A very busy 2011...

January

27th - London. "Outspoken" at The George, The Strand.WC2R 1AP. Entry £5. Start 7.30.

28th - London. "Friday Mic" at The Star and Garter, Greenwich. SE10 9NY. Entry free. Start 8.30.

29th - BBC Radio Humberside, "Saturday Breakfast with Ruth Barcroft and Carl Wheatley".

February

2nd - Hull. "Fresh Ink Open Mic" at Lattitude, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 7.30. 

11th - Hull. "Occuparty!" at Staff House, University of Hull. Free, from 7pm.


17th - Hull. "Hull to Scarborough Line" at Fudge. Entry £3, from 8pm.

22nd - Hull. "Fresh Ink Open Mic" at Fruit, Humber Street. Entry £4, doors open 7.30.

March

2nd - Hull. "Fresh Ink Open Mic" at Lattitude, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 7.30.

8th - Hull. Open Mic Fundraiser for Women's Services in Hull at Community Enterprise Centre, Cottingham Road. Starts 7pm.

April

6th - Hull. "Fresh Ink Open Mic" at Lattitude, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 7.30.

14th - Hull. "Performance Poetry Workshops" at Wyke College, Bricknell Avenue.

20th - Harrogate. "Poems, Prose and Pints" at the Tap and Spile, Tower Street. £2.50 entry, starts 7.30.

24th - Hull. "Paul Burwell Tribute" at The Boathouse, Beresford Park.

29th - Hull. "Alternative Garden Party" at Pearson Park. Free, from noon.

May

4th - Hull. "Fresh Ink Open Mic" at Lattitude, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 7.30.

11th. York. "Speakers' Corner" at The Yorkshire Terrier, Stonegate. Entry £1, starts 7.30.

21st. Hull. "Vaudeville @ Merge" at The Ringside, Beverley Road. Entry £4, starts 8pm.

26th - Hull. "Fresh Ink Anthology Launch" at the Johnny Mac Bar, University of Hull. Free entry, starts 7pm.

June

1st - Hull. "Fresh Ink Open Mic" at Lattitude, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 7.30.

2nd - Cottingham. "Off The Road Caberet Night" at Duke of Cumberland, Cottingham Green. Entry free. 

3rd - Hull. "Fresh Ink @ Merge 2011" at Fruit, Humber Street. Entry £4, starts 9.00.

5th - Hull. "Off The Road" at Xanders, Newland Avenue. Starts 8.00

7th - Hull. "Wordorama" at The Haworth, Beverley Road. Entry free, doors 7.30.

8th - York. "Speakers' Corner" at the Yorkshire Terrier,  Stonegate. Entry £1, starts 7.30.

9th - Sheffield. "The Shipping Forecast" at The Rude Shipyard, Abbeydale Road. Starts 7.45.

12th - Hull. "Off The Road" at Xanders, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 9pm.

15th - Harrogate. Featured artist at "Poetry, Prose and Pints" at Tap and Spile, Tower Street. Entry £2.50, starts 7.30pm.

16th - Hull. "Bloomsday" at Hull Truck Theatre, Ferensway. Starts 5pm.

19th - Hull. "Off The Road" at Xanders, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 9pm.

20th - Hull. "Heather's One Night Stanza" at Lattitude, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 7.30pm.

23rd - Hull. "Hull to Scarborough Line" at Fudge, Princes Avenue. Entry £3.50 (includes a glass of wine), starts 8pm.

26th - Hull. "Off The Road" at Xanders, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 9pm.

July

3rd - Hull. "New Creative Writers From Hull Showcase" at Lattitude, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 7.30pm 


3rd - Hull. "Off The Road" at Xanders, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 9.30pm.

6th - Hull. "Fresh Ink Open Mic" at Lattitude, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 7.30.

10th - Hull. "Off The Road" at Xanders, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 9pm.

16th - Sheffield. "Sheffield Pride" at Endcliffe Park, on T'other Stage.

24th - Hull. "Off The Road" at Xanders, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 9pm.


29th - Hull. "Wordmill" at The Minerva, Nelson Street. Free entry, starts 8pm.

31st - Hull. "Off The Road" at Xanders, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 9pm.



August


3rd - Hull. "Fresh Ink Open Mic" at Lattitude, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 7.30

7th - Hull. "Off The Road" at Xanders, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 9.00.

8th - Hull. "Musicians' Night" at the New Adelphi, De Grey Street. Free entry, starts 9.00.

14th - Hull. "Off The Road" at Xanders, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 9.00.

17th - Hull. "Listen Up!" at Princes Quay. Starts 2.30pm.

24th - Hull. "Off The Road" at Ye Olde Corn Exchange,  North Church Side. Starts 8.30.

28th - Hull. "Off The Road" at Xanders, Newland Avenue. Starts 8.30.

29th - Hull. "Musicians' Night" at the New Adelphi, De Grey Street. Starts 9.00.


September



7th - Hull. "Fresh Ink Open Mic" at Lattitude, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 7.30

12th - Bradford. "Beehive Poets" at The New Beehive, Westgate. Starts 8.30.

14th - York. "Speakers' Corner" at The Yorkshire Terrier, Stonegate. Entry £1, starts 7.30.

October

1st - Hull. "Hull Trinity Music Festival" at Hull Trinity Church. Free entry, starts 2pm.

5th - Hull. "Fresh Ink Open Mic" at Lattitude, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 7.30pm

6th - BBC Radio Humberside, "The Phil White Show". 3pm.

6th - Hull. "The Hull Connection", Waterstones, Jameson Street. Free entry, 5pm.

6th - Cottingham. "Off The Road" at Duke of Cumberland, Cottingham Green. Free entry, starts 9pm.

8th - Barton upon Humber. "Liberation". The Ropewalk, Maltkiln Road. Entry £3, starts 8pm.

14th - Hull. "Off The Road Presents The Finest Hour". The new Adelphi Club, De Grey Street. Entry £3, starts 8.30pm.

16th - Hull. "Pocketsprung Presents...". Haworth Arms, Beverley Road. Entry £2, starts 8pm

30th - Hull. "Off The Road" at Xanders, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 8.30pm.

 31st - Hull. "Poetry and Poe's Open Mic" Johnny Mac Bar, University of Hull. Free entry, starts 7pm.

November


2nd - Hull. "Fresh Ink Open Mic" at Lattitude, Newland Avenue. Free entry, starts 7.30pm

6th - Hull. "Off The Road" at Xanders, Newland Avenue, Hull. Free entry, starts 8.30pm.

9th - Stoke Newington. "Spoonful of Poison" at Stokey Records Bar, Stoke Newington Church Street. Starts 7pm.

11th - London. "Friday Mic" at The Star and Garter, Greenwich. Free entry, starts 8.30pm.

16th - Hull. "New Writing Dundee" at The New Adelphi Club, De Grey Street. Free entry, starts 8pm.

17th - Cambridge. "Upbeat" at The Emperor, Hills Road. Starts  7.30pm.

December

4th - Hull. "Great Bear Hat Trade" at Union Mash-Up, Princes Avenue. Free entry, starts 4pm

7th - Hull. "Festive Fresh Ink" at Staff House, University of Hull. Free entry, starts 7pm.


9th - Hull. "Off The Road Christmas Special" at The Old Corn Exchange, Trinity Square. Free entry. All evening.