Poetry Events in Manchester

Check out happening poetry events all around Manchester, EN

Chorlton Comedy Club, Manchester

 Fri, 01 May at 08:30 pm Hough End Centre Chorlton

Black Creative Trailblazers Showcase 2026

 Fri, 04 Sep at 06:00 pm Aviva Studios, home of Factory International GBP 17 to 44

Shane Koyczan - Manchester

 Mon, 13 Apr at 07:00 pm The Hallé

Programme Launch and Book Launch: Dog Star by Michael Symmons Roberts

 Wed, 18 Mar at 06:00 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Chris Brain

 Wed, 06 May at 07:30 pm Gullivers NQ

A Vinny Peculiar band show at the Castle Hotel + Lisa Moore

 Sat, 06 Jun at 07:30 pm Castle Hotel In Manchester

Tickle your Fancy Cabaret night

 Thu, 04 Jun at 07:30 pm The Edge Manchester

Comedy Circus Open Mic!

Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Stage & Radio

Centre for New Writing Fellows 2026: Inua Ellams and Gurnaik Johal

 Tue, 05 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 10

Adaptive strategies: Book launch with Kate Ireland

 Fri, 08 May at 07:00 pm Bridge5Mill GBP 9

Morgan Sindall's Open Mic Night - Manchester 2026

 Thu, 04 Jun at 05:00 pm Band on the Wall, Swan Street, Manchester, UK GBP 15

Word Central

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library

WORD PLAY

 Sat, 21 Mar at 12:00 pm Sadler's Yard Free

Black Creatives Development Day 2026

 Fri, 10 Apr at 12:00 pm Renold Building GBP 6

Owt On Stage

 Thu, 02 Apr at 01:30 pm Band on the Wall Free

Poetry Reading: Beyond the Workshop - Daljit Nagra

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Owt On Stage

 Thu, 07 May at 01:30 pm Band on the Wall Free

Pollinate at Niamos

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:30 pm Niamos

noSHAMEmoreLOVE x LGBT Foundation

 Sat, 11 Apr at 12:30 pm LGBT Foundation Free

RABBITBOX - Wayne Holloway-Smith in conversation with Andrew McMillan

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 13

An Evening for Stand Up to Racism

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:00 pm Hinterland Alcohol-Free Bar and Cafe Free

Tommy WÁ

 Tue, 05 May at 06:00 pm The Deaf Institute

One City, Many Stories

 Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

An Evening of New Writing: Kate Lord Brown and Tina Cole

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:00 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Mask Bloc Family Presents: Queer Anarchy MEOW!

Sat, 23 May at 05:00 pm Withington Public Hall Institute

Pete Kalu Cultureword Farewell Party

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm Chuck Gallery, 166 Plymouth Grove, Manchester M13 0AF

The Comedy Circus

 Wed, 21 Jan Stage And Radio

Writing in the Wild

 Sat, 21 Mar at 10:30 am Chorlton Ees Nature Reserve GBP 7 to 14

Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten) - BLAST - Distorted Memories Book Reading & Music

 Thu, 09 Apr at 07:30 pm The Lloyds

Pollinate at Niamos

 Thu, 21 May at 06:30 pm Niamos

Romani Resistance Day with Delaine Le Bas, Juice Vamosi and Gemma Lees

 Sat, 16 May at 01:00 pm The Whitworth Free

The Poetry of Suicide: J.T. Welsch in conversation with Nikolai Duffy

 Thu, 21 May at 06:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Visiting Voice: A Poetry Writing Workshop

 Sat, 21 Mar at 10:00 am Altogether Otherwise Free

Public Opening: Everything and Nothing - what makes a 220 year old library?

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm The Portico Library Free

GMCDP - Social and Open Mic Evening

 Tue, 31 Mar at 05:00 pm International Anthony Burgess Foundation Free

The Poetry Edit

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm Manchester Cathedral Free

Pollinate at Niamos

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:30 pm Niamos

Writing Poems Through the Guidebook Form: Workshop with Anita Slater

 Wed, 18 Mar at 10:00 am Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Tuesday Tony Presents: Open Mic at The Grosvenor

 Tue, 22 Jul at 05:30 pm The Grosvenor Manchester

Sunday Comedy Open Mic

 Sun, 12 Oct at 07:00 pm The Deansgate Free

Another Stranger: Cressida’s Tale

 Thu, 04 Jun at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 9 to 14

FOUR POETS at Saul Hay Gallery

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:30 pm Saul Hay Gallery Free

Write Club Session

 Wed, 28 Jan at 12:30 pm Jean McFarlane Building Free

CHS South School is celebrating MACFEST

 Fri, 19 Jun at 12:00 pm 451 Mauldeth Rd W Free

Hinterland Poets + Open Mic

 Thu, 10 Apr at 07:00 pm Hinterland Alcohol-Free Bar and Cafe Free