Kirkby Lonsdale Poetry Festival 2024

By popular demand, Kirkby Lonsdale Poetry Festival is returning September 13th-15th with a vibrant programme of performances, open mics, workshops, theatre, typewriter busking, and so much more! All against the stunning backdrop of the Yorkshire Dales.

Some people think poetry isn’t for them — we’re here to prove them wrong.

Headliners include:
– Cumbria's own Northern Writers' Award winning Amelia Loulli
– Hartlepool's multi-award winning comedy writer Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin
– Bolton and Salford Archdeacon Rachel Mann
– the fire-breathing Elizabeth Train-Brown
– Birmingham's form-dismantling, grammar-trashing Ray
– Bradford's foremost poetry campaigner Sharena Lee Satti
– viral activist and Queer parent Hazel Mehmet
– multi-slam winning Caz Teague.