📅 May 3rd, 2025
📍 Arnolfini, Bristol & Livestream
⏰ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (UK) 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
🎟 Tickets available now - Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival

🌸 Announcing our Spring Event! 🌸

Raise the Bar returns to Arnolfini for a thought-provoking night of poetry, music, and resistance.

Join us for an electrifying evening featuring:

🎤 Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan (@thebrownhijabi) – poet and author tackling race, history & Islamophobia
🎤 Jamie Thrasivoulou (@thrasivouloujamie) – award-winning spoken word artist, poet & musician
🎤 Ahmed Alnaouq (@ahmed_alnaouq) – journalist & editor of We Are Not Numbers (@we_are_not_numbers), sharing stories from Gaza
🎵 Hzeyran (@riwa_sb) – cross-disciplinary artist blending theatre, poetry & music

Coinciding with our Poetry and Resistance exhibition at Arnolfini (@arnolfiniarts), this event highlights the power of poetry to challenge authority, amplify unheard voices, and inspire radical change.

Tickets: Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival

✅ Wheelchair accessible venue & toilets
✅ BSL interpreted
✅ Online/streamed option available
✅ The Live Stream will be Captioned
✅ Zero tolerance for hate or discrimination

Presented in association with Penguin Random House UK.

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