Nottingham Poetry Festival 2026

About this event

Our city’s nationally recognised celebration of poetry returns this year. There’s some really great shows lined up, including one at the Poppy and Pint in West Bridgford with Bristol poet Vanessa Kisuule and Nottingham’s nature poet laureate Cara Thompson,  songwriter and poet John Hegley at the Canalhouse, Yomi Sode, who was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize, at Lakeside Arts, and nationally renowned poet Brian Bilston. As well as that, there’ll be plenty of community sourced events, so, even if you don’t consider yourself a huge poetry fan, the sheer variety of things to do will definitely make this a week to check out.