City Winery Atlanta presents Poetry vs. Hip Hop: Father's Day Edition live on June 15th at 7:30pm!
Starring Grammy-Nominated Spoken-Word Poet Shawn Williams & Grammy Award Winner Multi-Platinum Recording Artist The Floacist (of Floetry)! Hosted by (2x) 2025 Grammy Nominated Poet Queen Sheba + $1000 friendly battle between poets & mcs!
This Father’s Day, we’re bringing a night of powerful poetry, lyrical mastery, and unforgettable live performances to Poetry vs. Hip-Hop®! Witness the ultimate friendly 3x3 battle of wits and stage presence as some of the dopest Poets and MCs go head-to-head for cash, prizes, and bragging rights!
💥 EXCLUSIVE MEET & GREET 💥 Upgrade your experience with a Meet & Greet from 6-7 PM with The Floacist, Shawn William, Queen Sheba, & The Teams for just $35!
This is more than a show—it’s an experience. Bring your father, bring your friends, bring the whole squad, and celebrate Black art, culture, and community through poetry, Hip-Hop, and live music!
Hosted by Queen Sheba - Atlanta’s 2025 & 2024 Spoken Word Poetry Grammy® Nominee, Creative Loafing’s People’s Choice Award Winner for Spoken Word Artist of the Year, as heard on albums by: Robert Glasper, Coriology, a seen on Married to Medicine, Verses & Flow, 106 & Park, the Apollo Theater.
How it works: Poets will go head-to-head with Emcees in a FRIENDLY, all Peace and all Love "battle"; competitors are REQUIRED to hug (or dap or show each other love in some way) to emphasize the bridging of gaps and culture. Each artist is encouraged to perform their BEST work - at the end of each round, the audience cheers wildly, throws money, stomps on the floor and goes wild for their favorite performance!
What do you win?! Bragging rights! Connections, new friends, networking. Healing people's hearts. Saving someone from a messed-up relationship. These are all the things you really win! Then, you get to IG Story & TikTok all your friends and tell them you won your round and your team won the battle! Most shows, the winners of each round get to choose between a mystery envelope with a modest cash stipend -and- some Poetry vs. Hip-Hop (PvHH) swag. YAY! Chicken and Waffles for everyone!
At the end of the show: Audience members are introduced to the best Poetry, Spoken Word & Hip-Hop your perspective city has to offer and you will leave feeling empowered and light-hearted, cheering, hugging and taking pictures with everyone! The artists are reminded they are the pulse of their community and continue to be inspired to produce great works to heal the world.
...and our small, touring, crew that makes up PvHH goes back to our hotel room, or Airbnb or someone's home who was kind enough to house us ... feeling fulfilled and exhausted .... ready to plan our next trip! (Hint...hint... this means bring us to your city!)
