Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival

09/03/2025

Today's shout out goes to one of our favorite poets currently living in ABQ: Emily Tucker!

Check out this video of a performance at Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival 2025.

My Body Is Cosmic Temple by Emily Tucker, performed at the Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival in Albuquerque, NM 3/22/25Video credit on IG

09/02/2025

ABQ Poetry Fam! Check out this event!

Join the Albuquerque poetry community in this benefit and awareness raising event for Gaza Soup Kitchen where there will be a themed open mic, performances by former Albuquerque Poet Laureates Jessica Helen Lopez and Mary Oishi and City Slam Champion Marcial Delgado, and the musical group The Adjacents! $5 suggested minimum donation at the door. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

Arrive early for open mic as there will be very limited spots. Open mic is a themed open mic theme is liberation focused on pro-Palestinian/anti-genocide pieces. No Zionist or anti-Semitic work will be welcome. Tell all your friends to come! This is your chance to do something about the terrible situation in Gaza and also enjoy art, music, and poetry at the same time!

09/02/2025

09/02/2025

Many amazing voices have graced the stages of the Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival over the last couple of years.

Here is a shout out to one of our favorites: Mr. Billy Tuggle!

"Subway & Elevated", 3/20/25, from preliminary bouts of the 2025 Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival in Albuquerque. Filmed by Frankie Marchi at Damascios Bar & T...

09/01/2025

Have a video of a Chicharra performance or did you perform at Chicharra and would like to share a video of a difference performance? Please consider sending us a link! We would love to share your work with our ever growing audience.

Check out this video of AZ's Frankie Marchi from the 2025 Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival:

Frankie Marchi from Phoenix, Arizona preforming during Indie prelims at the 2025 Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival. This piece is fire! Follow Frankie on Insta ...

08/31/2025

Hey Charlotte, NC Poetry Fam!

Check out this event coming up in a couple weeks.

The Sun Above The Rain Clouds: A Spoken Word Experience | Sept. 13 | 6 p.m. | Blumenthal Stage Door Theatre | Charlotte, NC

Ticket info on the flyer,

08/28/2025

Hey y'all, we are working on our new newsletter, to help keep everyone in the loop as things develop and as we work to create new opportunities for poets - but we need your help to name it!

Send us your best ideas and the winner will get a really exciting volume of poetry signed by the author!

05/22/2025

Updates and news coming soon! Plus new videos from the festival will be dropping in the near future!

04/23/2025

If you weren't able to attend this year's Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival or you just want to relive some of your favorite moments from the Champions Stage, you can watch the whole thing - Indie Finals and Team Finals on Youtube thanks to our dear friends at Sopapilla Productions and ABQ Channel 26!

It was an absolutely mind-blowing night of poetry and now you can relive it whenever you want :)

This is the final stage of the 2025 Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival (both the Indie Championship and the Team Championship).Individual Results:1st Place: Blac...

04/17/2025

When you vote for an event to win an award, you are voting for all of the organizers, volunteers, venues and sponsors that bring it to life. When you vote for the Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival you are voting for all of the poets who make up this incredible community too!

And winning awards like this help us find new sponsors and donors, so you are also helping us continue improving the festival.

If you haven't had a chance to vote for us yet at the NM Entertainment Awards, please take a minute to do so today! You can vote from anywhere in the nation and both of our categories are right on the first page (Top Annual Event and Top Event Producer)!