Yay! We’re excited to be heading back to Leicester’s finest music festival this August, where we’ll be pitching our tent and dishing up our signature blend of poems, songs, conversations and the not-to-be missed Fridge Poetry. Oh yes.

So what delights do we have in store for you this year? So far the line-up includes Beth Jean Houghtons, Woodpigeon, Jeremy Warmsley, Joshua Idehen, Inua Ellams, Sound of Rum, Francesca Beard, Salena Godden, Ross Sutherland, Tamsin Kendrick, Stephanie Leal and John Osborne. More programming announcements to come, including our new commissions but it’s already shaping up to be one of our best-ever line-ups!

Check out the full details here.

We caught up with Murray Lachlan Young and Woodpigeon’s Mark Hamilton a few weeks ago to find out what they were most looking forward to about this May’s Phrased and Confused tour. To hear what they had to say, click on the links below!

We’re really excited to be able to commission four spoken word artists to create new material for this year’s Summer Sundae Weekender in Leicester (thank you Arts Council England!) Each commission is worth £1000.

We’re looking for new work which responds to the question, Which Came First, The Music or the Words? and which will appeal to a music festival audience. The festival takes place between the 14th and 16th August and the deadline for applications is the 22nd May. If you’re interested in applying you can check out the full application details.