FreeStyles at
Favela Chic presents the best spoken word artists in the country in one of the cities hottest venues for FREE. Previous artists include HKB FiNN, Polar Bear, Johnny Fluffypunk, Anna Le, Session Noisses and The Savage Nomads. The venue's restaurant is open from 6pm and the night runs from 7:30-1am blending spoken word acts with sick DJs spinning everything from classic 90's boom-bap to Dubstep floor-smashers!! A must see for spoken word fans and hiphop heads alike.
OPEN/WIDE at
Alaska Studios plants WORDAMOUTH right on the river in Waterloo. Occupying a charming and intimate performance space at one of London's most welcoming recording/rehearsal studios, OPEN/WIDE is an open-mic night with the emphasis on supporting emerging talent within poetry, music, comedy and more. Where the majority of London's open-mic night follow a poetry slam format, OPEN/WIDE has a more subtle competitiveness with acts being invited to perform at FreeStyles as well as one performer being selected each month for a Summer Slam finals at Alaska to win a days recording at the studios. However, there are no points, rounds or eliminations on the night, just good vibes, diverse poets and a blagged feature performer! Last month saw a truly unique performance from Dutch poets
L&D who only perform as a duo outside of Holland. At home they are slam contest rivals and have both won the Dutch Slam against each other previously.
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