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Bankstown Poetry Slam

Beloved Sydney institution returns to the Festival with international guest Plestia Alaqad

Plestia Alaqad
Bilal Hafda (Photo credit Aphrodite D)
(Photo credit Ash Berdebes)
Friday 23 May 2025
8-9.30pm
Event Code: 5
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Bankstown Poetry Slam is back, bigger and better than ever.

The award-winning community platform welcomes poets of all backgrounds to share their experiences through spoken word. Headlining as a guest performer in this special Sydney Town Hall event is award-winning Palestinian author and journalist Plestia Alaqad, who showed the world Gaza through her eyes in the aftermath of the 7 October 2023 attacks.

Attendees are welcome to put their names forward to join the line-up and perform on the theme of Postc(ode). Come together for a powerful night filled with poetry, performances and a shared passion for language. Hosted by Bilal Hafda.
...one of the reasons why the slam is so fantastic is because no one voice speaks for it.
Bilal Hafda
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Presented in partnership with Bankstown Poetry Slam.

Sydney Town Hall
483 George Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000