An Evening with Buddy Wakefield: World Champion Spoken Word Artist

Saturday, April 4, 2026

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

In 2001, Buddy left his desk job in Gig Harbor, WA, sold everything he owned, moved into a Honda Civic, and set out to “live for a living,” touring poetry venues for two years. He never stopped.

Buddy isn’t concerned with what poetry is or is not. So, this performance is raw, funny, disarming, and unlike anything you've seen in the Gorge.

Buddy Wakefield is a three-time Individual World Poetry Slam champion, an actor, writer, and the most toured performance poet in history.

He’s been a busker in Amsterdam, a street vendor in Spain, a team leader in Singapore, a re-delivery boy, a candy maker, a street sweeper, a bartender, a maid, a construction worker, a bull rider, a notably slow triathlete, and more.

Buddy’s been featured on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and the BBC, signed to both Sage Francis' Strange Famous Records and Ani DiFranco's Righteous Babe Records, and has performed in over 2,000 venues across the globe — from the Great Lawn of Central Park to San Quentin
State Penitentiary.

“Buddy Wakefield is an unbullshit artist… and he’ll make you laugh your ass off while he does it.” — Gabrielle Bouliane

“Buddy Wakefield is a honey badger. Lions will go completely out of their way to avoid a honey badger.” — Don Beck, Theory of Spiral Dynamics

“I think he’s proof that there is a God.” — Graham Moore, Academy Award-winning writer of The Imitation Game

We’ll kick off the night with a musical opener, TBA. Join us for a performance you won’t forget.

Tickets: $20

One night only. | Doors open at 6 pm. |18+ | Indoor show | Tickets non-refundable. 

Questions? Email: [email protected]