Join us upstairs in The Nest for an evening of spoken word, as Some-Antics comes to the Leicester Comedy Festival! Our February event will include comedy and poetry open mics, plus a performance from Fin MacArthur.

Join us upstairs in The Nest for an evening of spoken word, as Some-Antics comes to the Leicester Comedy Festival! Our February event will include comedy and poetry open mics, plus poetry slam, tunes from Ninja Bob and a performance from Fin MacArthur

Poetry open mic slots available: 3 minutes per poet, perform one poem, original material only, no hate speech.

Comedy open mic slots available, 5 minutes per slot.

Plus, roughly 7 slam slots available.

Slam etiquette:

• 3 minutes per poet, points deducted for going over time

• 2 rounds of slam

• Perform 1 poem

• Original material only

• Audience judged

• Just for fun or rhyme to the death, either way bring a smile!

The slam winner takes home a custom Some-Antics notebook, £25 cash prize and a place in our Championship Slam 2026!

To book a slot send a message to the Some-Antics Facebook page or Sammy Nour, or email [email protected]

All tickets £4. Some-Antics have a free entry policy for those who are unwaged or on low incomes.

Some-Antics video record performances which are available on their Youtube channel after the event. If you don't want your performance recorded or published, or don't want to be photographed, please let one of the team know.