Outspoken

Outspoken returns to Bamboo Brunch And Cocktails on Sunday 17 January, bringing together local poets and musicians for a night that puts spoken word and live music on the same bill. It's a Liverpool night run by the Outspoken community, and this particular edition falls in the middle of their fifth year.

The format is straightforward: poetry and live music sharing the same space, with the two running side by side rather than one acting as a warm-up for the other. It's a community-led night, so the people on stage are local poets and musicians from across the city, and the whole thing is put on by the Outspoken community itself.

Because it's a local night, it's as much about the people in the room as the ones on the stage. The poets and musicians come from within the city, and the night is run by the community that supports them, so it's a good place to see where Liverpool's spoken word and music scenes overlap. This particular date is part of the series' fifth year, so it's a night that's been running for a while now.

It all goes down at Bamboo Brunch And Cocktails, 108 Bold Street, L1 4HY, on Sunday 17 January. The night starts at 19:00, and tickets are £7.