It has been such fun putting this list together over the last few months. I have taught myself some useful research and editing skills and gotten to know the London poetry scene into the bargain. Here is the list for May.
Things to remember:
- This list is NOT exhaustive
- Just because an event is FREE does not mean that it doesn't require a ticket (poetry is popular)
- Events may sell out between the time I collate the details and the time that the event takes place (She Grrrowls has done this 3 times in 2019 - Kudos Carmina)
- I do not get paid for this - so if there are any errors or omissions, please bear this in mind before berating, bad-mouthing, or otherwise getting upset with the listing.
- Poetry nights are still nights out, treat them as such with regards personal responsibility and your safety.
Enjoy your month in poetry.
R x
Tuesday 30-Apr
Gobjaw @ Little Nan's Bar
SE8 4BX
All Open-Mic
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): Free
Doors/Start Time: 6:45:00 PM
Featuring: n/a
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/410783323052156/
Wednesday 01-May
Rise Up @ Drink Shop Do
N1 9DX
All Open-Mic
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): Free
Doors/Start Time: 7:00:00 PM
Featuring: n/a
Wednesday 01-May
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 02-May
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: All Slam
Thursday 02-May
Spoken Word Vortex @ The Hideaway
SW16 2BF
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £12.50/£10.00
Doors/Start Time: 7:00:00 PM/8:00:00 PM
Featuring: TBC
Website: www.flovortex.com
Thursday 02-May
Trouble Tongues @ Downstairs @ Neighbour
NW5 2TG
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): Free
Doors/Start Time: 7:00:00 PM
Featuring: Mat Lloyd, Chevonesse, Blackscore
Website: www.troubletongues.com
Friday 03-May
She Grrrowls @ Poetry Café
WC2H 9BX
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £7.00/£6.00
Doors/Start Time: 7:00:00 PM
Featuring: Amani Saeed, Rachel Sambrooks, Sarah Ebisanmi
Website: http://shegrrrowls.com
Saturday 04-May
Poetry Prescribed @ InSpire at St.Peters
SE17 2HH
Workshop
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £12.50
Doors/Start Time: 2:00:00 PM
Featuring: n/a
Website: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-prescribed-2019-workshops-tickets-55881274396
Saturday 04-May
Bare Lit Festival @ The Albany
SE8 4AG
Festival
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £16.00/£13.00
Doors/Start Time: 10:00:00 AM
Featuring: Check Website For Details
Website: http://barelitfestival.com/
Sunday 05-May
Speakeasy @ Phoenix Arts Club
WC2H 8BU
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): Free/Free/Free
Doors/Start Time: 6:30:00 PM/7:00:00 PM
Featuring: Check Website For Details
Website: www.facebook.com/speakeasyphoenix
Sunday 05-May
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: Dinah Livingstone
Website: https://torrianomeetinghouse.wordpress.com/events/poetry/
Sunday 05-May
Bare Lit Festival @ The Albany
SE8 4AG
Festival
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £16.00/£13.00
Doors/Start Time: 10:00:00 AM
Featuring: Check Website For Details
Website: http://barelitfestival.com/
Tuesday 07-May
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: Bridget Minamore, Jah-Mir Early
Website: www.hammerandtongue.com/hackney
Wednesday 08-May
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: Jess Green, Eljae
Wednesday 08-May
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: Joolz Sparkes, Hilaire
Website: https://loose-muse.com
Wednesday 08-May
Mind Over Matter @ Fiddlers Elbow
NW5 3HS
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): Free/Free/Free
Doors/Start Time: 6:30:00 PM/7:30:00 PM
Featuring: Ric Flo, Annie Rockson, Yazzie Min
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/444794559618295/
Wednesday 08-May
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: Check Website For Details
Wednesday 08-May
Verses Summer Special @ Dalston Roof Park
E8 3DL
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £5.00
Doors/Start Time: 7:00:00 PM
Featuring: Sarah Callaghan, Dan Simpson
Thursday 09-May
Canada Water Open Mic @ Canada Water Theatre
SE16 7AR
All Open-Mic
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): Free
Doors/Start Time: 6:45:00 PM
Featuring: n/a
Friday 10-May
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: TBC
Website: http://london.e-poets.net/
Saturday 11-May
Outspoken Masterclass @ Sunley Pavilion, Royal Festival Hall
SE1 8XX
Workshop
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £20.00
Doors/Start Time: 1:00:00 PM
Featuring: Anthony Anaxagorou
Website: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/134808-out-spoken-poetry-masterclass-anthony-anaxagorou-2019/
Saturday 11-May
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
Featuring: TBC
Saturday 11-May
Words Aloud @ Sutton Library
SM1 1EA
All Open-Mic
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): Free/Free/Free
Doors/Start Time: 2:00:00 PM/
Featuring: Check Website For Details
Saturday 11-May
Errant Stage & The Big Red Poetry Tour @ Wandsworth Arts Fringe
SW11 5JE
Open-Mic, Workshop, & Features
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): Free
Doors/Start Time: 1:00:00 PM
Featuring: Dialectic Dee, Rick Dove, and Guests
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/281816289365687/
Sunday 12-May
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: Derrick Porter, Sonia Jarema, Jenny Mitchell
Website: https://torrianomeetinghouse.wordpress.com/events/poetry/
Monday 13-May
Poets Dictionary @ The Nags Head
N1 0RQ
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £8.00
Doors/Start Time: 6:00:00 PM
Featuring: TBC
Website: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-poets-dictionary-spoken-word-poetry-open-mic-by-poetclopedia-tickets-57377115497/
Wednesday 15-May
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 16-May
Outspoken Live @ Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
SE1 8XX
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £10.00/£8.00
Doors/Start Time: 7:00:00 PM/
Featuring: Check Website For Details
Website: www.outspokenldn.com
Thursday 16-May
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
Featuring: TBC/
Website: www.facebook.com/PenTingPoetry/
Thursdays 16-May
Spoken Word Vortex @ The Hideaway
SW16 2BF
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £12.50/£10.00
Doors/Start Time: 7:00:00 PM/8:00:00 PM
Featuring: TBC
Website: www.flovortex.com
Saturday 18-May
Poem-A-Thon for The Poetry Society @ Poetry Café
WC2H 9BX
Fundraiser
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): Donations to The Poetry Society
Doors/Start Time: 12:00:00 PM
Featuring: 60 top contemporary poets - yes SIXTY
Saturday 18-May
Mind Over Matter: Off the Record @ Theatre Peckham
SE5 7SD
Charity Event
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £6 - all profits to Off the Record
Doors/Start Time: 18:30:00 PM
Featuring: Lams, Tanaka, Miss Yankey
Sunday 19-May
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/
Featuring: n/a
Website: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sip-rhyme-sundays-tickets-5988853
Sunday 19-May
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: TBC
Website: https://torrianomeetinghouse.wordpress.com/events/poetry/
Monday 20-May
Chocolate Poetry Club @ The Camden Eye
NW1 9NX
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £6.00/£5.00
Doors/Start Time: 6:00:00 PM/7:00:00 PM
Featuring: TBC
Website: www.facebook.com/ChocPoetryClub
Monday 20-May
Incite @ Phoenix Arts Club
WC2H 8BU
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): Free/Free/Free
Doors/Start Time: 8:30:00 PM/
Featuring: n/a
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/483686122167486/
Friday 24-May
Open Mic Night at The Paxton @ The Paxton Centre
SE19 2AE
All Open-Mic
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £3.00//
Doors/Start Time: 7:00:00 PM/
Featuring: n/a
Friday 24-May
Jazz Verse Jukebox @ Hoxton Hall
N1 6SH
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £9.00/£8.00/
Doors/Start Time: 7:00:00 PM/7:30:00 PM
Featuring: 10th Birthday: Jacob Sam-La Rose, Anthony Anaxagorou, Shruti Chauhan, Bella Cox
Website: https://www.facebook.com/JazzVerseJukebox/
Friday 24-May
Lodestone Poets @ Waterstones TCR
W1T 1BJ
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £7.00//
Doors/Start Time: /
Featuring: Jane Yeh, Rebecca Goss, Richard Scott, Lesley Sharpe
Website: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/waterstones-tcr-presents-lodestone-poets-5-tickets-60466162921
Sunday 26-May
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: Live Canon
Website: https://torrianomeetinghouse.wordpress.com/events/poetry/
Sunday 26-May
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
Featuring: TBC
Monday 27-May
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: Check Website For Details
Website: www.bangsaidthegun.com
Monday 27-May
Coffee House Poetry @ The Troubadour
SW5 9JA
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): Free
Doors/Start Time: 7:30:00 PM
Featuring: Pat Boran, Martina Evans, Richard Douglas Pennant
Website: www.coffeehousepoetry.org
Tuesday 28-May
BoxedIn @ BoxPark Shoreditch
E1 6GY
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): Free
Doors/Start Time: 7:00:00 PM
Featuring: TBC
Website: www.facebook.com/weareboxedin
Wednesday 29-May
That's What She Said @ The Book Club
EC2A 4RH
Featured Artists
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £10.00/£7.00
Doors/Start Time: 7:30:00 PM
Featuring: TBC
Thursday 30-May
Moetry @ 93 Feet East
E1 6QL
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £6.00/£5.00/
Doors/Start Time: 6:00:00 PM/7:00:00 PM
Featuring: n/a
Thursday 30-May
Speak= @ The Jago
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: TBC
Friday 31-May
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: TBC
Website: www.olivercable.com
Friday 31-May
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
Featuring: TBC
Website: https://www.facebook.com/0nceuponamic
Friday 31-May
Paper Tiger Poetry @ Tea House Theatre
SE11 5HL
Open Mic & Features
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Tickets (Full/Concs/Adv): £5.00//
Doors/Start Time: 7:30:00 PM/8:00:00 PM
Featuring: TBC
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