it feels like we’ve barely blinked, but in a matter of weeks, Tubthumping is set to return with its fifth installment after a short summer break. join us at The Constitutional in Farsley on Thursday 29 September for feature slots from Kevin P. Gilday and Sophie Sparham!
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Tubthumping #4 | Joelle Taylor & Jonathan Kinsman on 23 Jul
onour fourth Tubthumping event steps into the coveted Saturday night slot at The Constitutional. and in order to fend off the competition in your calendars, we’ve programmed an unmissable pairing in Joelle Taylor and Jonathan Kinsman!
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onyep, we’re back with our third installment of Tubthumping – and we’re still not pulling any punches with the line-up! join us at The Constitutional in Farsley on Thursday 30 June for feature slots from Sabrina Mahfouz and Jess Green, plus our showcase section.
it’s promising to become one of the North’s best-loved poetry nights and we’re absolutely buzzing about being able to achieve that on our own doorstep. tickets cost £10 plus booking fee and are available here!
Photos from Tubthumping No.2
onHuge thanks to Kane Rattray for taking these pics on behalf of The Constitutional. And of course to all of our performers and attendees! Roll on 30 June…











Introducing ‘Tubthumping’ in Farsley on 4 Mar
onSome of you will have attended one of our ‘LIVEwire’ events over the last 5 years. And we’ll keep staging them, in various shapes and sizes, whenever the opportunities present themselves. But if ‘LIVEwire’ has a home in Leeds, it’s Hyde Park Book Club. And so, in introducing a regular event in Farsley, we decided to create a new night altogether.
So, we’re dead excited to introduce ‘Tubthumping’, which we’re presenting at The Constitutional in partnership with the team behind Trouble At Mill and The Old Woollen. As always, it’ll provide a rip-roaring evening of the UK’s finest spoken word poetry talent. And we’ll have a showcase section at each event, featuring some of the best emerging talent in West Yorkshire.
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