Established in 1999, Nokturnal Escape Entertainment and Media, LLC is a lifestyle entertainment company specializing in event planning, urban marketing and talent booking services. Our mission is to create and assist organizations in developing innovative entertainment experiences through the arts, music and culture. We have produced events such as spoken word poetry readings, theater productions, music concerts and fashion shows. In addition, we have organized entertainment for festivals (First Wednesday Downtown Artwalk, World of Nations-African Village, Chaos Fair, Kuumba African and African American Festival, and the Florida Black Expo), corporations (Metris Corporation and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida), arts institutions (African American Cultural Arts Council of Putnam County and African American Cultural Society-Palm Coast) and various entertainment venues.
We are best known for Soul Release Poetry, the longest running spoken word poetry event in northeast Florida. This premier event has featured some of the best poets in the country such as Taalam Acey (international slam champion), Georgia Me (Def Poetry Jam), Poetri (Def Poetry Jam), and Buddy Wakefield (2004/2005 Individual World Poetry Champion.