April 2019

April 2019 Listings

Listings are correct at time of upload, but please check individual event sites for updates, especially for ticket availability when tickets are free.

Tuesday 02-Apr
BoxedIntimate @ Caravanserail
E2 6ED
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £10.00
Doors/Start Time: 7:00:00 PM
Featuring:  Belinda Zhawi, Sumia Jaama
Website: www.facebook.com/weareboxedin


Tuesday 02-Apr
Hammer and Tongue Hackney @ The Book Club
EC2A 4RH
Slam & Features
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £10.00/£7.00
Doors/Start Time: 7:30:00 PM/8:00:00 PM
Featuring:  Lex Amor, Robert Garnham
Website: www.hammerandtongue.com/hackney


Tuesday 02-Apr
Outspoken Live - Out-Spoken Prize Awards 2019 @ 100 Club
W1D 1LL
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £10.00/£8.00
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM
Website: www.outspokenldn.com


Tuesday 02-Apr
Poetry Unplugged @ Poetry Café
WC2H 9BX
All Open-Mic
Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00/£4.00
Doors/Start Time:  6:45:00 PM/7:30:00 PM
Featuring:  n/a
Website: www.facebook.com/poetryunpluggedlondon


Tuesday 02-Apr
Magma Poetry - The Changeling Issue @ Studio Voltaire
SW4 7JR
Launch Event
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  Free
Doors/Start Time:  6:30:00 PM
Featuring:  Issue contributors
Website: www.facebook.com/events/254157935463921



Wednesday 03-Apr
Poetic Unity @ Black Cultural Archives
SW2 1EF
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00
Doors/Start Time:  6:30:00 PM/7:00:00 PM
Website: www.poeticunity.org.uk


Wednesday 03-Apr
Spoken Word London @ VFD 
N16 7XB
All Open-Mic
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  Free
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM/7:30:00 PM
Featuring:  n/a


Wednesday 03-Apr
You're Hysterical - for GOSH @ The Star of Kings
N1 0AX
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM
Website: www.youarehysterical.com/events/get-hysterical-for-g-o-s-h


Wednesday 03-Apr
Eighty Four - Anthology  @ Foyles
WC2H 0DT
Launch Event
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  Donation
Doors/Start Time:  6:30:00 PM/
Featuring:  Anthology contributors
Website:


Wednesday 03-Apr
The Mighty Flame - Amy Balog @ Poetry Café
WC2H 9BX
Launch Event
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00/£4.00
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM
Featuring:  Amy Balog



Thursday 04-Apr
Genesis Slam @ Genesis Cinema
E1 4UJ
All Slam
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  Free/Free/Free
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM/
Featuring:  Rebecca Cooney, Slammers
Website: http://genesiscinema.co.uk/GenesisCinema.dll/WhatsOn?Film=204877


Thursday 04-Apr
Spoken, Not Stirred @ The Boathouse Café & Bar
IG11 7BT
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00/£3.00
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM/7:30:00 PM
Featuring:  Aaron Daniel
Website: www.facebook.com/spokennotstirred


Thursdays 04-Apr
Spoken Word Vortex @ The Hideaway
SW16 2BF
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible:
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £12.50/£10.00
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM/8:00:00 PM



Friday 05-Apr
She Grrrowls @ Poetry Café 
WC2H 9BX
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £7.00/£6.00 - ADVANCE TICKETS SOLD OUT
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM/
Featuring:  Imogen Stirling, Liz Ward, Chloe Jacquet
Website: http://shegrrrowls.com



Saturday 06-Apr
Come We Grow - Poets Tarot Corner @ Café Cairo
SW9  9PE
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00
Doors/Start Time:  6:00:00 PM/8:00:00 PM
Website: www.facebook.com/Poets-Tarot-Corner-239046483535992/



Sunday 07-Apr
Sip & Rhyme Sundays @ Diogenes the Dog
SE17 1BG
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £7.00
Doors/Start Time:  5:00:00 PM
Website: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sip-rhyme-sundays-tickets-56355048467


Sunday 07-Apr
Speakeasy @ Phoenix Arts Club
WC2H 8BU
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  Free
Doors/Start Time:  6:30:00 PM/7:00:00 PM
Website: www.facebook.com/speakeasyphoenix


Sunday 07-Apr
Spoken Word Sundaes @ Found
EC2A 4QW
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  Free
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/396157137868751


Sunday 07-Apr
Torriano Poetry @ Torriano Meeting House
NW5 2RX
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00/£4.00
Doors/Start Time:  7:30:00 PM/
Featuring:  Susannah Hart & TBC
Website: https://torrianomeetinghouse.wordpress.com/events/poetry/

Tuesday 09-Apr
Poetry Unplugged @ Poetry Café
WC2H 9BX
All Open-Mic
Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00/£4.00
Doors/Start Time:  6:45:00 PM/7:30:00 PM
Featuring:  n/a


Tuesday 09-Apr
What You Saying @ Project B
CR0 1FB
All Open-Mic
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £7.00/£5.00
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM/
Website: www.facebook.com/WhatYouSayingPoetry


Tuesday 09-Apr
Yoruba Sonnets @ Vortex Jazz Club
N16 8AZ
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £15.00/£12.50
Doors/Start Time:  7:45:00 PM
Featuring:  Dr Olu Taiwo & Lekan Babalola’s Sacred Funk Quartet
Website: www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/lekan-babalola-presents-the-yoruba-sonnets/



Wednesday 10-Apr
Bang Said the Gun @ Soho Theatre
W1D 3NE
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £17.00
Doors/Start Time:  9:30:00 PM/9:30:00 PM
Featuring:  Martin Figura
Website:  www.bangsaidthegun.com

Wednesday 10-Apr

Loose Muse @ The Sun

WC2B 5RH

Open-Mic & Features

Wheelchair Accessible:  No

Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £6.00/£5.00

Doors/Start Time:  7:30:00 PM/8:00:00 PM

Featuring:  Raine Geoghegan, Claire Booker

Wednesday 10-Apr
Boomerang Club @ The Rutland
W6 9DJ
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00/£3.00/
Doors/Start Time:  7:30:00 PM/8:00:00 PM
Featuring: Bibi June/Ross McFarlane, Sean Colletti
Website:  https://www.facebook.com/events/251600222260529/


Wednesday 10-Apr
Word on the Street @ Below Boondocks
EC1V 1JN
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £10.00/£8.00
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM
Website: https://soundmindldn.com


Wednesday 10-Apr
Word Search Live @ Shinner & Sudtone
SM1 1DT
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £3.00/£2.00
Doors/Start Time:  7:30:00 PM/
Featuring:  TBC


Wednesday 10-Apr
The Knotsman - Book Launch @ Nell of Old Drury
WC2B 5JS
Launch Event
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  Free/Free/Free
Doors/Start Time:  7:30:00 PM/
Featuring:  Math Jones
Website: www.facebook.com/events/268498414048032



Thursday 11-Apr
Rhymes With Orange @ The Horse & Stables
SE1 7RU
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £6.00
Doors/Start Time:  7:30:00 PM
Website: http://orangesrhyme.com/


Thursday 11-Apr
Survivors' Poetry Live @ Poetry Café
WC2H 9BX
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £3.50/£2.50
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM/7:30:00 PM


Thursday 11-Apr
Tongue Fu @ Occupy Festival @ Battersea Arts Centre
SW11 5TN
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £10.00/£8.00/
Doors/Start Time:  7:30:00 PM/8:00:00 PM
Featuring:  Anthony Anaxagorou, Emily Harrison, Zia Ahmed


Thursday 11-Apr
Skint & Demoralised  @ The Social
W1W 7JD
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £7.00//£5.00
Doors/Start Time:  /
Featuring:  Skint & Demoralised, Laurie Bolger, Grim Chip
Website: www.facebook.com/events/793423054370612



Friday 12-Apr
Heaux Noir @ Occupy Festival @ Battersea Arts Centre
SW11 5TN
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00//
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM/
Featuring:  Honey Williams, Divya M Persaud, Isabelle Baafi


Friday 12-Apr
RAP Party @ Occupy Festival @ Battersea Arts Centre
SW11 5TN
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £10.00/£8.00/
Doors/Start Time:  8:00:00 PM/
Featuring:  Inua Ellams, Theresa Lola
Website:  www.therandpevents.com



Saturday 13-Apr
Platform 1 Poetry @ Poetry Café
WC2H 9BX
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00/£4.00
Doors/Start Time:  7:45:00 PM/8:00:00 PM


Saturday 13-Apr
Poetry and Shaah @ Brixton Pound
SW9 8PU
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £10.00//
Doors/Start Time:  6:30:00 PM/7:00:00 PM
Featuring:  TBC
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Poetryandshaah/



Sunday 14-Apr
Torriano Poetry @ Torriano Meeting House
NW5 2RX
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00/£4.00/
Doors/Start Time:  7:30:00 PM/
Featuring:  Christine Vial, Tim Waller, Katherine Gallagher
Website: https://torrianomeetinghouse.wordpress.com/events/poetry/

Monday 15-Apr
Chocolate Poetry Club @ The Camden Eye
NW1 9NX
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00/£4.00/
Doors/Start Time:  6:00:00 PM/7:00:00 PM
Website:  www.facebook.com/ChocPoetryClub


Monday 15-Apr
Poet in the City - Audre Lorde: Sister Outsider @ Wiltons Music Hall
E1 8JB
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £16.50/£14.50/
Doors/Start Time:  6:00:00 PM/7:30:00 PM
Featuring:  Octavia Collective
Website:  www.wiltons.org.uk/whatson/502-audre-lorde-sister-outsider


Monday 15-Apr
Incite! @ Phoenix Arts Club 
WC2H 8BU

Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  Free
Doors/Start Time:  8:30:00 PM
Website: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/phoenixartsclub/247526



Tuesday 16-Apr
Poetry Unplugged @ Poetry Café
WC2H 9BX
All Open-Mic
Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00/£4.00
Doors/Start Time:  6:45:00 PM/7:30:00 PM
Featuring:  n/a



Wednesday 17-Apr
Jawdance @ RichMix
E1 6LA
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  Free
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM/7:30:00 PM
Website: https://applesandsnakes.org/jawdance/


Wednesday 17-Apr
Spoken Word London @ VFD 
N16 7XB
All Open-Mic
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  Free
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM/7:30:00 PM
Featuring:  n/a



Thursday 18-Apr
Farrago Slam @ Poetry Café
WC2H 9BX
Slam & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £6.00/£5.00
Doors/Start Time:  7:30:00 PM/8:00:00 PM
Featuring: Damian Gomes, Anna McCrory, Clive Oseman, Artin Selimi
Website: http://london.e-poets.net/


Thursday 18-Apr
Pen-Ting @ SET Dalston Lane
E8 3DF
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00
Doors/Start Time:  6:30:00 PM/7:00:00 PM
Website: www.facebook.com/PenTingPoetry


Thursdays 18-Apr
Spoken Word Vortex @ The Hideaway
SW16 2BF
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible:
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £12.50/£10.00
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM/8:00:00 PM


Thursday 18-Apr
The Spoken Word & Jazz Standard @ The Paxton Centre
SE19 2AE
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  Free/Donations
Doors/Start Time:  6:00:00 PM
Featuring:  TBC


Thursday 18-Apr
The Black Flamingo Caberet @ Free Word
EC1R 3GA
Cabaret
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £10.00/£7.00/
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM/
Featuring:  Dean Atta, Keith Jarrett, Lasana Shabazz

Tuesday 23-Apr
Poetry Unplugged @ Poetry Café
WC2H 9BX
All Open-Mic
Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00/£4.00
Doors/Start Time:  6:45:00 PM/7:30:00 PM
Featuring:  n/a



Wednesday 24-Apr
That's What She Said @ The Book Club
EC2A 4RH
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible:
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £10.00/£7.00
Doors/Start Time:  7:30:00 PM/



Thursday 25-Apr
Dodo Modern Poets @ King & Queen
W1W 6DL
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £6.00/£4.00/
Doors/Start Time:  2:30:00 PM/3:00:00 PM
Website: https://dodomodernpoets.wordpress.com/


Thursday 25-Apr
Speak= @ The Jago Dalston
E8 4AA
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £3.00
Doors/Start Time:  6:30:00 PM/7:30:00 PM
Featuring:  n/a



Friday 26-Apr
Once Upon A Mic @ The Castle
E1 1LN
Mixed Bill Open-Mic
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00/£4.00
Doors/Start Time:  7:30:00 PM/8:00:00 PM
Website: https://www.facebook.com/0nceuponamic



Friday 26-Apr
REaD Rhymes Live @ Karamel
N22 6UJ
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00//
Doors/Start Time:  8:00:00 PM/
Featuring:  TBC
Website: www.musicglue.com/karamel/events/2019-04-26-read-rhymes-live-karamel



Saturday 27-Apr
Nowhere Nights @ Flat Iron Square
SE1 1RU
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £12.00
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM/
Featuring:  Bity Booker, Dean Atta
Website:  www.olivercable.com

Saturday 27-Apr

The Sofa Slam @ The White House

RM8 1BX

Slam & Workshop

Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes

Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  Free Ticketed

Doors/Start Time:  3:30:00 PM Workshop/7:00:00 PM Slam

Featuring:  n/a

Sunday 28-Apr
Torriano Poetry @ Torriano Meeting House
NW5 2RX
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00/£4.00/
Doors/Start Time:  7:30:00 PM/
Featuring:  Daphne Rock Memorial
Website: https://torrianomeetinghouse.wordpress.com/events/poetry/


Sunday 28-Apr
Word 4 Word @ Meza East Stratford
E15 1BN
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  Free/Free/Free
Doors/Start Time:  6:00:00 PM/6:30:00 PM

Monday 29-Apr
Poetical Word @ Hounslow Youth Centre
TW3 1NX
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  Free
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM
Website:  https://poeticalword.org



Tuesday 30-Apr
BoxedIn @ BoxPark Shoreditch
E1 6GY
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible:  No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  Free/Free/Free
Doors/Start Time:  7:00:00 PM
Website:  www.facebook.com/weareboxedin


Tuesday 30-Apr
Poetry Unplugged @ Poetry Café
WC2H 9BX
All Open-Mic
Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv):  £5.00/£4.00
Doors/Start Time:  6:45:00 PM/7:30:00 PM
Featuring:  n/a