host: Roger Blenman
Featuring: Siobhan Barker, Tess Kingston, Addena Sumter-Freitag
4pm - The Line Up
Host: Roger Blenman
Featuring: mike d, Kyle Christensson
4:40pm - Open Mic
5pm - 2008 Van Slam Team
Host: Kevan Cameron (scruffmouth) 2008 Van Grand Slam Champion
Featuring: Chris Gilpin a.k.a. Faust Mackenzie, Zaccheus Jackson
Festival Activity: Spoken Word Tent
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