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March 2023 || Spoken Word Events UK
Updated: Mar 7
Here are this month's events!
I'm seeking help to find more online, Wales or Ireland events - so please fire them over to me (@bexpoet across all platforms).
If you are based in Scotland then why not get involved in the Loud Poets Slam Series?
Regional heats with prizes, and a Grand Final with the Edinburgh International Book Festival and a £3000 prize!
Send me any events I missed through bex@iamloud.co!
Keep Loud!
Bex
Scotland
Aberdeen
6th March: Like A blot from the blue At Grunny’s Hoose
8th March: Speakin' Weird
Balloch
6th March: Balloch Open Mic
Dumfries
1st March: WRITE! @ The Stove Cafe
11th March: Loud Poets || South Heat
Dundee
9th March: Nature Poetry in the Museum
15th March: Hotchpotch: March 2023
Edinburgh
1st March: Sad Song Club - Open Mic Night @ Sketchy Beats Café // Leith
2nd March: Rock the Boat
4th March: Aye Thrive - Therapeutic Poetry Workshop with Muted Minds
10th March: Loud Poets || March Showcase
11th March: Poetry... More or Less
15th March: Sad Song Club - Open Mic Night @ Sketchy Beats Café // Leith
16th March: International Women's Day- Celebrating Women's Voices
19th March: Lost in Leith Presents: Spoken Word and Music (full details tba)
20th March: Open Mic Reboot V
22nd March: BFFS: ANAHIT BEHROOZ & FRIENDS, ON THE RADICAL POTENTIAL OF FEMALE FRIENDSHIP
27th March: Loud Poets || Open Mic at the Kilderkin
28th March: Sad Song Club - Open Mic Night @ Sketchy Beats Café // Leith
Giffnock
18th March: Kevin P. Gilday: Spam Valley
Glasgow
2nd March: Versaye @ SET! Cafe Bar
3rd March: Open Mic Night
6th March: Candlelight Poetry Slam 2023 @ The Old Toll Bar
6th March: March Words and Music
7th March: A Night with Verve: Glasgow
18th March: off-page poetry showcase with special guests
18th March: Scottish Poetry Slam Finals
20th March: Curlers cosy corner! March edition!
27th March: Last Monday at The Bungo
Inverclyde
25th March: WORD @ The Warehouse
Irvine
10th March: Kevin P. Gilday: Spam Valley
Kincraig
14th March: Storylands Sessions - Open Mic Late Show - 8pm
Kingussie
Musselburgh
5th March: Return of the Mutant Mushroom March Hotpot
St. Andrews
9th - 12th March: Stanza Scotland's International Poetry Festival
Stirling
24th March: Forth Friday @ The Book Nook
England
Aldershot
2nd March: The Crowd Show - Rob Auton
Beaminster
Bedford
9th March: Better Days Poetry Nights - Bedford
Birmingham
Bradford
2nd March: Taking the Mic
8th March: SisterHood all female Open Mic
24th March: SisterHood all female Open Mic
Brighton
10th March: The Crowd Show - Rob Auton
16th March: Pighog Live poetry: Rachel Spence, Peter Raynard, Benjamin Cusden and Pratibha Castle
30th March: Rebel Soapbox
Bristol
Burton Bradstock
11th March: Jawbone - Poetry/Writing Workshop
Canterbury
2nd March: Cacofonix Poetry Slam March 2023
10th March: Exposure Open Mic Night
27th March: UTTERANCE - Poetry Slam and Showcase
Castle
Chichester
Coleshill
1st March: An Evening of Poetry
Coventry
2nd March: Fire & Dust: Tina Sederholm at Cafe Morso!
2nd March: Workshop: Performance Poetry with Tina Sederholm
18th March: Thrive Poetry Festival
Crawley
4th March: South Asian Women’s Poetry: History and Identity
18th March: Busting The Myth of Poetry with Akila Richards
Durham
2nd March: Poetry Jam
Farnham
7th March: Poetry Panel Event
11th March: Poetry showcase and awards ceremony
Folkstone
15th March: Beyond Text: Experimental Poetry Course
22nd March: Beyond Text: Experimental Poetry Course
29th March: Beyond Text: Experimental Poetry Course
Frome
1st March: Weekly Wednesday Write-In at The Write Place, Frome
8th March: Weekly Wednesday Write-In at The Write Place, Frome
15th March: Weekly Wednesday Write-In at The Write Place, Frome
22nd March: Weekly Wednesday Write-In at The Write Place, Frome
29th March: Weekly Wednesday Write-In at The Write Place, Frome
Halifax
11th March: How to be a better human
Huddersfield
24th March: Attila the Stockbroker
31st March: Poetry Slam Competition
Huntingdon
9th March: Open Mic Poetry Event - All welcome
Kettering
11th March: The Crowd Show - Rob Auton
Kingston Upon Thames
6th March: Off The Books
13th March: Off The Books
20th March: Off The Books
27th March: Off The Books
Lancaster
25th March: From Source to Sea — Poetry Gala Event
25th March: Poetry Double Bill 1: Katie Hale & Zaffar Kunial
25th March: Poetry Double Bill 2 – Sean O’Brien & Stephanie Sy-Quia
Leamington Spa
22nd March: Poetry Writing Workshop
Leeds
1st March: 23 Poems That Changed The World
1st March: Spring Rhythm
3rd March: Chemistry at The Chemic. Poetry and Spoken Word Night.
8th March: Rockwood House Sessions Open Mic Night @ Sheaf Street
12th March: WRITING POEMS
15th March: 23 Poems That Changed The World
16th March: Chelping No.20 | Clare Shaw & Nafeesa Hamid
29th March: 23 Poems That Changed The World
Leicester
Liverpool
5th March: Queerative- Poetry Open Mic
30th March: Transgender Day of Visibility Opening Night Party
London
1st March: De Soul - Poetry Edition
1st March: The Poetry Lounge’s 1st Birthday!
1st March: Write2SpeakEasy | One Night Only
2nd March: Spare Ribs x Umbra ~ Poetry Writing Session
2nd March: The Word Zoo Presents Hilarious Poetics
2nd March: Will Harris: Brother Poem Launch Night
2nd March: Limehouse Open Mic Night
2nd March: Babel Open Mic
2nd March: Genesis Poetry Slam
3rd March: Human Voices - Bringing Poetry to Life
3rd March: POETRY SHARED READING
3rd March: Forest Hill Stanza Open Mic Night
4th March: Queer Poetry Circle
4th March: People with Voices' Poetry Workshop
4th March: LYRICAL - Sacred and Profane
4th March: Pen to Print: Poetry Classes (In-Person)
4th March: LYRICAL - Sacred and Profane (Afternoon Performance)
5th March: Word Space - Poetry open mic, writing workshop, words-based chill
6th March: Live Nights with Unheard
7th March: RED DOOR POETS LIVE IN LONDON - 7th March 2023
7th March: My Word // Open Mic Poetry, Spoken Word & Live Music
8th March: Streatham Speaks - Spoken Word and Poetry Event: March
8th March: Poetry & Spoken Word Open Mic
9th March: Yeah Ok! Poetry Night
9th March: Free Mind - Spoken Word
9th March: Poets & Monologues - OPEN MIC UK 2023
9th March: Nature, Politics, Love and Elegies - An Evening with Carol Ann Duffy
9th March: Limehouse Open Mic Night
10th March: Poet's Palace - A Night of Spoken Word Performance
11th March: Unearthing Messages: A Collage Poetry Workshop (Bi+ Lines)
13th March: FREE Queer Poetry & Writing Workshop With S-Bars & Book28 Library!
13th March: Grumble & Grunt Open Mic
13th March: The Crowd Show - Rob Auton
14th March: Says Events
14th March: The Crowd Show - Rob Auton
15th March: Write2Speak Monthly Spoken Word Open-Mic Night @ The Queens Arms in Barnet
15th March: Babel Open Mic
15th March: The Crowd Show - Rob Auton
16th March: Forest Poets presents: Poems Not Bombs
16th March: Limehouse Open Mic Night
16th March: The Crowd Show - Rob Auton
16th March: Out-Spoken: March
17th March: POETRY SHARED READING
17th March: The Crowd Show - Rob Auton
18th March: Queer Poetry at Triangle
18th March: RIMA (Poetry slam + live music)
18th March: Disabled Poets' Prize 2023 Awards
18th March: Identities and nature with Oakley Flanagan and Courtney Conrad
18th March: The Crowd Show - Rob Auton
19th March: Word Space - Poetry open mic, writing workshop, words-based chill
19th March: Poetry Workshop
19th March: Out-Spoken Masterclass: March
22nd March: LONDON - Harry Baker: Unashamed @ Holy Trinity Northwood
23rd March: Limehouse Open Mic Night
23rd March: Poetic Conversations at Chelsea Library
26th March: The League of Absurdity
29th March: Poetry LGBT Open Mic Night LIVE
30th March: Limehouse Open Mic Night
30th March: Love, War and the Self in Renaissance and Modern Cypriot Poetry
31st March: How to be a better human
31st March: POETRY SHARED READING
Loughborough
13th March: Speech Bubble
Luton
21st March: Writing Room' Poetry Workshop - Luton
Maidenhead
4th March: The Crowd Show - Rob Auton
Manchester
4th March: Culture, Arts, Poetry & Performance: Celebrating MACFEST 5th Anniversary.
7th March: Tuesday Tony Prestents... Open Mic: Music/Comedy/Poetry
9th March: Groove Verse: Improvised Jazz & Spoken Word ft. Meduulla
14th March: Tuesday Tony Prestents... Open Mic: Music/Comedy/Poetry
18th March: South Asian Sounds: Spoken Word [Dawn]
20th March: What Is A Poem? Experiments With Form (Bi+ Lines)
21st March: Tuesday Tony Prestents... Open Mic: Music/Comedy/Poetry
27th March: Verbose MCR
28th March: Tuesday Tony Prestents... Open Mic: Music/Comedy/Poetry
Newcastle
8th March: Born Lippy Poetry Writing Workshop March 8th
8th March: Born Lippy & Wor Lasses present an International Women's Day Special
15th March: After Sylvia event: Poets on Editing
19th March: Kevin P. Gilday: Spam Valley
30th March: Poetry Reading: Brendan Cleary
Northampton
3rd March: The Crowd Show - Rob Auton
Norwich
28th March: Voodoo Daddy's Open Mic
Nottingham
2nd March: Live from the poets corner at the playwright
17th March: Paper Crane Poets
Oxford
11th March: The Poetry Door: "Families: Born, Lost & Found"
13th March: Getting Started with Poetry
Plymouth
21st March: Poetry Evening
Reading
Redditch
Redruth
11th March: Attila the Stockbroker at the Redruth Drapery
Salford
10th March: How to be a better human
Scunthorpe
6th March: Ian Bland Family Poetry Session
Sheffield
Southampton
Southend-on-Sea
11th March: WORDS IN CHALK
Stockton-on-Tees
7th March: Women Writing Poetry - Sister Stanzas
Sunderland
17th March: King Ink .014
Telford
14th March: Wellington Poetry Group
Wendover
25th March: Real Magic Poetry
Wigan
York
8th March: ‘Wayward Girls & Wicked Women’— An International Women’s Day Poetry Night
11th March: Open Mind, Open Mic
18th March: York Literature Festival & Say Owt: Hannah Davies
Elsewhere
Belfast
20th March: Poetry and Politics: Politicians reciting their favourite poems
26th March: The Poetry and Politics Pub Crawl
Cardiff
1st March: The Crowd Show - Rob Auton
27th March: Poetry Night at Waterstones Cardiff
Online
5th March: A Night Of Instability with James Scott-Howes
6th March: Spurred into Song - WB Yeats - virility, mortality and morality - a workshop
8th March: Loud Poets Writing Club
16th March: Triple Book Launch: Sarala Estruch, L.Kiew and Katie Hale
21st March: TWOOMPH! ft. Kathryn O'Driscoll