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"A treasury of lyrical wordplay and radical ideas for the decades! Celebrating ten years of bar-raising spoken work and live poetry, RTB and Lyrafest commence a ten-week writing exposition from esteemed performance alumni like Salena Godden, Travis Alabanza, Lowkey and more. "
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A event held at Arnolfini on Saturday 22nd March. The event starts at 11:00.
All Lyra Fest venues are wheelchair accessible. Our full 2025 Access Information Pack is available at www.lyrafest.com.
Dates: March 22 - June 1 2025
Venue: Arnolfini (Gallery 5, Level 2)
Time: 11:00 - 18:00
Price: FREE
Poetry and Resistance: 10 Years of Raise the Bar
Featuring poetry from Travis Alabanza, Anthony Anaxagorou, James Baldwin, Mahmoud Darwish, Lowkey, Nikita Gill, Salena Godden and Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan.
This powerful exhibition features poetry of revolution, resistance and activism, showcasing the power of poetry to question authority, speak up for the oppressed, and call for radical change.
For 10 years, Raise the Bar has run poetry events across the city at community venues and large theatres, including a show at Bristol Beacon in September 2024 attended by 1000+ people. Raise the Bar has established itself as the South West’s leading live poetry night, celebrating the diversity of the artform and platforming stories which need to be told.
This exhibition features the work of poets who have performed at Raise the Bar shows at Arnolfini over the past decade, as well as historical poems which have been showcased and celebrated as part of themed events.
Curated by Raise the Bar’s founder and director Danny Carlo Pandolfi, poet, rapper, cultural producer.
(Image Credit: Alex Sheppard)
Part of Lyra - Bristol Poetry Festival
#LyraFest
Filters:
Live Event ✓
Free Event ✓
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
Dates: March 22 - June 1 2025
Venue: Arnolfini (Gallery 5, Level 2)
Time: 11:00 - 18:00
Price: FREE
Poetry and Resistance: 10 Years of Raise the Bar
Featuring poetry from Travis Alabanza, Anthony Anaxagorou, James Baldwin, Mahmoud Darwish, Lowkey, Nikita Gill, Salena Godden and Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan.
This powerful exhibition features poetry of revolution, resistance and activism, showcasing the power of poetry to question authority, speak up for the oppressed, and call for radical change.
For 10 years, Raise the Bar has run poetry events across the city at community venues and large theatres, including a show at Bristol Beacon in September 2024 attended by 1000+ people. Raise the Bar has established itself as the South West’s leading live poetry night, celebrating the diversity of the artform and platforming stories which need to be told.
This exhibition features the work of poets who have performed at Raise the Bar shows at Arnolfini over the past decade, as well as historical poems which have been showcased and celebrated as part of themed events.
Curated by Raise the Bar’s founder and director Danny Carlo Pandolfi, poet, rapper, cultural producer.
(Image Credit: Alex Sheppard)
Part of Lyra - Bristol Poetry Festival
#LyraFest
Filters:
Live Event ✓
Free Event ✓
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
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