Mon, 29 Apr
|Hyde Park Book Club
Out & About: 'Roundhouse Poetry Slam'
Roundhouse Poetry Slam is staging its first-ever regional heat in Leeds. Watch the performers slam it out for a spot at the Grand Final! Bringing together emerging spoken word artists from across the UK to compete for a cash prize and the coveted title of Slam Champion 2024.
Time & Location
29 Apr 2024, 19:30 – 22:00 BST
Hyde Park Book Club, 27-29 Headingley Ln., Headingley, Leeds LS6 1BL, UK
About the Event
Join us for the Leeds Heat of the prestigious Roundhouse Poetry Slam competition. Bringing together emerging spoken word artists from across the UK to compete for a cash prize and the coveted title of Slam Champion 2024.
Some of the best young poets in the North will compete against each other for a coveted slot at the Roundhouse Poetry Slam Grand Final. The judges for the evening are three highly acclaimed poets and performers: Vanessa Kisuule, Maria Ferguson, and Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan.
This will be an evening of spellbinding poetry in one of the North's best-loved alternative venues. Your host for the evening is acclaimed poet Matt Abbott. The event is in partnership between Roundhouse and LIVEwire Poetry (fka Nymphs & Thugs).