Join Bristol City Poet Sukina Noor for a St Pauls Carnival themed poetry workshop to kick off Carnival Day! www.lyrafest.com#e157552 Presented by Lyra Festival and St Pauls Carnival and supported by Renaissance One and Melanie Abrahams.
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Lyra runs Bristol's Poetry Festival, City Poet, Young City Poet & community collabs. Festival supported by ACE. Next Festival: 17 - 26 April www.lyrafest.com
You can experience the festival from the comfort of your home by purchasing our Digital Events Pass and watching some of the key events live, with on-demand access lasting until May 31st 2026 www.lyrafest.com#e150106
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💚TOMORROW NIGHT💚 Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival 2026 Slam Champion Chloe Tenesha is back performing at Arnolfini with Raise the Bar for the Poems of Diaspora event! See you there hdfst.uk/e150993
💚Still to Come!💚 Wonderer: Sparking New Poems An online webinar workshop led by @nikitagill.bsky.social hdfst.uk/e150144
💚Enzie is winner of the inaugural Glenn Carmichael Award💚 Glenn Carmichael brought poetry slam to Bristol in the mid 90's and laid the foundation for what the spoken word scene in Bristol is today. The Glenn Carmichael award goes to the highest audience scored poet. #poetryslam
Join Bristol City Poet Sukina Noor during the season of Eid for a poetry workshop exploring voices from across the Muslim world. Date: Sat 30th May 2026 Time: 15:30 - 17:30 Venue: Arnolfini Price: FREE Book now: hdfst.uk/e151310 #eid #eidmubarak #poetry #bristol
💚🙏Thank you to our volunteers!🙏💚 Our turquoise-clad volunteers are the ones who keep the show on the road. Thank you for answering questions, scanning tickets, and being a friendly face! P.S. You can make our volunteers happy by filling out an evaluation form: forms.gle/AGVddj6KWncH...
If you liked Lyra Festival, you'll love Diaspora! www.diverseartistsnetwork.com/2026-festival/ From 1–10 May, Bristol and the South West will come alive with a ten-day celebration of global culture. With around 100 events spanning workshops, exhibitions, and world-class performances.
💚THANK YOU!💚 Lyra wouldn't happen without our audience - it's been lovely to see and share poetry with you. If you haven't already, please fill out an evaluation form forms.gle/C4PuczU7ZMNu...
Poetry Film Club is back!. Tuesday 28th April featuring poetry films made by the Bristol Refugee Artists Collective created in LYRA - Bristol Poetry Festival workshops. Come and see the first screening of these films Tickets on the door or from Headfirst: hdfst.uk/e151744
💚IT'S THE LAST DAY OF LYRA💚 and we're at @w_shed for the day. Tickets available at lyrafest.com or on the door from one of our lovely volunteers. #poetry #bristoluk #lyrafest
Today at @wshed.bsky.social Bristol for @lyrafest.com Kin: Tending the flame. Poetry music and harp celebrating Romany heritage. 13.30. 👇👇👇
Lucy English@lucyenglish.bsky.social · 5mo agoSunday 26 April 13.30. @wshed.bsky.social @lyrafest.com Karen Downs-Barton, Vanessa Wood-Davies and Raine Geoghegan will enchant you with words, harp music and song on the Old Traveller Ways, domesticity, belonging and identity. Also live streamed. 🎉🎉 www.lyrafest.com
Am dashing to catch a train. Bristol peeps, think some tix still available. It'd be lovely to see you.
Lyra - Bristol Poetry Festival@lyrafest.com · 5mo agoTOMORROW 💚 Responding to the Lyra Fest theme Wonder and Wanderers, join five incredible poets with @betarish.bsky.social @romalynante3.bsky.social, @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social, @natlinhbolderston.bsky.social Tickets: www.lyrafest.com#e150183 #poetry #bristoluk #bristol #spokenword
The prison poetry translation workshop went well. Fabulous group who put their own creative spin on Argentinian and Turkish prison poetry. I was really moved by their wirk. Thanks @lyrafest.com
TOMORROW 💚 Responding to the Lyra Fest theme Wonder and Wanderers, join five incredible poets with @betarish.bsky.social @romalynante3.bsky.social, @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social, @natlinhbolderston.bsky.social Tickets: www.lyrafest.com#e150183 #poetry #bristoluk #bristol #spokenword
💚Our closing event is Roots, Resonance and African Heritage💚 The event with Ujima Radio 98fm will feature performances from Bristol-based poets and artists, including Muneera Pilgrim, Blackout ja and Ripton Lindsay. www.lyrafest.com#e150184
Come through!
Lyra - Bristol Poetry Festival@lyrafest.com · 5mo agoWonder and Wanderers: A Poetic Journey with @betarish.bsky.social, @romalynante3.bsky.social, @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social, @natlinhbolderston.bsky.social Date: Sunday 26th April 2026 Venue: Watershed (W3) Time: 15:30 - 17:00 Tickets: FREE/Pay-What-You-Can Booking Link: hdfst.uk/e150183
We're heading into our closing weekend! Thank you for joining us so far. Here's what we've got to look forward to this weekend: 🧵
Sunday 26 April 13.30. @wshed.bsky.social @lyrafest.com Karen Downs-Barton, Vanessa Wood-Davies and Raine Geoghegan will enchant you with words, harp music and song on the Old Traveller Ways, domesticity, belonging and identity. Also live streamed. 🎉🎉 www.lyrafest.com
Enchanting words, harp music and song on themes of life on the road, including the Old Traveller Ways, domesticity, belonging and identity in Romany culture, join us for performances from Vanessa Wood-Davies, Raine Geoghegan, and Karen Downs-Barton www.lyrafest.com#e150180 #poetry #bristoluk
💚Hekate & Poems of Mythology💚 With readings from @nikitagill.bsky.social, @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social and @emilie_jelinek Saturday 25th, 18:00 at Watershed www.lyrafest.com#e15017
This was so good! Poetry about class, race, gentrification, cats and the Sugababes.
Lyra - Bristol Poetry Festival@lyrafest.com · 5mo ago💚 Working Class Poetics 💚 Date: Saturday 18th April 2026 Venue: St George's Bristol Time: 14:30 Join Karen McCarthy Woolf, Matthew Rice, and John McCullough for an afternoon of poetry exploring class, labour and the forces that shape working lives. www.lyrafest.com#e150115
Sunday 26 April 13.30. @wshed.bsky.social @lyrafest.com Karen Downs-Barton, Vanessa Wood-Davies and Raine Geoghegan will enchant you with words, harp music and song on the Old Traveller Ways, domesticity, belonging and identity. Also live streamed. 🎉🎉 www.lyrafest.com
💚 Working Class Poetics 💚 Date: Saturday 18th April 2026 Venue: St George's Bristol Time: 14:30 Join Karen McCarthy Woolf, Matthew Rice, and John McCullough for an afternoon of poetry exploring class, labour and the forces that shape working lives. www.lyrafest.com#e150115
A celebration of the new ground-breaking @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social anthology, Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets. Join our special guests as they share their work and discuss this timely anthology with editor Rachael Boast. www.lyrafest.com#e150121
Joelle Taylor: Maryville Date: Sunday 19th April 2026 Venue: Arnolfini Time: 16:00 - 17:00 A searing, poetic excavation of 50 years of lesbian counterculture. www.lyrafest.com#e150134
The @lyrafest.com workshops are nearly fully booked! Don't miss out! There is so much to enjoy in the Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival. Many of our events and workshops are also online. 17-26 April. www.lyrafest.com
📣Due to a change in line up, we have some announcements 📣 Joelle Taylor will now be on the Power of Poetry Panel discussion: www.lyrafest.com#e150110 and Saili Katebe will be running the Inspiring Poetry workshop! 🎉
