The Fighting Nightingales and Their More Talented Friends at The Nottingham Poetry Festival
Schedule
Tue Jun 09 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Barley Twist | Nottingham, EN
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Join The Fighting Nightingales for a world of comically tall tales set to strange music. Stories of indestructible bluesmen, indestructible moonshine runners, Romans, a dragon, a herd of ancient war elephants, a sentient tree, useless monks, monster fighting monks, and a tee-total Victorian ghost.But the Fighting Nightingales are not alone. They have brought some of their talented friends to support them
Friend No 1: Will Jackdaw.
William is a local writer and self-proclaimed, “poet who has got a guitar” who will be bringing us his deadpan compositions of slugs, trains and other strange wonders.
Friend No 2: : Trev.
Taking his name from his late father, “Trev” is the musical exploits of U.K. musician George Trevor White.
In 2016 Trev released his debut album Monk Days.
Monk Days was followed by Self, Other (2018), I Have Hope (2021) and Second Mountain (2024)
“Trev is like a heart on a sleeve that leads to a punch wrapped in a cuddle.”
Friend No 3: Ross Johnston, the Golden-Haired Angel who will also be compering the evening’s festivities.
Ross is a Nottingham based performance poet, magnetic host of Poets n Pints and writer of fiction attempting to make sense of a nonsensical world through the absurd and surreal. Drawing from existential dilemmas, internal struggles and alcohol, he strives to understand his place in society by painting idiosyncratic images with words. Connoisseur of the weird and wonderful, defier of reality, writer of his own bios: Ross Johnston is great.
This event is free.
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Where is it happening?
Barley Twist, 89 Carrington Street, Nottingham, NG1 7FE, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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