West Side Poetry SLAM-OFF: 2025 VERSES 2026!

INTRODUCING the FIRST EVER West Side Poetry SLAM-OFF: 2025 VERSES 2026!

All our 2025 Slam Winners haven’t escaped yet. We’re inviting them all back along with our 2026 Slam Winners. The best of each year will be crowned before they then must slam-off for us to decide, in good fun, what the better year for poetry in Western Sydney was?

This is your chance to witness the best of the West. If you’re not ready to have a holiday from poetry just yet, this is the last big slam competition of the year in Sydney. This event will also be livestreamed so you can be part of West Side from any side of the world and still vote for the Slam-Off Champ!

Emotions will be felt! Cash prizes will be awarded! Get ready to cheer on your faves in a poetry slam unlike any other.

FEATURING: 

2025 Slam Winners: Amelia Smits, Alisha Johan, Pious, Ebony Phraphone, Sashi Sureshan, Harrison Vesey, Hayden Fisher

2026 Slam Winners: Rania Omar, Maddy, Sneha Sobti, Louise Tran, Stefan Goldfinch, Thomas Enriquez

and maybe more?? 

Tickets:

$20 - Standard
$15 - Concession/Student/Low-Waged
$10 - Livestream Audience (You will be emailed the viewing link the week of the event).
$0 - In-Person Accessible Ticket: Poetry is for everybody. If you do not have the means to attend otherwise, we have limited free tickets to attend in-person.
$0 - Livestream Accessible Ticket: Poetry is for everybody. If you do not have the means to attend otherwise, we have free tickets to watch online!

DONATIONS:
Any extra dollars (yes even $1!) will help pay it forward for others who cannot afford to attend otherwise. West Side Poetry is volunteer-run and this slam-off is our biggest feat yet so any extra money we may receive on top of covering free tickets would be so so appreciated for the extra work to bring this to you! Thank you so much!

Please contact ally@westwords.com.au if you have any questions about venue or tickets.