Regular UK Open Mic Poetry Events

Location

Day(s) of the month

Event details

Andover, Hampshire

4^th Wednesday

Free Expressions - The lights theatre Andover Hampshire SP10 1AH - 7.30pm  free

Bangor, Gwynedd

last Friday

Bath

2^nd Thursday

Bath Spa University Reading Series 2008 - The Lonsdale Room, Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath - 8.00pm

Entry: £6.00,  Guest readers only.

2^nd Monday

Poetry and a pint - St James Wine Vaults
Julian Rd, Bath  8pm Free

3^rd Monday

Bath Storytelling Circle - Upstairs at The Raven, Queen St (off Milsom St/Quiet St) BA1 1HE - 7.30 for 8pm start -  performed from memory, not read, stories,  poetry and music.

3^rd Thursday

Can Openers - Window Arts Centre - 8pm £2

Belfast

2^nd Friday

Make Yourself Heard -  Safehouse Artspace - 8.00pm  £2

Last Friday

Bookfinder's Open Mic - Bookfinder's Café, off University Ave - 8pm - 11pm 

Subtle Flame - Tiger Inn, Lairgate, Beverley East Yorks UK HU17 8JG

Pub phone 01482 869040 Car park, Ground Floor Access, Great Beer,

Come Early to get a seat!  not August and October - 8.30pm Admission £2 - Email mloz21@hotmail.com

Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees

4^th Tuesday

The Write Room - Wellington Inn, 31-33 High Street, Wolviston, Billingham - 8pm  £3

Birkenhead

3^rd Thursday

Wirral Ode Show - Stork Hotel, Price St, Birkenhead - 9-11pm   Free

Birmingham

1^st Sunday

Outspoken -  RED BAR - 7.00pm Entry: £5/£3 NUS

1st Thursday

Coffee Shop Poets - the Margarett Rose Abri café, 58-59 Cheapside, Digbeth, (The Old Post Office), Birmingham  B12 0PG - 8.30pm come early to book a spot. free

3^rd Sunday

Sunday Xpress -  Adam and Eve, 203 Bradford St, Digbeth B12 0JD - 3.30pm  Free

3^rd Saturday

Poetry Reading Group -  Floor 3, Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3HQ - 10am to 12 noon  free

Rhymes - The Custard Factory Reception, Gibb Street, Birmingham, £5 on the door.

Bolton

Occasional

The Drum Arts Centre – check website for spoken word events;  http://www.the-drum.org.uk/

3^rd Sunday

Write Out Loud -  Churchills, Manchester Road BL2 1HE - 8:00 pm  £1

Bournemouth

2^nd Tuesday

Slammers -  Centre Stage, 14 Queens Road, Westbourne - 8pm  £2

Bracknell

3^rd Tuesday

SHP Poets -  The Green Room, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Ringmead, BRACKNELL RG12 7PA - 7.00 pm  £2   Workshop followed by open floor.

Bradford

2^nd Monday

Beehive Poets - The New Beehive Inn, 169-171 Westgate, BD1 3AA - 8.30 donation http://www.beehivepoets.org.uk/    (Poetry events most Mondays check website.)

2^nd Wednesday

Zanze Bards - Zanze Coffee Lounge - 8.00 p.m donation

3^rd Wednesday

Pure Open Mic Poetry -  The Lansdown, 8 Clifton Rd, Clifton - 8.00pm  Free

4^th Monday

Poetry Workshop - The New Beehive Pub, Westgate Bradford - 8.30pm

Brighton

4^th Monday

Brighton Poetry Society - Cellar of the Sanctuary Cafe Brunswick Street East, Hove - 8pm, for 8.45pm £3

Last Tuesday

Horseplay - The Sanctuary Cafe - 7:30  £4

Bristol

Every Sunday

Open mic with special guest performers

 The Eldon House - 8-10.30pm - Free

http://www.myspace.com/eldonhouse   

1^st & 3^rd Monday

Hatchet Semantics - The Hatchet, Frogmore St - 8.30pm  Free

Every Thursday

Oppo open mic - Oppo, 72 Park St - 9pm  Free

1^st Thursday

Portcullis Poets – Eugenie House, Royal York Crescent, Clifton - 7.45pm for 8pm start  Free

2^nd and 4^th  Sunday

Acoustic Night Bristol - Halo Cafe Bar - 8.15pm donation - www.acousticnight.com

2^nd Thursday

Poetry at the Portcullis - The Portcullis, Sion Hill, Clifton - 7.30pm for 8pm Free

4^th Tuesday

Lansdown Poetry Night - The Lansdown, 8 Clifton Rd, Clifton.  8pm free

Bury

1^st Wednesday

Irwell Writers - The Mosses, Cecil Street (opposite Asda) - 7.30pm  £3

Cambridge

2^nd & 4^th Thursday

Upbeat Open Mic - at The Waterman – 7.30 for 8.30   Free

Cardigan

1^st Thursday

Word Up - Castle Café cellar bar - 8.30 pm  £5 (includes a meal)

Carlisle

1^st Wednesday

Speakeasy - The Source Cafe, Nelson Street, Carlisle - 8pm for 8.30pm start  free

Cheltenham

1^st Sunday

Buzzwords - Exmouth Arms, Bath Road GL53 7LX - Doors 7pm start 8pm Entry: £3

Chesterfield

3^rd Monday

Chandler's Bards - Chandler's Bar - 8:00pm  Free

Cleveland

1^st Wednesday

The Writers Café - Georgian Theatre, Green Dragon Yard, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1AT - 7.30pm   £4    Website - http://writerscafe.vox.com

Colchester

3^rd Wednesday

A Pound of Poetry - Appetite Café, Church Walk, Colchester, Essex - 8pm  £1

Coventry

1^st Tuesday

Night Blue Fruit - The Tin Angel, Spoon Street - 9pm to 11pm   free

Croyden

1^st Friday

Poets Anonymous - New venue

 £2 - £1  http://www.poetsanon.org.uk/

2^nd Saturday

Poets Anonymous  - at United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove - 2.30 - 4.00 pm  £1  http://www.poetsanon.org.uk/

Dorking

2^nd Tuesday

Well Versed - Staff Restaurant, Mole Valley District Council, Pippbrook - 7.30pm

Douglas, IOM

2^nd & 4^th Friday

Movies, Music and Poetry I.O.M -  Jabberwocky Cafe Duke St Douglas - 7.30  Free

Durham

Varies check website

Colpitts Poetry Readings – Alington House, 4 North Bailey, Durhan  8pm. - £4 / £2.50

http://www.colpittspoetry.co.uk/programme.php

Last Sunday

Open Mic at the Fallen Angel - at The Fallen Angel - 7.30pm  £2

Edinburgh

1^st Tuesday

Foakies - Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary Street - 8pm

Folk music and poetry night - £3

Last Sunday

Shore Poets - The Lot, 4-6 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2JU £3 / £2    http://www.shorepoets.org.uk/   

Exeter

Uncut Poets - Black Box, Media Centre, Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter  £5 /

http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/uncut_poets.php

Frome

Check website for details

Poetry Frome – the Garden Café http://www.wordswork.net/poetry/past.html

Glasgow

1^st Monday

Open Mic -  Samuel Dow, 69 Nithsdale Road G41 2AJ - 7.30pm   Free

Every Tuesday

Open Mic at Glasgow University Union - 9.00pm  free – music, comedy, poetry

1^st Tuesday

Poems and Pints  Samuel Dow, 69 Nithsdale Road G41 2AJ - 8pm  50p

1^st Saturday

Bards in the Park - Secret garden, Tollcross Park, Winter Gardens - 1pm  Free.

Great Torrington

2^nd Thursday

Plough Open Mike - Plough Arts Centre -8pm  Free

Guildford

3^rd Wednesday

Den of Voice - The Boileroom,13 Stokefields - 8pm  donation.

Hebden Bridge

Every Wednesday

Open Mic Surgery - Upstairs at the Stubbing Wharf pub - 9pm free,  music and poetry

Last Tuesday

Hebden Bridge Poetry - White Lion Hotel - 7.30 p.m. in the conference room  £2

Hennock,  Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot

4^th Saturday

HOOT! @ Hennock - village Hall, Hennock - 8pm  £3

Hoylake, Wirral

2^nd Thursday

Poets and Songwriters Evening -  Vanilla Lounge 6 Market Street, Hoylake Wirral   8.30  Free

Huddersfield

2^nd Thursday

Albert Poets - Cellar bar at Dogma, 29 Queensgate HD1 2RD - 8.00 pm  Free

Hull

4^th Wednesday

Off The Road - Hull Adelphi - 8.00pm  £3

Keynsham, nr Bristol

3^rd Wednesday

A S P - Poetry Circle - Humanities Building
Broadlands School, St Francis Road, Keynsham - 7.30 - 8.30 p.m  free

Kilmarnock

3^rd Thursday

Poems and Pints night - Portmann Hotel, Portland Road, KA1 2DL - 8.00 pm

Lancaster

1^st Friday

Odd Socks - Park Hotel, St Oswald Street LA1 3AS - 8pm  £4

Leamington Spa

3^rd Friday

Spotlight Club -  Yorkshire House, Parliament St. - 8.30  £3

3^rd Wednesday

PUREandGOODandRIGHT Poetry & Pints -  The Fox, Clarenden Ave - 7.30 pm  £3  cons

Leeds

1^st Wednesday

Wicked Words - Seven, 31A Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton (just next to Casa Mia Grande) - 8pm   £3

Leicester

Various check website

Leicester Poetry Society -   The Friends' Meeting House, 16 Queens Road, Leicester  LE2 1WP   http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk/   

1^st Tuesday

Word! - The Y, East Street - 8.00pm  £3  7.30 to sign up to read.

Liskeard

1^st Monday

Liskeard Poetry Group monthly meeting  Stuart House, Barras Street, Liskeard. Time 4:30 – 6pm.  £1.50

Liverpool

1^st Monday

Come Strut Your Stuff - Egg Cafe, Newington (between Bold St and Renshaw St) - Doors 7.30pm, 8pm start   Free. www.comestrutyourstuff.co.uk    

1^st Wednesday

Dead Good Poets' Society - Everyman Bistro, opp. Catholic Cathedral - 8pm  £1

3^rd Wednesday

Dead Good Poets' Society - Guest night - Everyman Bistro, Hope Street - 8pm £3 cons

4^th Thursday

Liverpool Poetry Café – The Hub at the Bluecoat  7pm – 9pm Guest readers.  Tickets free from Bluecoat ticket office

London

Most evenings except Sunday

Poetry Café – Covent Garden – many different events, check website for details.  http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/cafe/ 

1^st Sunday but varies, check website.

Ferargo Slam @ Charlie Wright’s International Bar -  45, Pitfield St, London, London and South East N1 - £6/£5 

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfmfuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=64220413

1^st Monday

Hammer and Tongue - Green Note Cafe - 7.30pm  entry £4/5 – slam format

1^st Monday

Jam On That - The Jam Factory - 8pm free

1^st Monday

RAW (Real interActive Writing) - The Abbey Tavern, 124 Kentish Town Rd - 7.30pm  free workshop and open mic

SE24

Every Tuesday

needleandthread open mic - The Half Moon, 10 Half Moon Lane, Herne Hill, London, SE24 9HU  - 8pm  free  

WC2H

Every Tuesday

Poetry Unplugged -  Poetry Cafe Covent Garden 22 Betterton Street WC2H 9BX - 7:30pm  £4

NW3

1^st Tuesday

Steel Grasped poetry The Sir Richard Steeles, 97 Haverstock Hill, NW3 - 7.45pm  free  www.myspace.com/stevejameskl 

EC1

1^st Tuesday

Y Tuesday Poetry Club - Three Kings Public House, Clerkenwell Close, London EC1 - 8pm  free

1^st Friday

Behind the Mic - Women Only Night - at Glass Bar, West Lodge, Euston Gardens, 190 Euston Road. - 8.30pm  £3
http://www.behindthemicuk.com/

2^nd Sunday

Fanzine at The Vauxhall Griffin - 6.00 pm £4

Music and poetry see website

http://www.myspace.com/fanzinemusic 

2^nd Tuesday

Ambit Reading - Bath House, 96 Dean Street, Soho  6.30pm 

http://www.ambitmagazine.co.uk/  

NW3

2^nd Wednesday

Behind the Mic - Upstairs at The Adelaide, 143 Adelaide Road, NW3 3NL - Doors: 8pm. for 8:30pm £5

N1

2^nd Thursday

Angel Poetry - Borders Bookshop, The Angel in the N1 Centre Parkfield Street - 7pm

Wandsworth

2^nd Thursday

Poetry Sessions -  All Saints Church, Wansworth - 7.30pm Donation

W13

3^rd Wednesday

Twin (Poetry) - at Navasartian Centre, 223 Northfield Avenue, NORTHFIELDS, Ealing - 7.30pm for 8pm finishes at 10pm   £4  cons

WC1A

3^rd Wednesday

E8

3^rd Sunday

Sundays at the Oto -  Café Oto, 18-22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL  3-5 pm, £4

http://www.myspace.com/sundaysattheoto

3rd Thursday

More Poetry - Upstairs at the Old Kings Head (sixty strides from London Bridge Underground) (Borough High Street, east exit) 7.45pm, http://www.kenchampion.org.uk/events/ 

Depford

3^rd Thursday

Apples and Snakes – The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford, London  £3  http://www.applesandsnakes.org/ 

4^th Sunday

The Foundry - 86 Great Eastern Street (corner of Old Street) Old Street Tube (exit 3)   8.00pm
more info on www.foundry.tv  

N4

4^th Wednesday

Utter! North - Salisbury Pub, 1 Grand Parade N4 1JX - 7.30pm £5 -£2

Londonderry N.I.

Every Monday

Open Mic Madness - Mason's Bar, Magazine St - 10pm free

Lower Lydbrook, Glos

2^nd Tuesday

Garden Cafe & Gallery cabaret - The Malt House,
Lower Lydbrook, Glos, GL17 9NN. 7.30pm  Music, poets, storytellers.

2^nd Thursday

For Folk's Sake - Cup Cafe, Thomas Street, Northern Quarter - 6pm  £4

3^rd Thursday

Freed Up - Green Room, - 7.30pm  free

3^rd Thursday

Inn Verse - The Salutation Inn - 8pm  free

3^rd Friday

Manky Poets -  Chorlton Library, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester - 7.50-9.30pm £2

Last Monday

Poets and Mash - Matt and Phreds - 7.30pm  £4

Mansfield, Notts

1^st Tuesday

Forever Greens Art Café -  Forever Greens Art Cafe,  Restaurant, Ransomwood Business Park - 7pm £4.50 - www.myspace.com/theartcafe

Manningtree

1^st Saturday

Open Mic Nite -  The Strangers Home, Bradfield - 8.30pm free

New Brighton, Wirral

2nd Monday

Bards of New Brighton – “the Mags” Magazine Lane - 8:30pm - Free

Newcastle upon Tyne

3^rd Thursday

Ten by Ten - The Cumberland Arms, Ouseburn, Byker NE6 1LD - 8pm  £2

Newquay

2^nd Friday

Library Poetry Group - at Newquay Library, Marcus Hill - 11am to 1pm   Free

Norwich

2^nd Monday

Cafe Writers - at Jurnet's Bar, Wensum Lodge, 169 King Street - 7.15pm  donation

Nottingham

3^rd Friday

Open Mic Poetry Night - Epic Bar - 7.30pm  free

1^st Monday

Black Drop -  Canal House Bar, Canal Street - 8pm Entry: £2

3^rd Wednesday

Speakeasy - The Alley Cafe, Cannon Court - 8pm free

Otley, Leeds

1^st Monday

Otley Poets - Black Horse Hotel, corner of Westgate, Otley, LS21 3AS - 8pm  Free

3^rd Tuesday

Poetry Gym - Black Horse Hotel, corner of Westgate, Otley, LS21 3AS - 8pm  £2

Oxford

1^st Monday

Jam On That - The Jam Factory - 8pm

Every Tuesday

Combibos Coffee Open Mic - Combibos Coffee, Gloucester Green - 7pm Free   music and poetry

Every Thursday

The Catweazle Club -  East Oxford Community Centre - 8.00pm  £4 - http://www.catweazleclub.org  

2^nd Tuesday

Hammer and Tongues -  190 Cowley Road - 8pm

Pencader

Last Saturday

Open Mic - Waunifor Centre, Maesycrugiau SA39 9LX - 7.30pm  £2

Penzance

Every other Thursday

Café Frug -  Penzance Arts Club - 8pm  £2 and £4

Peterborough

2^nd & 4^th Wednesday

A Pint of Poetry and a Dash of Drama - Charters pub near the Town Bridge - 8pm

Portsmouth

4^th Sunday

Tongues & Grooves - The Florence, Southsea, Portsmouth- 8pm £3

Port Talbot

2^nd Thursday

Pomes Penyeach  Pontardawe Arts Centre:. A monthly poetry evening with open mic.

Reading

3^rd Wednesday

Mouthtrap Cabaret -  South Street Arts Centre - 8pm doors  £6 cons £4

3^rd Friday

Poets' Café -  South Street Art Centre, South Street   8pm for 8.30pm £6  cons.

Last Friday

Bohemian Words - Rising Sun Arts Centre, 30 Silver Street - 8pm  £2 

Rochdale

4^th Sunday

Write Out Loud -at Olde Boars Head, Long Street - 8pm  £1

Preston

4^th Monday

Preston Poets - Borders bookshop, Deepdale Retail Park - 7pm  free

Last Friday

Bohemian – New Avenham Park Pavilion  6.30pm

Sale, Gt. Manchester

3^rd Wednesday

Write Out Loud – Sale - Waterside Arts Centre, Sale Town Centre M33 7ZF - 7.30pm  £1

Salford

3^rd Wednesday

Vital Signs - Adelphi House, The University of Salford, Adelphi Street, Salford, M3 6EN - 2.00pm  £3 cons £2 Series of readings by leading poets and writers no open floor.

Sheffield

Every Sunday

Opus Unplugged -  Riverside Cafe, 1 Mowbray Street (bottom of Corporation St , over from Kelham Island) - 8pm

www.myspace.com/opus-hyphenproductions

Every Tuesday

Poems and Pints - Burton Street Bar, Burton Street, Hillsborough, S6 2HH - 7-10pm  Free

2^nd Tuesday

Spoken Word Antics - The Red Deer, Pitt Street - 20.00  £2

Every Wednesday

Listen - The Green Room, Division St - 8pm free

www.opus-productions.co.uk/events.html

Every Wednesday

Abbeydale Writers' Workshop - Totley United Reformed Church, Totley Brook Road, Sheffield - 7pm to 9pm

4^th Tuesday

Out of Line - The Cremorne - 7pm.free - spoken word night, featuring songs and short films.

Southend-on-sea

1^st Wednesday

Southend Poetry Group - Upstairs at The Railway Hotel, Clifftown Road SS1 - 7.30pm

Southport Arts Centre - Studio - 7.30pm.  2 to 5 minutes reading or performance.

Sowerby Bridge

Every Sunday

Live Space - at Bridges, 1 Station Road, HX6 3LB - 7.00pm – entry £2.00

1^st Monday

Puzzle Poets Live at Puzzle Hall Inn, Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge - 8pm (donation)

Stanley, County Durham

3^rd Monday

Open Mic at the Lamp Light - at Lamplight Arts Centre, Front Street, Stanley - 7.30pm  £1

St. Helens

2^nd Wednesday

Words Alive - The Citadel, Waterloo Street - 8pm £2

St. Leonards

2^nd Thursday

Poetry & Song Night - Bar Blue - 8pm Free

Southend-on-Sea

4^th Sunday

Sundown - The Royal Hotel, Southend-on-Sea - 6:30pm  £3

www.sundownmultimedia.co.uk

Taunton

3^rd Tuesday

Poetry at The Brewhouse organised by Fire River Poets. The Studio, The Brewhouse, Coal Orchard, Taunton, Somerset. Box Office 01823 283244. Fully accessible venue. Car park. Entry: £5.00. Open mic slots available. To book a slot 01823 252486.

Truro

2^nd Thursday

Poetry Workshop - Truro Library - 2.30pm to 4.30pm Free

Tunbridge Wells

3^rd Tuesday

Kent and Sussex Poetry Society - at he Camden Centre, Market Square, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 2SW - 8pm  £3
http://www.kentandsussexpoetrysociety.org/

Ulverston

4^th Monday

The Fourth Monday Poets - at Upstairs at the King's Arms, Ulverston - 7.30pm  £5

Wakefield

1^st Thursday

Red Shed Readings - Labour Club Red Shed - 7.30pm £2

2^{nd &} 4^th Tuesday

Black Horse Poets - Henry Boons Pub on Westgate (close to the Railway station) - 7pm to 9pm  free   http://www.wdco.org/site/Black-Horse-Poets/index.htm

Ware, Herts

1^st Friday

Poetry Reading  Ware Arts Centre, Kibes Lane - 8pm £4 - £2.50

Warrington

1^st Friday

An Evening of Poetry Reading - Warrington Central Library, Museum Street, Warrington, WA1 1JB - 7pm to 9pm  free

Wednesbury

Last Thursday

Poetry Wednesbury - St Paul’s Church, off Wood Green Road, 7.30 pm

Wells

1^st Monday

Wells Poetry at the Fountain - Upstairs at the Fountain Inn, at the bottom of St. Thomas Street in Wells, 7.45 for 8pm. £2

Widnes

2^nd  Thursday

Poetry Reading Group -  Widnes Library, Victoria Square, Widnes - WA8 7QY  7 pm -8 pm   Free    An informal poetry reading group at Widnes Library.

Wigan

2^nd Thursday

Write Out Loud - at Tudor House Hotel, New Market St. - 8.30 pm Free

Winsford, Cheshire

Last Wednesday

Bring Bacchus the Beat -  DeBees Music Bar - 8pm free

Wolverhampton

2^nd Tuesday

City Voices - at City Bar, King Street - 7.45pm Free

Last Wednesday

Poetry Reading Group - Central Library, Wolverhampton - 4.10pm to 5.30pm  Free

York

1^st & 3^rd Monday

Take the Stage -  City Screens Basement Bar, 13-17 Coney Street, York, YO1 9QL - 8.00pm Entry: £2 / Performers free

http://yorkuk.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11169080595  

1^st Tuesday

The SPOKEN WORD -  The Exhibition Hotel Bootham, York, North Yorkshire , YO30 7BW - 7.30pm

2^nd Wednesday

Speakers' Corner -  The Yorkshire Terrier, Stonegate - 7:30 pm  £1