Liquid Lyrics- 2020 Grand Final

Liquid Lyrics, Sunshine Coast's most wordy, worldly and worthy spoken word event has reached that point again where our top poets from the heats through out the year come together to share their poetic prowess and compete for prize money and the bragging rights of being crowned the 2020 slam champion.

To allow for full creative expression and choice of topic, there will be no theme for the final.

There will be 5 wild card spots for those poets that didn't make it in. Pop your name in the hat for your chance to go into the final. Names chosen randomly through out the night.

Poetry slam rules;

*3 minutes/ timer starts on the first word

1 point deducted for every minute over three minutes.

Any poet going over 6 minutes will be disqualified from the competition

*original work written within the last 12 months

* 3 Judges chosen randomly in the crowd

*no music or props

First Place $300

Second Place $150

People choice $50

$25 on line only to avoid disappointment as this event will sell out

BYO Cushions, food and drinks

Feature Artist;

VanderAa:

Australian brothers, VanderAa are producers, multi-instrumentalists, live performers and environmentalists who translate organic sounds of drums, djembe, beatboxing, didgeridoo, guitar, and vocals enhanced by technology that create compositions transcending realms of indie roots, alternative pop rock and world music.

Damian Campbell;

Damian is one of sunny coasts top percussionists with over 28 years experience. He has played with the likes of Dubbaray, Lily Taloula and the Cheap fakes.

He has recorded and released a solo hand pan album collaborating with various musicians, singers and poets to create a truly magical listening experience.

Damo will be gracing us with his hand pan leading us into the evening.

Pottsy:

Pottsy is a Hip-Hop artist from the Sunshine Coast looking to spread self-awareness through his unique but authentic rap style. Combining high energy drums with synths and classic instruments, his aim is to evoke emotions from deep within, capturing a moment in time for all to reflect upon. Simply creating 3D meanings from 2D words.