Poetry / Spoken Word Events in London

Find 243 upcoming poetry / spoken word events across London. Browse dates, venues, and prices. Updated daily from hundreds of sources.

Next Week

Sunday 12 April

Not The Usual Jam // Free

5:00 PMGrow+8 more dates

Free

Jane Weaver

7:00 PMValette St+1 more date

£30.94

Monday 13 April

Writer in Residence: 121s with poet Romalyn Ante (RCN members only)

3:00 PMRoyal College of Nursing+4 more dates

Free

Art, Poetry & Music Night! Open Mic!

6:00 PMVaulty Towers (Basement)

£3.00

Roundhouse Three Sixty: SpitNights

6:30 PMThe Roundhouse

Free

Tuesday 14 April

The Brownswood Set - Writing Group

5:00 PMThe Brownswood

Free

BYOB POETRY

5:30 PMBoxpark Croydon+2 more dates

Free

Wednesday 15 April

Pray For Me (WIP)

Camden People's Theatre

£10.00 - £12.00

Lunchtime Talk: English history through poetry

12:00 PMSt Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey

£5.00

An Afternoon of Poetry and Prose with actress Carol Royle

1:00 PMHersham Library

£3.50

Cave Open Mic at KILN Theatre

5:00 PMKiln Theatre

£10.00

Crossword Lyric

6:00 PMThe Harrison

£5.55

An Inklings Book Club Live Event with Seán Hewitt and Jack Edwards - TCR

6:00 PMWaterstones

£7.00 - £15.00

An Evening with Plato and the Moondogs

6:00 PMThe Fiddler's Elbow - Music Venue

Transcription: Ben Lerner and Octavia Bright

6:00 PMSt James's Square

£15.00 - £26.00

Thursday 16 April

Down The Rabbit Hole

9:00 AMCrypt Gallery+2 more dates

Poems Not Bombs at Spice of Life, Soho

12:30 PMThe Spice Of Life+8 more dates

Free

Embodying Poetry (for ages 14 - 18)

5:00 PMLewisham Youth Theatre

Free

Homegrown Poets Presents: Bookclub

5:30 PMNational Theatre

£0.50 - £1.00

Within the Shop of the Divine: Poetry Reading with Mary Gilliland

5:30 PMKeats Community Library

£7.00

Connecting Lines of Resistance through Poetry — between Ukraine and the UK

5:30 PMThe Poetry Café..

Open Mic Night

5:30 PMLondon city runners

Free

IN PERSON EVENT - POETRY EVENING

6:00 PMRudolf Steiner House

Free

Poetry and Spoken Word Open Mic

6:00 PMOrbit Beers Brewery & Taproom+21 more dates

Free

Poetry Open Mic Night

6:00 PM80 Hill Rise+2 more dates

£2.99 - £6.99

SYNCOPATE

6:00 PMStreatham Soul Club - White Lion SW16+3 more dates

£4.25 - £22.42

Writer's Block London

6:00 PMHouse of Ora

£12.00

Friday 17 April

Speak n Spoke – A Night of Spoken Word, Music & Connection

9:00 AMStation Ten

£7.00 - £11.00

The Creative Writing Breakfast at Poetry Pharmacy Friday 17th April 2026

9:00 AMPoetry Pharmacy

£30.00 - £36.00

WORD * SOUND * POWER - POETRY NIGHT

5:00 PMKaramel

£8.00

EARTHBALL + CIA DEBUTANTE + SPLIT APEX

6:30 PMCafe OTO

Free

Mo' Better Blues By Prez & Friends

6:30 PMFabwick

Free

Saturday 18 April

Gráinnemir Stand Up

Camden People's Theatre

£10.00

GAHO x KAVE

5:00 PMThe Underworld

Free

CUCKOOLAND AT WILLOWBROOK HOUSE MONTHLY GUEST MC AND THE HOUSE BAND

5:00 PM48 Willowbrook Rd+9 more dates

£12.00

DARE TO SPEAK 12: Spoken Word & Poetry Night

5:30 PMThe Libra Theatre Cafe

£4.00 - £6.50

April 2026

Sunday 19 April

Dare We Laugh: Using the Arts to help Adult ADHD

1:00 PMThe London Art Therapy Centre

£65.00

Compass Light: Poetry at the Castle with Hilary Davies

1:30 PMBruce Castle Museum

Free

OMBAK #1

3:30 PMNew River Studios

Soul Fuel April

6:00 PMRosslyn Hill Chapel

Free

Rap and Poetry open mic

6:00 PMMorocco Bound

Free

Mouldy Crumpet; Hysteria

6:00 PMMascara Bar

Rose Ford and Eden Rose

7:00 PMGreen Note

Monday 20 April

No Place Like Home Brent: Imagining Home workshops

10:30 AMBrent Mencap+1 more date

Join author Derek Owusu for a talk to celebrate World Book Night

4:00 PMVictoria Library

Free

Poetry Mondays -Melting Clocks and the languid hands of time-

7:30 PMJamboree With Lourdes Fernandez and Her Band

POETRY JAM NIGHT

The Fiddler's Elbow - Music Venue

Tuesday 21 April

How languages make us: explorations through performance

5:30 PMThe British Academy

£5.00

Unsigned Showcase

6:30 PMThe Gantry London Curio Collection By Hilton

Free

Wednesday 22 April

Why Do We Love?

5:00 PMGresham College

Free