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

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

1st Friday

Purely Poetry - Crescent Arts Centre, 2-4 University Road, £4 open mic, all readers, all styles welcome. http://www.poetryni.com/purely-poetry.html

Last Friday

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

Subtle Flame - Monks Walk, 19 Highgate, Beverley HU17 0DN. Meet on top floor, only accessible by stairs (apologies). No meeting in August. 8.00 -  10 pm 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

Birmingham

1^st Sunday

Cannon Poets have met monthly since 1983. We meet at The Moseley Exchange, The Post Office Building, 149-153, Alcester Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8JP usually on the first Sunday of each month [except August] at 2pm.

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

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

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

Undercliffe Cemetery Alive! Poets Society. Open Mic. Occasional guest poets. Free entry. Donations expected. All monies go to the Undercliffe Cemetery Charity.

www.undercliffecemetery.co.uk

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

Last Tuesday

Horseplay - The Sanctuary Cafe - 7:30  £4

Pighog Plus Poetry Night. at the Redroaster Café, St James Street, Brighton. email paul@pighog.co.uk for further details.  Every last Thursday in the month, a mix of guest poets and open-mic slots. £5 or £3 concessions. Doors open at 7.45pm for 8pm start

Poetry Unlimited   CAfe Kino, Stokes Croft, Bristol    First Tuesday of

the month    11.30am    open reading and discussion    usually themed.

Every Thursday

Arts House Open Mic  The Arts House, Stokes Croft, Bristol   Every

Thursday 8.30pm Entry Free

Hammer & Tongue open slam  The Hatchet, Frogmore St, Bristol   7.00pm 

First Thursday of the month. sign up to compete on the door to compete.

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

Poetry Revue Shoe - The Square Club, Clifton Every 4th Thursday  8.30pm - 10pm £4

Bury

1^st Wednesday

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

Poetry Aloud,  7.30pm at The Bay Tree Cafe Bistro, 11 St Johns Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1SQ.

Cambridge

2^nd & 4^th Thursday

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

Cardigan

Last Friday

The CellarBards - last Friday of each month at The Cellar Bar in Cardigan.  Entry is £3.00, there is an open mic and also occasional guest writers. 

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

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

Poets Anonymous hold a meeting on the Second Thursday of the month at Matthews Yard, off Surrey Street, Croydon CR0 1FF. All Welcome with poems to read - or without. £2.00  www.poetsanon.org.uk

Poets Anonymous

 £2 - £1  www.poetsanon.org.uk

2^nd Saturday

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

Derby Performance Poets - first Thursday of the month 7.30-9.30pm

Anybody who is interested in writing or performing or poetry at all is welcome to come along.  Perform in front of an enthusiastic and supportive crowd or just sit and listen - enjoying the atmosphere in the CUBE.http://www.deda.uk.com/cube/cube-events/poetry-nights/

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

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/   

The Gaslight Club open mic night situated in Taps Bar Silver Street Enfield for acoustic or semi acoustic performers,  contact James on 07982 830026 or email james@radiojj.co.uk if you are interested in performing.

Exeter

check website

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

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

Spokes Amaze! -  Bikeshed Theatre, Fore Street, Exeter EX4 3AT. A spinning wheel of word wizardry: Poetry as you’ve never heard or seen it before.  £5 / £2 slammers. http://ow.ly/szISa 

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

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

Spotlight Literary Cabaret –  at The Storey - Spotlight event opens with an Open Mic session http://www.spotlightlancaster.co.uk/ , Tickets: £4/£2  Doors 8.00pm (Open Mic 8.15-8.45pm

Leamington Spa

3^rd Friday

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

2nd Thursday

PUREandGOODandRIGHT Poetry & Pints - The Fox, 32 Clarendon Ave, Leamington Spa, CV32 4RZ   - 7.30, except December.  Contact is pgrpoetry@gmail.com

Leeds

1^st Wednesday

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

Poetry by Heart (except August bank holiday and Christmas weeks) at HEART Centre Cafe, Bennett Road, Headingley, Leeds LS6 3HN.  Start time 7:30 pm.   Each month up to six poets each have a 15 minute slot to perform their work.  They receive no fee or expenses, and admission is free.  Follow us on http://heartpoets.wordpress.com/

Leicester

1^st Tuesday

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

2nd Friday

 Poetry Leicester -   The Friends' Meeting House, 16 Queens Road, Leicester  LE2 1WP     from September to July. Visiting poets, scholars and speakers hosted by the Leicester Poetry Society. Usual time 7.30 pm. For full details of speakers and venue see  www.poetryleicester.co.uk

Weaving Words at The Exchange, in Leicester. 50 Rutland Street, LE1 1RD

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 – The Egg Cafe, Newington, L1 4ED (between Bold St and Renshaw St) - Open floor poetry and acoustic music (with no mics). First come-first served, with names taken from 7.30pm for an 8pm start. Free. www.comestrutyourstuff.co.uk

1^st Wednesday

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

LiverBards - at Ma Egertons, 9, Pudsey Street, Liverpool. L1 1JA on the 3rd Sunday of the month at 7:50pm. Admission is free.

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

Spokes Amaze! -  Bikeshed Theatre, Fore Street, Exeter EX4 3AT. A spinning wheel of word wizardry: Poetry as you’ve never heard or seen it before.  £5 / £2 slammers. http://ow.ly/szISa 

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

BEYOND WORDS. Gipsy Hill Tavern, 79 Gipsy Hill, London SE19 1QH Poetry and more.... headline poet & showcases newer voices from open-mic. 7 for 7.30pm. £4/3.   email: beyond.words@aol.co.uk   Good access.

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 

NW3

2^nd Wednesday

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

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/  

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

1st Wednesday

More Poetry  7.30 for 8pm the first Monday of each month presented by juli Jana and Ken Champion at Antonio's coffee shop and gallery,Leyden Street 5min from Liverpool Str tube station. Guest and floor spots.http://www.kenchampion.org.uk/events/ 

Depford

3^rd Thursday

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

N4

4^th Wednesday

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

TamaRe House Poetry Corner @ Open The Gate- The Black Culture Cafe. Every 3rd Saturday of the month from 1pm-2.30pm then 4.30pm- 5.30pm Address: 33 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, London, N16, 8BJ For more info. Contactdenise@tamarehouse.com  Website: www.tamarehouse.com/poetrycorner

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.

Improv Night - Live music, video projection, spoken word and experimental art. Mash Guru, Backwall Gate, Macclesfield, SK11 6LQ - 8:30pm Free

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

Hard Rain - at Isis Café, 910 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, M19 (Near Albert Road) - see www.isiscafe.com for more details or just call in.  8pm – 10 pm: poetry performance

Young Identity in Manchester. workshops for young people aged 13 to 25 every Monday at HOME  and a quarterly event call One Mic Stand in partnership also with Contact theatre. Every three months on the Friday. We are also in September2020 putting on a monthly showcase for brand new writer.

Our website is www.youngidentity.org

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

Big Talk - Tom Thumb Theatre, Eastern Esplanade, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent CT9 2LB. Big poetry from a small theatre to the world. £5, £3 for 'open micers'. http://ow.ly/szIuu

open mic - Commercial Hotel in Mossley (OL5 0AA) Anything goes from poetry to mind reading, music to magic. If you want the stage for 15 mins just turn up.

New Brighton, Wirral

2nd Monday

Bards of New Brighton – “the Mags” Magazine Lane - 8pm - 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 Tuesday

Otley Poets - (except January) at 8pm at Korks Wine Bar Bondgate Otley for 8-30pm start.Free except guest poets night when it's £1 entry.

Everyone must purchase a drink of some kind as we are not charged for the room.

For further info contact Sandra Burnett telephone: 01943/465372

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 From Subject Received Size
celebrate@anniversary-gifts-by-year.com 50th Anniversary Poems Competition Sun 15/08 6 KB Mic - Waunifor Centre, Maesycrugiau SA39 9LX - 7.30pm  £2

Penzance

Every other Thursday

Café Frug -  Penzance Arts Club -  an evening of performance - poetry, music, comedy, film  - 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

Petersfield Write Angle Poetry & Music Open Mic  Upstairs @ The Square Brewery, Market Square, Petersfield GU32 3HJ

The Draper’s Poetry Gig - VENUE: The Draper’s Arms (Wetherspoon’s),            29-31 Cowgate,  Peterborough, PE1 1LZ - 8pm  Usually two headline poets doing twenty minute slots and there is plenty of open mic time, ACCESS: ALL on the ground floor and access is easy. Host  Ron Graves, The Draper’s Arms Poet-in-Residence,  graves@reidgraves.com

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.

Damson Poets – The Continental, South Meadow Lane, Preston PR1 8JP. Disabled access.  www.damsonpoets.wordpress.com  contact: Terry at tsqdor@hotmail.com

Reading

2nd Friday

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

Rochdale

4^th Sunday

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

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

Gorilla Poetry is every third Monday at The Gardener's Rest on Neepsend Lane (S3 8AT). It's absolutely free and anyone that wants to perform will get a five minute slot with no need to book in advance. There's a facebook page for it here.

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

Cafe Frug with Bob Devereux St Ives St Ives Arts Club. Contact Bob: 01736 753899 or visit

 www.stivesartsclub.org

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

1st Thursday

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. Not July, August and December.

Todmorden

2nd Tuesday

Magic Words at Bramsche 31 Rochdale Road,  Todmorden, OL14 7LA 7.30pm - £3  spoken word night. Guest poets & performers, plus a warm & friendly open mic spot open to all!   www.bramsche.co.uk

Tonbridge poetry group, Roundel,  meet on the 1st Wed morning and 3rd Sat afternoon to share and improve our work.

This year we will celebrate our 10th Anniversary.

https://roundelpoetrytonbridge.wordpress.com

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/

Words@javabean  Every two months at the JavaBean Cafe in Tunbridge Wells. Open Mic night. contact @javabean @CarolynTGrey for more details.

Ulverston

4^th Monday

The Fourth Monday Poets - at the Mill, King Street, Ulverston, at 7.30. It's Free

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  www.blackhorsepoets.weebly.com   

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  https://wellsfountainpoets.wordpress.com/about/  

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 Golden Ball, 2 Cromwell Road, Bishophill, York YO1 6DU.

Open mic with a monthly guest feature.  Admission £1.

http://yorkspeakerscorner.webs.com