Grand Slam Finals

An audience favourite at Bristol Poetry Festival, and a landmark event in Bristol’s cultural calendar, the Lyra Slam Final is back!

Come along to see Bristol’s finest wordsmiths battle it out to be crowned the 2022 Lyra Bristol Slam Winner, as well as some fantastic feature performances from world-class poets. Raucous, energetic, passionate and audience-centred, this event always promises to bring poetry to life in an engaging and unexpected way that will make you laugh, smile, or cry, perhaps all at the same time!