Openned Poetry Events Listings (2006)
Poetry events
(free events highlighted)
what: the 100 SLAM
where: Manjaro Bar, 148 Holloway Road, London N7
when: fourth Thursday of every month @ 8.00pm
price: free
info: www.100slam.info
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what: 2 Many Poets
where: The Pleasure Unit Bar, 359 Bethnal Green Road, London E2
when: last Wednesday of every month
price: check website
info: info@2manypoets.com www.2manypoets.com
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what: Ambit Writers in Bloomsbury (open mic after the interval)
where: The Bath House Pub, 96 Dean Street, Soho W1
when: every 2nd Thursday @ 6.30pm
price: £4.00/£3.00 concessions
info: www.ambitmagazine.co.uk
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what: Apples & Snakes
where: Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, SW11 5TN
when: fortnightly @ 9.00pm
price: £4.50/£3.75 concessions
info: info@applesandsnakes.org
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what: Aromapoetry (open mike)
where: Aroma Cafe, St Martin's Lane (near Trafalgar Sq)
when: 1st & 3rd Sundays every month @ 4.00pm - 6.00pm
price: £3.00/£1.00 if you buy a drink
info: www.x-bout.com/aroma
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what: Boat Ting
where: The Yacht Club, Temple Pier, Embankment
when: last Monday of every month @ 7.00pm
price: £5.00/£2.50 concessions
info: info@boat-ting.com
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what: Borders Poetry Open Mike
where: Borders Books, 122 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H
when: last Tuesday of every month (except December) @ 6.30 ñ 8.00pm
price: free
info: www.x-bout.com/borders
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what: Brave New Word
where: The Old Queens Head, 44 Essex Rd
when: 2nd Sunday of every month @ 7.00pm
price: check website
info: www.bravenewword.co.uk
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what: Brixtongue (open mic)
where: Brixton Art Gallery, 35 Brixton Station Rd SW9 8PB
when: every Saturday @ 8.00pm - late
price: £4.00/£3.00 concessions
info: geoffjp@reggaezine.co.uk
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what: Calder Bookshop
where: 51 The Cut, London SE1 8LF
when: every Thursday @ 6.45pm
price: £3.00/£1.00 concessions, wine served afterwards
info: info@calderpublications.com www.calderpublications.com
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what: Coffee House Poetry at the Troubadour
where: 265 Old Brompton Road SW5
when: every Monday @ 8.00 - 10.00pm
price: £5.00/£4.00 concessions
info: CoffPoetry@aol.com
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what: Welcome to WormWorld (open mic)
where: The Foundry, 94-6 Great Eastern Road, corner of Old Street
when: every Sunday @ 7.00pm
info: poetry@foundry.tv www.foundry.tv
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what: The Klinker
when: every Tuesday and Thursday
where: The Sussex Pub, 107A Culford Road, N1
price: £5.00/£2.50 concessions
info: theklinker@tesco.net www.klinkerclub.info
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what: The Other Side of the River
where: The Bonnington Centre Upstairs, 11 Vauxhall Grove SW8 1TD
when: last Saturday of the month @ 8.00pm - 10pm.
price: £3.00/£2.00 concessions
info: daphne.rock@virgin.net
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what: Pangari Poetry in Motion (open mic)
where: Deluxe Gallery, 2-4 Hoxton Square, N1
when: every 4th Saturday of the month @ 8.00pmprice: £5.00
info: production-team@pangari.com www.pangari.com
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what: Piccadilly Poets
where: Diorama Arts Centre, 34 Osnaburgh Street, London NW1 3ND
when: every Sunday @ 4.00pm
price: £4.00/£3.00 concessions
info: piccadillypoets@yahoo.co.uk
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what: Poetry@TheRoom
where: The Room, 33 Holcombe Road, N17
when: first Wednesday of every month @ 8.00pm
price: £5.00/£3.00 concessions, wine served
info: info-theroom@fsmail.net www.the-room.org.uk
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what: Poetry Walks
where: Embankment Underground Station
when: check website
price: £5.00 for wage earners/£2.00 for the unwaged
info: poetry@lancepierson.org www.lancepierson.org
map: n/a
what: Pure Poetry
where: Soho Theatre and Writers' Centre, 21 Dean Street, London W1D 3NE
when: every Monday @ 8.30pm
price: £8.00/£5.00 concessions, 50p membership
info: litpop@hotmail.com
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what: ShortFuse
where: Camden Head, Camden Walk, Islington, N1
when: every Thursday @ 8.30pm
price: £5.00/£3.00 concessions
info: www.20six.co.uk/shortfuse
note: unfortunately there is no disabled access to this event.
what: Taking the Mike (open mic)
where: Colourhouse Theatre, Watermill Way, Off Merantun Way, Colliers Wood SW19
when: bi-monthly @ 7.30pm
price: £4.00/£3.00 concessions
info: praveen@clara.co.uk
what: Torriano Meeting House
where: 99 Torriano Avenue, Kentish Town, NW5 2RX
when: every Sunday @ 7.30pm
price: £3.00/£2.00/£1.00 according to pocket
info: hearing_eye@torriano.org