# Event Details - **Event Name**: Jambalaya Soul Slam I-85 Lyric Slam - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Jun, 2025 at 08:00 pm – Sat, 21 Jun, 2025 at 10:30 pm - **Event Description**: The longest running poetry event in the Triangle. The best poets in the Triangle compete for a cash prize and more!About this EventAre you ready for our annual Jambalaya Soul Slam I-85 Lyric Slam? Instead of turning the stage over to the poets, we are turning it over to music lovers, the karaoke die hards, the shower pop stars, and the pop culture fiends. We are having a song lyric slam! This is a competition where the participants are slamming with lyrics from their favorite songs. Popular songs, obscure songs, under appreciated songs, any song you like! You don't want to miss this!We will take up to 12 participants in this slam. We will have 3 rounds of competition so participants need to have 3 songs ready. Participants can read the lyrics if they need to. After the first and second round we will cut participants based on score. The competition will be judged slam style (by members of the audience on a scale of 0 to 10).Participants must perform the lyrics to a song. They can't perform it as it was originally performed (sung or rapped). They can't say the title before they perform. Participants are only required to perform at least 2 verses and the hook. Intros and bridges are optional. Each participant gets 3 min to perform. The DJ will cut them off at 3 min.Winner take all!The Jambalaya Soul Slam is the Triangle’s longest running poetry event!doors 7:30pm | show 8:00pm$10 General Admission*Limited seating is availableFor more information: jambalayasoulslam@gmail.com | For guidelines go to www.bullcitypoetryslam.com https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/81402270-3499-11f0-b6e4-8346a1385c86-rimg-w1110-h740-dc090609-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/81703320-3499-11f0-9d5b-a98db4fb55f6-rimg-w1110-h740-dc151312-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/843e2030-3499-11f0-9be3-8fa412d14dfd-rimg-w1110-h740-dc151212-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/8475aaf0-3499-11f0-b6e4-8346a1385c86-rimg-w1110-h740-dc151311-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/84b68480-3499-11f0-b6e4-8346a1385c86-rimg-w1133-h740-dcbba88c-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/84f477e0-3499-11f0-9d5b-a98db4fb55f6-rimg-w1110-h740-dc151311-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/85215440-3499-11f0-9d5b-a98db4fb55f6-rimg-w1110-h740-dc0e090d-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/durham/jambalaya-soul-slam-i-85-lyric-slam/100001367018131029 - **Event Categories**: music, art, literary-art, entertainment, karaoke - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 13.45, max: 13.45, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Durham - **state**: NC - **country**: United States - **location**: Hayti Heritage Center - **lat**: 35.9857519 - **long**: -78.89790649999998 - **full address**: Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville Street, Durham, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Jambalaya Soul Slam I-85 Lyric Slam - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/f3efab7414ce397539b5e3bd085d65cb52cc43046a705cd032b4a99e50f1b9c2-rimg-w1200-h675-dc1a1a1a-gmir.jpg?v=1747649523 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Jambalaya Soul Slam I-85 Lyric Slam being held? - **A:** Jambalaya Soul Slam I-85 Lyric Slam takes place on Sat, 21 Jun, 2025 at 08:00 pm to Sat, 21 Jun, 2025 at 10:30 pm at Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville Street, Durham, United States. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Jambalaya Soul Slam I-85 Lyric Slam? - **A:** Tickets for Jambalaya Soul Slam I-85 Lyric Slam are priced at USD 13 per person. Here's a full breakdown of available ticket types:Ticket TypePriceAvailabilitySlam EntryUSD 13 + USD 3 fee + USD 1 taxAvailable - **Q**: Who is organizing Jambalaya Soul Slam I-85 Lyric Slam? - **A:** Jambalaya Soul Slam I-85 Lyric Slam is organized by Dasan Ahanu. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Jambalaya Soul Slam I-85 Lyric Slam", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/f3efab7414ce397539b5e3bd085d65cb52cc43046a705cd032b4a99e50f1b9c2-rimg-w1200-h675-dc1a1a1a-gmir.jpg?v=1747649523", "startDate": "2025-06-21", "endDate": "2025-06-21", "url": "https://allevents.in/durham/jambalaya-soul-slam-i-85-lyric-slam/100001367018131029", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Hayti Heritage Center", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "804 Old Fayetteville Street", "postalCode": "27701", "addressLocality": "Durham", "addressRegion": "NC", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "35.9857519", "longitude": "-78.89790649999998" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "The longest running poetry event in the Triangle. 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In addition to performing across the country, Dasan has hosted or coordinated many Poetry, Jazz, Hip Hop, and Cultural Arts events. His work has been featured on National Public Radio (NPR) where he has is noted for his appearances on “News and Notes with Ed Gordon” and “State of Things with Frank Stasio.” His writing is featured online and in print publications. He has been showcased on NBC 17, featured on the third season of Lexus Verses and Flow aired on TV One, and in a documentary entitled, “Poet Son” that aired on WUNC-TV as a part of the North Carolina Visions film series. He has worked with a variety of North Carolina Hip Hop and Jazz artists and released a number of spoken word recordings. Dasan is a resident artist with the St, Joseph’s Historic Foundation/Hayti Heritage Center in Durham, NC where he has developed poetry and spoken word programming for youth and adults. He has competed regionally and nationally in poetry slam as a founding member and coach of Durham, NC’s own Bull City Slam Team. The team has won two regional championships and achieved a third-place finish nationally. Dasan is co-founder and managing director of Black Poetry Theatre, a Durham based theatre company that creates and produces original poetry and spoken word based productions. In 2004 he was awarded an Indy Arts Award by Independent Weekly Magazine for his work in arts and activism. Then in 2015, he was awarded the honor again, the first time in the award's history that has happened. He is the author of three poetry collections that includeThe Innovator(HWJW Publishing 2010),Freedom Papers(HWJW Publishing 2012), andEverything Worth Fighting For(Flowered Concrete 2016).Dasan is also an alumni Nasir Jones Fellowship with the Hip Hop Archive at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research. He scholarly work is focused on art interventions, creative expression, Hip Hop and popular culture. Currently, Dasan is a visiting professor at UNC-Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill and a consultant working with organizations on art based strategies." } ] } ] ```