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Past Events

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June

Thu 4 Jun

Sandwich, St Mary's Arts Centre

An Evening with Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage

March

Wed 4 Mar

Portsmouth Central Library

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage
Tue 3 Mar

Nottingham Central Library

Nottingham Central Library Presents: Simon Armitage and Guests

October 2025

Sat 4 Oct

Bude, Parkhouse Centre

Simon Armitage

September 2025

Sat 6 Sep

London, The Victoria (Dalston)

Scared To Dance - Simon Armitage DJ Set

July 2025

Mon 14 Jul

Portsmouth, Theatre Royal

Simon Armitage

December 2024

Sat 7 Dec

London, The Victoria (Dalston)

Scared to Dance: Guest DJ Simon Armitage DJ Paul Richards

July 2024

Wed 10 Jul

Portsmouth, Theatre Royal

An Evening With Simon Armitage

June 2024

Thu 13 Jun

The Leeds Library

LYR Simon Armitage

May 2024

Thu 30 May

Leek, Foxlowe Arts Centre

Outside Arts Presents - Simon Armitage

May 2023

Thu 11 May
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Sat 13 May

London, Barbican Centre

Erland Cooper - Folded Landscapes Scottish Ensemble, Simon Armitage

January 2023

Sat 14 Jan

London, Queen Elizabeth Hall

The Owl and the Nightingale with Simon Armitage City Of London Sinfonia, Jenifer Toksvig, Alexandra Wood

November 2022

Thu 3 Nov

Sandwich, St Mary's Arts Centre

An Evening with Poet Laureate Simon Armitage

October 2022

Tue 11 Oct

Shoreham-by-Sea, Ropetackle Arts Centre

Simon Armitage
Thu 6 Oct

Simon Armitage, LYR
Wed 5 Oct

Sandwich, St Mary's Arts Centre

An Evening with Poet Laureate Simon Armitage
Tue 4 Oct

Leeds, Howard Assembly Room

Laureate to Laureate: Olive Senior & Simon Armitage

September 2022

Fri 2 Sep
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Sun 4 Sep

Birmingham, Moseley Park & Pool

Moseley Folk & Arts Festival Supergrass, Seasick Steve, Jethro Tull, The Coral, Kurt Vile…

August 2022

Fri 26 Aug
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Mon 29 Aug

Kettering, Boughton House

Greenbelt Festival 2022 Kae Tempest, Jeremy Loops, The Magic Numbers, House Gospel Choir, Billie Marten…
Fri 26 Aug
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Mon 29 Aug

Ravenglass, Muncaster Castle

Krankenhaus Festival 2022 Sea Power, Gruff Rhys, Low, This Is The Kit, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs…

July 2022

Fri 1 Jul
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Sun 3 Jul

Swadlincote, Feanedock

Timber Festival 2022 Penguin Cafe, The Turbans, Testament, Josienne Clarke, Simon Armitage…

June 2022

Fri 10 Jun

Wakefield Town Hall

Simon Armitage in Conversation

December 2021

Thu 16 Dec

Halifax, Square Chapel

Simon Armitage

July 2020

Fri 3 Jul
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Sun 5 Jul

Swadlincote, Feanedock

Timber Festival Field Music, Gruff Rhys, Sam Lee, The Unthanks, Simon Armitage…

April 2020

Fri 3 Apr

London, The Cutty Sark

An Evening with Simon Armitage

March 2020

Sun 29 Mar

Salford, The Lowry

Words Weekend Simon Armitage

February 2020

Thu 27 Feb

London, Purcell Room

Out-Spoken: February Simon Armitage, Fran Lock, Gboyega Odubanjo, Joelle Taylor, Sam 'Junior' Bromfield

January 2020

Thu 23 Jan

London, The Coronet Theatre

Poetry Club - An Evening With Simon Armitage

October 2019

Sun 13 Oct

Manchester, RNCM

Guy Garvey & Simon Armitage In Conversation

July 2019

Thu 25 Jul
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Sun 28 Jul

Saltash, Port Eliot Estate

Port Eliot Festival The Coral, Aldous Harding, BEAK>, The Orielles, Charlotte Church…

June 2019

Tue 4 Jun

London, The Coronet Theatre

An Evening With Simon Armitage

May 2019

Wed 22 May

Bath Assembly Rooms

Simon Armitage

October 2018

Fri 19 Oct

Hebden Bridge, Hope Baptist Church

Simon Armitage, Frieda Hughes
Tue 16 Oct

Mercure Bewdley The Heath Hotel

Simon Armitage

June 2018

Sat 9 Jun

London, Kings Place

John Wilson, Jehnny Beth, Simon Armitage

April 2018

Sun 29 Apr

London, Purcell Room

Fleur Adcock, Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, Simon Armitage, Jay Bernard, Malika Booker, Imtiaz Dharker, Caleb Femi, Peter Finch, Ifor Ap Glyn, Lavinia Greenlaw …

March 2018

Thu 22 Mar

London, Royal Geographical Society

Simon Armitage

November 2017

Thu 23 Nov

Swansea, The Great Hall

Simon Armitage, Daljit Nagra

April 2017

Sun 23 Apr

Nottingham, Antenna Media Centre

Simon Armitage, Cathy Grindrod , Ioney Smallhorne

March 2017

Fri 31 Mar

Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre

Simon Armitage, Richard Ovenden
Mon 6 Mar

Manchester, The Dancehouse Theatre

Simon Armitage

February 2017

Thu 9 Feb

Barnsley, The Lamproom Theatre

Simon Armitage

September 2016

Sun 25 Sep

Leeds, Morley Town Hall

Simon Armitage
Thu 1 Sep
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Sun 4 Sep

Portmeirion, Festival Site

Festival No.6 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Hot Chip, Bastille, Super Furry Animals, A Certain Ratio…

June 2016

Mon 27 Jun

Hebden Bridge, Ted Hughes Theatre

Simon Armitage

May 2016

Sat 28 May

Hay-on-Wye, Hay Festival Site

Simon Armitage
Sun 8 May

Southport, The Atkinson

Simon Armitage

November 2015

Sun 29 Nov

The Cambridge Union Society

Simon Armitage
Fri 20 Nov

Tate Liverpool + RIBA North

Simon Armitage

October 2015

Thu 22 Oct

Manchester Central Library

Simon Armitage

September 2015

Sat 26 Sep

Richmond, Kew Gardens

Simon Armitage

July 2015

Thu 30 Jul
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Sun 2 Aug

St Germans Priory

Port Eliot Festival Sarah Waters, Simon Armitage, Dom Joly, Shami Chakrabarti, Ralph Steadman…
Thu 16 Jul
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Sun 19 Jul

Southwold, Henham Park

Latitude Festival 2015 alt-j, Caribou, Wild Beasts, Santigold, Femi Kuti and The Positive Force…

June 2015

Thu 11 Jun

Oldham, Saddleworth Civic Hall

Simon Armitage

April 2015

Tue 21 Apr

Hexham, Queens Hall Arts

Simon Armitage

November 2014

Thu 20 Nov

Aberdeen Music Hall

Simon Armitage

October 2014

Tue 7 Oct

Manchester Cathedral

Simon Armitage

September 2014

Thu 18 Sep

London, Wilton's Music Hall

Simon Armitage, Lord Melvyn Bragg

July 2014

Fri 18 Jul

Chepstow Castle

Sir Andrew Motion, Simon Armitage

June 2014

Fri 13 Jun

London, The Moustache Bar

Simon Armitage

May 2014

Thu 15 May

Sheffield, Firth Hall

Simon Armitage, Professor Tony Ryan
Mon 12 May

Leicester Grammar School

Simon Armitage
Thu 8 May

Leicester Grammar School

Simon Armitage
Fri 2 May
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Mon 5 May

Laugharne, Festival Site

The Dylan Weekend 1 John Cooper Clarke, Wendy Cope, Simon Armitage, Murray Lachlan Young, Jackie Kay…

April 2014

Sun 27 Apr

Much Wenlock, The Edge Arts Centre

Simon Armitage

December 2013

Sat 7 Dec

Settle Victoria Hall

Simon Armitage
Thu 5 Dec

Simon Armitage

November 2013

Wed 20 Nov

London, Royal Festival Hall

Andrew O'Hagan, Liam O'Flynn, Neil Martin (2), Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake, The Chieftains, Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy, Charlotte Higgins, Michael Longley, Paula Meehan, Paul Muldoon, Tom Paulin, Ruth Negga, Edna O'Brien, Bernard O'Donoghue, Christopher Reid …

October 2013

Tue 29 Oct

London, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Simon Armitage, Fleur Adcock, Jen Hadfield, Kei Miller, Daljit Nagra, Warsan Shire …
Sun 20 Oct

Doncaster, Cast

Simon Armitage
Thu 10 Oct

Nantwich, Crown Hotel

Simon Armitage

September 2013

Sat 7 Sep

Calstock Arts

Simon Armitage
Tue 3 Sep

Torrington, Plough Arts Centre

Simon Armitage

July 2013

Mon 22 Jul

Armagh, Market Place Theatre

Simon Armitage, Medbh McGuckian
Thu 4 Jul

London, Barbican Centre

Beck, Jarvis Cocker, Franz Ferdinand, Beth Orton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joan As Police Woman, Conor J O’Brien (Villagers), Michael Kiwanuka, The Staves, Guillemots, Pictish Trail, James Yorkston, The Mighty Boosh, Jamie McDermott, Sam Amidon, Kate Tempest, Luke Wright, Simon Armitage, Sam Mumford, Bellatrix (1) …

June 2013

Mon 10 Jun

Liverpool, Leaf On Bold Street

Simon Armitage
Fri 7 Jun
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Sun 9 Jun

The Fall, Ghostpoet, Howard Marks, Nine Black Alps, RM Hubbert, Ed Tudor-Pole, Skint & Demoralised, Dead Sons, Post War Glamour Girls, The Spills, Jonnythefirth, The Michael Ainsley Band, The Matadors, The Sunbeams, The History Of Apple Pie, Simon Armitage, Andy Kershaw, The Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band, Allo Darlin', Robin Ince …

May 2013

Sun 5 May

Sheffield, Firth Hall

Simon Armitage, Kate Kennedy, Students Of The Department Of Music

March 2013

Thu 28 Mar

Norfolk, Assembly Rooms

Simon Armitage
Thu 14 Mar

Neath, Gwyn Hall

Simon Armitage

October 2012

Tue 16 Oct

Manchester, International Anthony Burgess Foundation

Simon Armitage

September 2012

Thu 27 Sep

London, The Tabernacle

Simon Armitage, Josh Kumra, Mark Grist, Charlie Dark (2)

August 2012

Mon 27 Aug

High Kelling, Voewood

Simon Armitage, Paul Blezard

July 2012

Sun 1 Jul

London, Purcell Room

Christopher Reid, Simon Armitage, David Constantine
Sun 1 Jul

London, Purcell Room

Simon Armitage

June 2012

Fri 29 Jun

London, Royal Festival Hall

Simon Armitage, Kim Hyesoon, , Seamus Heaney, Bill Manhire, Kay Ryan, Jo Shapcott, Wole Soyinka …
Tue 26 Jun

London, Purcell Room

Simon Armitage, Kristiina Ehin, Zeyar Lynn, Alvin Pang

May 2012

Sat 26 May

London, The Lion

Simon Armitage

April 2012

Fri 13 Apr
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Sun 15 Apr

Laugharne, Festival Site

The Laugharne Weekend Howard Marks, John Cooper Clarke, Leaf Fielding, Cerys Matthews, Julie Murphy…

February 2012

Mon 27 Feb

Uppingham Theatre

Simon Armitage

January 2012

Mon 9 Jan

London, British Library

Simon Armitage

October 2011

Thu 27 Oct
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Wed 9 Nov

Swansea, Dylan Thomas Centre

The Dylan Thomas Festival Lee Miller And Picasso, Antony Penrose, Sarah Waters, The Boy Who Bit Picasso, Matthew Hollis…
Tue 11 Oct

Macclesfield, Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre

Simon Armitage
Thu 6 Oct

London, Southbank Centre

Simon Armitage, Jackie Kay, Michael Rosen, Imtiaz Dharker, Glyn Maxwell, Joelle Taylor, Fiona Sampson …

August 2011

Fri 19 Aug
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Sun 21 Aug

Crickhowell, Glanusk Park

Green Man Festival 2 Bears, 2:54, Admiral Fallow, Alessi's Ark, Andrew Weatherall…

July 2011

Thu 14 Jul
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Sun 17 Jul

Southwold, Henham Park

Latitude Festival Gwendolen Chatfield, Fuel Sheds, Alan Hollinghurst, Alexei Sayle, Andrew Smith…
Mon 4 Jul

London, The Social W1

Rupert Thomson, Simon Armitage

May 2011

Thu 19 May

Norwich Playhouse

Simon Armitage, Glyn Maxwell

March 2011

Thu 31 Mar

London, The Clapham Grand

Andrew O'Hagan, Simon Armitage, Gabby Young, Joe Dunthorne, Nikesh Shukla

November 2010

Mon 1 Nov

London, Royal Festival Hall

Philip Gross, Simon Armitage