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Award-winning poet Bradley Taylor arrives in Bristol as part of his 2026 nationwide tour – presented by Chuckle Busters and Milk Poetry

House of Figs share their powerful one-act piece navigating the choppy waters of friendship, from platonic meet-cutes to courageous conversations… and beyond – Join poet Beth Calverley and musician Beth Roberts on a voyage through deep friendship feelings, safely afloat in an otherworldly choir of spoken and sung voices

Myths. Mischief. Migration. The new show from storyteller and guest on The Blindboy Podcast, Clare Murphy (The Spanking Goddess & Other Discarded Tales, The Liar King)

Science lectures for the inquisitive and wondering – this month with guest speaker, Robin Ince, the comedian, writer and presenter of BBC Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage with Professor Brian Cox

The return of our multicoloured, Pride-approved edition of Milk Poetry, in a new collaboration with Birmingham’s much loved queer pop up poetry-cabaret, The Big Gay Poetry Night!

Nocturnal audio-fiction vignettes by sound designer Dinah Mullen, and writer and actor Michelle McMahon

Award-winning storyteller, Debs Newbold (as heard on The Blindboy Podcast), gleefully delivers the boisterous, remarkable and inspirational story of her hero, Grainne ni Mhaille, aka Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish clan chief and queen of the sea

Talia Augustidis presents an evening of audio humour, bringing a joyful mix of audio documentaries, radio sketches, broadcasting bloopers and sound art to beat the January blues.

Join Milk Poetry for the launch of Eryn McDonald’s debut pamphlet, Friezewood 

Jenny Foulds’ debut one-woman show is a spoken word love letter to friendship, queerness, raving, grief and joy

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 exciting new dance-theatre-spoken word collaboration from Divija Melally and Saili Katebe – showing as part of Diaspora 2026