Unislam 2024
UniSlam 2024
Birmingham Hippodrome
Friday 15th - Sunday 17th March
Join over 20 teams of writers from across the UK and Ireland for the 11th annual UniSlam Festival. All events will take place at Birmingham Hippodrome, please use the Thorp Street entrance for the easiest access. Semi Finals and Grand Finals will take place in the Patrick Studio, tickets here. The National Poetry Collectives Showcase will also take place in the Patrick Studio, no tickets required.
FRIDAY
Team Registrations (team only)
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Official Welcome & Artists Panel (teams only)
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Workshops (teams only)
3:00pm - 4:15pm & 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Hit the Ode ft. Bridget Hart, Hannah Silva, Rishi Dastidar & Yomi Ṣode
Tickets here
7:30pm - 10:30pm (open mic sign up: 7:15pm)
SATURDAY
Preliminary heats 1A & 1B
11:00am - 12:30pm
Preliminary heats 1C, 1D & 1E
1:15pm - 2:45pm
Preliminary heats 2A, 2B & 2C
5pm - 6:30pm
Preliminary heats 2D & 2E
7:15pm - 8:45pm
Coaches Slam
9:15pm - 10:30pm
SUNDAY
Semi Finals 1
Tickets here
11:30am - 1:00pm
Semi Finals 2
Tickets here
1:30pm - 3:00pm
National Poetry Collectives Showcase
No ticket required
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Grand Finals ft. John Agard, Caleb Femi & Nikita Gill
Tickets here
Livestream here
5:30pm - 8:00pm
National Poetry Collectives
Showcase 2024
Birmingham Hippodrome
Sunday 17th March
Registrations (collectives only)
11:00am - 11:35am
Official Welcome & Group exercise (collectives only)
11:45am - 12:10pm
Workshops (teams only)
12:15pm - 1:15pm & 1:30pm - 2:30pm
National Poetry Collectives Showcase ft. Barbican Young Poets, First Steps Poetry, Hive, Roundhouse Collective, Southbank New Poets, Speak Easy Collective, Young Poets Collective
No ticket required
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Grand Finals ft. John Agard, Caleb Femi & Nikita Gill
Tickets here
Livestream here
5:30pm - 8:00pm
Judges
TBC
UniSlam has worked with some of the most celebrated and exciting voices in contemporary poetry to deliver the highest quality range of workshops, talks and masterclasses for our participants. These industry experts and professional artists also host and judge our slam rounds, giving quality feedback to our competing poets. Over the years, they have included the following:
Hollie McNish – Caroline Bird – Mona Arshi – Andrew McMillan – Mimi Khalvati – Hannah Lowe – Jacob Sam-La Rose – Kayo Chingonyi – Hannah Silva – Joelle Taylor – Rachel Long – Dizraeli – Caleb Femi – Luke Kennard – Bridget Minamore – Sierra DeMulder – Malika Booker – Paul Tran – Melissa Lozada-Oliva – Aliyah Hasinah – Jenny Lindsay – Rachel McCrum – Vanessa Kisuule – Bohdan Piasecki – Yomi Sode – Maria Ferguson – Rob Auton – Roger Robinson – Jess Green – Inua Ellams – Travis Alabanza – Cecilia Knapp – Wayne Holloway-Smith – Anthony Anaxagorou – John Berkavitch – Deborah ‘Debris’ Stevenson – Aliyah Hasinah – Spoz – Liz Counsell – Amerah Saleh – Khadijah Ibrahiim – Laurie Bolger – Bridget Hart – Ben Norris – Erin Bolens – Sophia Walker – Gabriel Jones – Deanna Rodger – Jasmine Gardosi – Casey Bailey – Akshay ‘Mr Shay’ Sharma