This Saturday 25th February we have wonderful poets Joni Boyd + Saoirse Nash + open-mike.
Joni Boyd AKA Checkout Chick is a poet, community organiser and community broadcaster based on Noongar Boodja.
Active since 2012, she has put together a huge variety of poetry and music shows around town like Dirtymouth, Spoken Word Perth, Sound Paper and Jugular. She currently co-hosts the monthly Perth Slam at the Rosemount Hotel and presents Indymedia; RTRFM's activist citizen journalist program and Burn The Airwaves; the punk show.
Her works have appeared in Solid Air, Recoil, Cordite and her debut collection City Without Stories from Indifference Publications.
She performs her queer punk poetry in backyards, bands, gigs, festivals and theatre in Boorloo and beyond.
Saoirse Nash is a freelance event organiser, performance poet and one half of indie arts org Hectic Measures Press. She has worked behind the scenes and on stage with a collection of collectives including the National Young Writers Festival, Spoken Word Perth, Perth Poetry Festival, and Haxa House a to create arts events that entertain, challenge, and propagate in backyards, pubs, libraries and across the world wide web.
Saoirse likes to grow flowers you can eat and community you can feast on.
Don’t miss this Saturday, 25th February 2023, 2pm to 4pm Perth Aus WST (GMT+8hrs).
Joni Boyd & Saoirse Nash + open-mike, at The Moon Café, 323 William Street, Northbridge
NO ZOOM THIS WEEK - Apologies for that, this week only
Christine Della Vedova to MC
A great place/space to be on a Saturday afternoon 2pm-4pm WST.
In weeks to come, we have:
25-Feb-23 Joni Boyd & Saoirse Nash + open-mike
4-Mar-23 Afeif Ismail (with Vivienne Glance) + open-mike
11-Mar-23 Woman Scream 2023 – event by WA Poets Inc (no open-mike)
18-Mar-23 Jackson & Tineke Van der Eecken + open-mike
25-Mar-23 Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon & Carolyn Abbs + open-mike …
Most with open-mike, not to be missed …