Welcome to Australia's largest regular poetry slam! 

Our headline act for the June Bankstown Poetry Slam is L-FRESH The Lion!

L-FRESH The LION is regarded as one of Australia’s most important hip hop artists. He is the author and performer of the Sydney Kings’ (National Basketball League) theme song ‘WE THE KINGS’, ambassador for Australia as selected by YouTube for their international Creators for Change initiative, an ARIA Award and Double J Artist of the Year nominee, and he has shared the stage with hip hop icons Nas, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, Sir Elton John and Malala Yousafzai. He is a contributing writer to Sweatshop Literacy Movement’s Another Australia anthology, published by Affirm Press, and has had his written poetry commissioned and published by Red Room Poetry. He is also the Artistic Director of Campbelltown Arts Centre’s Conscious, and founder of Village Boy Entertainment, a creative facilitation company that serves as a bridge between artists and the music industry.

[Photo credit: Jade Damico]

Anyone can also sign up to perform on the night, this is your chance to win a spot in our 2027 (which was at the Sydney Opera House - Concert Hall this year!) Grand Slam!! 

Sign up time is at 6:15 pm!

Your free ticket gets you access to the slam, fresh watermelon, world class poetry and some Bankstown class dad-jokes, courtesy of our MC Bilal Hafda.