A Lovely Word return to the great outdoors!
Yes that’s right, hosted by Unusual Art Sourcing Company and Becky Downing, we give you A Lovely Word in the park, at St James, just below the cathedral. St James’ Garden, Off Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, L8
Introducing Merseyside’s most eclectic spoken word night, where you can turn up, enjoy some poetry or get up and speak yourself. Split into two halves of open mic-ers, with a headliner at the beginning of the second half.
This free event is a fun, relaxed and friendly evening of performance poetry. So turn up, bring your own seat, maybe a picnic, whatever you like! Their headliner is Blue Saint.
About Blue Saint:
Daniel Sebuyange, known professionally as Blue Saint, is a Congolese and British rapper, singer-songwriter, spoken word poet, actor, producer and designer.
A part of Writing on the Wall’s Liverpool Young Writers at the ages twelve to sixteen, winner of The Poetry Society’s SLAMbassadors Award at fourteen, a MOBO BeMOBO Award nominee at the age of fifteen and winner of Merseyrail Soundstation 2014 at the age of twenty, a prize celebrating breaking new talent in the Liverpool music scene.
Blue Saint has also gone on to receive various accolades and achievements for his music, community work and activism. He was included in Liverpool Echo’s “30 under 30: The young people changing the face of Liverpool in 2020” and in The Common Sense Network’s “North30: 2021 North of England’s 30 Under 30 Trail Blazers”.
Throughout his years he has performed at events alongside UK chart topping artists such as Ed Sheeran, Plan B, Wretch 32, Akala, Sway, Lowkey, Benjamin Zephaniah and Jerry Dammers of The Specials, as well as American artists such as Pharoahe Monch and Saul Williams.
He has performed in many places including the Royal Festival Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, Somerset House, Sofar Sounds and has also collaborated with the Royal Northern College of Music session orchestra.
TAKE PART
If you want to sign up in advance, then please whether you are a new poet performing for the first time or a seasoned poet who wants to try out some new stuff – sign up to perform by EITHER;
I) turning up at 7pm to the park (limited availability)
II) emailing alovelywordpodcast@gmail.com with a confirmation of your full name, mobile number and ‘2nd June St James’ in the email title.
When signing up to perform, you are signing up to these principles of the open mic: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S70y959L3YzOtrbxaHV7RXytXQG4tal28sLPuxB9l_c/edit?usp=sharing