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SUMMARY:NT Poetry Slam Hits the Highway - Tennant Creek\, Katherine & Darwin
DESCRIPTION:Are you the next NT Poetry Slam Champion? We’re on a mission to find the Top End and Central Champions that will go on to represent the NT at the Australia Poetry Slam this year! \nThis year we’ll be running workshops and heats with slam champ Huda the Goddess in Tennant Creek and Katherine\, with the top scoring two from each travelling to the Darwin or Alice Springs heat and final held on the same night. \nYou’ve got 2 minutes to make that mic your own! Please see all the rules here. \nSign ups on the night – get rehearsing and we’ll see you there! \nTennant Creek\nAll-Ages Workshop\n16 July • 5:30-7:30pm\n@ Nyinkka Nyunyu Art & Culture Centre \nBarkly Poetry Slam\n17 July • 6-8pm\n@ Tennant Creek RSL \nKatherine\nWorkshop\n19 July • 1-3pm\n@ Katherine Regional Arts \nKatherine Poetry Slam\n19 July • 6-8pm\n@ Katherine Regional Arts \nDarwin & Palmerston\nAll-Ages workshop\n20 July • 5-7pm\n@ Darwin Community Arts \nSchool-aged workshop\n23 July • 3-4:30pm\n@ Palmsterston Library \nDarwin Slam (Darwin Fringe!)\n23 July • 5:15pm Doors/sign up • 5:45pm start\n @ Brown’s Mart Courtyard \nAlice Springs (Red Dirt Poetry Festival!)\nWorkshop\n21 August \nMparntwe Slam\n23 August\n@ Gap View Hotel
URL:https://www.reddirtpoetry.com.au/event/nt-poetry-slam-hits-the-highway-tennant-creek-katherine-darwin/
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SUMMARY:The Dirty Word - August 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Dirty Word is back for 2026! 🎤✨\nMparntwe’s very own open mic night for poetry is back – so get writing. \nIt doesn’t have to be perfect. It just has to be yours. \n🕕 Doors & dinner: 6-7pm\n🗣️ Poetry kicks off: 7pm\n💸$5 entry or by donation \nCome down to The Roastery\, support local business\, while they support us.\nYour home for original spoken word poetry – first Thursday of the month from March – September. \n(And yes – we even bought a new mic stand.)
URL:https://www.reddirtpoetry.com.au/event/the-dirty-word-august-2026/
LOCATION:The Roastery Cafe\, 9 Hele Crescent\, Alice Springs\, NT\, 0870\, Australia
CATEGORIES:The Dirty Word
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SUMMARY:Red Dirt Poetry Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:Running over four days\, Red Dirt Poetry Festival is a celebration of poetry and spoken word located in Mparntwe/Alice Springs.\n\n\n\n\nRun biennially since 2014\, the festival has grown into one of the most iconic literary events in the country. With the main venue set in the shadows of the Ntaripe Ranges\, the festival spreads poetry across the town including extensive school workshop programs and night-time programming. \nSee the program on the Red Dirt Poetry Festival 2026 website.
URL:https://www.reddirtpoetry.com.au/event/red-dirt-poetry-festival-2026/
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CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:The Dirty Word - September 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Dirty Word is back for 2026! 🎤✨\nMparntwe’s very own open mic night for poetry is back – so get writing. \nIt doesn’t have to be perfect. It just has to be yours. \n🕕 Doors & dinner: 6-7pm\n🗣️ Poetry kicks off: 7pm\n💸$5 entry or by donation \nCome down to The Roastery\, support local business\, while they support us.\nYour home for original spoken word poetry – first Thursday of the month from March – September. \n(And yes – we even bought a new mic stand.)
URL:https://www.reddirtpoetry.com.au/event/the-dirty-word-september-2026/
LOCATION:The Roastery Cafe\, 9 Hele Crescent\, Alice Springs\, NT\, 0870\, Australia
CATEGORIES:The Dirty Word
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