Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival 2025

Lyra – Bristol Poetry Festival returns in 2025 with a 10-day programme from April 25 to May 04, featuring readings, workshops, slams, walking tours, open mics, and a poetry and performance retreat.

The 2025 theme, Weird and Wild, explores nature, rewilding, and otherness through poetry.

The festival will also celebrate key literary anniversaries, including Coleridge and Wordsworth’s 130-year connection to Bristol and 225 years of Lyrical Ballads Volume II, linking Romantic poetry to modern environmental themes.

World-renowned poets and local talent will participate, making it a vibrant, inclusive celebration of poetry.

Events will be in-person and live-streamed, ensuring accessibility with BSL, captioned events, and wheelchair-friendly venues.