Performance History

Featured Poet April 30th at Speak Up YYC at 5:30 pm at San<k>tjuri Buks https://writersguild.ca/event/speak-up-yyc-ft-adrienne-adams-calgary/

Launch of The Polyglot Magazine Issue 17 Hilom: Grief, Gratitude and Glory edited by Candice Joy Olivia and April Angeles Saturday April 25th at the Edmonton Poetry Festival at 6pm https://www.thepolyglotmagazine.com/workshops-and-events

Opened for A.N.’s album release party November 7th 2024 at The Alcove Arts Centre for the Arts speaking about stepping into my power.

Happy to be curating for the return of the Calgary Stroll of Poets put on by the WGA Poetic Conversations 5-6pm Sunday September 8th 2024 at Good News Coffee in Inglewood featuring Weyman Chan, Bethel Afework, Onyx Shelton and Tanecia Cromwell.

NoD Magazine #29 launch July 18th 7pm 2024 at Shelf Life books. 6 of my poems published.

Adrienne Adams, and Jocelyn Grosse read at Pages Books on Kensington on October 12th at 7:00 pm. Music by Doug Waite. October Flywheel 2023

The Factory Reading Series Presents: Monday, October 9, 2023Doors 7pm / Reading 730pm Ten Toes Coffee House and Laundry Adrienne Adams (Calgary)Dessa Bayrock (Ottawa)Jason Christie (Ottawa)lovingly hosted by rob mclennan

filling Station Issue 80 reading launch at Cafe Rosso on Center Street May 18th 2023

People’s Poetry Festival 2023 feature at CSpace Mardaloop March 31st 2023

Featured Poet at WGA’s Open Mic Night February 21st 2023 at Pacha Mama Soul Cafe

Open Mic Hostess for Single Onion’s 22nd/20th anniversary party Saturday November 19th 2022

filling Station No.79 launch on July 25th 2022 at The Sunalta Community Center

NōD 27 Launch July 7th 2021

Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal “Editing My Own Drum” Launch January 22nd 5pm MST 2021 on Zoom

NōD 26 launch January 9th 2pm MST 2021 on Zoom

Open Mic for Single Onion’s 22nd/20th anniversary party November 19th 2022

filling Station No.79 on July 25th 2022 at The Sunalta Community Center

2021 New Forum Magazine #2 launch + “Bald Wig Dance” in Big Wig art show on display at Loft 112

Spring 2022 Mothering anthology launch published by Innana Press edited by Heidi Grogan and Anne Sorbie featuring poetry and stories by Artiha VanHerk, Sheri-D Wilson, Adrienne Adams and others.

NōD 27 Launch July 7th 2021

Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal “Editing My Own Drum” Launch January 22nd 2021 5pm MST on Zoom

NōD 26 launch January 9th 2pm MST 2021 on Zoom

January 30th 2020 Process in Process curated by Helen Hajnockzy of ateacozyisasometimes Adrienne talked about her processes juggling her art and poetry making with curating Woolf’s Voices and The Storytellers at a conversation with Kyle Flemmer of The Blasted Tree, Kit Dobson, Kevin Stebner, Lisa Murphy Lamb, and Stacey Walyuchow at Loft 112

December 15th 2019 Sharp Edge Poetry curated by Franchesco at The Blind Beggar Pub. Featuring Adrienne Adams along with other fantastic poets Josie Veness. John Williamson, Zaire Ink and more. 

CKXU 88.3 FM Radio from Saturday August 17th 2019 at 10:00 am on Not Your Mother’s Poetry by Blaine Greenwood https://www.mixcloud.com/BlaineGreenwood/adamsel-adams-at-the-south-country-fair/?fbclid=IwAR2VVdBQFGuxIlIJe6RDhl6qgFEt8LUUBDacj1ttjbAIARI-ET6dIC-c1VE

South Country Fair Lotusland Stage July 20th 2019 http://southcountryfair.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SCF2019Program_Web.pdf

South Country Fair Main Stage Spotlight July 19th 2019 http://southcountryfair.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SCF-2019-Master-Schedule-final.pdf

The New Beat @ Village Brewery July 18th 2019 – Featured Poet https://www.facebook.com/events/763156410764982/

The Storyteller’s by The Indie YYC March 6th 2019 with Cobra Collins and Anni DaSilva hosted by Lisa Murphy Lamb at Cafe Koi

Freefall Magazine Launch 25th May 2017 7:00 PM Pages on Kensington
Readers: Adrienne Adams, Alison Wattie, Laurie Fuhr, Matt Sutton and Sarah Frayn
Live Music: Other Daughters 

Expressions Poetry at Cafe Koi feature May 2015

FlyWheel Reading Series at Pages feature June 2016

University of Calgary Spoken Word Co-Feature – Feminism Speaks  March 2017

YYCSPEAK at The Tea Factory Feature August 2014

Expressions at Cafe Koi December 12th 2017 – Les Noiselles performance with Josephine Lore

Single Onion Open Mic #11 at Cafe Blanca – Host/Feature November 2016

Woolf’s Voices at Shelf Life Books 2013- Present – Organizer and Curator – a quarterly community event featuring poets, spoken word artists, musicians, writers, storytellers, etc. and visual artists whose work honours the feminine from multiple personal perspectives creating our own collective Woolf Pack! 

The People’s Poetry Festival –  2012 (poetry performance) and 2017(poetry performance and workshop)

The Calgary International Spoken Word Festival  

Open Mic Host 2013

Edgy Women Howl  Co-Curator/ Performer 2014

Wild Women Howl Co-Curator/ Poetry Performer (2017) http://www.calgaryspokenwordfestival.com/festival

Single Onion #137 Lecture Series III Curator – Woolf’s Mountain March 2017

Ignite Festival – Cabaret 1 & 2 June 2016

Plus MANY Open Mic stages around YYC, YEG & YVR including; The Calgary Slam, Expressions, YYCSPEAK, RAW Voices, The Unitarian Church, etc.