Filling Station Magazine is proud to announce Blow-Out 2! Filling Station's 2nd annual festival in celebrating Calgary's literary talent over 3 explosive days of poetry, prose and community. Calgary is known across the country as a hotbed for new & exciting literature—here's your chance to find out why.

Join filling Station magazine for the 2nd annual calgary blow-out, featuring 20 current or former calgarian writers in an explosion of poetry, prose, experimentation and community.

Writes Emily Senger of the University of Calgary's Gauntlet of last year's Blow Out: "Forget the standard microphone and barren stage of open mic night, BLOW-OUT features poetry and prose readings using alternate mediums to set the tone, including both pre-recorded and live music and images. The show's diversity comes through its line-up of Calgary-based authors with experience ranging multiple publications to burgeoning new talent."

Events run through August 24-26, 2005. All events are completely free and open to the public.

EVENT #1
Thursday August 24 7:00pm

Jordan Scott
Jonathan Ball
Kevin McPherson-Eckhoff
ryan fitzpatrick
(break, featuring short films by emerging Canadian directors)
Shone Abet
Natalie Simpson
Andrew Wedderburn

EVENT #2
Friday August 25 7:00pm

Jocelyn Grosse / James Dangerous
Samuel Garrigo Meza
Richard Harrison
Natalee Caple
(break, featuring short films by emerging Canadian directors)
Natalie Walschots
Rajinderpal S. Pal
Melanie Little

EVENT #3
Saturday August 26 2:00pm
two very special events:
- a special chapbook making workshop hosted by Jill Hartman (more news to follow)
- an open mic! (more news to follow)

EVENT #4
Saturday August 26 7:00pm
Chris Ewart
Jane Grove
Christian Bok
Neil Scott
(break, featuring short films by emerging Canadian directors)
Jason Christie
Nikki Reimer
Jessica Grant 

This event has been sponsored by The Calgary Region Arts Foundation, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts and The Canada Council for the Arts. filling Station also thanks Pages Books on Kensington -- the festival's official bookseller, and Bubonic Tourist.

All events are held at : Centre Court, Epcor Centre for the performing arts (205-8th Ave SE), Calgary. Click here for more information, directions, and contact information for all events.

Occupying a full city block, EPCOR CENTRE is a six level complex measuring over 400,000 square feet (almost 10 acres). It is one of three major arts centres in Canada. The excellent downtown location offers an unrivalled variety of vibrant and attractive spaces, including four theatres, and the Jack Singer Concert Hall, home to one of Canada's largest pipe organs, the Carthy Organ. EPCOR CENTRE also houses rehearsal halls, theatre workshops, offices, meeting rooms, a café, radio station, salon spa and gift store, with art works from community groups and galleries displayed throughout. Performance spaces range from the 1800 seat Jack Singer Concert Hall, one of the most beautiful and acoustically acclaimed venues in North America, to the intimate black box setting of the 130-seat Big Secret Theatre.

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