# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Mad Poets and Creatives Collective : Divergence 2026 Edition
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 28 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 28 Aug, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for the Divergence Festival 2026 edition, with this year's festival theme being 'Be.Here.Now'!
The Mad Poets and Creatives Collective is a space to be heard and have a go, to hear and celebrate each other's creativity and journeys through the ups and downs of life.
The only explicitly mad-positive and mental health friendly poetry space in Ōtautahi - all people are welcome, all poems are welcome, as well as rap, music, art, interpretive dance, ukulele tunes, and other forms of creative expression.
Our special Divergence Festival 2026 : Be.Here.Now event is an open mic night where everyone is welcome, where we're all celebrating the value of being fully present, appreciative and engaged, right here and right now, wherever we are and whoever we’re sharing the moment with.
You can come along to listen to others, and there'll be opportunities to sign up on the night to read or perform something you have created or something that inspires you.
No tickets required.

* Doors open : 6:30pm
* Event starts : 7:00pm
* See you at the Philipstown Community Hub, 39 Nursery Road, in Room 2 :)
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/christchurch/mad-poets-and-creatives-collective-divergence-2026-edition/200030610249838
- **Event Categories**: Art, Festivals, literary-art, health-wellness
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Christchurch
- **state**: CA
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: Phillipstown Community Hub
- **lat**: -43.5378
- **long**: 172.65619
- **full address**: Phillipstown Community Hub, 39A Nursery Rd, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand, Christchurch

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Mad Poets and Creatives Collective : Divergence 2026 Edition being held?
  - **A:** Mad Poets and Creatives Collective : Divergence 2026 Edition takes place on Fri, 28 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 28 Aug, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Phillipstown Community Hub, 39A Nursery Rd, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand, Christchurch.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Mad Poets and Creatives Collective : Divergence 2026 Edition?
  - **A:** Mad Poets and Creatives Collective : Divergence 2026 Edition is organized by Thriving Madly.

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