Wakefield Brewster, Poet & Spoken Word Artist

Wakefield Brewster performs on Friday, November 6 at 5:30pm in the Upper Barracks and at 7:30pm in the Lower Barracks.

Wakefield Brewster, Calgary Poet Laureate, 2022 to 2024.

Wakefield Brewster stepped onto his first stage as a Poet and Spoken Word Artist in January 1999. He is now known as one of Canada’s most powerful Professional Performance Poets, to date.

In addition to filling the role as a Professional Performer, he is a Professional Educating Artist, Professional Poetic Interpreter, Professional Artistic Curator and Artistic Counsellor, Calgary’s First Poetry Slam Champion and 3-Time Champion, Community Connector and Builder, and Wellness and Recovery Advocate.

The City of Calgary has monikered him as a Social Poet, The Poet of The People. He became the sixth Poet Laureate of Calgary in 2022, and the first Black Poet Laureate of Calgary, ever.

During National Poetry Month in April 2024, after a quarter-century of Professional Performance Poetry, Wakefield released his first written poetry collection titled WakeWord (Frontenac House). It is available in print, PDF, and audiobook.

For more about Wakefield and his Lyrical Life, please visit wakefieldbrewster.com