Spoken Word Events in London in April 2026
Discover Spoken Word events in London in April 2026. Browse upcoming Spoken Word shows and activities happening across the city this month.
Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Lyric Hammersmith
Hidden Women of the City of London
Archives
The Secret History of Medusa: Folklore, power & the ancient goddess
The Blues Kitchen Brixton
Luke Kennard & Will Eaves - Black Bag
Truckles
John Harris: Maybe I’m Amazed
The RSA
Belsize Open Mic
Belsize Community Library
The Pen is Mightier: Autobiography of a Punk Rocker with Edward Tudor Pole
80 Hill Rise
Poetry of Memory: Roots, Identity & Belonging – 6 Week Writing Course
Southlands Arts Centre
Say It Louder - Open Mic Nights
Love Shack
Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Lyric Hammersmith
Poetry Open Mic Night
80 Hill Rise
SpitNights - pure poetry
The Ministry, Borough | Workspace & Members' Club | South London
Deep Azure
Shakespeare's Globe
Hooyo's Voice : Echoes of Motherhood
SYA Brunchouse
The Writers Corner (in-person)
Wellcome Collection
ALEXANDER HACKE: BLAST - DISTORTED MEMORIES
Walthamstow Trades Hall
Deep Azure
Shakespeare's Globe
Beth O'Leary with Daisy Buchanan at French Protestant Church of London
French Protestant Church of London
The Boyfriend Academy Book Launch
16 Sayer St
Msb Mario “El Niño de la Pili”
Hootananny Brixton
As If: Isabel Waidner in conversation with Ben Pester
Foyles
Poetry of Memory: Roots, Identity & Belonging – 6 Week Writing Course
Southlands Arts Centre
An Evening with Róisín Lanigan - Streatham
Waterstones
VERSES Poetry Night: April Special
Doña
Wayne Holloway-Smith with Rebecca Perry, Jane Yeh + poetry open mic
Lala Books
Love in Hyde Park - A Soldier’s Girl in Knightsbridge Barracks
The Skyline London
Love Letters: it's a match!
The National Archives
Deep Azure
Shakespeare's Globe
Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope
The Calder Bookshop & Theatre
The Farm Table - Julius Roberts - April Book Club
Morocco Bound
Creative Souls
The Bedford
Art, Poetry & Music Night! Open Mic!
Vaulty Towers
Roundhouse Three Sixty: SpitNights
Roundhouse
Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
Writing In Progress - April Writers' Circle in London
Hammersmith Quaker Meeting House
Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Lyric Hammersmith
Lunchtime Talk: English history through poetry
St Margaret's Church
Transcription: Ben Lerner
St James's Piccadilly
Matt Johnson: In Conversation (with Jason Wood) + Signing
Cafe 1001
The Ink Collective LONDON
The Skyline London
Within the Shop of the Divine: Poetry Reading with Mary Gilliland
Keats House
Poetry of Memory: Roots, Identity & Belonging – 6 Week Writing Course
Southlands Arts Centre
Fingers of Flame: The typewriter poetry slam
Off Broadway
The Creative Writing Breakfast at Poetry Pharmacy Friday 17th April 2026
Poetry Pharmacy
Mindful Writing Workshops
80 Hill Rise
The Life and Times of Shakespeare Tour
Blackfriars
SHIFT+SPACE | Her and the Voice in Her Head by Lorraine Adeyefa
EC3A 4AF
Rant and Release - LIVE - with Sheyi Martins-Allen
Christ Church Acton Green
The Writers Corner (in-person)
The Mill (Community Centre)
Spring Creative Writing Workshop
Spit and Sawdust
About to Fall Apart - book launch with Ashley Hickson-Lovence
The Volley - Old Street
Steve Mason: In Conversation + Signing
Cafe 1001
Darkening Song Book Launch
The Social (London)
How languages make us: explorations through performance
British Academy
Comedians Do Poems: Spring Edition
Review
Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
An Evening with Amy Jeffs: English Saints
Westminster Abbey
An Evening With Edward Chisholm - King's Road
Waterstones
Fairytales for Grown-ups: UNCANNY
Folklore
Zenith Collective
THE CAVE
Poetry of Memory: Roots, Identity & Belonging – 6 Week Writing Course
Southlands Arts Centre
Poetry at Lala Books: Michael Mullen & Peter Scalpello + open mic
Lala Books
SpitNights | poets v singers
Number 90 Bar
I Was There: Dispatches from a Life in Rock and Roll with Alan Edwards
80 Hill Rise
Par Hum Desi Ho Gaye (Live) — Laughter, Poetry & Desi Nostalgia (in Hindi)
Pinner Village Hall
SHIFT+SPACE | Spicy White by Laila Latifa
EC3A 4AF
Poets and Prophets Performance With Live Spoken Word , Poetry and Music
St Mary Moorfields
Kip Kompin 10
Poplar Union
Forest Hill Stanza Open Mic
Forest Hill Library
Out in the City - Sunday Social
The Lower Third
![MIKE PICKERING - MANCHESTER MUST DANCE [In conversation + book signing ]](https://hbebaftdiargdkfgdmbp.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-images/events/eventbrite-1982687851737.jpg)
MIKE PICKERING - MANCHESTER MUST DANCE [In conversation + book signing ]
Walthamstow Trades Hall
An Exploration of Sylvia Plath, Poetry and Witchcraft
21Soho
Myth vs Reality with Natalie Haynes
Regent Street Cinema
Waxes Lyrical - Poetry & Spoken Word
Hot Box
Whitechapel Women: Beyond the Jack the Ripper Tour
Saint Botolph Without Aldgate
THE THE's Matt Johnson in conversation - Cognitive Dissident
21Soho
Poetry of Memory: Roots, Identity & Belonging – 6 Week Writing Course
Southlands Arts Centre
Never miss an event
Get the best London events delivered to your inbox every week.