DERBY POETRY FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 2ND & 3rd 2025
Check out this year's lineup of events, read about our guests and get your tickets below
THURSDAY 2nd OCTOBER 2025
DPF x Bad Betty Live feat. Agata Maslowska, Antosh Wojcik & Desree
Derby Poetry Festival is returning for 2025 with an 'abridged' version of our much-loved festival, a 48-hour celebration on Thursday, 2nd and Friday, 3rd October, with workshops, events, and a Slam.
Our National Poetry Day collaboration is taking place at The Old Bell Hotel with Bad Betty. They'll be bringing three of their outstanding poets to perform, Agata, Antosh and Desree; it's a night not to be missed.
FRIDAY 3rd OCTOBER 2025
The Poem Hinges On The Image! Workshop with Antosh
Join Antosh Wojcik for an exploratory workshop on image – finding the right image for the poem, using imagery to ‘turn’ your line, your stanza, your verse and composing images which live or are experiential moments for both poet and reader.
Friday 3rd October 2025
Derby Poetry Festival (Abridged) Poetry Slam
Returning to the Museum of Making, Derby Poetry Festival (Abridged) presents the annual performance poetry slam, hosted by Derby Museums.
Often referred to simply as ‘Slam’, a Poetry Slam is a competitive form of Poetry, participants write on any topic they chose and are scored on their writing and performance as well as their ability to keep to a set time limit, with a winner walking away with the title.
