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POETRY // SPOKEN WORD // LIVE MUSIC // VINYL

The Phantom Laundry team has been searching far and wide throughout the year to bring you the very best in poetry, spoken word, live music and fine vinyl from across the UK and beyond. Showcasing big shiny (inter)national treasures of the poetry scene, alongside a program of the most incisive, diverse and vital new wordsmiths in town, we hope our word-filled days will leave you awestruck, open-hearted and bursting to dance as we pour you into evenings full of delicious music from our most favourite bands, hip-hop artists and DJs.

What's On at Phantom Laundry?

Still residing as BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year, Ríoghnach Connolly’s taste for musical adventure is eclectic. Along with her companion players,...

Powerhouse free range rap duo, Binbag Wisdom, return to the Phantom Laundry this year for a special journey into the weird and wonderful minds...

Hosted by Birmingham poet laureate Casey Bailey and showcasing some extraordinary poetic talent from Gallery 37. Gallery 37 is biannual emerging artist development program...

Shaun Hill is a poet and movement artist mapping the shifting mysteries of the earth body.  Through performance he cocreates with audiences sites of...

Anyone can perform their poetry in the Phantom Laundry open mic!  Share a piece with Shambala on the Phantom Laundry stage.  This will also...

Malika Booker, currently based in Leeds, is a lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, a British poet of Guyanese and Grenadian Parentage, and co-founder of...

A folk-hop fusion of harp, synth, live-looping & beatbox. The Vibe Mechanics are a lively and funny collision of harp, vocals and a throbbing...

Some-Antics is a poetry organisation based in Leicester. It is dedicated to providing opportunities for poets to perform, develop their artistic craft and be...

THE EVIL USSES make a kind of undefinable, instrumental, protopunk, jazz not jazz, noise that reaches extreme euphoric moments on stage. Inspired by the...

DJ Dad started living in 1956 and DJing in Leeds 1972, then in Brighton and then holding various residencies around London as well as...

A Capella Folk Duo at once comfortingly familiar and intriguingly new. With subjects ranging from flowers to social justice, their self-penned lyrics frame the old...

A show that will have you questioning the status quo. A journey from natural birth to natural burial, “Poetree of Life” is a 30...

Berkavitch is one of the most respected voices in the UK spoken-word scene. Former UK Slam Poetry Champion, Internationally acclaimed Storyteller, accomplished Breakdancer, Digital Artist...

This is Zoobers: where techno’s pulse, math-pop precision and jazz harmony collide. This electrifying trio—Dorian Childs-Prophet (Dundundun) on synths and keys, Harriet Riley (Spindle Ensemble)...

t l k is an artist, vocalist and producer based in Bristol, UK. Their works evolve from memory, dialogue, dreams and ongoing explorations into...

Ley Lum La is a mindful, ambient voice bath created by musician/performance maker Dom Coyote. A journey into the inner world and the outer...

Naomi Wood is a multi-disciplinary performance artist specialising in aerial arts and spoken word.  She brings the two together to tell her personal story...

Renowned by many as the best solo Jazz vocalist on the planet. Randolph Matthews performs solo accompanied only by his looped voice. Where his...

What happens when you mix a 7-time All-Ireland champion harp and banjo player with a bassist and producer with roots in gospel music? When...

M?D?Y is a singer, rapper and poet from Paris, who refuses to stick to one genre.  For this project, expect some Neo-Soul with a...

Sally Jenkinson is a poet, writer, performer, care worker and mum.  Her work has recently been featured in Lighthouse Journal, Emerge Literary Journal, The...

Our Friday morning poetry writing workshop will be lead by the legends Dr Malika Booker.  Malika is the first woman to win the Forward...

True stories that are life-affirming, shocking, captivating or just plain hilarious. You’ll laugh, you’ll cringe and you’ll connect to every one of our delightful...

John Bernard, Coventry Poet Laureate and Musician.  A finalist of BBC Words First, John has become a standout performer in the world of poetry and music.  He...

The Spork! takeover will feature ridiculous and raucous stand-up poet Chris White, the current Bard of Exeter and punch poet Ceri Baker, and effulgent theatre...

Mr Shay is a Leicester based Poet, Rapper & Beatboxer. He’s influenced by social topics such as cultural heritage, immigration and identity. His poetry...

Ready to unleash your inner beast? Then join us at Phantom Laundry on Saturday morning for our sixth annual Monster Rap Battle Workshop. Led...

House of Figs is a collaboration between Beth Calverley (The Poetry Machine) and Beth Roberts (Hands of the Heron / Hedera / Tryani Collective)....

Bethany Ley (Fka. STANLÆY) is an independent multi-instrumentalist based in Bristol, known for her versatility as a producer, composer and vocalist. Their sonic world...

Bristol based, Indie Folk. Multi-harmonies and tones so smooth it would make a baby ashamed of its bum....

Sophie Sparham is a poet and writer from Derby. They have written commissions for BBC Radio 4, The V&A and The People’s History Museum....

Nafeesa (b. Kashmir 1993, bred in Birmingham) is a poet; playwright; educator; performer; and director. When she’s not archiving city council bankruptcy, Nafeesa uses...

Roger is a writer and educator who has taught and performed worldwide and is an experienced workshop leader and lecturer on poetry. He was...

Ríoghnach Connolly grew up surrounded by a rich musical familial heritage and through Armagh Pipers’ Club in Armagh City, in the northeast of Ireland. ...

An ex-teacher, Mark Grist is now a multi-award-winning poet & children’s author with over 60 million views for his poetry & rap videos online. ...

LEXXI offers bouncy, soulful and eclectic DJ sets that draw on the rich sounds of neo-soul, dancehall, global club, R&B, electronica & future beats. ...

Eddie chilvers has played music for ayahuasca and iboga ceremonies for 15 years, and will be playing a selection of his songs written for this...

Bohdan Piasecki is a poet from Poland based in Birmingham. A committed performer, he has taken his poems from the upstairs room in an...