Victoria Spoken Word Festival 2015. February 23-March 1, 2015. I was part of a local group of grass-roots angel investors, the Awesome Shit Club, when spoken word artist Missie Peters pitched her plan to promote the first Victoria Spoken Word Festival in 2011. Now in its fifth year, the festival has grown in size, scope and audience every year since its inception. In 2014, it outgrew the original performance space (the 50 seat Intrepid … [Read more...]
The Third Annual Victoria Spoken Word Festival – “Objects in Space”
February 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
More than anything else, social media has given me connections to people; people locally in Victoria like Missie Peters - communications professional, spoken word artist, performer and founder of the Victoria Spoken Word Festival. Peters was already an established slam poet, two-time winner of the Victoria Slam, when she had the germ of an idea. She'd toured to other cities with spoken word festivals, but noticed a need for a festival that would … [Read more...]
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