Line-up 2017
Attila
The world is changing fast, Attila the Stockbroker is writing about it - and he is more fired up than he has ever been in 36 years as a performance poet. A lunatic misogynist billionaire with a nuclear hairdo has a date with a nuclear... read more »
David Devant and His Spirit Wife
The absurdist majesty of early David Devant & his Spirit Wife performances is an experience that has left devotees still rubbing their eyes to this day. That no other pop combo... read more »
The Vibrators
All-day Punk Party - Saturday 11 August @ The Pier Bar, Bognor Regis Punk Legends... The Vibrators The Vibrators were the first punk band to be playlisted by BBC Radio 1 and have had a career spanning over 40 years with 20 released studio albums. Their first... read more »
Gwyneth Herbert
Gwyneth Herbert is an award-winning composer and lyricist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Drawing on influences from the worlds of jazz, folk, contemporary classical music and storytelling, she has released six... read more »
Justin Coe
The Dictionary of Dads – Justin Coe From Abracadabra Dads to Zen Dads via the heroic, the hilarious and the downright disastrous, come celebrate the colourful collection of characters that make up “The Dictionary of Dads”. With his trademark playful poetics and heart-felt humour, Justin Coe... read more »
Luke Wright
Luke Wright writes poetry that is “visceral, poignant and riotously funny,” (The Scotsman). He is the author of two poetry collections, published by Penned in the Margins, the most recent of... read more »
Martin Chomsky
Author of RTP Downsized and the upcoming stage play about the Birmingham Six Paddy Hill: Inside Out, Martin Chomsky will be performing a solo acoustic/spoken word set at this year's festival. Now resident in Glasgow, Martin's career as a playwright began in his native Midlands when the award-winning No... read more »
Michael Horovitz
...is a firebrand of a performance poet. He is proud to align himself with a line of vactic poets who fought for justice and peace on earth, including William Blake –... read more »
Niall McDevitt
Niall McDevitt is the author of two critically acclaimed collections of poetry, b/w (Waterloo Press, 2010) and Porterloo (International Times, 2013). His idea of poetry is one of urban shamanism and this includes street-level studies of the poetic history of London and beyond. He has... read more »
Ruby and the Re-visions
Local blues and soul singer Ruby Tiger in a new acoustic guise, joined by Louise Maggs on guitar, showcasing a set that reveals a more poetic and lyrically centred set of... read more »
Time Please
'Time Please'. by It's Not Us. Time Please is a new work by writer / performers John Knowles and Kate Tym. A darkly-comic play, set in a run-down pub in a never up-and-coming part of town. The over-riding grimness being offset by the misplaced... read more »
Tymon Dogg
'A truly outstanding and utterly original musician – a one-off national treasure!' fRoots Magazine December 2015 ‘Uber talented’ Daily Mirror November 2015 ‘At the Koko gig, Tymon Dogg reaffirmed his... read more »