Events › Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Poets at Beast Crawl Literary Festival

Join our Oakland Youth Poet Laureate (OYPL) Poets at Beast Crawl, Oakland's premier festival for literary arts & performance!

Beast Crawl is not a singular event, place or time. It is a confluence of writers, performing artists, musicians, and other like-minded souls, dreaming transformation into life on the streets, sidewalks, and community spaces of our beloved Oakland.

Currated and emceed by 2022 and 2023 Finalists, this event is your chance to hear some of the most amazing young Oakland voices and to ask them all your questions in the q&a following their performances.

Including:

• Nairobi Barnes, 2023 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate
• Michelle Vong, 2023 Vice Oakland Youth Poet Laureate
• Maya Raveneu-Bey, 2023 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Finalist
• Ella Gordon, 2023 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Finalist
• Xander Timmons, 2022 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Finalist