Word Up! spoken word events and workshops that enhance creativity, confidence and camaraderie in your local community.
1st Wednesday every month
Old Auction House
Tunbridge Wells
6.30pm – 10.30pm
Word Up, founded in 2013, is a thriving monthly spoken word event.
Attracting over 90 attendees and featuring 30 local poets each month it has become a vital platform for emerging talent, with many poets going on to win awards and publish books. Our mission is to ensure all voices are heard, creating a welcoming, diverse space for participants aged 6 to 86. Word Up also positively impacts mental health and fosters community. Beyond events, we partner with schools to nurture creativity and confidence, and we’re expanding through collaborations and commercial opportunities to support our work.
Upcoming spoken word events
We offer a range of workshops, free assemblies and corporate entertainment packages
Over 98% of participants would recommend us to a friend.
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We are Dan (Dwella, founder) and Hannah (the holder of clipboards)
We love what we do and recieve lots of lovely feedback… Find out more about us below and read about our journey so far.
Our mission is simple but powerful: to make all voices heard.
To enable us to do this we offer franchise opportunities at a very low cost. This allows you to run your own spoken word events in your hometown or university. We give you training and access to all our resources to help you create your very own Word Up! with a blueprint to creating a revenue stream to support the work we do. We already have our first franchise in Malaysia and are setting up at universities around the country.