Poetry Events in London

Check out happening poetry events all around London, EN

Dr. John Cooper Clarke at London Palladium

 Thu, 15 Oct at 06:45 pm London Palladium

FOYLES PRIDE FEST: Sunday Ticket

 Sun, 28 Jun at 12:30 pm Foyles GBP 10 to 15

‘We Exist, Have Existed, & Always Will Exist’ at Saatchi Gallery

 Fri, 05 Jun at 10:00 am Saatchi Gallery Free

This Turning World: Nature Music

 Sat, 06 Jun at 03:05 pm Metric, Beit Quadrangle Free

Admission - Jun26 - Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities & UnNatural History

 Tue, 02 Jun at 07:30 pm The Last Tuesday Society / Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities GBP 9 to 13

Admission - Jul26 - Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities & UnNatural History

 Wed, 01 Jul at 03:00 pm The Last Tuesday Society / Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities GBP 9 to 13

The Musicality of Language: Live Poetry Event

 Wed, 16 Sep at 06:30 pm Autograph GBP 5 to 10

SpitNights - pure poetry

 Fri, 12 Jun at 07:00 pm The Ministry GBP 16 to 29

EM August Naked Art Life Drawing} Bodies in Poetry

 Thu, 13 Aug at 07:00 pm 72QT - The London Latvian Centre GBP 9 to 25

Industry Takeover 2026 - All Dayer at Rich Mix #IT2026

 Fri, 12 Jun at 12:00 pm Rich Mix GBP 12 to 33

Rachel Long & Sarah Howe: Sparrow on the Rooftop

 Wed, 10 Jun at 07:00 pm London Review Bookshop GBP 10

WELCOME TO THE MADHOUSE - Presented by SinnedCirque

 Thu, 11 Jun at 07:30 pm Little Nan’s Bar 2.0 GBP 9 to 14

Freestyle Thirst: Across the Pond

 Thu, 11 Jun at 07:00 pm Shoreditch Balls GBP 10

Flilp - Feira Literária Internacional de Língua Portuguesa - 2ª Edição

 Sat, 13 Jun at 10:00 am Goldsmiths, University of London Free

Fragments From the Horse Who Knows History

 Sun, 14 Jun at 06:00 pm Freud Museum London GBP 16 to 27

Healing Through Words Open Mic

 Sun, 14 Jun at 07:00 pm Karma Sanctum Soho London GBP 5 to 12

SpitNights - poets vs singers

 Thu, 14 May Number 90 Bar Hackney Wick GBP 15 to 29

Campfire Club: London | Angeline Morrison + more

 Fri, 26 Jun at 07:00 pm Creekside Discovery Centre GBP 15 to 23

Dracula Returns To Derby with Dan Webber - LIVE

 Mon, 15 Jun at 06:30 pm The Last Tuesday Society / Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities GBP 16 to 21

SPOTLIGHT SESSIONS by stadtklang w/ NATALIE LINDI

 Thu, 25 Jun at 08:00 pm Ruby Lucy Hotel & Bar Free

Kutti Hari’s Open MIC - June 2026 (Summer Vibes)

 Fri, 12 Jun at 08:00 pm The Fountain GBP 14

Celebrating 10 years - TTTNIUK

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am Irish Cultural Centre GBP 20 to 25

Family Fun (5-10yrs): Tirgan, A Persian Festival of Summer Joy

 Sat, 04 Jul at 01:00 pm Leighton House

Music Industry Monday: Inside Artist Management

 Mon, 06 Jul at 06:00 pm LCCM Free

East to West, a magical evening of music, poetry and performance

 Thu, 09 Jul at 07:00 pm St Mary's Church, Islington GBP 14

UK PREMIERE: 'OUTRIDER' WITH Q&A

 Tue, 14 Jul at 06:30 pm Swedenborg House GBP 5

Well Versed: In Support of Anthony Nolan ft. Cecilia Knapp

 Fri, 10 Jul at 07:00 pm Mezzanine GBP 3 to 55

Rana Farhan: Persian Soul

 Sat, 25 Jul at 07:30 pm World Heart Beat, Embassy Gardens - Concert Hall GBP 28

Money for Old Prose hosted by Selina Cadell (Doc Martin's Mrs Tishell)

 Sun, 14 Jun at 07:00 pm St Mary-le-Bow Church GBP 17

Texts, Lies & Alibis Singles Comedy

 Sat, 04 Apr Rebelle

Open Mic Tuesday | London / Free / Shepherd's Bush / West

 Thu, 12 Feb at 07:00 pm Bikesoup Free

House of K.I.N.G.s Saturday School

 Sat, 18 Apr at 09:45 am University of East London Free

New Developments: Blues Jam & Open Mic Night

 Fri, 27 Mar at 06:00 pm Temple of Art & Music (TAM) Free

Say It Louder - Open Mic Night at The Bath House

 Thu, 16 Jul The Bath House GBP 0 to 15

The Creative Writing Breakfast at Poetry Ph*rm*cy Friday 7th Aug 2026

 Fri, 07 Aug at 10:00 am Poetry Pharmacy GBP 33 to 40

Virtue Comedy New Act/New Material - FREE

 Thu, 14 May Long Acre Free

Estonian Poetry Celebration

 Wed, 24 Jun at 08:00 pm National Poetry Library

Amplify Her Open Mic and Networking Event

 Tue, 30 Jun at 07:00 pm The Lower Third Free

Hopscotch: Pro Night

 Thu, 25 Jun at 07:30 pm HopScotch Taprooms GBP 17

June Writing Social: with the Poetry Ph*rm*cy & verse

 Tue, 30 Jun at 06:30 pm Poetry Pharmacy GBP 30 to 35

Our Public House

 Tue, 30 Jun at 07:30 pm Marylebone Theatre GBP 16 to 58

BACKYOURBARS

Tue, 16 Jun at 06:00 pm Simmons Bar | Leicester Square

Thirteen Names for the West: a fantastical coven in thirteen poems

 Sat, 06 Jun at 06:13 pm Nunhead Library Free

POETRY READINGS | Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, Byryar Bajalan and Ola Elhassan

 Sat, 06 Jun at 04:00 pm Mosaic Rooms GBP 0 to 5

Honey jazz

 Thu, 02 Jul at 06:00 pm John the Unicorn GBP 9 to 14

Match d'impro - French it up comedy

 Sat, 20 Jun at 07:15 pm The Courtyard Theatre, London GBP 12 to 17

Steam Down Sound System X Imaginary Millions

 Sun, 09 Aug at 01:00 pm Fox & Firkin GBP 17

Bloomsbury Folklore Club (Vampires & The Undead)

 Wed, 28 Oct at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 12

FULL JOY Jam

 Sun, 14 Jun at 03:30 pm Akasa Free

TAM Open Mic Wednesday hosted by guitar extraordinaire Patrick Hinds

 Wed, 28 Jan at 06:45 pm Temple of Art and Music (TAM) @ Mercato Metropolitano GBP 0 to 13

BERMONDSEY: Poetry Open Mic

 Wed, 06 May Morocco Bound Bookshop GBP 6

Dave Sutherland Album Launch @ Blackheath Halls: The Great Hall

 Sat, 17 Oct at 07:00 pm Blackheath Halls

DEAD BÀRD SUPPER SOCIETY

 Thu, 11 Jun at 06:30 pm Bàrd Books GBP 12 to 49

EMOM + Bad Luck Synth Club - Palindrones headline

 Wed, 07 Oct at 07:15 pm The Dublin Castle

Union Chapel Celebrates Refugee Week

 Wed, 17 Jun at 07:30 pm Union Chapel GBP 28

Wordplay & Flow Live - Summer Vibes ☀️

 Thu, 04 Jun at 06:30 pm The Hearth GBP 9 to 16

A night with Elastic magazine & Spiral House

 Thu, 11 Jun at 07:00 pm Camden Art Centre Café & Garden Free

Mo'Kalamity

 Tue, 04 Aug at 07:00 pm Jazz Cafe

Dovetail: Secret Headline, Sharkpit, Lola, Morgan Noise

 Fri, 12 Jun at 07:00 pm Theatreship GBP 8 to 13

Holly Pester & Luke Roberts: Cafés

 Thu, 02 Jul at 07:00 pm London Review Bookshop GBP 10

Rhymes & Stitches - Keytar Edition

 Wed, 10 Jun at 07:30 pm Vaulty Towers GBP 9 to 17

Windrush Voices: Then, Now and Next

 Wed, 17 Jun at 05:00 pm Riverside Youth Club Free

The Wellness Workshop: Yoga & Poetry Afternoon

 Sat, 06 Jun at 02:30 pm Steps Studios UK - Shoreditch GBP 14 to 17

Storytime presents Myths & Legends with Kofi Achina: Story-telling & music

 Mon, 08 Jun at 07:00 pm Folklore GBP 6 to 17

HEART STRINGS - Immersive experience

 Sat, 13 Jun at 06:00 pm Kismet Café • Art gallery • Event Space GBP 17

A TALE OF “HUMAN POSSIBILITIES”: RE-IMAGINING MIGRATION, HOME, AND HOUSING

 Fri, 12 Jun at 09:00 am Room BCB 206, Birkbeck, University of London Free

Firepit Tales - Spoken Word Open Mic

 Wed, 24 Jun at 06:30 pm Firepit Art Gallery and Studios CIC Free

Filipino Independence Day - Window To The Spirits X The Exchange

 Fri, 12 Jun at 06:30 pm The Exchange GBP 0 to 9

Readings About...England

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:00 pm Peer Gallery Free

Music Industry Monday: How Music Distribution Really Works

 Mon, 22 Jun at 06:00 pm London College of Contemporary Music (LCCM)

Opening Concert - Poems of love and loss

 Fri, 24 Jul at 07:00 pm St Mary's Church, Islington GBP 0 to 23

JUKEVIBE OPENMIC & JAM

 Wed, 17 Jun at 07:30 pm 120 Peckham Hill St GBP 6 to 9

Rebecca Tamás & Malcolm Gaskill: The Book of Mysteries

 Wed, 17 Jun at 07:00 pm London Review Bookshop GBP 10

The Creative Writing Breakfast at Poetry Ph*rm*cy Friday 10th July 2026

 Fri, 10 Jul at 10:00 am Poetry Pharmacy GBP 33 to 40

BLAKE, GINSBERG & “AH! SUNFLOWER”: FILM, MUSIC & CONVERSATION

 Mon, 13 Jul at 06:30 pm Swedenborg House GBP 5

Chamber Choir - Wings of a Butterfly

 Tue, 30 Jun at 07:00 pm St Bartholomew the Great GBP 0 to 18

Denise Riley & Emily Berry: A Chorus of Ears

 Thu, 25 Jun at 07:00 pm London Review Bookshop GBP 10

Fingers of Flame: The typewriter poetry slam

 Thu, 11 Jun at 08:00 pm Off Broadway GBP 12

Poets and Prophets Performance With Live Spoken Word , Poetry and Music

 Sat, 13 Jun at 06:30 pm St George's Cathedral, Southwark GBP 5 to 10

Lindley Late - Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden: Fragrance Workshop

 Wed, 12 Aug at 06:30 pm RHS Lindley Library GBP 10 to 16

Open Mic Night

 Tue, 09 Jun at 06:00 pm London College of Contemporary Music (LCCM)

Zenith Collective Presents The living Room

 Fri, 15 May at 06:00 pm Fore Street Library (Living Room Library) GBP 6 to 12

Open Mic Night!

 Sun, 28 Jun at 07:00 pm London Art Bar, Holborn GBP 6

Plume: A SW London Queer Writing Collective

 Mon, 20 Apr at 07:30 pm Rose House GBP 2

FREE New Act/New Material Open Mic Nights

 Thu, 14 May at 07:30 pm 1-3 Long Acre Free

Music Industry Monday: Building Alternative Music Careers

 Mon, 08 Jun at 06:00 pm LCCM Free

Open Mic Poetry & Art Show

 Wed, 17 Jun at 05:30 pm Balham Library Free

Fair | Small Press Fest

 Sat, 06 Jun at 11:00 am Mosaic Rooms GBP 0 to 5

Showcases impro french it up comedy

 Fri, 19 Jun at 07:15 pm The Courtyard Theatre, London GBP 12 to 17

Spine Festival 2026 - Magic & Imagination: Poetry and Theatre Workshop

 Sat, 20 Jun at 11:00 am Queen's Park Library Free

Showcase " les gueux de l'impro "

 Sat, 20 Jun at 05:00 pm The Courtyard Theatre, London GBP 12 to 17

Soul Compositions : A Spoken Word / Poetry Open Mic Night

 Thu, 18 Jun at 06:45 pm Thingy Cafe GBP 6 to 12

Rap & Poetry open mic mash-up

 Sun, 21 Jun at 06:00 pm Morocco Bound Bookshop GBP 6

Conversations With, and Without, Benjamin Zephaniah - with Qian Zephaniah

 Fri, 19 Jun at 06:00 pm Camelford House Free

Afterwork Session: Poetry Jam with Poetic Temple

 Wed, 17 Jun at 06:00 pm The Africa Centre GBP 0 to 12

Words @ The Woodfield - Friday, June 26th, 2026

 Fri, 26 Jun at 06:45 pm The Woodfield Pavilion GBP 6

DeepChats - Spoken Word Sessions (June - "Summer Time")

 Thu, 25 Jun at 07:00 pm Clissold Arms GBP 8 to 10

Arise & Worship Encounter | Gospel Open Mic

 Sat, 29 Aug at 07:00 pm The Hive Free

An Evening With Helen Bain In Conversation With Heather Clark - Hampstead

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 6 to 21

Poetry Open Mic Night - SUMMER'S END - BACK TO SCHOOL EDITION

 Thu, 27 Aug at 06:30 pm The Hall, Putney Public Library GBP 5 to 7