Saturday 27th August – Lincoln Drill Hall, Freeschool Lane, Lincoln, LN2 1EY
The Lyric Lounge arrives in Lincoln on Saturday 27th August when the Lounge will be open from 11am for lyrical festivities.

Work on your writing skills with workshops from top class poets and performers.
Get up on the Open Mic – first timers welcome.

All the daytime events are free.  Tickets for the evening session, which features young people from the Lincoln Youth Slam Group performing alongside Jean Binta Breeze, Lemn Sissay, Steve Cawte (Writers Collective) Chris ‘Ventriloquist’ Redmond (creator of Tongue Fu), Michael Brome and the Tongue Fu Band are just £3.

Festival Programme

The Room Upstairs
11am – 1pm - Join artist Marion Sander for a Carnival inspired mask making workshop.
2pm – 3.30pm – Write your own material with poet Michael Brome (aka Sureshot) and then stay and perform on the open mic session!

Café Bar
11am - Charity Shop DJ Come and flick through a selection of old vinyl.  Look at them, select them, reminisce and have your choices played.
12noon – Pennyless – harmony songs, Irish jigs and American Old Timey.
12.30pm - Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, Lyric Lounge Patron introduces and performs.
1pm – Spoken word artist Michael Brome (aka Sureshot)
1.30pm – Pennyless – harmony songs, Irish jigs and American Old Timey.
2pm – Charity Shop DJ Come and flick through a selection of old vinyl.  Look at them, select them, reminisce and have your choices played.
4pm – Lyrical Teatime – performace poetry open mic session hosted by Michael Brome and Steve Cawte.
7.15pm – Renaissance One Presents Tongue Fu – features young people from the Lincoln Youth Slam Group performing alongside Jean Binta Breeze, Lemn Sissay, Steve Cawte (Writers Collective) Chris ‘Ventriloquist’ Redmond (creator of Tongue Fu), Michael Brome and the Tongue Fu Band.

Tickets are just £3. Space is limited so please book in advance. Tickets available from Lincoln Drill Hall on 01522 873894 or or lincolndrillhall.com

Lyric Lounge Lincolnshire is part of Igniting Ambition, the East Midlands’ contribution to the Cultural Olympiad. The Lyric Lounge is a Writing East Midlands project. It has been artistically developed by Lydia Towsey. Lyric Lounge Lincolnshire is curated and delivered by Lincoln-based cultural solutions UK. It is supported by MLA Renaissance, Arts Council England, Igniting Ambition, Legacy Trust UK and Lincolnshire County Council.