European Poetry Festival : Liverpool
July 6th 2025 at Open Eye Gallery
19 Mann Island, Liverpool L3 1BP openeye.org.uk
A brilliant afternoon of live poetry to a sold out audience including some of the most exciting poets from Norway, Romania, Scotland and North West England. Pairs of poets presented brand new works of live literature, made for the day, and drawing upon the local Liverpudlian poetry scene as well as visiting poets. Supported by the Liverpool Poetry Space, this was the last event of the European Poetry Festival for 2025!
Featuring Chris McCabe for homas Ballhausen and Robert Sheppard / Lena Chilari and Michael Sutton / Tom Jenks and SJ Fowler / Endre Ruset and Stephen Sunderland / Julia Rose Lewis and Alec Newman / Carolyn Hashimoto and Sarah-Clare Conlon / Lenni Sanders and David Spittle/ Sarah Dawson and Andrew Taylor
An event in partnership with Liverpool Poetry Space. Event curated by SJ Fowler and Chris McCabe.
This 2025 event follows brilliant Camarade events held also at the Open Eye Gallery in April 2023 and July 2024, and all performances can be seen here