With his rhythmic verse in high gear, Shane Koyczan brings his furious honesty and a tender humanity to Festival Place in Sherwood Park on April 8, 2020. Winner of the US Slam Poetry Championship and the Canadian Spoken Word Olympics, Koyczan is truly an extraordinary talent that has blown the dust off of the traditional designation "poet."
In a realm where poets rarely intersect with stardom, the Opening Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics introduced us to Shane Koyczan. With a collective "wow" across Canada and beyond, we found the poet of our generation. And we weren't even looking for one. The world took notice when Shane's influential, anti-bullying, To This Day Project video went viral in early 2013 with over 14 million views and counting. Powerfully engaging and authentic in attitude, his explorations are relevant to our times in the way that Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Downie and Leonard Cohen are to theirs. But unlike the musicians that he's often compared to, poets rarely infiltrate pop culture. Koyzcan emerges in a new wave of 21st century poetry that dares to belong to the people and speak directly to them in their own voice.
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Tickets for Shane Koyczan are $28-$34 and are available through the Festival Place Box Office (780-449-3378), online at festivalplace.ab.ca or at Ticketmaster.ca.
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Latest Book by Shayne Koyczan
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The Basement In My Attic
The Basement In My Attic is Shane Koyczan's 9th book, and 5th collection of poetry. This collection travels the landscape of memory. The light and shadow that exists in the things we try to find space for. We search for space to among the other dusty antiques of emotion that we have felt along the way. The joy of love, the pain of its absence. There are boxes of long held silences with family. There are old suitcases stuffed with the grace of friendship. They are the things we keep to remember, and the things we hide away to remember.
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About Festival Place:
Festival Place continues to be Alberta’s #1 Presenter of Professional Artists. The 2019/2020 season carries an ambitious standard of entertainment, with over 80 performances scheduled between September 2019 and April 2020. New shows are added throughout the year, and take place at 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park, Alberta.
For more information, visit festivalplace.ab.ca.
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