Alfriston’s first Poetry Bee promises to be a great day’s entertainment for people who enjoy poetry OR for anyone who may like to participate in a relaxed day in the village with sonnets, limericks, sestinas, villanelles, odes, rondels, and some free verse.
Saturday 25th October 2025
10am – 4pm
Alfriston Village, East Sussex
Tickets: £20 – Click Here for Tickets
Taking place 10am to 4pm on Saturday 25 October in the Village Hall, Old Chapel Centre, The National Trust’s Clergy House and The Six Bells Pub there will be lots on including:
– A competition (optional opportunity to enter your own poem).
Entry by 15 October. (the audience chooses the ultimate poem for the day)
– Discussion groups
– The Great Poetry Throwdown – construct and perform a ‘venticinquina’
– Readings
– Haiku competition
– Poetry trail in the Clergy House with free entry
– Music
– Refreshments plus optional lunch in the OCC for just £8
– Poetry to Heal
– Book stall
– Prizegiving
– Open Mic Evening at the Six Bells from 7pm for those wanting more
