Write Out Loud Sale

16/06/2026

Wonderful June night of poetry honouring, love,rage & laughter!

Thank you
Linda Downes
John Calvert
Amanda Nicholson
Andy Cash
Kate Williams
Joe TETLEY
Joyce Bingham
Sarah Pritchard
& Guest Poet : Jolivia Gaston!

Next Sale Out Loud is Monday July 20th.

Contact: [email protected]

15/06/2026

We look forward to seeing you tonight!

7.30-10pm
Waterside Arts Centre
Sale

Monday 15th spotlight on guest poet:-

Jolivia Gaston performance poet, writer and author. Mixed heritage lives in West Didsbury, Manchester. A member of Manchester Women Writers group.
Has worked on the theme Black Lives Matter;
Attended Parrswood High School, Didsbury for Black History Month, working with year 8 & 9 and year 7 & 8. My self published book, No In Between was part of the curriculum.
Performance poetry at Word Central, Manchester, and Hosted Write Out Loud, Sale Art Center.
I still continue to create poetry which I love but have decided to try my hand on a children's novelett.
Writing for me is freeing the mind, exploring different alternatives, telling stories, the pain and laughter we all experience in life.

We still have space for Lgbtqi poets(family,friends & allies) to help celebrate PRIDE & open mic slots. All poetry lovers welcome!

Contact: [email protected]

12/06/2026

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/12/artist-david-hockney-dies

Bring us your poems honouring
the great painter & Lgbtqi activist
David Hockney RIP
💛🧡❤️🩷💜💙🩵💚

The Bradford-born painter made his name with sunkissed visions of California and never stopped breaking barriers, going on to become one of contemporary art’s most important figures

12/06/2026

3-2-1 nights to go!

7.30-10pm
Waterside Arts Centre
Sale

Monday 15th spotlight on guest poet:-

Jolivia Gaston performance poet, writer and author. Mixed heritage lives in West Didsbury, Manchester. A member of Manchester Women Writers group.
Has worked on the theme Black Lives Matter;
Attended Parrswood High School, Didsbury for Black History Month, working with year 8 & 9 and year 7 & 8. My self published book, No In Between was part of the curriculum.
Performance poetry at Word Central, Manchester, and Hosted Write Out Loud, Sale Art Center.
I still continue to create poetry which I love but have decided to try my hand on a children's novelett.
Writing for me is freeing the mind, exploring different alternatives, telling stories, the pain and laughter we all experience in life.

We still have space for Lgbtqi poets(family,friends & allies) to help celebrate PRIDE & open mic slots.

Contact: [email protected]

07/06/2026

Sale Out Loud is looking for pop up poets on June 15th to help celebrate PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
& poetry love…
Contact: [email protected]

Waterside Arts Centre

20/05/2026

Monday night was a wonderful relaxing evening of seeing the Pansies exhibition in situ -a moving exhibition of older lgbtqi stories & pansies planted where q***r bashing has occurred. I brought materials & a small selection of my own collages & we created our own collages & words … I was gifted the leftover PRIDE pamphlets & had a ball collaging it into something new PROUD PANSIES & gifting it to Jo working on box office. Linda read us poems from a PRIDE anthology she contributed to. 2 hours of therapeutic collage & poetry!
PROUD PANSIES & Poetry medicine.
💛🧡❤️🩷💜💙🩵💚

18/05/2026

Tonight!
It’s Trafford Pride!
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
Bring your PRIDE
Bring your POETRY
Bring a POET
Bring your POETRY LOVE!

There will be a worshops with writing exercises, poetry collage materials & pop up poets on our open mic!
Contact: [email protected]
💛🧡❤️🩷💜💙🩵💚

15/05/2026

3-2-1 nights to go.
It’s Trafford Pride!
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
Bring your PRIDE
Bring your POETRY
Bring a POET
Bring your POETRY LOVE!

There will be a worshops with writing exercises, poetry collage materials & pop up poets on our open mic!
Contact: [email protected]
💛🧡❤️🩷💜💙🩵💚

11/05/2026

I week tonight! It’s Trafford Pride &
We welcome pop up poets &
Offer a poetry
workshop!

27/04/2026

Anybody interested in Therapeutic Theatre & seeing how spontaneous poetry is used to playback people’s stories- come along to one of only two public performances by our company Playback Theatre Manchester.
For more information contact me:
[email protected]