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June 2025
June 19, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • Open Mic
  • Poetry
  • Spoken Word

ART:UP!

A collaborative poetry project involving writers and performers across Essex! Starts with an Open Mic and Poetry Reading! Begins 19th June and runs throughout the year. Read more

June 24, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Open Mic
  • FREE
  • Partner Event
  • Spoken Word

Hot Box Waxes Lyrical

Chelmsford's Poetry Open Mic Night

Get ready to unleash your inner bard or simply savour the lyrical symphony as you are welcomed to the best-spoken word and poetry night in Chelmsford city. Read more

November 2025
November 13, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • FREE
  • Poetry
  • Spoken Word

Art:Up Poetry – Radical Islands

Culture Accelerator

The Art:Up Continues! Join us on Thursday 13th November at Hot Box Chelmsford for live poetry performances and an open mic. New collaborative work to premier. The theme for this event is Radical Islands. Read more