Satellite of Love Poetry and Spoken Word run monthly events, workshops and writing retreats. Our monthly events at the John Sebastian Lightship offer a platform for local and touring poets, open mic and a community poem.
All languages welcome.
Open mic sign ups are currently closed.
We will have 10 'on the door' open mic slots available on the night from 7pm. Will you be drawn from the Raffle-ite of Love?
Doors & Bar open - 7pm
Night starts - 7:30pm
Night ends - 10pm
The John Sebastian Lightship, Cabot Cruising Club, Bathurst Basin, Redcliffe, Bristol BS1 6SG
Tim Munson regularly performs in and around the seedy under belly of Bristol's poetry scene. And can often be found looking bewildered and checking his emails whilst stood in the rain outside cancelled poetry gigs.
His work tackles heavyweight subjects, such as -Can pork scratchings really be considered food? - Is my father in law actually a Nazi? and the age old existential question-Will primula cheese bring about the next mass extinction?
Tim has the dubious honour of coming third in almost every poetry competition in the south west of England.
Samuel L Cohen is a multidisciplinary Theatre Maker, award-winning Poet and Instigator of Bristol’s cabaret night RIOT ACT.
An erstwhile scholar of Ancient History led astray by his love for clowning, he is fascinated by the hidden stories (both real and imagined) that underpin everyday life, and crafts work which celebrates the timeless absurdities that make us human.
A high-octane lyrical raconteur of the hilarious, the unbelievable and the downright outrageous, Sam joyfully discovered in poetry a means to interrogate and finally understand life’s great many true stories which defy rational explanation. High literary and magical realist worlds collide with the everyday grit of modern urban life as he as he attempts to make sense of the senseless, armed only with a microphone and a flair for the irresistible riotous humour of his native Bristol.
Most recently, he has founded RIOT ACT- a multidisciplinary club night of open mic fun, with the joint missions to celebrate the people of Bristol and their stories whilst finding new ways to stick it to The Man with laughter.
Buckle up.
This is poetry to party to. The more raucously, the better.
Entry requirements: no age restrictions (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult over 21yrs, 1:1 ratio)