Lancashire Dead Good Poets began some fifteen years ago (approximately) and used to host regular monthly live open mis poetry nights in an around Blackpool and St Annes right up until COVID sent us all into isolation and the ether.
We went online (via Zoom) for our monthly open mic nights on the first Thursday of each month and those sessions continue to attract between 15 and 20 performers/readers each month.
We did relaunch the live open mic nights in the autumn of 2022 but numbers were low and it never really took off again as a live event.
However, we do get asked quite often when we are going to host live events once more because online is fine, but there's nothing beats the energy and intimacy of poetry shared live in a room of people. Two regular Blackpool liv events have stuttered to a halt in recent months, so we are biting the proverbial bullet and putting our toes back in the water (if you can get your heads around that strange mixed metaphor) with our first live open mic night in several years, really to see how it goes.
It will be held on Friday 20th June at Urban Arts Studio in St Annes from 7pm. Urban Arts Studio can be found at 11 Back St Annes Road West, FY8 1RD. There are no headliners and there is no set theme. Sign up on the evening for a slot (approx 5 minutes per poet) or just come on down to listen and support live poetry. If the event goes well, we will look at making it a regular feature in addition to our monthly zoom nights
Steve ;-)
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