The Poetry Kit |
Events |
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Other events pages
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| Toddington
Poetry Society Readings at The Lansdowne, in Villa Road, unless otherwise Info: 01582 723500 e-mail: janes@connect-2.co.uk |
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| Green
Room, Check for poetry events at
the box office |
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| Royal
Exchange Theatre St. Ann’s Square, Manchester, M2 7DH 0161 833 9833 |
| Manchester
Poetry Festival >Information: Richard Michael, 2nd Floor, Enterprise House, 15 Whitworth Street West, Manchester M1 5WG Telephone 0161-907 0031 (0976) 895 946 (Mobile)Fax 0161-907 0032/0031 E-mail mpf@dial.pipex.com |
| Manchester
Poets Francis House, Manchester 20 Contact: Dave Tarrant, 122 Petersburg Road, Edgeley Park, Stockport. |
| Manky
Poets @ Chorlton Libray Usually meet 3rd Friday of the month. Contact: Copland Smith, Flat 2 - 58 Manley Road - Manchester M16 8HP 0161 232 7785, 07811 717 635, copland.smith@lineone.net |
| Speakeasy Open mic nights with guests at The Green Room, Whitworth Street West Admission £5 full/£4.00 concessions/£3.00 performers Info from Ekua on 0161 236 1261 |
| Margate Poetry Festival Details from Mrs Doreen Perry, 31 Addington Road, Margate CT9 1NH or 'phone 01843 224058 |
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| The Verb Garden The Cornerhouse, 8 Exchange Place Bookings and information from Dougy Pincott on 01642 384567 e-mail the_verb_garden@hotmail.com or from Bob Beagrie of Cleveland Arts on 01642 264651 e-mail bbeagrie_ca2@hotmail.com |
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| Buzzwords Contact: Andy Croft,
Cleveland Arts, 3rd Floor, Melrose House, Melrose Street,
Middlesbrough TS1 2HZ. Tel: 01642 264651 Fax: 01642
262429 e-mail Cleveland.Arts@onyxnet.co.uk |
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| The B[uz]z Poetry Performances The Cyber Café, 65 Grange Road, Middlesbrough First Friday. 8pm start. £3.00/£2.00 (students £1.00) | |
| The Purple Onion 80 Corporation Road, Middlesbrough Music and more, Tuesdays 8.00 Phone: 01642 222250 |
| Poems and Pints in the Boar's Head every 3rd wed. Resident poets plus invited poets, mic systems and entertainment ie folk singer. Contact: John Statham john.statham@lineone.net |
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| Odyssey Poets Poetry readings + meal at Coleridge Cottage, Lime Street, Nether Stowey. Enquiries to 01278 732662 pqrrev@aol.com |
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| New Word Order Last Thursday of each
month at the Bluebell Pub in Jesmond Vale Newcastle. We encourage spoken word artists of all kinds to get involved. (71004) |
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| Morden Tower
Readings Morden Tower, West Walls, Back Stowell St. Contact: Connie Pickard 0191 477 4430 conniepickard@mordentower.com |
Exploding
Alphabets |
| Bridge
Hotel Castle Square |
| Origins Poetry and music, 2nd Sunday of each month |
| Swarley's
Club Irregular Poetry and Music. For information phone: 0191 2529531 or email: KeithArmstrongnv@aol.com |
| Barfly Bohemia at
Norwich Arts Centre Bar open mic last Thursday in each month info from - boxoffice@norwichartscentre.co.uk (161004) |
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| Ten
Bells St. Benedict's Street. Monthly open mike, 8.30pm last Sunday of the month. Contact Andrew McDonnell by e-mail at quickspace99@hotmail.com, or by telephone: 01603 762378. |
| Nottingham Poetry Society Further details from Jeremy Duffield (01773) 712 282 | |
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| Net
Talks organised by trAce take place at 7pm in room 004, Clifton Campus, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS. Contact 0115 948 6360 or email trace@ntu.ac.uk for further details. |
| Oxford
Literary Festival Information: 01865 514149 |
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Back Room Poets |
| Hammer and Tongue The Zodiac, 190 Cowley Rd, Oxford 7pm-11pm with dancing and DJ's until 2am Its still the first Tuesday of the Month. Guest Artists every month as well as the regular open poetry slam, DJ's and guest chef. The venue is now with a non smoking auditorium, more space and wheelchair accessible our contact details are: Jim Thomas and Steve Larkin. Phone 01865 200550. email poetry@hammerandtongue.org |
| Hear the Word Poetry and
Storytelling Gardener Arms (pool room), Plantation Road |
| Oxford's legendary weekly performance space for music, poetry,
storytelling and All Manner Of Acoustic Artistry - now in its 12th
magical year. http://www.catweazleclub.org East Oxford Community Centre Entry: £4/£3 performers FREE mother@catweazleclub.org Open Mic Gig (506) |
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Cafe Frug at Penzance Arts Club and every alternate
Thursday onwards entrance charge. |
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Plymouth
| The Language Club Plymouth Arts Centre, Looe St., The Barbican, Plymouth. Tel: 01752-206114 Final Saturday of each month, except August & December, at 7.30. £3 entry, £2 Concession OAP, Students and unemployed. Each session features two guest readers, usually one from somewhere in the S.W. and a support from Plymouth. Plus open-mike session and music. Information: Tim Allen, The Language Club, 21 Overton Gardens, Mannamead, Plymouth PL3 5BX. Tel: 01752-661339 email: TAllenTW@aol.com |
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| Survivors' Poetry
Group First Thursday in the month to meet in
Ottakars Bookshop, Falkland Square, First Thursday sessions will be to meet up and work on
poetry and there will be a |
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| Tongues and Grooves Poetry and Music Club
is held on the last Sunday of every month at The Florence
Arms, Florence Road, Southsea. Contact Maggie
Sawkins on maggiesawkins@moose-mail.com
or on 023 92 734180 for further details. (3505) |
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| Poets’
Café Third Friday of every month at South Street Arts Centre (21 South Street, Reading, RG1 4QU). With an open mic plus a special guest reader every month. Doors are 8pm for an 8.30pm start and it costs £6/£4 (concessions, open mic readers). For details of future poets visit www.afharrold.co.uk. And for queries contact A.F. Harrold (afh.poet@virgin.net). |
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| Word in the Wood open mike every last Sunday of the month at The British Queen, 63 New Wanstead E11 Enquiries 020 8989 8975 |
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| The Poet's Kitchen - The Greyhound Bar & Restaurant, Kew Green, Richmond. Performance Poetry, Comedy, Readings, Storytelling, Music, Floor Spots. Programme Organiser Louise Taylor of The Very Chakra Company Contact to confirm details of performers, prices, times - 020 8847 1133 : 07890 196665 e-mail: louise@iona-jette.fsnet.co.uk 8.00pm for 8.30pm. £6.00 on door, £5.00 in advance, £3.00 concessions. Booking advisable phone Louise Taylor a.k.a. Iona Jette. |
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| Book Now! - Richmond's
Literature Festival The festival runs throughout November each year at a number of venues in the area. The principal focus is on poetry and serious fiction but events also cover biography, writing for the theatre, plays and children's writing. Information: 020 8831 6138 Credit Card Hotline: 020 8891 7716 Organised by Richmond-upon-Thames Libraries and Arts Services,Orleans House Gallery Bookings Telephone 020 8831 6494 |
| StAnza -
Scotland's Poetry Festival held annually each March. Information from: info@stanzapoetry.org. Join the stanza mailing list: list@stanzapoetry.org The only regular festival dedicated to poetry in Scotland, StAnza is international in outlook. Held annually in the ancient university town of St Andrews, it is an opportunity to engages with all forms of poetry and to hear world class poets reading in exciting and atmospheric venues. StAnza: Scotland's Poetry Festival A Celebration of Poetry "For Scotland's finest poetry festival, bouquets and bucketfuls of deserved applause." |
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| Originality at The Citadel regular readings at Waterloo Street, WA10 1PX Regular open mikes for poets, writer's, musicians. Check out what is happening - Call 01744 735436 for info or to book tickets or visit www.citadel.org.uk for more details. |
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| Bar Java Westfield Street venue |
| Cornwall – St.Ives Cafe Frug at St. Ives Arts Club - and every alternate Thursday onwards. An unusual mixture of performance arts with an emphasis on poetry & music (often combined). Usually lead by Bob Devereaux £4 entrance (£2 Arts Club members), Performers welcome, entrance free. BYO drinks. |
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| Hastings Poetry Festival Information: Hastings Poetry Festival, c/o Josephine Austin, 'The Snoring Cat', 136 Harold Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN35 5NN Telephone/Fax (01424) 428855 or Tel. 01424 201370 |
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| SHAFTESBURY POETRY GROUP FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH 8 pm - 10 pm at |
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| The Lowry Pier 8, Salford Keys, Salford M5 2AZ Booking 0161 876 2000 email info@thelowry.com Press enquiries: Rachel Winter 0161 876 2066 rachel.winter@thelowry.com |
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| Kick Start
Poets Meet at Salisbury Arts Centre |
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Salisbury Poetry Cafe
meets the last Thursday of every month with guest poets, open mic slots and occasional workshops.
Place: Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin
Street, Salisbury, SP1 3UT, Box Office 01722 321744,
www.salisburyartscentre.co.uk
8pm. Entrance £3.00
To book an open mic slot or enquiries,
contact the organiser, Grace Gauld on 01722 710944 or email
grace.gauld@btinternet.com
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| The Verb Garden events at Saltburn Community Theatre Reservations, tickets and further information from Cleveland Arts: 01642 264651 |
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| Off the
Shelf Literature Festival Information http://www.offtheshelf.org.uk or phone 0114 2734716/2734400 |
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creatOvate
Showroom Cafe - Showcase residency LAST
TUESDAY of EVERY MONTH
Fully Accessible |
| ANTICS
UPSTAIRS Spoken Word in the Red Deer - Pitt St., off Mappin St. in Sheffield city centre Second Tuesday of
the month, 8.30pm start: |
| Music Hall The Square, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 1LH Box Office: 01743 244 255 E-mail: boxoffice@musichall.demon.co.uk |
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Solihull
| Solihull Arts Complex Box Office on 0121 704 6962 |
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Southend on Sea
| Bi-Monthly Poetry open-mic event at The
Golden Lion email sun_down@tiscali.co.uk |
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Southsea
| Tongues and Grooves, Poetry and Music at The Florence
Arms,
Florence Road, Southsea. The last
Sunday of every month at 8 pm. Plus open mic. Entrance £1.00. Contact
Maggie Sawkins 023 92734 180.
www.tongues-and-grooves.org.uk |
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| The Blue Cat Café Shaw Rd., Heaton Moor. open mic event no longer running (16305) |
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Regular poetry events see website for details. Admission: £3.50 Our website - http://www.teesonline.org.uk/writers http://www.literaturenortheast.co.uk/showcase/ShowcaseDetail-17 (Interview with Paul Williams of the Writers Cafe http://www.teesonline.org.uk/outlet a developing site about the history writers and poetry in the Teesvalley and North Yorkshire. Hope that's of use and thanks a lot for displaying our info. Trevor Teasdel - Co-organiser - The Writers Cafe. |
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| Dylan Thomas Centre Somerset Place, Swansea Box office 01792 463892 Other 01792 463980 e-mail dylanthomas.lit@swansea.gov.uk |
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| Cwmdonkin Drive Events Series of events at Dylan Thomas' birthplace, No. 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Uplands, Swansea. £3.00 (conc £2.10, Swansea PTL £1.20) Start time 7.30pm For more details call David Woolley on 01792 463980 or email dylanthomas.lit@swansea.gov.uk |
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| The Anthill Jazz & Soul
Café St Helen's Road Ants, Dogs and Howlin' Wolves - with jazz, guest poet and support, and open mic slot for poets. 7.30pm. Tickets on the door. |
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| The Chattery Uplands Information: 01792 473276 |
| Pulsar,
'Live Microphone' Performance Poetry and Music Evening at The Ghost Train public house at New Road, Widham, Purton, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 4HF This is a free-of-charge event which is open to all. You can read your own poems (or poems of your choice) to a partisan non-competitive audience. The evening will be covered/reviewed in Pulsar Poetry Magazine, with photographs. For information about the pub, contact landlord, Martin Tolley, telephone: 01793 770466 or e-mail: GhostTrainPurton@hotmail.com or visit their web site: www.theghosttrain.co.uk Event details from David Pike 01793 875941 email: pulsar.ed@btopenworld.com |
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| Swindon
Festival of Literature Details: phone 01793 771 080 email swindonlitfest@lsfarm.globalnet.co.uk |
| Writing on the Wild Side Details from Roselle Angwin, Tavistock and West Dartmoor Writers, PO Box 17, Yelverton, Devon PL20 6YF Phone: 01822 841081 E-mail: roselle.angwin@internet-today.co.uk |
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| Poetry for Torbay A weekend of poetry, including readings, workshops and free poetry surgeries. Information/bookings Torbay Poetry Festival, 6 The Mount, Higher Furzham, Brixham, Devon TQ5 8QY |
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| Dartington
Hall Dartington, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EL Contact and info: 01803 847073. Booking: 01803 847070 (12.30pm -7pm) |
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| One Night Stanza Contact Rose Cook (01803 863015) or Matthew Harvey (01803 866672) |
| Kent and Sussex Poetry
Society at the Camden Centre, Tunbridge Wells All readings start 8pm. Non-members admission £3.00 (students £2.00). For more details contact Clive Eastwood on 01892 543862 email creastwood@tiscali.co.uk |
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| Trinity Theatre and Arts
Centre Box office 01892 678678 (open 10am-3pm Mon-Sat and one hour before shows) |
| Interchange @ The Monkey
Cafe Bar Northgate Open mic. and guests. First Wednesday of the month 8.30 (8.00 open mic. sign-up). Collection. |
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Warwick
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Wednesbury
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Wells
Festival of Literature is held each year in the last week of October. Information: Mick Humphreys mick@somersite.co.uk or phone 01823 443955 Wells Tourist Information Centre, Town Hall, Wells, Somerset BA5 2RB Tel: 01749 672552 |
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| Poetry-next-the
Sea Information from Helen Flanagan, Rowans, Waltham Road, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk NR23 1NE Tel: 01328 710193 email: enquiries@poetrynextthesea.com |
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| Wessex Poetry Festival Information: David Caddy, 38 Hod View, Stourpaine, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 8TN Telephone (01258)) 456803 |
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| CARLTON POETS.
The Carlton Centre, Carlton Street, in the centre of Weston-super-Mare,
(2406) |
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| The Electraglade Monthly literary event in various venues Contact: electraglade@aol.com 01947 600135 |
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| Word Out! poetry festival contact: Ruth Harrison on 01628 796983 or ruth.harrison@rbwm.gov.uk |
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Open Poetry Night DeBees Music Bar, Winsford, Cheshire Last Wednesday of the month 8pm Launch Night; Halloween Spoken word, Rhyme and Wine, Dub Reggae DJs, Fire Eaters, Philosophy and Politics All Welcome to our Circus Of Purpose www.myspace.com/bringbackbeat (1007) |
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| City Voices Second Tuesday of the month 7.30pm Entry free. Poetry, storytelling and comedy. Guest poets. Clarendon Hotel, Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton, WV3 0TN. Information Tel: 01902 420587. To book a 15 minute slot contact Simon Fletcher on 01902 552061. |
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| Worthing Arts Event listings and other things, run by Dan Thompson, e-mail: rag@artistsandmakers.com |
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| Worthing Fringe |
| Roundabout The Barn Theatre, Field Place, Worthing - launch on Friday 25th July, 7pm, and then monthly from September, last Friday of every month. Admission £5.00. Roundabout includes poetry, music and art - anyone interested in getting on the Roundabout please contact RAG on 01903 709471, email rag@artistsandmakers.com or visit www.artistsandmakers.com |
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| The
First Hussars North Street. Every Wednesday at 8.30pm Performance Poet Adrian Spendlow melds with a different musician. Plus open mike. See his website for details. |
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The Speakers' Corner run by Aesthetica Magazine
The Speakers' Corner was formed to offer a platform for spoken word. We believe there is nothing greater than hearing the creativity of others, as well as providing the chance for performers, comedians, poets and dramatists to have their say. Monthly, The Yorkshire Terrier Pub, Stonegate, York, 7:30pm, every second Wednesday. 01904 674 500, Speakers' Corner c/o Aesthetica PO Box 371, York, YO23 1WL. www.aesthetica-online.com
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The THIRD THURSDAY POETRY & PROSE at BORDERS BOOKS A new monthly poetry and prose Open Mic is held in Borders Books & Music, Daveygate, York City Centre. Third Thursday Poetry & Prose meets every 3rd Thursday of the month, and for now is held in the NOISY Starbucks Café inside of Borders, or the EQUALLY NOISY Reference Section just below the coffee shop! Come along and help us drown out the cappuccino machine! We especially welcome Secondary School and College/University Students who enjoy listening and performing in a non-smoking, non-pub venue. Dissabled access, food and drink available, parking on street. A great venue for discussion, sharing plenty of poems and other words in a friendly, supportive atmosphere. Please telephone Rose Drew 07914 271871 or email me at rose@stairwellbooks.com
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