Poetry and spoken word in Bristol
45 events coming up at venues including Arnolfini Arts and Bristol Folk House. The next one is today.
- Besides the Sea — 1 August 2026 – 25 October 2026
- Hold a Gathering at Arnolfini — Gatherings can take place Tuesday–Friday.
- Writing for Wellbeing — Weekly course on Thursdays for 6 weeks at 2:00pm
- Summer Wellbeing Wildflowers — Every Thursday for 4 weeks at 5:15pm
- Beat Cleaver Presents: Cypher Space — Every first Thursday of the month at 8:30pm
- Our Place Poetry — Monthly on Thursdays at 7:00pm
- BIG LONG SUN — 16 October 2026 at 7:30pm
- The Spiritus Mundi with Folketronic and Acts of Resistance — 16 October 2026 – 16 October 2026
- Poetry Open Mic — Every third Saturday of the month at 7:30pm
- CLUSTER — Open Saturdays and Sundays until October 25th. at 6:00pm
- Trigger Warning#001. From Stapleton Book Launch — 17 October 2026 at 7:00pm
- Jazz In The Factory - MSK — Every Sunday at 7:00pm
- The Practice of Poetry — Every Monday for 6 weeks at 10:00am
- Lunchtime Live - Auriol Britton's Annual Poetry Recital — Every Monday at 1:10pm
- Lunchtime Live - September 2026 — Every Monday in September 2026 at 1:00pm
- KERTECZ — 19 October 2026 at 7:00pm
- Lunchtime Live — Every Monday
- Infringed Poetry — Every second Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm
- GRAIN BARGE OPEN MIC — Every Tuesday at 7:00pm
- Really Wild Social with Mrs Meg Avon — 20 October 2026 – 20 October 2026
- Open Mic — Bi-monthly open mic nights at 7:00pm
- Lemn Sissay Let the Light Pour In LIVE — 20 October 2026 – 20 October 2026
- Lawrence Hoo's Inner City Tales — 20 October 2026 at 6:00pm
- The UnMuseum: Collecting, Preserving and Sharing Stories of Black Identity and Belonging in the South West — 2 October 2026, 21 October 2026, 30 October 2026
- Prisoner Letter Writing — Every 1st Wednesday of the month at 6:00pm
- Writing for Anxious Beginners — 24 October 2026 – 24 October 2026
- The Menopausal Poet — 24 October 2026 – 24 October 2026
- Disruptive Verse — 25 October 2026 – 25 October 2026
- Offline Club Reading Party — 26 October 2026 – 26 October 2026
- Erratic Batting: Knats (Gearbox Recs) — 27 October 2026 – 27 October 2026
- The DIVERSITY Room's Open Mic Night for Breast Cancer Now — 27 October 2026 – 27 October 2026
- Old Moll — 30 October 2026 – 30 October 2026
- Chloe Slater — 2 November 2026 at 7:00pm
- War Poetry of the First and Second World Wars — 4 November 2026 – 4 November 2026
- Nick Hakim — 4 November 2026 at 6:30pm
- Beat Cleaver Presents: Cypher Space — First Thursday of every month at 8:30pm
- Beat Cleaver Presents: Cypher Space — First Thursday of every month at 8:30pm
- Martin Kiszko: The 'UK's Green Poet' — 6 November 2026 – 6 November 2026
- Arts Café — 7 November 2026 – 7 November 2026
- Hiding Places — 10 November 2026 – 10 November 2026
- An Evening with Robin Ince — 11 November 2026 – 11 November 2026
- Scoring Warnings: Touch, Textures and Other Translations — 20 November 2026 – 21 November 2026
- Amy True + Temple Collective DJs til late! — 20 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
- Winter Hotel — 22 November 2026 – 22 November 2026
- Monster by Naomi Wood — 2 December 2026 – 2 December 2026