The Ill List 10 Poetry Slam Invitational

From the State Theatre’s website: Join us for the 10-year anniversary of the most prestigious and highly anticipated spoken-word event in the Central Valley, featuring previous ILL LIST champions and a few fresh faces – all of whom are renowned spoken-word artists, national and international slam poetry award recipients, most having appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, Verses & Flow, NPR’s Snap Judgment, and elsewhere in the media.

Who will become the ultimate slam champion?  Through three rounds of original poetry, poets will match metaphors and battle rhyme for rhyme in their quest for $1,500 in cash prizes and the right to be crowned “The ILL LIST Grand Slam Champion.” Randomly selected judges from the audience will award points to poets based on the strength of their poems and the quality of their performance. Cheering, yelling, booing, hissing, whistling, and good-natured heckling are welcome and expected during this world-class literary boxing match. (This is a free-speech event.)

Doors at 7; show at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $20, $27.50, $35, and $50