Poetry Slam U20 Finale der Hamburger Stadtmeisterschaft

In the organizer's words:

Hamburg's best young poets are coming to Haus73!

The Hamburg City Poetry Slam Championships take place once a year. A 4-day festival that determines who will represent the city of Hamburg at the German-language poetry slam championships in 2026. One of the highlights of the festival is the U20 final, where the city's best up-and-coming poets share the stage.

Hamburg is the German poetry slam capital; no other city hosts more regular poetry slam events. And the Hamburg City Championship is the city's most important slam event. The best poets, whether poetry, prose, politics or slapstick, meet here. It's all about fame, honor, a golden Elbsegler and the opportunity to represent Hamburg at the German-language championships in Hanover. Poetry slam is a competition in which poets compete against each other with their self-written texts. They are not allowed to use costumes or props, it's all about the performance and the spoken word. The texts are always different. Sometimes funny, sometimes serious. Sometimes rhymed, sometimes narrated. Sometimes highly lyrical, sometimes silly. The thematic and formal freedom of the texts makes each poetry slam a unique, colorful event in which the audience finds itself between profoundly thoughtful texts and diaphragm-shaking comedy. Who triumphs in the end is of course decided by the most competent jury there is - the audience.

At the U20 final, the young generation has the say. Six of the best poets under 20 present texts that are just as diverse as they are. Here, the emotions are a little stronger and the poetry a good portion more genuine. As in previous years, the Kulturtempel above the heart of the Schanze offers the perfect arena for this exhibition of the next great slam generation.

Moderation: Anne Schwarck