Bex's September Spoken Word Wrap Up

Another August has been and gone! We saw a plethora of amazing Spoken Word shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Being the lucky sausage I am, I work with I Am Loud Productions at Loud Poets: Best of Fringe. We hosted a whole bunch of spoken word performers - with over 65 performers throughout our 20 shows. But the Fringe is over, and doesn't need to be considered for at least another month or two - in the meantime, I've collected a list of (almost) 100 spoken word events taking place across the UK in September 2022!

Let's keep supporting the spoken word scene!

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Week One!

Events across the UK from 1st - 7th September

01/09/2022	Fire and Dust	Coventry
	Genesis Poetry Slam	London
	Empowering Young voices: Celebrating the power of poetry for young people	London
	RSVP: Open Mic, a Night of Poetry, Music and Vibes... Don't forget to RSVP	Reading
	Away With Words Open Mic	Hull
02/09/2022	​First Fridays: Tales of Derby Women Past	Derby
	​The Flowdown: Poetry Circle + Crit	London
	Resonance: a Night of Music and Poetry Curated by Otis Mensah	Sheffield
​03/09/2022	Rebel Poets Go West Spoken Word Open Mic	Isle of Man
	Food For Thoughts...The Poets Strike Back	Gloucester
04/09/2022	​Poets, Prattlers & Pandemonialist - Yes, We Can't	Online
	Switchblade Society's 3rd Birthday Bash	Manchester
	Poetry, Spoken Word, and Creative Writing	London
05/09/2022	Candlelight Open Mic @ The Old Toll Bar	Glasgow
	Free Mind - Spoken Word	London
	Balloch Open Mic	Balloch
	Words & Music at Milk Cafe	Glasgow
​06/09/2022	September York Spoken Word	York
	Alycia Pirmohamed & Helen Mort	Edinburgh
	My Word - Open Mic Poetry & Live Music	London
	Poetry at Inn Deep	Glasgow
	Mind Over Matter Manchester	Manchester
	Verve Open Door	Birmingham
07/09/2022	Words Out Loud - Poetry and Spoken Word	Chichester
	The Poetry Lounge Open Mic Night	London
	Tasseomancy: Spoken Word XIV	Glasgow

Week Two!

Events from the 8th - 14th of September

08/09/2022	​Bad Betty Live September	London
	Rock the Boat Open Mic	Edinburgh
	BBC Contains Strong Language Festival	Birmingham
	WordWorks Sessions	Newquay
09/09/2022	Born Lippy Presents Donald Jenkins	Newcastle
	OUTWITH Festival - Spoken Word Showcase	Dunfermline
	Open Mic Poetry Event - All Welcome	Huntingdon
	Molly Naylor Stop trying to be Fantastic	Mayfield
	Mad Waves Festival Slam	Leeds
10/09/2022	Gutter Launch!	​Edinburgh
	Adult's Workshop: Poetry Night	London
	Stone to Crones Free Workshop	Bristol
	Apples And Snakes x The Verb	Birmingham
11/09/2022	Like a blot from the blue	Aberdeen
	​Poetry, Spoken Word, and Creative Writing	London
	VERVE/ CSL Indie Poetry Press Bookfair	Birmingham
	Roarsome September Hotpot	Musselburgh
	Sad Poets Doorstep Club	Leeds
12/09/2022	Poetry & Spoken Word open mic, featuring Alan Hughes and Jacqui Stearn	Stroud
	Mind Over Matter Brixton	London
	Get Mouthy Poets	Leicester
	Poetry Launch Party - Feminist Poetry Launch	Online
13/09/2022	Poetry at Inn Deep	Glasgow
	Inky Lab | A Night of Open Mic Poetry & Flash Fiction	North Sheilds
	Allsorts Cabaret: Sensational September	Glasgow
14/09/2022	Speakin' Weird	Aberdeen
	Spoken Word & Poetry Open Mic #13	Manchester
	Cheltenham Poetry Festival	Cheltenham

Week Three!

Events from the 15th - 21st of September

15/09/2022	SPOTLIGHT	​Aberdeen
	​Dear Listener Fear. Jemima Hughes	Worcester
	In Verse @ Latern House	Cumbernauld
	​Open Mic at Glossop Labour Club	​Glossop
	​A Mixter o Makars	Edinburgh
	​Chelping No. 18 | Helen Mort & Matthew Hedley Stoppard	​Leeds
	​The Fabulous Cabaret	Aberdeen
16/09/2022	​Loud Poets	Edinburgh
	Morcambe Poetry Festival	Morcambe
	​​Summer anywhere Festival	Edinburgh
	​​SPORK The Spoken-word social	Exeter
17/09/2022	Loud Poets x Hotchpotch	Dundee
	The Poetry Weekender	Dublin
	SproutSpoken: SuperSonic - At St Michael the Archangel	​Newquay
	An Evening With 2 Stoned Birds | Dundee Fringe	Dundee
18/09/2022	Lost in Leith Presents: Spoken Word, Music & Pamphlet Market	Edinburgh
	Literary Triptych at OWIS 2022	Stirling
	Poetry, Spoken Word, and Creative Writing	London
19/09/2022	Hear the Word	​Oxford
	​Transatlantic Poetry	Bath
20/09/2022	Poetry at Inn Deep	Glasgow
	Leeds Poetry Festival On The Mic	Leeds
	ReadFest: Hidden Literature Presents LOUD IN A LIBRARY	London
	Nine Lives Poetry	Sheffield
21/09/2022	Hammer & Tongue x Bad Betty	Brighton

Week Four!

Events from the 22nd - 30th September

22/09/2022	Nott Another...Poetry Slam	Nottingham
23/09/2022	Queer Poetry Soiree	Rye
	Newham Poetry Festival	London
24/09/2022	Aspects 2022: Poetry Slam	Bangor
	Poetry, Spoken Word, and Creative Writing	London
25/09/2022	Ross Wilcock Pamphlet Launch	Glasgow
26/09/2022	Loud Poets Open Mic	Edinburgh
	Verbose	Manchester
	Poetry at Inn Deep	Glasgow
27/09/2022	La Violette Societa 39	Liverpool
	​Process Productions Open Mic with Demi Anter & Sarah McCreadie	London
	BlackFest 2022 - Spoken Word Poetry Night at Hope Street Theatre	Liverpool
	Sounds About Write	Sheffield
	The Glasgow Literary Lounge at the Scotia Bar	Glasgow
28/09/2022	Satellite of Love: Georgina Wilding & Leanne Moden	Bristol
	​Rebel Soapbox	Brighton
29/09/2022	Punk in Drublic Poetry XVI at Lock 91	Manchester
	​Tubthumping	Leeds
	Poetry at Books and Beans	Aberdeen
	44 Years of Sid	Aberdeen
	Out-Spoken: September	London
30/09/2022	​Word Wise # 61 Robert Steventon	Derby
	​Chemistry 2: Jimmy Andrex, Jenny Robb and he for helium	Leeds

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If you have an event that is not on this list, please contact me through Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. I can be found as @bexpoet on all those sites!

I'll start looking for October events for next month's list shortly, so feel free to tag me or send them my way!

I hope you find this list a good way of seeing more spoken word

see you next month!

Bex