Hammer & Tongue Hackney

A little recap before our 2nd heat March 12th. We return at our brand new home — Queen of Hoxton (RIP The Book Club 🕊️) 📍 1 Curtain Rd, EC2A 3JX 🚪 Doors 7PM Featuring a special guest performance from the powerful Courtney Conrad a 10 minute set from Heat 1 slam champion @tillymackslang 🔥 Think you can take the title? There are still a few slam spots left. Step up. Sign up. Show us. Get in touch via DMs or the email in our bio. 🎟 Tickets + full info in bio. #HammerAndTongue #QueenOfHoxton #RIPTheBookClub #LondonPoetry #SlamSeason SpokenWord EastLondonEvents

🥁HAMMER AND TONGUE IS BACK!🥁 J̶a̶n̶u̶a̶r̶y̶ February blues getting you down? Have no fear - spoken word is here! 🥳 We're bringing the heat for our 2nd of 3 heats 🔥 Join us on Thursday March 12th in our new home, @queenofhoxtonldn for a night of unforgettable live spoken word poetry! We are BUZZING to announce that we are featuring the incredible Courtney Conrad @courtneyconradpoetry on our stage 🐝 Courtney is an award-winning Jamaican-born poet currently making waves in London. Her lush live vibes are not to be missed so grab and a friend and treat yourselves 🎤 We'll have our open mic sign up as usual on the door from 7.30pm for anyone brave enough to be judged by our fierce but friendly audience. The beauty of the open mic is anyone can do poetry at whatever level! Any and all are welcome to share their poetry with the people, so if you think you have what it takes - you probably do! 👏 One lucky winner will go on to compete in our EPIC final slam on July 9th, so come and show us what you've got 🙌 🎟️ Tickets from £10 available from the link in our bio #HammerAndTongue #SpokenWord #PoetrySlam #LondonEvents #PoetryCommunity PoetryLovers Wordsmiths PerformancePoetry SpokenWordNight PoetryNight LiveEventsLondon PoetryLife SlamPoetry CreativeLondon PoetryCulture SupportTheArts LondonNights

Look who's back - It's the people's favourite* slam poetry night of East London! Hammer & Tongue Hackney returns for the first time in more than two years, with a brand new show, packed with high-energy, good vibes, lots of laughs, and a wecloming, inclusive atmosphere. H&T returns to their old haunt of @tbcshoreditch basement for the first of just three shows for 2025-2026. Book your tickets now! Featuring: Amy McAllister, Dublin-raised poet and actor DJ @closeupthings on the decks Sam Berkson as host And the open mic slam: 8 slots available, sign up early for a chance to perform. First come, first served. email [email protected] if you want to pre-book a slot. #poetryslam #LondonNights #TheBookClub #shoreditch #hammerandtongue #poetcommunity #spokenword #spokenwordlondon #apokenwordpoetry #poetrycommunity

Presenting Courtney Conrad's explosive "Babylon Wah Tun Us Inna Rasta Mouse" from her headline performance at last month's slam 👏💥🎙 We know you're all hungry for more spoken word goodness 🍛 Watch this space for more info on our final slam coming VERY soon ... 👀 #hammerandtongue #courtneyconrad #londonpoetry #spokenword #londonnightlife

Less than 🎉ONE MONTH🎉 til @courtneyconradpoetry overpowers the Hammer & Tongue stage! Here's a throwback to her 2019 UniSlam performance of her stunning poem "What is fi Mama a fi Everybody" 🫂🇯🇲 Like what you see? Then YOU could be our next slam champion! No experience needed - all are welcome to take to the Hammer & Tongue stage and share their work🎤 Make sure to sign up to slam on the night or ahead of time at the email link in our bio! We're always on the hunt for new heart-stopping stanzas so come one, come all! 🎪👏 This event is not one to miss - make sure you get your tickets at the link in our bio 🎫🏃‍♂️ Video credit to Courtney Conrad and @tyronelewis22 of Process Productions #HammerandTongue #PoetrySlam #SpokenWord #SupportTheArts #OpenMic

Don’t call it a comeback... For a limited season only, Hammer & Tongue returns to The Book Club with 3 unmissable nights of top-tier poetic magic and special guest featured guests. With the winner winning the crown and a ticket and spot at @weoutherefest 🎤 Dates: 📅 13 November 📅 12 March 📅 9 July Expect big bars, brave voices & unforgettable vibes. This is poetry like you’ve never felt before. 🎟️ Tickets on sale soon. Tap the link in bio to sign up . 👀 Tag your poetry crew. 🫡 First show back = one to remember. #HammerAndTongue #TheBookClub #SpokenWord #PoetrySlam #LondonEvents #PoetryCommunity #PoetryLovers #Wordsmiths #PerformancePoetry #SpokenWordNight #PoetryNight #LiveEventsLondon #PoetryLife #SlamPoetry #CreativeLondon #BackByPopularDemand #GuessWhosBack #PoetryCulture #SupportTheArts #LondonNights

@weoutherefest never disappoints and this year was no exception! Our hearts are full! Poets from up and down the country delivered consistent magic and entertainment. A massive thanks to everyone that came down to watch, score, sign up and take part and bought the �! There could only be one winner though and that was @donald_surfaces aka Kemastry � see you at next year's festival and onstage with us very soon! A massive thanks to @studio.lemara and all the lovely crew at the talks tent who smashed it all weekend! #weouthere #poetryslam #spokenword #wordpower #openmicenergy #festivalvibes

🎤STEP UP TO THE MIC FOR THE ANNUAL WE OUT HERE POETRY SLAM Returning for their 5th year, the mighty Hammer & Tongue crew bring the annual WOH poetry slam — a 3.5-minute, anything-goes lyrical showdown judged by the friendliest crowd you’ll ever meet. Kae Tempest and Raymond Antrobus and many more have passed through these slams — now it’s your turn. The winner cops a ticket to next year's event and a chance to perform again just like last year's winner @bradleytaylorpoet and show us the levels! FRIDAY @TALKS TENT 16:15- 17:30 💥 SIGN UP NOW — avoid disappointment: DM us, email us as the address in bio!!! 🔥 Hosted by: Angry Sam, Lydia Beardmore & Keith Jarret with razor-sharp musical commentary from DJ @closeupthings #PoetrySlam #WeOutHereFest #HammerAndTongue #SpokenWord #FestivalVibes #WeOutHere #WordPower #KaeTempest #RaymondAntrobus #OpenMicEnergy

Another packed out Talks Tent for the H&T @weoutherefest slam! We loved doing it. Amazing talent from all the poets who signed up. Well done to Bradley Taylor for winning the slam. And big up @redfrederick_official for kicking things off and @keithjlondon for finishing it in style. 4 years at WOH now and we love it every time. If you want these kind of vibes at your festival, venue or event, be in touch. [email protected] #weouthere #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetryslam #festivallife #festival

WeOutHere festival goers! Come and find us at the Talks Tent, Sunday 18th August, for some more live poetry and spoken word! We will be hosting our 4th annual @weoutherefest festival slam, open to the 1st 8 poets who sign up on the door, judged by the audience. All styles welcome. 12:30-13:30 Feature set from UK and international poetry slam champion, Keith Jarrett (@keithjlondon ), and poems from reigning H&T Hackney slam champion Red Frederick (@redfrederick_official ). Music from DJ @closeupthings #poetry #poetryslam #poetryslammer #poetrycommunity #woh2024 #weoutherefestival #h&t

We had an electric time at @weoutherefest ! Thank you to @weoutherefest team, the audience+ slammers, H+T team, Keith for performing! We are feeling very grateful. Thank you for coming along everyone! We hope you had the best time ❤️

We will be at @weoutherefest again this year!!! 🎙️ Saturday: Poetry Session 11:00-12:00 Sunday: Poetry Slam 12:30-13:30 (sign up there) See you there 🎙️🎙️🎙️