Hammer & Tongue Brighton: Open Air Final 2025

For the fourth year running, legendary poetry-slammers Hammer & Tongue bring their epic grand final into the open air for Brighton Fringe! 🏆

Finalists will come equipped with their unique styles and perspectives to battle it out for the crown. Lucky audience members will hold up scores out of ten to decide the fate of our brave poets.

Featuring a headline performance from Tyrone Lewis (UK Slam Champion) and hosted by the hilarious Leanne Shorley, join us for the best in performance poetry from Brighton’s longest-running poetry slam.

📆 Friday 9th May
⏰ 7pm (Doors open at 6pm)
📍 Brighton Open Air Theatre (Dyke Rd, Brighton and Hove, Hove BN3 6EH)
🎟️ Tickets: https://www.brightonopenairtheatre.co.uk/event/open-air-poetry-slam-4/ (Also available through the Brighton Fringe website)

“The best live poetry is to be found at the Hammer & Tongue slams”
The Sunday Times
“Hammer & Tongue have reinvented the medium for the hip hop generation”
The Guardian

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