Hey everyone,
On Saturday, November 14, 2026, contrazt e.V. is hosting its next Low Budget Poetry Slam in Heimfeld. It starts at 7:30 p.m., doors open at 7:00 p.m.
This marks the 30th Heimfeld Low Budget Slam!
This slam is open to everyone – spots are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Register at post@contrazt.de
The Low Budget Poetry Slam invites all creative minds to participate in our next competition. On November 14, 2026, slam poets will gather to present their best work to an enthusiastic audience. Admission is free! We're looking for slam poets who want to take on the challenge of presenting their own work in a lively atmosphere. Interested parties can register by November 13, 2026, at post@contrazt.de.
... Location: Treffpunkthaus Heimfeld, Friedrich-Naumann-Straße 9
Host: Arne Poeck
Special Guest: Carnival Corpse Whether it's climate change, militarization, animal suffering, or simply the good old fear of meaninglessness and death – nothing is safe from the carnivalesque treatment!
Carnival Corpse tackles all of this with ballads, epic rock passages, and acoustic funk-metal riffs: Why limit yourself to one genre when you can have them all?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z-WeRKf1ks&t=8s
https://www.instagram.com/carnivalcorpsemusic/
We are also always looking for songwriters who would like to perform their own lyrics to an interested audience for a guest appearance outside of the competition. Please send your applications to post@contraZt.de
This slam is organized and hosted by contraZt e.V.
www.Umsonstladen-Harburg.de
Admission is free; donations are welcome. We always need enthusiastic volunteers for the event!
The basic idea of a poetry slam is not just to read texts, but to perform them in the form of a performance, for example, by shouting, whispering, howling, or panting. Rhythmic and memorized delivery can also enhance the impact of a performance. The texts presented are often designed for stage performance and are only partially conveyed in printed form.
These are our rules: Only original texts may be performed. The time limit is 5 minutes, which can be extended if the audience is enthusiastic. The texts are judged by a jury from the audience. The jury is spontaneously appointed by the hosts at the beginning of the event. The jury rates the texts on a scale of 1 to 10. One is utterly terrible, and 10 is a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The winner is the one who receives the most points from the jury. There might
also be a final round.
