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Diary

January 2012

Mon 2 Jan -  8pm The Egg Upper Bold Street. Liverpool's long-running open floor http://comestrutyourstuff.co.uk

Thu 5 Jan - 7.30pm - First Thursday Guest, speakers, music,  short open floor. Food available Linghams Book Shop, Heswall, Wirral. Chas Raws 0151 342 4425. 

Mon 9 Jan - 8pm - The Bards open floor Free and friendly night, singer/songwriters welcome. Magazine Pub, Magazine Lane, New Brighton.  Steve: 07764 615069 or Dave 07747 632922

Mon 16Jan - 8.15pm - The Liver Bards new bigger venue open mic  at the upstairs concert room in the Ship & Mitre Pub, Dale St, Liverpool. Steve: 07764 615069 or Dave 07747 632922

Tue  17 Jan - 8pm - Poets Corner at Glassfire  Great new poetry venue, friendly open mic with prizes, raffle etc. Glassfire wine bar, Albert Rd, Hoylake (next to HoylakeStation).  poets-corner@hotmail.com  FREE

Wed 18 Jan - 7.30pm - Dead Good Poets Society - Liverpool's longest running open mic at a new venue: The Garden Cafe, Blackburne House, Hope Street. See Facebook

Thu 19 Jan  8.30pm Wirral Ode Show Stork Pub, Price St, Birkenhead. Wirral's longest running open mic. wirralodeshow@hotmai l.co.uk  See Facebook   

Tue 24 Jan - 8pm - The Poetry Spoke  friendly open mic with guest poet and cash prize for the best poem of the night.  La Gondola, Liscard Crescent Wallasey

Thu 26 Jan - 7pm - Liverpool Poetry Cafe Poetry Showcase - Guests: Pauline Rowe, Dave Jackson and Clare Kirwan more details

Fri 27 Jan -  7.45pm Tales Around the Fire - Stories, poetry, music - this month's theme is 'A glowing hearth in winter's  castle'  open floor at Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton. Tim Kingham 07828  3992788 Tales Around the Fire

 

February

 

Wed 1 Feb 7.30pm - Dead Good Poets Society - Liverpool's longest running open mic setting in at a new venue: The Garden Cafe, Blackburne House, Hope Street. See Facebook

Thu 2 Feb - 7.30pm - First Thursday Guest, speakers, music,  short open floor. Food available Linghams Book Shop, Heswall, Wirral. Chas Raws 0151 342 4425. 

Mon 6 Feb - 8pm - The Bards open floor Free and friendly night, singer/songwriters welcome. Magazine Pub, Magazine Lane, New Brighton.  Steve: 07764 615069 or Dave 07747 632922

Mon 6 Feb -  8pm The Egg Upper Bold Street. Liverpool's long-running open floor http://comestrutyourstuff.co.uk

Wed 15 Feb - 7.30pm - Dead Good Poets Society - Liverpool's longest running open mic at a new venue: The Garden Cafe, Blackburne House, Hope Street. See Facebook

Thu 16 Feb 8.30pm Wirral Ode Show Stork Pub, Price St, Birkenhead. Wirral's longest running open mic. wirralodeshow@hotmai l.co.uk   See Facebook   

Mon 20 Feb  - 8.15pm - The Liver Bards new bigger venue open mic  at the upstairs concert room in the Ship & Mitre Pub, Dale St, Liverpool. Steve: 07764 615069 or Dave 07747 632922

Tue  21 Feb  - 8pm - Poets Corner at Glassfire  Great new poetry venue, friendly open mic with prizes, raffle etc. Glassfire wine bar, Albert Rd, Hoylake (next to HoylakeStation).  poets-corner@hotmail.com  FREE

Fri 24 Feb -  7.45pm Tales Around the Fire - Stories, poetry, music - this month's theme is 'Carnival embers'  open floor at Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton. Tim Kingham 07828  3992788 Tales Around the Fire

Tue 28 Feb  - 8pm - The Poetry Spoke  friendly open mic with guest poet and cash prize for the best poem of the night.  La Gondola, Liscard Crescent Wallasey

 

March

Mon 19 March - 8pm - Zest!  Chester's fresh n fruity open mic with guest Angela Topping. Alexander's, Rufus Court, Chester CH1 2JW  £3/£2

Fri 30 March -  7.45pm Tales Around the Fire - Stories, poetry, music - this month's theme is 'Isles of the emerald sea'  open floor at Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton. Tim Kingham 07828  3992788 Tales Around the Fire

April

Fri 27 April -  7.45pm Tales Around the Fire - Stories, poetry, music - this month's theme is 'Titans of the deep'  open floor at Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton. Tim Kingham 07828  3992788 Tales Around the Fire

May

Mon 21 May - 8pm - Zest!  Poetry til your pips squeak! open mic with special guests Jake Campbell and Sarah Maclennan. Alexander's, Rufus Court, Chester CH1 2JW  £3/£2

25 May -  7.45pm Tales Around the Fire - Stories, poetry, music - this month's theme is 'Love's blossoming'  open floor at Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton. Tim Kingham 07828  3992788 Tales Around the Fire

June

Fri 22 June -  7.45pm Tales Around the Fire - Stories, poetry, music - this month's theme is 'Sunset Dawn celebrating sunset over Liverpool Bay with dawn over Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Sydney'  open floor at Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton. Tim Kingham 07828  3992788 Tales Around the Fire

July 

Fri 6 - Sun  8 July - Wirral Festival of Firsts  in Hoylake

 

 

 

 

 

Poetry Events Calendar - Wirral & Liverpool       (See further below for  North West )

I try to keep this current but I recommend you check with organisers - especially if it's your first time! If there are errors or omissions here, please  email me

When Time Where What or Who Open Mic? Access Cost Contact
1st Mon monthly 8pm Strut your Stuff Egg Cafe, Liverpool Still Life 5min Upstairs, food available FREE http://comestrutyourstuff.co.uk
1st Wed monthly 8pm Blackburne House, Hope St (from Sept) Dead Good Poets Society 5min Food available £1/£2 deadgoodpoetssociety@hotmail.com
1st Thu monthly 7.30pm Linghams Book Shop, Heswall, Wirral First Thursday  1poem Few steps, food available £4 Chas Raws 0151 342 4425
1st & 3rd Friday monthly? 7.30pm - 10pm Bebington Civic Centre Wirral Writers visitors welcome   mjkewood@aol.com
2nd Mon monthly 8pm Magazine Pub, New Brighton The Bards yes a few steps FREE Steve: 07764 615069 or Dave 07747 632922
3rd Monday monthly 8.15pm           Steve: 07764 615069 or Dave 07747 632922
3rd Wed monthly 8pm Blackburne House, Hope St (from Sept) Dead Good Poets Society Guest night + sometimes short open floor (See 1st Wed for open mic) Food available £2/£3 sarah@deadgoodpoetssociety.co.uk   0151 709 5221 
3rd Thu monthly 8.30pm Stork Pub, Birkenhead, Wirral Wirral Ode Show 5min+ Accessible Free Jason Richardson  07855 590956
3rd Thu monthly? Greasby Library, Wirral Greasby Poets  
1st & 3rd Friday monthly? 7.30pm - 10pm Bebington Civic Centre Wirral Writers visitors welcome   mjkewood@aol.com
4th Monday monthly 7.30 - 9.30pm West Kirby Library Riverside Writers Lift available   Adele Cosgrove-Bray at riversidewriters@aol.com 
4th Monday monthly 7.30pm Parr St Studio 2 Mouth of the Mersey Bring a story not known £2 www.mouthofthemersey.org.uk
4th Wed monthly 8pm La Gondola, Liscard SPOKE 5min     Stella
4th Wed monthly 7pm Mello Mello, Slater St, Liverpool Sweet Child of Rhyme Bring a tale, poem or song   Free spooneditor@hotmail.com

07943 763877

4th Thursday monthly 7.30pm Greasby Library Greasby Poets Discussion and read around   Free greasby@wirral-libraries.net
Last Mon monthly 8pm Morton Arms pub, Moreton, Wirral Morton Arms Live! one or two poems Ground floor, couple of steps.  Buffet!! Free moretonarmslivepoetry@live.co.uk 

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Last Thu monthly? 8.30pm Ye Old Boot Inn Chester Poets   Kemal Houghton
Last Fri monthly 7.45pm Fort Perch Rock Tales Around the Fire Bring a tale, poem or song   Donations Tim Kingham 07828 392788 www.talesaroundthefire.co.uk

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Poetry Events Calendar - North West listed by Merseyside, then Cheshire, then M'Chester +
Title Venue Location Location Time Freq Cost Contact Tel email web notes
Still Life Strut your Stuff, Egg Cafe,  Liverpool 8pm 1st Mon    Graham Holland  0151 280 5453 info@comestrutyourstuff.co.uk www.comestrutyourstuff.co.uk 5min
Dead Good Poets Society 3rdRoom, Everyman Bistro,  Hope St Liverpool 8pm 1st Wed £1/£2 Sarah Maclennan  0151 709 5221  sarah@deadgoodpoetssociety.co.uk    5min
First Thursday  Linghams Telegrah Rd Heswall 7.30pm 1st Thu

£4

Chas Raws  0151 342 4425     1poem
Wirral Writers Bebington Civic Centre Bebington 7.30pm - 10pm 1st & 3rd Fri?       mjkewood@aol.com visitors welcome
Bards of New Brighton Magazines pub Magazine Lane New Brighton 8.45pm 2nd Mon Free Steve Regan   sregan09@googlemail.com  2/ 3 poems
Ox Stan Nights Home Cafe,  Christchurch Rd Oxton 7.30pm 3rd Mon

£3

Oxton Green Community Shop 0151 653 2269  johnhgorman@ntlworld.com Guest & short OF
Poetry in Motion Horse & Jockey  Dock St Ellesmere Port   3rd Mon       poetryinmotion2010@hotmail.co.uk  Music, plays & poetry
Dead Good Poets Society 3rdRoom, Everyman Bistro,  Hope St Liverpool 8pm 3rd Wed  £2/£3 Sarah Maclennan  0151 709 5221  sarah@deadgoodpoetssociety.co.uk    Guest & short OF
Wirral Ode Show Stork Pub off Price St Birkenhead 8.30pm 3rd Thu  Free Shell Wright 07790 921245     5min+
Riverside Writers West Kirby Library Grange Rd West Kirby 7.30 - 9.30pm 4th Mon   Adele Cosgrove-Bray riversidewriters@aol.com  read-around
In the Red Pilgrim,  Pilgrim St,  Liverpool 6pm 4th Wed  £2/£1 Hannah Todd?       a poem
MortonArmsLive Morton Arms pub Moreton 8pm Last Mon  Free     moretonarmslivepoetry@live.co.uk   one or two poems
Tales Around the Fire   Fort Perch Rock New Brighton 7.45pm Last Fri  donations Tim Kingham  07828 392788    www.talesaroundthefire.co.uk a tale, poem or song
MelloMello MelloMello 40-42 Slater Street Liverpool 7pm 3rd Wed Free Ron (Entwhistle?) 07943 763877 info@mellomello.co.uk www.MelloMello.co.uk  
Chester Poets   Ye Old Boot Inn Chester 8.30pm Last Thu    Kemal Houghton       check
Open Floor Poetry The Bear & Billet 94 Lower Bridge Street Chester 7.30pm 1st Mon       mulberry129@mail.com  
Cellar Door The Bear & Billet 94 Lower Bridge Street Chester 7.30pm 2nd Mon Free     jakecampbell88@gmail.com  
Zest! Alexanders Jazz Bar Chester 7.30pm quarterly £3 Gill McEvoy       one poem
An Evening of Poetry Reading Warrington Central Library Museum Street Warrington 7pm 1st Fri Free   01925 442 889 sashworth@warrington.gov.uk  
Write Out Loud - Wigan Tudor House Hotel New Market St Wigan 8.30pm 2nd Thu Free Write Out Loud   info@writeoutloud.net  
Write Out Loud - Bolton Howcroft Inn Pool Street Bolton 8pm 3rd Sun £1 Write Out Loud   info@writeoutloud.net  
Write Out Loud Stockport Stockport Art Gallery Wellington Road South Stockport 7pm 2nd Mon donations Write Out Loud   info@writeoutloud.net  
Write Out Loud Waterside Arts Centre  Sale Town Centre Trafford 7pm 4th Tue £3/£2 Write Out Loud   info@writeoutloud.net  
Paradox Fuel Cafe 448 Wilmslow Rd Withington 8pm 2nd Sat donations John G Hall   john.hall4759@googlemail.com  
Freed Up The Green Room  54-56 Whitworth Street West Manchester 7.30pm 3rd Thu Free Dominic Berry 0161 615 0500 freeduppoets@yahoo.co.uk friendliest, they say
Manky Poets Chorlton Library  Manchester Road Manchester 7.50pm 3rd Fri £2/£1     manky@toucansurf.com  
RAW @ Contact Contact Theatre Oxford Road Manchester 8pm 4th Mon Free Justin Dooley   justin.d.dooley@gmail.com emcee's &  hip-hop
Dead Man's Boots Retro Bar 78 Sackville Street Manchester 7pm 4th Sun £3/£2     deadmansboots@yahoo.co.uk  
For folks sake Cup Cafe 53-55 Thomas Street Manchester 6pm 1st Thu £4/£2     forfolkssake@hotmail.com folk/spoken word
Shut the far cupboard Odd Bar 30-32 Thomas Street Manchester 8pm 3rd Sun Free   0161 833 0070     folk/spoken word
Hiya Luv The Crescent  20 The Crescent Manchester 7.30pm 2nd Wed £2 Jackie Hagan/Gerry Potter jaclynhagan@hotmail.com  
Hebden Bridge - Write Out Loud Hole in the Wall Hanging Royd Lane Hebden Bridge  8pm 1st Wed £1 Write Out Loud   info@writeoutloud.net  
Spotlight Club The Storey Meeting House Lane Lancaster 8pm 3rd Fri £4/£2 Ron Baker 01524 381642  spotlightclub@btinternet.com www.spotlightlancaster.co.uk guests, short OF
Poetry Cabaret Southport Arts Centre  36 Wayfarers Arcade Southport 7.30pm 3rd Thu Free Brian Wake   Brian.wake@leisure.sefton.gov.uk  
POETica Blue Sky Café  236 High Street Bangor 7.30pm last Fri £4     poetica.bangor@gmail.com experimental/interactive
theAbsurd Y Pentan 3 New Street Mold 8pm 4th Thu donations Sophie McKeand   sophie@theabsurd.co.uk www.theabsurd.co.uk alternative'