Join GOBS Collective - as seen at We Out Here, Nottingham Poetry Festival and Hockley Hustle - for their first ever POETRY SLAM at the brand-new Nottingham Central Library.
Hot off their recent sold-out EARTH showcase at Nottingham Playhouse’s Neville Studio, GOBS Collective members are going head to head in a tournament of poetry performances that will see some of the best spoken-word artists in Nottingham take to the stage.
Judged on their writing, performance and stage presence, 20 poets will battle it out for the GOBS POETRY SLAM champion crown, which comes with a £100 cash prize, a Bad Betty Press book bundle, plus more surprises on the night.
Judges:
Ioney Smallhorne (GOBS Co-founder)
Jake Wild Hall (Bad Betty Press)
Georgina Wilding (Verve, Nottingham Central Library)
Hosts:
Bridie Squires and Caetano Capurro
Timings:
Doors: 6.30pm
Start: 7pm
Heat 1: 7.10pm
Heat 2: 8.20pm
Final: 9.30pm
Winner announced: 10pm
Tickets:
£5 Concessions (limited amount available)
£10 Earlybird (limited amount available)
£15 On the door and when Earlybirds run out
Come down to experience the incredible atmosphere of a GOBS event, with brilliant poetry, friendly faces and live DJs to punctuate the heats, all in the grand setting of our Nottingham Central Library.
