Spoken Word

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and this year the eggnog has a twist. Ten years ago, our host and director Malaika Kegode moved to Bristol and founded Milk Poetry. In all that time she’s never done a headline set at Milk Poetry, so this year that changes as she’ll take us on a whistle stop tour of the past ten years of her poetry life

Join Sam Grudgings, Stefan Mohamed and the Milk Poetry team for Mild Peril, an evening of strange, surreal and spooky poetry

Science lectures for the inquisitive and wondering

Milk Poetry selects the finest, freshest poets from the UK and beyond to produce the most nourishing and eclectic spoken word bonanza you could ever hope for, curated and hosted by Malaika Kegode (Outlier)

An empowering and uplifting evening hosted by Bristol, Bath, Avon and Somerset Branch of the Women’s Equality Party, dedicated to advancing women’s rights and equality.

Can poetry capture joy? Let’s find out. Edinburgh Fringe’s favourite poet returns with stacks of brilliant, big-hearted poems that get to grips with joy in mulchy middle-age

A romp through the untold myths of the Celts with fabulous Bristol storyteller, Clare Murphy

Storysmith presents a talk with the award-winning author of How to Train Your Dragon and former Children’s Laureate

Milk Poetry selects the finest, freshest poets from the UK and beyond to produce the most nourishing and eclectic spoken word bonanza you could ever hope for

New work-in-progress dark comedy by BBC award-winning writer/performer, Shôn Dale-Jones (Cracking, Floating, Story Of A Rabbit, The Duke)

A special night of spoken word from this world poetry slam champion

Spicy Slam is an 18+ edition of Bristol’s favourite true storytelling show Story Slam, where you can hear and share your raunchiest true sex stories live on stage