Announcing our first Fringe 2026 guest, Edalia Day! We're delighted to welcome Edalia as our guest poet on Thursday, August 13, at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. Book your tickets for Loud Poets: scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:67...

Our first 2026 Edinburgh Fringe show is in two weeks! Join us at the Scottish Storytelling Centre for the Loud Poets' signature fist-pumping, heart-wrenching, side-tickling poetry. Book your 2026 EdFringe tickets at iamloud.co/live

Thanks for joining us at the Commonwealth Games! The Loud Poets had a blast performing in Kelvingrove Park, and our Dr. Katie Ailes loved leading workshops with young poets in the making! A huge thank you to the Glasgow 2026 team for inviting us to be part of the celebrations!

We're heading to Manchester this week! We'll be at The Rat and Pigeon for our first-ever Manchester Slam Heat on Thursday, July 23. Book your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/loud-poets...

This spring, our Dr. @katie.ailes had a fantastic time leading a spoken word poetry course at @beacongorebridge! Over eight weeks participants learned the fundamentals of spoken word, from drafting to editing to stagecraft, before taking to the stage to showcase their new work!

Join us for a workshop at Edinburgh International Book Festival! Our Kevin Mclean and Dr. Katie Ailes are hosting Speak Up: A Spoken Word Poetry Workshop on Saturday, August 22, from 5 pm. Book tickets: www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/speak...

The Loud Poets album is out in a month... ... and today, we're revealing the cover designed by Jack Hinks! Come celebrate the launch of The Loud Poets album with us at our first Edinburgh Fringe show on Thursday, August 13, where you can pick up your own copy.

At the start of June, we were delighted to help the Scottish Storytelling Centre ring in their 20th birthday! Our team collaboratively wrote a poem for the occasion celebrating their fantastic work championing, showcasing, and nurturing storytellers of all stripes across Scotland.

We're off to Aberdeen today! We'll be at the Lemon Tree tonight, Friday, July 3, for our second Showcase of July. Book tickets: www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/lou...

New Loudcast! Watch here: youtu.be/Wn_w4dyWHtA Welcome to June's special Pride episode of the Loudcast! RJ Hunter welcomes poet and spoken word artist, TJ, to discuss their experiences as trans artists in a welcoming community surrounded by a hostile climate, and the joys of being trans poets.

New video! Watch here: youtu.be/PIEcLGRbWTA At our 2026 Nottingham Slam Heat, finalist Camile Hernandez shared this poem about living between two cultures. Find out more about Camila's work: www.instagram.com/caminthemarg... Thanks to Creative Scotland for supporting our work.

See you on Saturday, Belfast! Join us on Saturday, June 27, at The Duncairn to see who will take the title of Belfast Slam Champion and qualify for our Grand Slam Final this August. Book your tickets: www.theduncairn.com/events/l-am-...

Tickets for our Grand Slam Final are on sale! Join us at Edinburgh International Book Festival on Saturday, August 15, at 3.30 pm. Book your tickets: www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/loud-...

Aberdeen, get ready for our next Showcase at the Lemon Tree! We're so excited to see touring poet Diz Undone bring his genre-defying work to the North East of Scotland on Friday, July 3. Book tickets for our Aberdeen Showcase: www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/lou...

Join us at Civic House on Saturday, July 4! We'll be wrapping up our July Showcase tour in Glasgow with Diz Undone. Book tickets for the Showcase: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/loud-poets...

Join us next Monday, June 29, for the Loud Poets Open Mic! Our second feature of the month is Ale de Luis. We'll have some spots available on the door, so join us at the Scottish Storytelling Centre from 6.30 pm, and put your name in the draw. For more about the Open Mic, visit iamloud.co/live

Don't miss our next Masterclass! Touring poet Diz Undone will lead you through poetic form in rap lyricism at Civic House in Glasgow on Saturday, July 4. Book tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/loud-poets...

Hosted by @katieailes.bsky.social, this episode of the Building Stories podcast explores how Christian Isobel Johnstone laid the foundations for today’s media industry in Edinburgh & advocated for affordable access to reliable information #C18 #C19 www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-plac...

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Christian Isobel Johnstone (1781–1857) was born #OTD, 12 June. She edited Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine, famous for its liberal stance & incisive literary reviews, & wrote some of the most remarkable Scottish novels of the #Romantic era #C18 #C19 1/4 www.scottishwomenwritersontheweb.net/writers-a-to...

Less than a month until our next Showcases! We're so excited to be back at the Scottish Storytelling Centre to kick off our third Showcase tour of 2026. This time, we're welcoming the genre-defying Diz Undone to Edinburgh. Book tickets: scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:64...

Loud Poets: Fringe 2026! Our sell-out, five-star, 'joyous smorgasbord of words' (AllEdinburghTheatre.com) returns to the Scottish Storytelling Centre on Thursday, August 13, August 20, and August 27, from 8.30 pm. Book your tickets: scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:67...

Aberdeen, join us for our next Showcase! We'll be back at The Lemon tree on Friday, July 3, with touring poet Diz Undone. Diz is sharing the mic with Abi Underwood and Georgia Bartlett-McNeil. Book tickets for the Aberdeen Showcase: www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/lou...

Join us for our next Open Mic tonight! For our first June Open Mic, we're welcoming the fantastic TJ as our featured poet, alongside our usual selection of excellent open mic-ers! Doors are at 6.30 pm for a 7 pm start, and we'll have some spots available on the door.

Diz will be taking you through his session examining rap as an oral poetic form, wherever you land on the spectrum of wordcraft. This masterclass will be a journey through the rich musicality, understanding of cadence, complex rhyme and songwriting technique in hiphop and rap traditions.

Our Masterclass series continues in July! After another excellent session with touring poet Jasmine Gardosi in May, we're so excited for our third Masterclass of 2026 led by the genre-defying Diz Undone on Saturday, July 4. Book your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/loud-poets...

Our next open mic is tonight! Join us at the Scottish Storytelling Centre as we welcome Sol Vardi as our feature alongside our array of excellent open mic-ers. We'll have some slots available on the door, so come down early to put your name in the draw. For more information, visit iamloud.co/live

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SUNDAY join us at Paisley Book Festival for a thrilling slam! Book your tickets here: paisleybookfestival.com/programme/lo...

Loud Poets Paisley Poetry Slam | Paisley Book Festival

Watch some of the best spoken word poets compete in the Loud Poets Paisley Poetry Slam at Paisley Book Festival in this high-energy celebration of performance poetry.

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I Am Loud CIC@iamloudpro.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our Paisley slammers are: Cat Cochrane Chisom Okoronkwo Georgia Francis Hope Isla Innes-Love Katie Rose Laya Newland Lisa Eaglesham Martin Rowe Reid Wright Spencer Mason Steve A (poet) Join on Sunday, May 17, to cheer on our poets as we crown a new champ! Book tickets iamloud.co/slam

Do you want to be our first-ever Belfast Slam Champ? We're teaming up with The Duncairn to bring our Slam Series to Northern Ireland and we want to see your poems! Sign ups for the Belfast Heat are open until midnight on Wednesday, June 10, with this Google Form: forms.gle/iYCwArL35nva...

Very exciting project in the works...

I Am Loud CIC@iamloudpro.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Who let the Loud Poets out?! Our Katie, Kev, and Mark have been cooking up something very special with our resident musician Jack Hinks over the last few months and we can't wait to share this work with you very soon. In the meantime, here's a little peek behind the Loud Poets' curtain.

Join us tonight for our first May Open Mic! We're welcoming Misti Cooper as our feature poet, alongside our selection of amazing open mic-ers. There'll be spots available on the door, so come down early to put your name in the draw. Want to sign up for our next open mic? Visit iamloud.co/live