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Displaying 104 events (1 Sep 2022 to 30 Sep 2022)
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Thursday 01 September 2022
8-11pm at Beneath Brighton Zip, Lower Promenade, Madeira Drive, Brighton, GB
7:00pm at 93-95 Mile End Road, Whitechapel, London, E1 4UJ, GB
7:30pm at 567 Wilbraham Rd, Chorlton-cum-Hardy,, Manchester, M21 0AE, GB
Hull » Away With Words Open Mic
7:30pm at 22 Princes Avenue, Hull, HU5 3QA, GB
Friday 02 September 2022
7:00pm at Zoom
8:00pm at 23 Coombe Road, Croydon, CR0 1BD, GB
8:00pm at 23 Coombe Road, Croydon, CR0 1BD, GB
Saturday 03 September 2022
2:15pm at 15 St Peg Lane, Cleckheaton, BD19 3SA, GB
2:15pm at https://zoom.us, Zoom
Sunday 04 September 2022
7:00pm for 8:00 at Bath Road, Cheltenham, GL53 7LX, GB
Bolton » Write out Loud Bolton
Doors 19.30, start 20.00 at 16 Wood Street, Bolton, BL1 1DY, GB
2:00pm at 149-153 Alcester Road, Birmingham, B13 8JP, GB
Zoom » Poetry LGBT Open Mic on Zoom
5:00pm at Zoom
Teddington » Poetry at the Adelaide
6:00pm at 57 Park Road, Teddington, TW11 0AU, GB
7:00pm at 3 Station Street, Lewes, BN7 2D, GB
Reading » Dreading Slam - Real Live Poetry
7:30pm at Silver Street, Reading, GB
Reading » Dreading Slam - Real Live Poetry
7:30pm at Silver Street, Reading, GB
Reading » Dreading Slam - Real Live Poetry
7:30pm at Silver Street, Reading, GB
Tuesday 06 September 2022
Bishopston, Bristol, » Poetry Unlimited
11:00am at 279 Gloucester Rd,, Bishopston, Bristol,, BS7 8NY, GB
7:30pm at Bootham, York, YO30 7BW, GB
8:00pm at Tower Gardens, off Water Street, Liverpool, L3 1LG, GB
Wednesday 07 September 2022
Liverpool » Dead Good Poets' Society
7:00pm for 7:30pm at Hope St, Liverpool, L8 7PE, GB
10:00am at Zoom
Zoom » Henry Normal in conversation with John Darwin
7:00pm at Zoom
Online » Scale by Mina Gorji: Carcanet Book Launch
7:00pm at Online
7:30pm at 135 New Rd Side, Horsforth, Leeds LS18 4QD, Leeds, GB
7:30pm at https://zoom.us, Zoom
Thursday 08 September 2022
Stockport » Write Out Loud Stockport
7:00pm at Wellington Road South,, Stockport, SK3 8AB, GB
Wigan » Write Out Loud Wigan @ The Old Courts
7:30pm at The Old Courts, Crawford St, Wigan, WN1 1NG, GB
Huddersfield » Five poets plus open mic
7:00pm at 120 New Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2UD, GB
Doncaster » Well Spoken! at Doncaster Brewery
7:30pm at 7 Young St, Doncaster, DN1 3EL, GB
Friday 09 September 2022
Ware » Poetry at Ware Arts Centre
8:00pm at Kibes Lane, Ware, SG12 7ED, GB
Saturday 10 September 2022
7:30pm at County Road, Ulverston, Ulverston, LA12 7LZ, GB
Sunday 11 September 2022
Walton on the Naze » Poetry @ Bruff
7:00am at 29 The Parade, Walton on the Naze, CO14 8EA, GB
Zoom » Women Poets' Network online open mic
10:30am at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-poets-gathering-online-social-open-mic-tickets-388029355247, Zoom
Zoom » Poetry LGBT Open Mic on Zoom
5:00pm at Zoom
Tuesday 13 September 2022
7:30pm at https://zoom.us, Zoom
7:30pm at The Chubb Buildings Fryer Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HT, GB
8:00pm at Old Seacroft Chapel, York Road, Leeds, LS14 6JB, GB
Wednesday 14 September 2022
Zoom » Write Out Loud Woking on Zoom
7:00pm at https://zoom.us, Zoom
7-30 for 8 at 35 Grove Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4TT, GB
Marsden » Marsden Write Out Loud
7:30am at Peel Street, Marsden, HD7 6BW, GB
Wakefield » Getting Gobby In The Lobby
7:00pm at Unity Hall, Westgate, Wakefield, WF1 1EP, GB
Cheltenham » The Gloucestershire School of Poets talk
7:00pm at 7 St James' Square, Cheltenham, GL50 3PR, GB
Zoom » Henry Normal in conversation with Janine Booth
7:00pm at Zoom
Thursday 15 September 2022
Scunthorpe » Speak Out Scunny Open Mic
6:30pm at Scunthorpe High Street, Scunthorpe, DN15 6NG, GB
Leeds » Chelping ft Helen Mort & Matthew Hedley Stoppard
7:00pm at 18 Commercial Street, Leeds, LS1 6AL, GB
Friday 16 September 2022
Marsden » Quiet Compere Tour 2022 - Marsden - Workshop
2:00pm at 9 Peel Street, Marsden, HD7 6BR, GB
Zoom » SS Revue w/ Tony Medina, Maya Marshall & More!
7:00pm at https://zoom.us, Zoom
Marsden » Quiet Compere 2022 - Marsden Mechanics - Stop 7
7:30pm at Marsden Mechanics Hall, Peel Street, Marsden, HD7 6BW, GB
Saturday 17 September 2022
2:15pm at 15 St Peg Lane, Cleckheaton, BD19 3SA, GB
2:15pm at https://zoom.us, Zoom
Ironbridge, Telford, » Country Voices
2:30pm at Buildwas Road,, Ironbridge, Telford,, TF8 7BJ, GB
Sunday 18 September 2022
Zoom » Poetry LGBT Open Mic on Zoom
5:00pm at Zoom
Monday 19 September 2022
7.30 at 105 Neepsend Lane, Sheffield, S3 8AT, GB
10:00am at Civic Centre, Market Walk,, Keynsham, BS31 1FS, GB
7:00pm at West Borough, Wimborne, GB
Manchester » An Evening with Flapjack Press
7:00pm at Manchester Road, Manchester, M21 9PN, GB
Tuesday 20 September 2022
6pm-8pm at Old Seacroft Chapel, York Road, Leeds, LS14 6JB, GB
Sale (Trafford) » Poetry Lovers Outloud
7:30am at Sale Town Centre, Sale (Trafford), M33 7ZF, GB
Cardiff » Open Mic & Guest with Susie Wild and Ben Wildsmith
7:00pm at Senghennydd Road, Cardiff, CF24 4YE, GB
7:15pm at West Borough, Wimborne, GB
Bury St Edmunds » Poetry Aloud
7:30pm at St Andrews Street South, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3PH, GB
7:30pm at Zoom
London » The Poetry Shack - September special
7:30pm at 3 Torrens Street, London, EC1V 1NQ, GB
7:30pm at 296a Camberwell Rd, London, SE5 0RP, GB
Wednesday 21 September 2022
Zoom » Henry Normal in conversation with David Viney
7:00pm at Zoom
7:15pm at Chester Road North, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 7JW, GB
7:30pm at 448 Wilmslow Rd, Withington, Manchester, M20 3BW, GB
Zoom » An Evening with Hannah Hodgson
7:30pm at https://zoom.us, Zoom
Cheltenham » Coming Home with Poetry - a reading and open mic
8:00pm at University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, GL50 4AZ, GB
Thursday 22 September 2022
Cheltenham » Cheltenham Poetry Festival - Open-Mic
Doors open around 6 for six thirty at University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, GL50 4AZ, GB
12:30pm at Church Street, Malvern, WR14 2AY, GB
7:00pm at 15 Stone Street, Dudley, DY11NS, GB
Preston » Luke Wright at The Ferret, Preston
8:00pm at 55 Fylde Rd, Preston, Preston, PR1 2XQ, GB
Saturday 24 September 2022
Sunday 25 September 2022
11:00am at Friends of the Earth Building, Birmingham, B5 5TH, GB
Cambridge » Allographic Workshop
2:00pm at Granta Place Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1RU, GB
Zoom » Poetry LGBT Open Mic on Zoom
5:00pm at Zoom
Ashton-under-Lyne » Spoken Passions
6:30pm at 2 Warrington Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6XB, GB
Ashton-under-Lyne » Spoken Passions
7:00pm at 2 Warrington Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6XB, GB
Cambridge » Allographic Open Mic
7:00pm at Granta Place Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1RU, GB
Monday 26 September 2022
7:30pm at 843 Stockport Road, Manchester, M19 3PW, GB
7:30pm at Church Street, Dorking, RH4 1DW, GB
Tuesday 27 September 2022
Manchester » Word Central open mic
6:00pm at St Peter's Square, Manchester, M2 5PD, GB
Zoom » Women Poets' Circle: Making A Poetry Community
7:00pm at https://zoom.us, Zoom
Sowerby Bridge » Puzzle Spoken Word
7:30pm at Hollins Lane, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2QG, GB
7:30pm at 15 Wellington Street, Leicester, LE1 6HH, GB
7:30pm at Preston Rd, Chorley, PR6 7AX, GB
Wednesday 28 September 2022
Zoom » Henry Normal in conversation with Rob Steventon
7:00pm at Zoom
Online » Radical Normalisation by Celia A Sorhaindo Launch
7:00pm at Online
Zoom » Rommi Smith: Notes from a Residency
7:00pm at https://zoom.us, Zoom
Chapel en le Frith » Readings at REMS
7:30pm at 29, Market St, Chapel en le Frith, Derbyshire, Chapel en le Frith, GB
Thursday 29 September 2022
Woking » Write Out Loud Woking
7:30pm at Chobham Road, Woking, GU21 4AA, GB
Woking » Write Out Loud Woking at The Lightbox
8:00pm at Chobham Road, Woking, GU21 4AA, GB
7:30pm at 9 Eastgate Street Row, Chester, CH1 1LG, GB
Preston » Harry Baker: Unashamed
8:00pm at 55 Fylde Rd, Preston, Preston, PR1 2XQ, GB
Friday 30 September 2022
Leeds » Chemistry 2: Jimmy Andrex & Jenny Robb
7:15pm at 9 Johnston Street, Woodhouse, Leeds, LS6 2NG, GB
7:30pm at 178 Above Bar Street, Southampton, SO14 7DW, GB
Recent Gig Reviews
Dreading Slam - Real Live Poetry on 1 Jan 2023 reviewed by Richard Stephenson
Well Spoken! at Doncaster Brewery on 10 Nov 2022 reviewed by Mick Jenkinson
Getting Gobby In The Lobby on 16 Mar 2022 reviewed by Ian Whiteley
Away With Words Hull on 18 Nov 2021 reviewed by Greg Freeman
Enfield Poets on 2 Oct 2021 reviewed by Greg Freeman
Enfield Poets on 2 Oct 2021 reviewed by Paula Curteanu
Marsden Write Out Loud on 19 May 2021 reviewed by kealan coady
Allographic Open Mic on 31 Jan 2021 reviewed by Manju Ray
Matthew Humphries on 19 Mar 2020 reviewed by Al Barz
OUT LOUD a night of spoken word performance on 10 Mar 2020 reviewed by Andy N
Bolton WriteOutLoud @ Bolton Socialist Club on 16 Feb 2020 reviewed by kealan coady
GFMA Spoken Word & Poetry Night on 20 Feb 2020 reviewed by Doug Berry
Liver Bards on 20 Jan 2020 reviewed by john short
Write Out Loud Woking on 31 Oct 2019 reviewed by Greg Freeman
Write Out Loud Woking on 26 Sep 2019 reviewed by Greg Freeman