Chalk Talk
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Chalk Talk: a spoken word open mic night with live music accompaniment\
The idea is simple: Margate's best spoken work poets perform with Olby Soul Cafe's house band. The poets will bring planned pieces, and the band will improvise. Grab a drink, sit back and enjoy!
This CHALK TALK will be headlined by the amazing Harry Baker:
World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker is a poet, a maths graduate, and a new father. His work
has connected with millions online, from being shared on TED.com to making people cry through
their TikTok and Instagram feeds, but he thinks it is even better in person. His previous collection
Wonderful was accompanied by a 40-date sellout UK tour two years in a row, including headlining
the Poet's Revival at the Royal Albert Hall. His new collection Tender is published with Canongate
in March 2026 alongside another national tour, and he can't flipping wait. He lives and writes and
swims and runs and takes his baby to nice coffee shops in Margate.
"Simply put... The greatest performer on earth" ***** (BBC Radio 1)
Our featured poets will be:
Bex booker
Kareem Parkins-Brown
Sarah Ogilvie
Michael Issacs
Lior Locher
Lesley Constable
For more information please dm @chalk_talk9 on instagram or email [email protected].
Produced by Lily Oldham in collaboration with Olby's Creative Hub.
Tickets available here: https://tinyurl.com/mrsh8j8c
The idea is simple: Margate's best spoken work poets perform with Olby Soul Cafe's house band. The poets will bring planned pieces, and the band will improvise. Grab a drink, sit back and enjoy!
This CHALK TALK will be headlined by the amazing Harry Baker:
World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker is a poet, a maths graduate, and a new father. His work
has connected with millions online, from being shared on TED.com to making people cry through
their TikTok and Instagram feeds, but he thinks it is even better in person. His previous collection
Wonderful was accompanied by a 40-date sellout UK tour two years in a row, including headlining
the Poet's Revival at the Royal Albert Hall. His new collection Tender is published with Canongate
in March 2026 alongside another national tour, and he can't flipping wait. He lives and writes and
swims and runs and takes his baby to nice coffee shops in Margate.
"Simply put... The greatest performer on earth" ***** (BBC Radio 1)
Our featured poets will be:
Bex booker
Kareem Parkins-Brown
Sarah Ogilvie
Michael Issacs
Lior Locher
Lesley Constable
For more information please dm @chalk_talk9 on instagram or email [email protected].
Produced by Lily Oldham in collaboration with Olby's Creative Hub.
Tickets available here: https://tinyurl.com/mrsh8j8c
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Where is it happening?
3-5 King Street, CT91DD Margate, United Kingdom, 3-5 King Street, Margate, CT9 1, United Kingdom
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Host or PublisherOlby's Creative Hub
