Poetry and spoken word in Bristol
30 events coming up at venues including Arnolfini Arts and Holy Trinity Church, Hotwells, Bristol. The next one is today.
- Besides the Sea — 1 August 2026 – 25 October 2026
- Hold a Gathering at Arnolfini — 27 June 2026 – 31 December 2026
- Lunchtime Live - Auriol Britton's Annual Poetry Recital — Every Monday at 1:10pm
- Open Mic — Bi-monthly open mic nights at 7:00pm
- Lunchtime Live — Every Monday
- Opportunity to hold Gatherings in our galleries — Gatherings occur every Tuesday to Friday.
- Infringed Poetry — Every second Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm
- Eddie Martin's Open Mic Night — Every Tuesday at 8:30pm
- Earl Sweatshirt + MIKE — 2 September 2026 – 2 September 2026
- Writing for Wellbeing — Weekly on Thursdays for 6 weeks at 2:00pm
- Summer Wellbeing Wildflowers — Every Thursday for 4 weeks at 5:15pm
- Creative writing workshop with Bertel Martin - Bristol New Writers Festival — 5 September 2026 – 5 September 2026
- Poetry Open Mic — Every third Saturday of the month at 7:30pm
- CLUSTER — Open Saturdays and Sundays at 6:00pm
- Family Business — Every Sunday at 8:30pm
- Lunchtime Live - Auriol Britton's Annual Poetry Recital — 7 September 2026
- The Body of the Thing: Karishma Jobanputra — 8 September 2026 at 7:00pm
- Widdershins — 12 September 2026 – 12 September 2026
- The Practice of Poetry — Every Monday for 6 weeks at 10:00am
- Writing for All (Online) — 15 September 2026 at 10:30am
- A Message To The Future — 15 September 2026 – 16 September 2026
- A Message To The Future — 15 September 2026 – 16 September 2026
- The Mulai: Munir Hachemi — 21 September 2026 at 7:00pm
- The Disappearers: Marlon James — 23 September 2026 at 7:00pm
- Patricia Lockwood: Agate Head / Stone Soup — 23 September 2026 at 6:30pm
- The Recovery House with Derek Owusu — 1 October 2026 – 1 October 2026
- Martin Kiszko: Bayeux Tapestry - The Epic Poem — 2 October 2026 – 2 October 2026
- Violet Grohl — 4 October 2026 at 7:00pm
- Martin Kiszko: The 'UK's Green Poet' — 6 November 2026 – 6 November 2026
- Scoring Warnings: Touch, Textures and Other Translations — 20 November 2026 – 21 November 2026