Spoken Word Events in Manchester in May 2026
Discover Spoken Word events in Manchester in May 2026. Browse upcoming Spoken Word shows and activities happening across the city this month.
Causons français (let's speak French)
Rocksalt Cafe Bar
Poetry, Prose and Passion Tour
Lincoln Cathedral
Newark & Lincoln Speakers Club Meeting @ 7:15pm - Salvation Army, Newark
NG24 3GA
Centre for New Writing Fellows 2026: Inua Ellams and Gurnaik Johal
Blackwell's Bookshop
Dan Hicks: Monuments Will Fall
The Manchester Museum
Tentacles In-Person Poetry Workshops: Course 2
Nottingham Central Library
Identity Global Majority Writers Group
Manchester Poetry Library
20/20 Writing Competition & Launch
Amped
The House of Broken Things: Dr Kim Moore and Dr Malika Booker
Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Must Dance - Mike Pickering & Kevin Cummins
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Nuance of Care / Love with Anděl Sudik
Liverpool Arts Bar
Polari: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Writing Talent
Amped
Open Mic With Talking Zebras
Amped
Film: 3000 Lesbians Go to York
Amped
Emily Brontë Reappraised
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Golden Thread of Seva – Sikh Heritage in Huddersfield
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Robin Ince book tour
International Anthony Burgess Foundation
READING AND WRITING CLUB
Altogether Otherwise
Identity Global Majority Writers Group
Manchester Poetry Library
Stu Hennigan – Keshed
Byram Arcade
The Bowling Green Writing Group
The Bowling Green
Exploring Literature, Creative Writing and Poetry in Creative Health
University of Huddersfield Queensgate Campus
Radical Georgian Women Writers
Porter Hill Tea Company
Manchester: One City, Many Voices
Manchester Central Library
Sable Sorensen in conversation at St Ann's Church, Manchester
Saint Ann's Church
Waterstones Liverpool - Martin Fitzgerald Discusses The Umbrella Man
12 College Ln
Free Tour Manchester en Español
Manchester Central Library
These Isles – with Brian Groom
Heritage Quay
Sarah-Clare's Literary Salon
Wilbraham Saint Ninian's United Reformed Church
The Poetry of Suicide: J.T. Welsch in conversation with Nikolai Duffy
Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University
Ink Spill #44: poetry workshop and open mic
The Head Of Steam
Spoken Here: Voices from West Yorkshire & Beyond
Amped
Didsbury French Cafe
Saints & Scholars
Romani Resistance Day with Delaine Le Bas, Juice Vamosi and Gemma Lees
The Whitworth
Poetry Slam 2026
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Workshop: Have a Kind Word with Yourself
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The Walk of Green Hope
Beaumont Park
An Afternoon With John King (Football Factory, Human Punk, Skinheads)
The Maltshovel
Simon Armitage
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Word of Mouth @ The Carlton Club
Carlton Club, Carlton Road, Greater, Whalley Range, Manchester, UK
Shared Reading
Nantwich Museum
Book launch : Textual Actants (Infrastructure) w/ readings and discussion
Grosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University
Toastmasters Public Speaking and Leadership: Bullring Speakers (4th Monday)
University College Birmingham
Writing poetry - having fun with words and poems
The Craft House
IN TRANSLATION: Miha Mazzini and Celia Hawkesworth in conversation
Blackwell's Bookshop
Poetry & spoken word open mic Shrewsbury
The Dolphin Inn
Welsh Chat / Sgwrsio Cymraeg
The Old Chapel Cafe
The Space Poetic Writing Club
Terrace NQ
The Space Poetic Open Mic & Gallery
Terrace NQ
Africa Day Event 2025
University of Greater Manchester
Pray, Preach, Prepare Until : Nottingham
Thomas Helwys Baptist Church
Northwich LitFest 2026 - NIKOLAI DUFFY
Davenham Theatre
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