The Platform - Love, sweet love - Open Mic

Name: The Platform - Love, sweet love - Open Mic
Start: 2026-02-05T19:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-05T22:30:00+00:00
Location: 46 Seamoor Rd, Westbourne, BH4 9AS Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Schedule

Thu Feb 05 2026 at 07:30 pm to 10:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

46 Seamoor Rd, Westbourne, BH4 9AS Bournemouth, United Kingdom | Bournemouth, EN

‘What the world needs now is love, sweet love, it’s the only thing that there’s just too little of’ sang Jackie DeShannon in 1965.
Then in 1967 Louis Armstrong said 'Seems to me, it ain’t the world that's so bad but what we're doing to it. And all I'm saying is see what a wonderful world It would be if only we'd give it a chance. Love baby, love. That's the secret, yeah. If lots more of us loved each other, we'd solve lots more problems' when he sang ‘What a wonderful world’.
Artists and poets have been singing songs and writing poems about love for decades, no wait –millennia! And still, in 2026, we’re fighting wars! There's so much bad news, good-hearted people get pretty down-hearted. Seems to me that there’s too much of everything these days, except love. It’s not so hard, is it, to care? Show some love people.
What do you care about? What do you love?
Tell us what you love in verse, who you love, how do you love them? Count the ways.
Do you love your hobby, your pet, your local park? Or do you love your gadgets, your car, your computer? Whatever, or whoever, we’d love to hear your words on the classic February theme of ‘Love, sweet love'.
7.30pm - 10.30pm
Camden Bar, Westbourne (The Green Room - at the back)
Sign-up on the night for your 5-minute open mic slot
Bring £1 cash for the raffle - to win a mystery book
See you there!
Abby G. & C.W. Blackburn
Credit: C.W. Blackburn for the banner design)