We Celebrate Our Selves

A poetry collective developing and sharing pieces together through the discussion of poetry and fostering a sense of community

THURSDAYS (1st and 3rd of the month) 7-9pm THE OUTSIDERS GALLERY

VFD, 64 Stoke Newington Road, London, N16 7XB

£3.50 per head - This is a community run initiative and VFD is a charitable space with upkeep costs, we have tried to keep the price to a minimum

The meetings will be held at The Outsiders Gallery. The Outsiders Gallery is the sister space of VFD and is host to exhibitions, poetry groups, life drawing and other events designed to uplift and celebrate queer arts. It has an accessible bathroom.

WHO ARE WE?

VF Dalston (et. 2007) is an originator and incubator of queer arts and entertainment in Dalston. VFD has previously hosted Hatred is a Bitter Fruit - an Arts Council funded project led by award winning poetry-curator Jaq Ennis-Cole. Hatred is a Bitter Fruit consisted of free poetry workshops for LGBTQIA+ communities with the goal of producing a free poetry anthology - Hatred is a Bitter Fruit (being released Jan/Feb 2025)

For nine years we hosted Spoken Word London, an open-mic poetry and performance night open to the community as a whole. SWL was the subject of a short documentary by Amelia Hazlitt and a feature film by Timothy Lock.

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