SUNDAY 18 DECEMBER THE SQUARE TOWER 7.30 – 10PM Doors 7pm £4 | £3 Join us for our end of year celebration with LES KAZOOS D’AMOUR, swanny whistles, whacky games, limerick competition and more! Open Mic spots available for poetry and music. Sign up on the door. Continue reading Sunday 18th December 2016: Sauce for the Goose
SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER THE SQUARE TOWER 7.30 – 10pm Doors 7pm £4 Bournemouth’s premiere spoken word game POETRY ON THE SPOT comes to Portsmouth with Bob Hill and Paul Canon Harris sharing their words and setting each other spoken word improv challenges with silly prompts revealed onstage. Expect untranslatable words, bus driving monkeys, boyfriends who look like Hitler and well crafted poems written ‘on the spot’. https://www.facebook.com/POTSImprov/ Continue reading Sunday 16th October 2016: Poetry on the Spot with Bob Hill and Paul Canon Harris
DOCKIES II ARTWORKS AND WORDS THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 6.30 pm – 8.30PM Jack House Gallery, 121 High Street, Portsmouth, PO1 2HW Join us for a glass of wine, a look at the exhibition of art by ex-Dockie John Green and listen to some readings of poetry about the Portsmouth Dockyard, as well as some authentically penned Dockie works. Doors open at 6.30pm for refreshments and … Continue reading Thursday 29th September 2016: Dockies II – Artwork and Words
SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER THE SQUARE TOWER 7.30 – 10pm Doors 7pm £4 MACMILLAN FUNDRAISER featuring London poet and winner of the Hippocrates Poetry Prize, WENDY FRENCH. Wendy French’s meticulously observed and profoundly moving new collection, Thinks Itself a Hawk grew out of a residency with the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London. Working with patients, sharing in their hopes and fears, tracking the everyday … Continue reading Sunday 18th September 2016: Macmillan Fundraiser with Wendy French
Since 2003, Tongues & Grooves has enabled poets and musicians to collaborate and share ideas. Based in Portsmouth, we provide platforms for established poets, musicians and emerging talent – particularly from the ‘quiet voice’ and under-represented groups. Tongues and Grooves also welcomes approaches from individuals or organisations wishing to work with us in achieving our aim and will sponsor open mic events that support our community … Continue reading Welcome to Tongues&Grooves
Poetry and Music in Portsmouth and Southsea 