About

Nine slam-winning poets will compete to be crowned the Bath Slam Champion!

A fun, vibrant and eclectic event of spoken word slam, plus sets from featured artist Eryn McDonald and headliner Edward Tripp!

Times

7pm doors (and sign up to slam), 7.30pm event starts.

Edward Tripp

A multiple-slam winning performance poet, comedian, visual artist and former Bard of Exeter. Using poetry, props and the occasional theatrical effect, Edward performs at comedy nights and spoken word festivals across the UK. Edward holds the slightly dubious accolade of being the only UK City Bard to be appointed in the same week he won the Southwest 'anti-slam' championship. Technically, this means that Edward was recognised as the best and worst poet in his region simultaneously.

Eryn McDonald

A poet, performer, and survivor of the Bath Spa University Covid years during which they studied dance and drama and became one of those poets who can perform but can't edit to save their life. They are a Lyra Festival Slam finalist, a two-time winner of the Milk Poetry Slam, and winner of the Mind Over Slammer Bristol Heat in 2024. They are currently touring their first pamphlet 'Friezewood', which explores the search for home in a queer neurodivergent body inside a mouldy weather-worn house inside a broken system. Their theatre show Girlhood on T co-created with poet Aish Humphreys will be showing at Queer Bath on the 14th of June at The Bell.