BlackSmith

Baton Rouge, LA

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Travels up to 120 miles

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Greek Expressions

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BlackSmith Presents: AMBIENCE

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Love So Black by BlackSmith

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Conversations With BlackSmith

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Goodwrittenz performing "Die Behind It"

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BlackSmith performing "Instructions on Loving a Black Boy"

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Soulful performing "Black Love"

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JayBig performing "HUES"

Overview

Blacksmith is comprised of Benjamin Washington, Dexter Portalis & Jalen Shelvin. They are a spoken word trio that originates from the southern roots of LA.


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Booking information

Price range: Contact for rates

Gig length: 10 - 60 minutes

About

BlackSmith is a spoken word trio from Southern Louisiana. The group met on the campus of UL-Lafayette in Lafayette, Louisiana in October of 2015. Since becoming BlackSmith, the group has been featured on many stages throughout Louisiana including the Universities, Festivals, and Political Campaign Trails. BlackSmith also provides writing workshops, performance workshops, and social commentary. BlackSmith is currently working on it's first Spoken Word album and is continuing to make it's imprint on the world through it's featured show, AMBIENCE, which is a celebration of the arts through community, expression, and entrepreneurship. You can find BlackSMith on Facebook at "BlackSmith", on Instagram as "BlackSmithPoetry, and on Twitter as "BlackSmith Poets".

Past booked events

February 2018

25

Sunday

Magnolia Shed Series

6:00pm - 10:00pm

22

Thursday

Exxon Mobile Network Mixer

2:00pm - 4:00pm

22

Thursday

Black History Month Program

8:00am - 10:00am

Team

Benjamin Washington Member
Dexter Portalis Member
Jalen Shelvin Member

Setup requirements

3 Micorphones/ Mic Stands

Merchandise Table

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