Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago
Experience the energy, creativity and collective power of the Bankstown Poetry Slam - Grand Slam, now available to watch on demand.
Following a fiercely competitive 2025 season, the highest-scoring poets from Bankstown Poetry Slam's monthly events came together on 12 February 2026 to compete in randomly drawn teams in an unforgettable celebration of spoken word.
Interwoven through the competition are performances from an extraordinary lineup of featured artists including bestselling author Maxine Beneba Clarke; rapper and drummer DOBBY; writer and performer Arantza Garcia; writer, editor and educator Hasib Hourani; poet and essayist Jeanine Leane; spoken word artist and recording performer Luka Lesson; and author, rapper and visual artist Omar Musa as well as a musical performance by Kirli Saunders and Mark Chester Harding of Cooee.
This is more than a poetry slam. It is a tapestry of homegrown stories from some of this generation’s most compelling writers and performers. Across two exhilarating rounds, poets share work filled with vulnerability, humour and heart.
Whether you missed the live event or want to experience it again, immerse yourself in the finger-clicking, foot-stomping, heart-racing brilliance that is Bankstown Poetry Slam. Watch the full event on Stream
Visit Stream to watch the full length event: stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/videos/bankstown-poetry-slam-grand-slam-2026
__
SUBSCRIBE to Sydney Opera House: https://soh.online/Subscribe
Our doors are always open! Go behind-the-scenes at one of the busiest performing art centres in the world – and a World Heritage-listed architectural masterpiece.
What are you waiting for? Step inside and find your Sydney Opera House. Subscribe now and discover more of what you love – exclusive backstage content, interviews, performances, live streams, sneak previews and more.
WATCH MORE
For more content under the sails, get access to a selection of world-class performing and digital arts on Stream.
Sign up for free stream.sydneyoperahouse.com
FIND US ON SOCIALS
Facebook: facebook.com/sydneyoperahouse
Instagram: instagram.com/sydneyoperahouse
Twitter: twitter.com/sydoperahouse
WHAT'S ON
Discover what's on at Sydney Opera House:
bit.ly/SOHWhatsOn
Experience the energy, creativity and collective power of the Bankstown Poetry Slam - Grand Slam, now available to watch on demand.
Following a fiercely competitive 2025 season, the highest-scoring poets from Bankstown Poetry Slam's monthly events came together on 12 February 2026 to compete in randomly drawn teams in an unforgettable celebration of spoken word.
Interwoven through the competition are performances from an extraordinary lineup of featured artists including bestselling author Maxine Beneba Clarke; rapper and drummer DOBBY; writer and performer Arantza Garcia; writer, editor and educator Hasib Hourani; poet and essayist Jeanine Leane; spoken word artist and recording performer Luka Lesson; and author, rapper and visual artist Omar Musa as well as a musical performance by Kirli Saunders and Mark Chester Harding of Cooee.
This is more than a poetry slam. It is a tapestry of homegrown stories from some of this generation’s most compelling writers and performers. Across two exhilarating rounds, poets share work filled with vulnerability, humour and heart.
Whether you missed the live event or want to experience it again, immerse yourself in the finger-clicking, foot-stomping, heart-racing brilliance that is Bankstown Poetry Slam. Watch the full event on Stream
Visit Stream to watch the full length event: stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/videos/bankstown-poetry-slam-grand-slam-2026
__
SUBSCRIBE to Sydney Opera House: https://soh.online/Subscribe
Our doors are always open! Go behind-the-scenes at one of the busiest performing art centres in the world – and a World Heritage-listed architectural masterpiece.
What are you waiting for? Step inside and find your Sydney Opera House. Subscribe now and discover more of what you love – exclusive backstage content, interviews, performances, live streams, sneak previews and more.
WATCH MORE
For more content under the sails, get access to a selection of world-class performing and digital arts on Stream.
Sign up for free stream.sydneyoperahouse.com
FIND US ON SOCIALS
Facebook: facebook.com/sydneyoperahouse
Instagram: instagram.com/sydneyoperahouse
Twitter: twitter.com/sydoperahouse
WHAT'S ON
Discover what's on at Sydney Opera House:
bit.ly/SOHWhatsOn
