{"title": "Resonance Open Mic Poetry Night", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T21:00:00Z", "place": "Set Social", "address": "Nigel Road 55, SE15 4NP London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "Resonance Open Mic Poetry Night is a friendly open mic evening where anyone who loves reading, listening to or writing poetry can share one poem of ideally under five minutes. It is run by Resonance, a poetry collective from South East London made up of queer volunteers, which builds community, supports early-career artists and improves access to the arts for underrepresented groups. 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This edition features headline guest Cia Mangat, a London writer and zinemaker whose work has appeared in fourteen poems, gal-dem, Propel and bath magg, been broadcast by the BBC, and whose debut pamphlet is Lobe. She founded and edits Zindabad, a zine for people in diasporas worldwide, and facilitates writing and zine-making workshops.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/testing-ground-open-mic-poetry-and-performance-41015/", "official_url": "https://www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-details/testing-ground-open-mic-poetry-and-performance-5", "image": "https://noky.io/images/35e394fc8082cd3e1ec982f1dba926c866c710cf134c68f4b9ed0beefa27cab3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Spit Nights x Amnesty International UK", "start": "2026-11-08T19:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Amnesty International UK", "address": "Easton Street 1, WC1X 0DW London", "price": "from £17", "price_from": "17.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://secure.southbankcentre.co.uk/142373/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "music/jazz"], "description": "Spit Nights x Amnesty International UK is an evening of poetry, spoken word and live jazz. Spit Nights and Amnesty International UK explore the experiences, questions and stories that shape our sense of what's fair. It asks who gets heard, who gets a fair shot, who feels safe and who gets to belong.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/spit-nights-x-amnesty-international-uk-40766/", "official_url": "https://www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved/events/spit-nights-x-amnesty-international-uk/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/07c68f3e9af204a47be227dcbef1b3188c08c3094fde5921173eb66c3b15e261-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sharing Circle For C...", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T21:00:00Z", "place": "Torriano Meeting House", "address": "Torriano Avenue 99, NW5 2RX London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["community/support-group"], "description": "Sharing Circle For Community and Connection is a supportive space where people hear and see each other in real life and remember their shared humanity. It is hosted by Vera Howard, an artist and trained arts counsellor based in North London. The circle is for everyone and shaped by everybody who attends, meeting fortnightly on Tuesday evenings to hold whatever emerges, without needing to have it all figured out or navigate life alone. 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Slots are allocated by a raffle system, with no advance bookings.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/open-mic-70244/", "official_url": "https://www.ramjamrecords.co.uk/events/04/11/26/open-mic", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7e64afab58a3092045abdbaf1a5d4c01ad655f3bbb727eebfa49dd3ea6bce1a2-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Proper Poetry and Ro Dodgson", "start": "2026-11-02T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Aces and Eights Saloon Bar", "address": "Fortess Road 156-158, NW5 2HP London", "price": "£8", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "8.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/proper-poetry-and-ro-dodgson-november-tickets-2000007471185", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/spoken-word"], "description": "Proper Poetry and Ro Dodgson is an evening of serious and not-so-serious poetry and spoken word at a saloon bar venue. 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Performers from the local Shoreditch area can watch or sign up to play themselves, with sign-up at 7pm sharp and slots filled on a first-come basis. Everyone who plays receives a free drink.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/common-people-open-mic-night-37535/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/95dbc499ecb954815c6226912d29a6730b9bbb8a43611b60b998112bbaff2655-2000.webp"}]}