Open Mic Archives - Essex Book Festival https://essexbookfestival.org.uk/tag/open-mic/ 28 May -28 June 2026 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:09:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 JOIN THE ART:UP! http://ec2-35-176-91-154.eu-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/join-the-artup/ Tue, 13 May 2025 07:23:00 +0000 https://essexbookfestival.org.uk/?p=10539 Art:UP! Culture Accelerator Open Mic and Poetry Reading Come join us for an evening of creativity and expression at Art Exchange on 19th June. Essex Book Festival, University of Essex, Waxes Lyrical Chelmsford and Poetry Plus invite you to JOIN THE ART:UP – a new collaborative poetry project. A year of poetry events around Essex... Read more »

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Come join us for an evening of creativity and expression at Art Exchange on 19th June. Essex Book Festival, University of Essex, Waxes Lyrical Chelmsford and Poetry Plus invite you to JOIN THE ART:UP – a new collaborative poetry project.

A year of poetry events around Essex begins with this reading and open mic night, suitable for seasoned verse-spitters and people who have never shared their work before. Local poets Ethan Stewarts and babalonanon will warm up the floor, and eco-protest-performance poety Linden McMahon will close the show, celebrating the diversity of voice in our Essex communities!

The event is free, but ticketed. Come early to be sure of an open mic spot!

Register your place at eventbrite.co.uk/e/artup-culture-accelerator-open-mic-and-poetry-reading.

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]]> Art:Up! Homecoming Poetry Reading And Open Mic http://ec2-35-176-91-154.eu-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/event/artup-homecoming-poetry-reading-and-open-mic/ Sat, 20 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://essexbookfestival.org.uk/?post_type=tribe_events&p=11548 The final instalment of the Art:Up! This collaborative poetry project has seen more than fifty poets get together and share new poetry since launching at the 2025 Essex Book Festival. Come along to the finale event and support diverse voices from around the county.

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Saturday 20 June 2026, 4.00pm – 6.00pm
CVS Tendring, Sam’s Hall, Imperial House, 20-22 Rosemary Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 1NZ

Join The Art:UP! This collaborative poetry project launched at the 2025 Essex Book Festival, and has seen more than fifty poets from across Essex get together and share new poetry.

The final instalment of this year’s project is on the topic ‘Homecoming’.

You can get involved by:
signing up to write something new with a partner,
writing your own poem on the theme,
or just coming along to support diverse voices from around the county.

This project is lead by The University of Essex, Essex Book Festival, Waxes Lyrical in Chelmsford, PoetryPlus in Manningtree and Clacton’s own Boho Banter.

We actively encourage new and neurodivergent writers to participate in this project.

 

Tickets: Free, booking recommended
Box Office: eventbrite.co.uk

To find out more, email Dr Jordan Savage: jksava@essex.ac.uk, or find us on insta: art_up_poetry

 

* PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE *
This event will now take place at Sam’s Hall, CVS Tendring on Rosemary Road.

 

Part of Clacton Rocks!

Essex Book Festival is teaming up with Essex Cultural Diversity Project and Clacton Arts Centre to host Clacton Rocks! a 1-day (and night) programme of events, including Stand up For Diversity; Performance poet Atilla the Stockbroker; The Human Library; Art:Up Poetry Open Mic; Storytelling and Workshops. Visit essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/clacton-rocks/ for details.

 

 

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