Cost: $10.
Monday, March 30th, 2020Family Friendly Event
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Dickens Pub
1000 9th Ave. S.W. Calgary
Telephone: 403-361-1693
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Calgary’s one and only official poetry slam, we’ve has been bringing competitive poetry to YYC since 2003.
This venue is wheelchair accessible, but the bathroom is not.
Sign-up sheet, 7 p.m.; show, 7:30 p.m.
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