Sonic Poetry Festival Program
Sonic Poetry Festival
Sonic Poetry Festival is a community-based grassroots poetry and spoken word festival based in Melbourne / Naarm with the aim of connecting poetry and spoken word practitioners of all varieties, audience members, gig organisers, convenors and facilitators in a celebration of poetry and the spoken word. The festival would like to create entrances for gigs, artists and the poets who are out there quietly writing and reciting.
Festival website
P76 Issue 8
P76 Issue 8. Sonic Poetry Festival Issue
P76 may not be the most prolific of small literary magazines, but it is one of the longest running! The first issue was produced on a second-hand gestetner machine in a falling down terrace in Rochford Street, Erskineville NSW, back in the Spring of 1982. Now, 41 years later, editors Linda Adair and Mark Roberts are excited to be launching Issue 8 of this iconic literary journal on the last weekend of Melbourne’s vibrant new spoken word festival.
Dan Poets/Cherry Poets
Dan Poets/Cherry Poets – A Brief history
The regular Saturday Readings a the Cherry Tree Hotel have been part of the 2023 Sonic Poetry Festival. On the final Saturday of the Festival Cherry Poets will feature Sound Poets at the Cherry Tree: poetry by Angela Costi and Peter Davis performed with Soundscapes and Music.
Erotic Lustratory Energy
Erotic Lustratory Energy @ BAR OUSSOU
As part of the 2023 Sonic Poetry Festival Erotic Lustratory Energy presents an exploration of life through language and theatre. Sounds of sensuality. A celebration of the persistence of poetry to stimulate, enthrall, catapult, besiege body, word and soul. We call you to your own story. Be devoured as you delight in your own discovery. Be your own lover.
Naarm Bread
Naarm Bread – a celebration of poetry collaboration
As part of Sonic Poetry Festival in Naarm/Melbourne Naarm Bread presents an afternoon of poetry collaboration at Bar 303 2nd September 2pm. Four diverse Poets performing with a collaboratoration theme. Some will include music, sound, visuals, performance or co-writers.
ENA
berni m janssen – ENA
As part of the 2023 Sonic Poetry Festival berni m janssen will be presenting ENA. Coming of age in the ‘70’s, ENA, using poetic assemblage, reflects on the past, the imprint on the present and the patterns to be challenged. ENA tells the stories of a generation of women.
Poetic Express – Northern Rivers comes to Melbourne
Regional poets exchange
As part of Sonic Poetry Festival, Poetic Express will host a double feature from Sarah Temporal and Damien Becker. They are both prize-winning poets from the Northern Rivers NSW who are married (to each other)
Spoken Word @ Bar Oussou open mic
Danksta Downunder & Spoken Word @ Bar Oussou Open Mic
Hamish aka Danksta Downunder aka Je Suis/I Am Joe Goulg is the convenor of the Spoken Word @ Bar Oussou open mic event happening from 730pm on Wednesday 30 August during the Sonic Poetry Festival.
SVETOZAR
Sasha Cuha
Acclaimed poet, multi-instrumentalist and actor Sasha Cuha returns to his cultural roots in this new and exciting poetic cycle. SVETOZAR! combines the tradition of Serbian Epic Poetry with his love of experimental music and narrative poetry and storytelling
Poetry from Agitation Hill
Brendan Ryan
Poetry from Agitation Hill is the most recent version of an event that has been running in Castlemaine, Victoria, for 20 years at various venues. A formula has been in place for many years that both poet & audience seem to enjoy on the first Friday of every month, barring the unexpected. A feature reader reading for 20 minutes, followed by a QnA involving the audience, whether present or on line. There is also an exclusively on line version via zoom mid month. The session concludes with the poet’s encore. All over in 1 hour. Local. state & international poets are featured. This month in conjunction with Sonic Poetry Festival, Poetry from Agitation Hill is featuring Brendan Ryan.
Rude Poetry
Jaidyn Luke Attard
Jaidyn Luke Attard is a punk poet and the author of the autofictional poetry book, The Street Poet (2023), as well as one of the co-authors of There’s A Tale to This City (2021). He writes and roams on Wurundjeri land as a street wanderer, documenting what he sees as poetry. He will be reading his poems at the Rude Poets! poetry night at Cafe Gummo..
Sustain – What We Carry Across Time and Place & Sound Poets at the Cherry Tree
Angela Costi
Angela will be performing in two events for the festival: Sustain – What We Carry Across Time and Place and Sound Poets at the Cherry Tree: poetry by Angela Costi and Peter Davis performed with Soundscapes and Music
Radio Talk Open Mic
Jason Voss – MC
The Radio Talk Open Mic on Wednesday, 30 August from 07:00 PM to 10:00 PM will be part of the 2023 Sonic Poetry Festival: A long-standing and community-driven open mic night, Radio Talk, welcomes all poets to share with this wonderful audience. Known for offering a whimsical backdrop of live musicians and an eclectic visual decor. Hosted by creative collective Vibe Union and emceed by local poet Jason Voss.
Es Foong (Waffle Irongirl) Clot and Marrow: Book Launch
Es Foong (Waffle Irongirl)
Sonic Poetry Festival fearures a book launch for Es Foong aka Waffle Irongirl’s debut poetry collection: Clot and Marrow (Recent Work Press).
This Naarm launch pays homage to Es’ poetic lineage. Readings by these poets who have deeply influenced their work and their way of being in community. Invited readers are: Andy Jackson, Eleanor Jackson and Charaf Tartoussi.
Rude Poetry
Koraly Dimitriadis
Koraly Dimitriadis will be performing as part of Rude Poets! A Night of Naughty Poetry.
Rude Poetry
Paris Rosemont
Paris will be performing as part of Rude Poets! A Night of Naughty Poetry.
Rochford Street Review 