A Lovely Poetry Festival
A brand new poetry festival for everyone!
A Lovely Poetry Festival features some of the UK’s top talent, from Liverpool and around the country.
At the Everyman from 1 to 9 July, it celebrates writing, different voices and showcase the wonderful creative community of Liverpool.
Liverpool is a poetry city. A Lovely Poetry Festival celebrates this, uniting, inspiring and galvanising the spoken word scene and creativity of the city through a week of headline poetry events, industry talks, a poetry slam, radio poetry competitions and a poetry factory.
Friday 1 July
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- A Lovely Poetry Slam
- Fri 1 Jul at 7.30pm, £5 // Downstairs at the Everyman
Saturday 2 July
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- Performance Workshop with Amina Atiq (Artist in Residence)
- Sat 2 Jul at 2pm, FREE // EV rehearsal room
Tuesday 5 July
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- Poetry Factory
- Tue 5 Jul to Sat 9 Jul, Drop in from 10am-7pm, FREE // Street Café
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- Hollie McNish and Michael Pedersen
- Tue 5 Jul at 7.30pm, £10-£12 // Everyman
Wednesday 6 July
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- Poetry Factory
- Tue 5 Jul to Sat 9 Jul, Drop in from 10am-7pm, FREE // Street Café
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- Panel Discussion: Poetry Publishing
- Wed 6 Jul at 6.30pm, FREE // Downstairs at the Everyman
Thursday 7 July
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- Poetry Factory
- Tue 5 Jul to Sat 9 Jul, Drop in from 10am-7pm, FREE // Street Café
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- Performance Workshop with Lyndsay & Gerry
- Thu 7 Jul at 5.30pm, FREE // EV rehearsal room
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- Cheeky Poetry Bingo With Toria Garbutt & Louise Fazackerley
- Thu 7 Jul at 7.30pm, £10 // Downstairs at the Everyman
Friday 8 July
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- Poetry Factory
- Tue 5 Jul to Sat 9 Jul, Drop in from 10am-7pm, FREE // Street Café
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- Performance Workshop with Queer Bodies
- Fri 8 Jul, 5.30pm, FREE // EV rehearsal room
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- Lemn Sissay: My Name Is Why
- Fri 8 Jul at 7.30pm, £15-£25 // Everyman
Saturday 9 July
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- Poetry Factory
- Tue 5 Jul to Sat 9 Jul, Drop in from 10am-7pm, FREE // Street Café
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- Family Poetry Workshop
- Sat 9 Jul, 11am - 12pm, FREE // EV rehearsal room
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- LAAF x A Lovely Word
- Sat 9 Jul,4pm, FREE // Downstairs at the Everyman
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- Young Persons Poetry School + Performance
- Sat 9 Jul, 11am - 4.30pm, FREE // EV rehearsal room
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- Nymphs & Thugs Present LIVEwire
- Sat 9 Jul at 7.30pm, £10-£15 // Everyman