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Regular UK Open Mic Poetry Events

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REGULAR UK OPEN MIC EVENTS 

To use this list; Check down location list for places close to where you want to go. 

All locations are listed alphabetically so places close together geographically will not necessarily be together on this list.

 

Location

Day(s) of the month

Event details

Andover, Hampshire

4th Wednesday

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

Bangor, Gwynedd

last Friday

POETica  at Blue Sky Cafe, 236 High Street, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales - last Friday of each month except July, August and December.  £4 entry.

Bath

2nd 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.

 

2nd Monday

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

 

3rd 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.

 

3rd Thursday

Can Openers - Window Arts Centre - 8pm £2

Belfast

2nd Friday

Make Yourself Heard -  Safehouse Artspace - 8.00pm  £2

 

Last Friday

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

Beverley, East Yorks 1st Thursday

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

4th Tuesday

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

Birkenhead

3rd Thursday

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

Birmingham

1st 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

 

3rd Sunday

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

 

3rd Saturday

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

  Last Thursday

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

8pm-10.30pm

Bolton

Occasional

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

 

3rd Sunday

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

Bournemouth

2nd Tuesday

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

Bracknell

3rd 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

2nd 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.)

 

2nd Wednesday

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

 

3rd Wednesday

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

 

4th Monday

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

Brighton

4th 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   

 

1st & 3rd Monday

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

 

Every Thursday

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

 

1st Thursday

Portcullis PoetsEugenie House, Royal York Crescent, Clifton - 7.45pm for 8pm start  Free

 

2nd and 4th  Sunday

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

 

2nd Thursday

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

 

4th Tuesday

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

Bury

1st Wednesday

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

Cambridge

2nd & 4th Thursday

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

Cardigan

1st Thursday

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

Carlisle

1st Wednesday

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

Chelmsford 4th Friday Howl - A monthly night of poetry, spokenword and comedy, Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford.  £5 entry, tickets available on the door.

Cheltenham

1st Sunday

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

Chesterfield

3rd Monday

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

Cirencester last Thursday
Writers in the Brewery - in the Theatre of New Brewery Arts, Cirencester 7pm to 9pm  -  £3 entrance.

Cleveland

1st Wednesday

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

Colchester

3rd Wednesday

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

Coventry

1st Tuesday

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

Croyden

1st Friday

Poets Anonymous - New venue

Bar of the Fairfield Hotel, Lansdowne Road, Croydon – starting at 8pm

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

 

2nd Saturday

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

Dorking

2nd Tuesday

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

Douglas, IOM

2nd & 4th 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

1st 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

1st 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

 

1st Tuesday

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

 

1st Saturday

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

Great Torrington

2nd Thursday

Plough Open Mike - Plough Arts Centre -8pm  Free

Guildford

3rd 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

4th Saturday

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

Heswall, Wirral 1st Thursday Linghams Bookshop, Telegraph Road.  7.30  £3

Hoylake, Wirral

2nd Thursday

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

Huddersfield

2nd Thursday

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

Hull

4th Wednesday

Off The Road - Hull Adelphi - 8.00pm  £3

Keynsham, nr Bristol

3rd Wednesday

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

Kilmarnock

3rd Thursday

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

Lancaster

1st Friday

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

Leamington Spa

3rd Friday

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

 

3rd Wednesday

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

Leeds

1st 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/   

 

1st Tuesday

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

Liskeard

1st Monday

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

Little Sutton, Wirral 1st Tuesday
Writers Circle Little Sutton, Wirral,  at the Community Centre attached to the Library, in Little Sutton the first Tuesday in every month commencing at 7pm and terminating at 9pm. Contact Reg Weaver on weaveapoem@ntlworld.com.

Liverpool

1st Monday

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

 

1st Wednesday

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

 

3rd Wednesday

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

 

4th 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/ 

 

1st 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

 

1st Monday

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

 

1st Monday

Jam On That - The Jam Factory - 8pm free

 

1st 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

1st Tuesday

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

EC1

1st Tuesday

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

 

1st Friday

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

 

2nd Sunday

Fanzine at The Vauxhall Griffin - 6.00 pm £4

Music and poetry see website

http://www.myspace.com/fanzinemusic 

 

2nd Tuesday

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

http://www.ambitmagazine.co.uk/  

NW3

2nd Wednesday

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

N1

2nd Thursday

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

Wandsworth

2nd Thursday

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

N6 2nd Thursday (Occasionally 3rd)

Lauderdale House Poetry Readings - Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park, London N6 5HG - Nearest tube Archway (Northern Line), then a 10 minute walk uphill towards Highgate Village. Buses 143, 210, 271 run direct to the House.- £5  8pm

W13

3rd Wednesday

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

WC1A

3rd Wednesday

Touch Me I'm Sick - The Old Crown Pub, 33 New Oxford Street, London WC1A

Nearest tube Holborn - 7.30pm - Free - No Wheelchair access - Contact vintagepoison@hotmail.com

E8

3rd 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

3rd Thursday

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

 

4th Sunday

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

EC2A Last Tuesday SpeechMotion - The Horse and Groom, 28 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3NZ.a unique mix of performance and film, until June 2010.

N4

4th Wednesday

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

Richmond 2nd Friday "Poetry Jam @ The Tea Box - The Tea Box, 7 Paradise Road, Richmond. TW9 1RX  7.30pm Free Entry   Call  020 8940 3521, e-mail on info@theteabox.co.uk   disabled access.

Londonderry N.I.

Every Monday

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

Lower Lydbrook, Glos

2nd Tuesday

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

Manchester 1st Wednesday alternate mths
Other Room, Experimental poetry reading series - The Old Abbey Inn, 61 Pencroft Way, Manchester, M15 6AY. Website: www.otherroom.org

 

2nd Thursday

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

 

3rd Thursday

Freed Up - Green Room, - 7.30pm  free

 

3rd Thursday

Inn Verse - The Salutation Inn - 8pm  free

 

3rd 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

1st Tuesday

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

Manningtree

1st 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

3rd Thursday

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

Newquay

2nd Friday

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

Norwich

2nd Monday

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

Nottingham

3rd Friday

Open Mic Poetry Night - Epic Bar - 7.30pm  free

 

1st Monday

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

 

3rd Wednesday

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

Otley, Leeds

1st Monday

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

 

3rd Tuesday

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

Oxford

1st 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  

 

2nd 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

2nd & 4th Wednesday

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

Portsmouth

4th Sunday

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

Port Talbot

2nd Thursday

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

Reading

3rd Wednesday

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

 

3rd 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

4th Sunday

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

Preston

4th Monday

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

 

Last Friday

Bohemian – New Avenham Park Pavilion  6.30pm

Sale, Gt. Manchester

3rd Wednesday

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

Salford

3rd 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

 

2nd 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

 

4th Tuesday

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

Southend-on-sea

1st Wednesday

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

Southport 3rd Thursday

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

 

1st Monday

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

Stanley, County Durham

3rd Monday

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

St. Helens

2nd Wednesday

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

St. Leonards

2nd Thursday

Poetry & Song Night - Bar Blue - 8pm Free

Southend-on-Sea

4th Sunday

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

www.sundownmultimedia.co.uk

Taunton

3rd 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

2nd Thursday

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

Tunbridge Wells

3rd Tuesday

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

Ulverston

4th Monday

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

Wakefield

1st Thursday

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

 

2nd & 4th 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

1st Friday

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

Warrington

1st 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

1st 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

West Runton, Norfolk 1st and 3rd Wednesday
Poets at The Village Inn, West Runton, Norfolk, England - Small dedicated group but mood is often light-hearted. Readers and/or listeners always welcomed. Established 2004. Admission free. Contact Bill Jervis 01263 837 046. Every evening takes the shape from whoever turns up. No agenda, no commitments, no fees.

Widnes

2nd  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

2nd 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

2nd Tuesday

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

  Last Wednesday

The Poetry Train - hosted by Tony Stringfellow. The Light House, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton.  Start 8.00pm. Admission £2.

 

Last Wednesday

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

York

1st & 3rd 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  

 

1st Tuesday

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

 

2nd Wednesday

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

 

 

 

 

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