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John Agard at Raise the Bar: UK Poetry All-Stars, Bristol


  • Bristol Beacon Trenchard Street Bristol BS1 5AR United Kingdom (map)

Experience a night full of headliners including renowned Guyanese poet and playwright John Agard, Ted Hughes award winner and online sensation Hollie McNish, Bristol City Poet and UK Poetry Slam Champion Vanessa Kisuule, writer, performer and one half of chart-topping duo Rizzle Kicks Jordan Stephens, T. S. Eliot Prize and Griffin Prize winning poet Alice Oswald, and Muneera Pilgrim, Disraeli and more. An unmissable event showcasing the very best in contemporary UK poetry and spoken word. Raise the Bar is a poetry night like you’ve never seen before. Expect poets, storytellers, lyricists, and wordsmiths of all kinds.  Hosted by poet, rapper and Raise the Bar founder Danny Carlo Pandolfi. Presented by Bristol Beacon and Raise The Bar.