Poetry / Spoken Word Events in London

Find 247 upcoming poetry / spoken word events across London. Browse dates, venues, and prices. Updated daily from hundreds of sources.

May 2026

Friday 22 May

Tribute to Ludovico Einaudi 2.0 by Mystery Ensemble

7:30 PM16 Allen St

£12.00 - £32.00

Saturday 23 May

9th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation with Fred Moten

2:00 PMConway Hall

Free

Tuesday 26 May

Writer in Residence: 121s with poet Jennifer Wong (RCN members only)

10:00 AMRoyal College of Nursing+7 more dates

Free

An Evening with Philip Larkin

6:00 PMCentury Club

£10.00

Wednesday 27 May

La Cozna and Mary Hampton

6:30 PMCafe OTO

Free

From Gibraltar to the Caspian Sea -Poets and singer-songwriters summon traces of shared humanity

7:00 PMNoho Showrooms

Thursday 28 May

3000 Miles From Home with Dee Majek

6:00 PMStreatham Library, 63 Streatham High Road

Free

Califone

6:30 PMRich Mix+1 more date

Free

Saturday 30 May

Purfleet Poems in the Garden

10:00 AMPurfleet Train Station

Free

The Penrose Web + The High Span + Wolf Howard

12:30 PMBetsey Trotwood

Dark Fantasy Sketching and Poetry at Kasa Cafe

12:45 PMKasa Cafe London

£13.50 - £17.50

Feral Family

6:30 PMSebright Arms

Free

Sunday 31 May

Celebrating Nina Salaman's Life and Poetry

1:00 PMWillesden Jewish Cemetery (United Synagogue)

£5.00

Francesca Dego & Alessandro Taverna + Pre-Concert Talk

4:30 PMConway Hall

Free

Healing Through Words Open Mic

6:00 PMKarma Sanctum Soho London

£8.00 - £10.00

June 2026

Wednesday 3 June

New Roots presents Gabriel Moreno & The Quivering Poets

7:30 PMGreen Note

Friday 5 June

Nontaines D.C

5:30 PMOslo Hackney

Free

This is The Deep

6:00 PMMoth Club

Free

Saturday 6 June

Manifest Worship Collective - Manifest & Friends 2026 | 3rd Edition

3:00 PMThe Front Room

£8.50 - £10.50

Thursday 11 June

Summer Poetry and Jazz

5:30 PMKeats Community Library

£10.00 - £12.00

Friday 12 June

The Really Irish? House Party – Brixton House

6:30 PMBrixton House

Tuesday 16 June

Poetry in Motion

6:30 PMHoly Trinity Church, Sloane Street

£14.00 - £28.00

Thursday 18 June

Cyprus at the European Poetry Festival

5:30 PMThe Cyprus High Commission

Free

Friday 19 June

Raw Milk Conspiracy

6:30 PMThe Dublin Castle

Saturday 20 June

Climate Stories in Writing, Joy and Hope

12:30 PMSwiss Cottage Library

Ealing Choral Society | Songs of the Sea

6:30 PMSt Barnabas Church, Ealing

Thursday 25 June

London Trans Choir Presents: Trans Talent Show

6:30 PMColours Hoxton

£10.00 - £15.00

Friday 26 June

Marie Buhl (EP & poetry zine release party)

7:00 PMThe Harrison

Saturday 27 June

Liminal Spaces: Drawing & Poetry Workshops

10:00 AMMassimo's Private Studio+1 more date

£90.00

July 2026

Wednesday 1 July

Velvet After Dark™ | Erotic Spoken Word Night | July Edition

5:45 PMHouse of Flavourz

£33.00 - £45.00

Saturday 11 July

De Beauvoir Jazz Festival: Lucy-Anne Daniels & Liselotte Östblom

7:45 PM11 Gillet Square

£16.50 - £20.90

Sunday 12 July

Astra Forward & Spy From Moscow + Mock Deer

6:30 PMThe Ivy House

Free

Saturday 25 July

Rana Farhan: Persian Soul

6:30 PMWorld Heart Beat Embassy Gardens

Free

August 2026

Saturday 8 August

JEFFREY ALEXANDER & THE HEAVY LIDDERS + CHRISTINA CARTER

6:30 PMCafe OTO

Free

Thursday 20 August

A Collective Archive: Saturday Program

1:00 PMUgly Duck

September 2026

Saturday 5 September

Arcadian River

6:00 PMGarrick's Temple to Shakespeare

£8.00 - £14.00

Back to Back

6:30 PMRudolf Steiner House

Sunday 6 September

Tim Key: Loganberry

6:45 PMRegent's Park Open Air Theatre+1 more date

Friday 11 September

The Fire Doors + The InCureables

6:45 PM229. London England

Robin and Bina Williamson

7:30 PMThe Great Northern Railway Tavern, N8

Wednesday 16 September

The Musicality of Language: Live Poetry Event

5:30 PMAutograph

£5.00 - £10.00

Sunday 27 September

SHE PAST AWAY + ACTORS

6:00 PMEartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney)

Free

Poets of the Fall

6:00 PMO2 Shepherd's Bush Empire+1 more date

October 2026

Saturday 17 October

Dave Sutherland Album Launch @ Blackheath Halls: The Great Hall

6:30 PMBlackheath Halls

Saturday 24 October

The TUFAC 10th Year Birthday Bash

6:00 PM323 New Cross Road

£16.50

November 2026

Anouar Brahem: After the Last Sky

7:30 PMBarbican

Free

May 2028

Brutalist Poetry Group

7:00 PMLONDON: Walthamstow Trades Hall

Free