# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Spotlight Talks & Pocketbook Poetry
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 am – Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Event Description**: An evening with The Lock-Up’s Youth Advisory Panel
Spotlight Talks & Pocketbook Poetry brings together The Lock-Up’s Youth Advisory Panel and Newcastle poetry collective Pocketbook for an after-hours evening responding to the exhibition A soft space to stand. Enjoy short spotlight talks and exhibition tours led by the Youth Advisory Panel, followed by a welcoming open-mic poetry session inviting audiences to reflect on softness, care and the ongoing crisis of living. Featuring an interactive poetry exchange and space for gentle participation, this free event is an invitation to reflect on the curatorial theme of softness, as both a creative tool and a means of responding to the ongoing crisis of living.

Bar open from 5pm
Tours 5.30 – 6.30pm
Pocketbook from 7pm
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/newcastle/spotlight-talks-and-pocketbook-poetry/200029693648948
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, exhibitions, open-mic
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 35

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://thelockup.org.au/a-soft-space-to-stand-spotlight-talks-pocketbook-poetry/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=newcastle-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Newcastle
- **state**: NS
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: 90 Hunter St, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, New South Wales 2300
- **lat**: -32.92748
- **long**: 151.78389
- **full address**: 90 Hunter St, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, New South Wales 2300

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: The Lock-Up (https://allevents.in/org/the-lock-up/6976423)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 90 Hunter St, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, New South Wales 2300
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Lock-Up
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, exhibitions, open-mic
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Spotlight Talks & Pocketbook Poetry ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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