Satellite of Love Poetry and Spoken Word run monthly events, workshops and writing retreats. Our monthly events at the Loco Klub offer a platform for local and touring poets, open mic and our Community Poem.

All languages welcome.

The venue accessibility information can be found here https://www.locoklub.com/access-info/ - "The Loco Klub is an inclusive venue, we hold a Silver Award from Attitude is Everything and we welcome D/deaf and disabled customers"

Open mic sign ups are open. Please email [email protected].

We will have 10 'on the door' open mic slots available on the night from 7pm. If we are over-subscribed we will draw names from a hat.

Doors & Bar open - 7pm
Night starts - 7:30pm
Night ends - 10:30pm

The Loco Klub
Nr Temple Meads
Clock Tower Yard
Bristol
BS1 6QH

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Sukina Noor is a poet, spoken-word artist, playwright, workshop facilitator and educator, event curator and public speaker. She is the current Bristol City Poet (2024 - 2026).

She has toured extensively across the UK, Europe, America and Africa performing, delivering poetry workshops, partaking in panel discussions and delivering lectures.

Sukina has facilitated creative writing workshops across the world empowering communities to use the written word as a tool for dialogue and as a means for accessing their authentic voice. Her workshops seek to explore the intersection between creativity and spirituality and awakening the voice of the heart. She has developed a series of poetry writing courses such as The Art of Speaking from the Heart, The Art of Writing Sacred Poetry and The Poetry of Female Mystics that she has delivered to international audiences and this summer led her first retreat in Portugal called The Healing Art of Sacred Writing.

 Sukina made her theatre debut in 2016 in a production called Malcolm X at the Royal Flemish Theatre in Brussels (KVS) which was critically acclaimed. In 2017 and 2018 she led a project in collaboration with the theatre called Rise Up where she used poetry as a tool for dialogue and community cohesion in the aftermath of the terror attacks in Brussels. She was commissioned by KVS to write her first play called Afropean / Human Being that premiered at the theatre in February 2020.In 2017 she delivered a TEDx Talk on the healing potential of poetry exploring the ways in which the process of poem-making can have a therapeutic outcome.

Sukina holds a BA (Hons) Degree in English Literature and Caribbean Studies and has an MSc in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes where she is focusing on the intersection between spirituality, creativity and the healing potential in the poetry of the Sufi mystics. She is currently training to become a Spiritual Empowerment Life Coach.

Sukina has amassed a loyal fan base due to her international performances, workshop facilitation and social media presence and her debut poetry collection Love and Longing: Yearning for the Face of God was released in October 2023 and her spoken word album of the same name will be released in the Spring of 2025.

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