Our calendar for Spoken Word Poetry Events in the year 2014 in Nigeria.

Hello,

Trust you are having a great day. 

Thank you for your interest in our activities.

We have 3 major events that we organize, and they are as follows:

1.    WORD UP (Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event).

Word Up is arguably the biggest Spoken Word Poetry Event in Nigeria, and from August 2012 to August 2013, five editions of Word up were held providing the much needed visibility for Brands we partnered with. We even brought in an internationally renowned Spoken Word Poet (Shihan Van Clief) for our event, Word Up Volume 4 in May 2013, and we celebrated our one year anniversary in August 2013 during Word Up Volume 5.

Our next event, Word Up Volume 6 is scheduled for November 23, 2013 and it will be centered around the United Nation’s “International day for the elimination of violence against women,” with the theme, "Stop the violence."

For the coming year 2014, we will be partnering with  international poets from across the world. 

2.     War Of Words (Slam Poetry Competition)

This is a performance poetry competition that allows poets from all over Nigeria compete against each other.

What makes this exciting is that the Brand that partners with our team will receive leverage as the entries will be centered around the brand’s values and other such matters they might want promoted online.

The competition will be both online and on stage involving video presentations, article writing and Performance Poetry. It promises exciting content and results for brands that partner with us.

There will be cash prizes for the top 3 poets and partners can offer additional gifts of value to the winning poets.

3.     Word Up Talk Series 3 ( a Seminar/Workshop on the Business of Spoken Word Poetry in Nigeria)

We will be offering workshops, training and tips to empower poets and aspiring poets on how to write and perform good poems as well as turn it into profit.

Please find below our event calendar for 2014.

Date	Venue	Activities of the event	Major Highlights	Status/ Level of Completion	Benefits to the sponsors
February 15, 2014	Lagos	WORD UP a Spoken Word Poetry Event interlaced with soul music. This event will feature only A-list poets and the spoken word poems will center around love and how together we can make it work for the greater good of Nigeria.	It will be a Love themed event.	10%	Branding Opportunity across all touch points. Advert placements in our DVDS sold   across the country, and around the world. Brand exposure on social media sites and affiliated websites e.g. Google plus, Youtube, Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, Pin Interest, Naij.com, Linda Ikeji Blog, BellaNaija etc. Media exposure. Product/ Services Experience and Sampling Speaking Opportunity Database Acquisition and so much more.
May 2014	Lagos	Seminar on the Business of Spoken Word Poetry in Nigeria	We will have established Spoken Word Poets, Event Managers, Business Mangers  and Brand Experts come train and talk to new and aspiring Spoken Word Poets.	0%
June 2014	V.I, Lagos	War Of Words (slam poetry competition) that is open to all category of people. There will be pre-selection activities to prune down the online entries  to 15 poets before the event date.	The event will have a theme to match Sponsor’s brand name/ brand phrase. The top 3 poets get cash prizes and will perform at the next WORD UP event,	Online submission of entries for the competition will kick off in March 2014. 0%
August 2014	Lagos	WORD UP a Spoken Word Poetry Event interlaced with soul music. This event will feature only A-list poets and soul singers that have been pre-selected to perform.	2nd Anniversary Edition of our event and we will feature an internationally renowned Spoken Word Artist. Negotiation is on going	0%
November 2014	Lagos	WORD UP a Spoken Word Poetry Event interlaced with soul music. This event will feature only A-list poets and soul singers that have been pre-selected to perform. It will be centered around the United Nation’s “International day for the elimination of violence against women.”	It will be themed, "Weaker sex, but not a punching bag."	0%

 4.   TV and Radio Partnerships 

We are in talks with TV and Radio stations for an on air poetry show morning of every weekday and in the evenings during the weekend.

We will keep you updated with progress so you can latch on to this and receive the much needed visibility for your brand and products.

We are available for further clarifications.

For inquiries, please call +2348025070892, +2348038315055

Or mail Wordup4one1@gmail.com, olulu4ever@gmail.com, i2xmedia@gmail.com

Chill and Relax: April Frills (a monthly open mic Performance Poetry event)

Chill and Relax: April Frills

A monthly Performance Poetry and Spoken Word open mic event 
where everyone and anyone can step up and rock the mic.
Date is April 14, 2013 (2nd Sunday of the month)
Time is 3pm
Venue is 16, Abeni close, ASA Estate, off Ayodele Okeowo
street, after Deeper Life church, Soluyi Gbagada, Lagos 
Featuring Naija's Finest Poets.
Special Soul Music Performance by

Oyinkansola (Soul music Diva with style).

Bob Ekat finds his "Yemisi" at Word Up Volume 3..!!!!

It was a wow experience when Bob Ekat and Edaoto performed a poetic piece on stage titled, "Yemisi". Yemisi is a name for a female of Yoruba origin in Nigeria.

Bob Ekat got off the stage to get his "Yemisi".

Did he???

Well,...........................find out !!!!!

Bob Ekat, the energetic poet, looking for his "Yemisi.

Bob Ekat and Edaoto on stage

Edaoto, the soul singer with a difference

Beautiful People that came to enjoy themselves at WORD UP Volume 3...!!!!!

Word Up Volume 3 aka Da Love thang, 

was held on February 16, 2013. 

It featured over 15 A-list Spoken Word Poets and 5 souls singers. 

Over 200 people attended the show, and they had fun. 

If you were not there, then you missed out on so much fun.

Anyways, worry not, cos the DVD and youtube videos will be out soon, but for now, enjoy the pictures.

Lovely ladies that lit up the place

The audience

Our emcees, Don Fabrino and Duvy

Obii, winner of Naija Poetry Slam 2012

Our celeb poet, Toni Payne and a friend

Cross section of people at the event

WORD UP Volume 3 aka Da Love Thang this February 16, 2013

i2X Media 

presents

WORD UP Volume 3 aka Da Love Thang

WORD UP is the biggest Spoken Word Poetry event in Nigeria 

and it holds quarterly.

For this quarter, which is the love season, we will be having all the A-List Poets in Nigeria live on stage. 

They include Donna K, Efe Paul Azino, Plumbline, Olulu, Bob Ekat, Chiedu Ifeozo, Dolapo, Uche Uwadinachi, Atilola, Soonest, Increase, Enigmatic Olumide, Ndukwe Onuoha, Tofarati, Ivori, HolyBlaze, Arch Angel, Giwa Expensive, Chinelo Renee and many others.

Soul Music by: D Tone and Lumynos

We will also have Celebrities who will perform poetry on stage.

It will be an evening of pure poetic delight in words and sound.

Venue is Lecture Theatre, UNILAG Guest House, Akoka, Lagos

Date is 16th of February 2013 

Time is 3pm to 6pm

Gate fee is

VIP= N5,000

Regular = N1,000

Student with ID card = N500

Stay tuned for more details.

Where will you be on Saturday by 3pm??? #WordUpVol2

Do you know where TVC, Nigezie, Gitv, Dj Swaggz, Maximus Media, and Prime TV (a fashion TV)

will be on Saturday November 17, 2012 by 3pm?

Well, if you don't know, let me tell u.

They all will be at......

WORD UP Volume 2

(The biggest Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event in Nigeria).

Featuring the A-List Spoken Word Poets in Naija, like Sage Hasson, Efe Paul Azino, Plumbline, Olulu, Bob Ekat, Chiedu Ifeozo, Ivori, Atilola, Nini Efem, Enigmatic Olumide, Ndukwe Onuoha, Tofarati, Torpedo Mascaw, Soonest, Donna K, Increase, Tofarati, Holyblaze  and many others.

Soul Music by: D Tone, Lumynos, Ajibola Adeoya and Oyinkansola.

We will also have Celebrities such as. Wana Wana of Inspiration FM, Yemisi Jacobs of Nigezie, IGOS of Wazobia FM, Aderonke of Smooth FM and many more celebs who will perform poetry on stage.

Emcees are Duvy and Don Fabrino

It will be a day we kiss Words and make them fly.

Venue is Lecture Theatre, UNILAG Guest House, Akoka, Lagos

Date is 17th of November 2012

Time is 3pm to 6pm

Check

http://wordup411.blogspot.com/

for more details

The first 100 people to get there will get Bob Ekat's Spoken Word Poetry book and CD for free.

Prime TV is a fashion Tv and the sister station of Nigezie

and they will be focusing on what people are wearing at #WordUpVol2, so no dulling, dress to wow...!!!

(Now running to my designer "tailor lo ran, emi lo ni") 

Lumynos set to blow our mind at WORD UP Volume 2

Lumynos

Olumide Steven Oyibokure aka “Lumynos” is a young, vibrant, multi-talented and promising upcoming artist, who hails from Delta state, Nigeria.

He graduated from the Prestigious University of Ibadan,     with a Bachelor Degree in Linguistics and African studies.

He is a lead vocalist, song writer, composer and also a Guitarist.

He recently wrote a jingle for a program on Top Radio 90.9 fm, a foremost radio station in Lagos with over twenty million listeners; the program is titled “Top of the Morning” with Tosin Buknor.

He is a regular performer at Chill and Relax (a Performance Poetry, Spoken Word and Soul Music Open Mic Event), and he is set to blow our mind at WORD UP Volume 2.

I particularly love the song he performed at October edition of Chill and Relax, I still find myself singing the song. lol.
Check out the video below, and let see if you can stop singing after the song ends.

Lumynos performing a song titled, "This Love" at 

Chill and Relax (October Fever) 

on October 14, 2012 in Gbagada, Lagos, Nigeria. 

Chill and Relax is a monthly open mic Performance Poetry, Spoken Word and Soul Music Event.

The 

Volume 2

holds on the

17th of November 2012 

 at

Lecture Theatre, UNILAG Guest House, Akoka, Lagos

Time is 3pm
http://wordup411.blogspot.com/2012/10/count-down-to-word-up-volume-2-starts.html

Count down to WORD UP Volume 2 starts now...........!!!!!

The 

Volume 2

holds on the

17th of November 2012 

 at

Lecture Theatre, UNILAG Guest House, Akoka, Lagos

Time is 3pm

We will be having all the A-List Poets in Naija, 

the likes of Sage Hasson, Efe Paul Azino, Plumbline, Olulu, 

Bob Ekat, Chiedu Ifeozo, Ivori, Atilola, Nini Efem, 

Enigmatic Olumide, Ndukwe Onuoha, Tofarati, 

Torpedo Mascaw, Soonest, Donna K, Holyblaze, Rez thapoet, Soonest, Increase 

and 

many others.

Soul Music by: 

D Tone, Lumynos, Oyinkansola, Ajibola Adeoya, and Oyinkansola.

We will also have Celebrities such as 

Wana Wana of Inspiration FM, 

Yemisi Jaco

bs of Nigezie, 

IGOS of Wazobia FM, 

Aderonke of Smooth FM 

and 

many more celebs who will perform poetry on stage.

It promises to be a chance to see words being kissed and made to dance.

WORD UP (Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event) Volume 2 comes up November 17, 2012

WORD UP 

(Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event). 

The idea behind the event is to use Poetry as an Art for entertainment, tool to increase literacy level, and as a means of communication, education and information.

Our goal is to create a Performance Poetry and Spoken Word industry where people can earn a decent living as Performance Poets. A  Spoken Word Poetry industry will help reduce unemployment in the Country as awareness and sponsorship of the Art form increases.

This Art form would also improve the literacy level in Universities and Secondary Schools, and among the populace, as a good Poet needs to be able to read and write, and must also be intellectually sound to be able to pass the message inherent his/her poetry performances to the audience.

The maiden edition of WORD UP (Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event) was held on August 18, 2012. It took place at the UNILAG Guest House Lecture Theatre, Akoka, Lagos, and it was a delightful success. 

The next edition of our event, Word Up (a Spoken Word Poetry and Soul Music Event) is scheduled to take place on November 17, 2012 at the UNILAG Guest House Lecture Theatre, Akoka, Lagos. 

  

If you wish to partner with us through sponsorship to showcase your products and services as we have the ability to deliver the following benefits:

·  Branding Opportunity

·  Media Exposure

·  Product/ Services Experience

·  Speaking Opportunity

·  Database Acquisition

Performance Poetry and Spoken Word Events is the next tidal wave that will sweep through our country, especially among the youth; do not miss the opportunity to ride on the waves.