Catch Mark Gwynne Jones live at the following events… 

05/10/24 – New Mills, Srping Bank Arts – Voices From The Peak – Live!.. Mixing live performance, soundscape, and film – Mark draws on his experiences growing up in the Peak District. Evoking a landscape rich with both beauty and danger. Times, tickets and Box Office details to follow.

13/07/24 – Buxton, High Peak Bookstore & Cafe – Voices From The Peak – Live!.. 7pm Doors, 7.30 Show. Mixing live performance, soundscape, and film – Mark draws on his experiences growing up in the Peak District. Evoking a landscape rich with both beauty and danger. Tickets and Box Office details to follow.

02/07/24 – Nottingham, Beeston Library – Workshop with the Paper Crane Poets collective. 5.30pm. For details: https://www.leannemoden.com/paper-crane-poets

7-9/06/24 – Tamworth, MABFEST – Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/387920823604630/?ti=ls

18/05/24 – Bakewell, Old House Museum – Voices From The Peak – Live!.. Mixing live performance, soundscape, and film – Mark draws on his experiences growing up in the Peak District. Evoking a landscape rich with both beauty and danger. Times, tickets and Box Office details to follow.

12/05/24 – Ashbourne, Mayfield Church Hall (tbc) – Mark will be running a writing workshop, drawing inspiration from the landscape and the poetry of things people say. For details contact: Janet, jphilo59@gmail.com

25/04/24 – Matlock Bath, Masson Mill – Showcase event in aid of Arts Derbyshire. 7pm. For details: https://www.facebook.com/events/372816935587809

23/03/24 – Baslow Village Hall – Voices From The Peak – Live!.. Mixing live performance, soundscape, and film – Mark draws on his experiences growing up in the Peak District. Evoking a landscape rich with both beauty and danger. 7pm Doors, 7.30pm Show. Tickets £12, tel 07754 176 362

07/02/24 – Reading Retreat – Guest author for the Reading Retreat. Details: https://www.readingretreat.co.uk/

12/01/24 – BBC Radio London – Mark is guest poet for Jumoke Fashola. On air/online at 3.10pm

01/12/23 – Taddington Village Hall – Voices From The Peak – Live!.. (for show description see Repton entry below) Doors 7pm, Show 7.30pm. Tickets £12, Tel: 07929 151688

15/10/23 – Repton Literary Festival – Voices From The Peak – Live!.. Mixing live performance, soundscape, and film – Mark draws on his experiences growing up in the Peak District. Evoking a landscape rich with both beauty and danger. Times, tickets, and Box Office details to follow.

14/10/23 – Bakewell, The Medway Centre – Voices From The Peak – Live!.. (for show description see Repton entry above) Doors 7; Show 7.30pm. Tickets £12 – Tel 01629 813638 | enquiries@medwaycentre.co.uk

03/10/24 – Derby, Dubrek – Derby Poetry Festival – https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/derbypoetryfestival/t-novjrdz

30/09/23 – Whitwell, Whitwell Library – Voices From The Peak – Live!.. (for show description see Repton entry above) Doors 11am, Show: 11.30am – To reserve a place call: 01629 533988

13/09/23 – Wirksworth Town Hall – The Story Of Stoney Wood – film premiere and live performance. A new film by Gavin Repton and Mark Gwynne Jones tracing the story of how a disused quarry became a community woodland and other-worldly sculpture park. The performance and film will be followed by the animated classic, The Man Who Planted Trees. Evening starts at 7.30pm. Tickets online – £8; on the door – £12; under 18 – free. www.ticketsource.co.uk/townhallevents

28/04/23 – Newark, Cat Asylum Brewery – Leanne Moden and Mark Gwynne Jones (details to follow)

21/03/23 – BBC Radio Derby – Mark guests on the evening show for World Poetry Day, from 9.30pm

15/03/23 – The Reading Retreat – Mark delivers a live reading on the subject of live reading for The Reading Retreat – https://www.readingretreat.co.uk/retreats

08/02/23 – DART (Live & Local)

16/02/23 – Wirksworth, Red Lion – Film Room (upstairs of the Feather Star) – Stoney Wood AGM presents a new film by Gavin Repton and Mark Gwynne Jones. Doors 7pm, AGM 7.30pm, Film 8.15pm.

22/12/22 – Darley Dale, The Whitworth – Carols by Candlelight, an evening of festive song and spoken word with Wirksworth Community Choir and Mark Gwynne Jones. For tickets see here

12/10/22 – Portsmouth, The Loft

06/10/22 – High Peak Bookstore & Cafe – PsychicBread – A musical show of storytelling, vaudeville, and psychedelic folk. Details to follow.

23/09/22 – Darley Dale, The Whitworth Centre – Voices From The Peak: ‘Live’. For tickets, £10, click here

18/09/22 – Newark, The Cat Asylum Brewery

14/09/22 – Wirksworth Town Hall – Voices From The Peak: ‘Live’ – Show 8pm. For tickets, click here

21/07/22 – Buxton Festival Fringe, High Peak Bookstore & Cafe. Voices From The Peak – Combining live performance, archive recordings, film, and humour, this will be a live presentation of Mark’s popular series, Voices From The Peak. For details and tickets click here

09/07/22 – Bakewell ABC – The Greener Dales Fair

09/06/22 – Derby, Real Talk – The Maypole Cafe Bar & Theatre, Derby. Details to follow.

05/06/22 – Wirksworth, The Star Disc, Stoney Wood, afternoon event

08/05/22 – Nottingham Poetry Festival – Canal House, Nottingham – also featuring Sue Allen, Laura Grevel, and John Humphries, 7.30-9.45pm. Details here

30/04/22 – High Peak Bookstore – An evening of comedy, poetry, and music. Details to follow here

25/03/22 – Radio Derby, ‘Lunch with Mark Gwynne Jones’ – tune in to the Ian Skye show from 12.15pm

24/03/22 – Leicester, Attenborough Arts Centre – Launch of new anthology ‘Making Our World Better’. Free admission. 2.30-3.30pm. Event details here

28/02/22 – Bengaluru, India, Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology – Start of a 6 week residency (Due to Covid this is now postponed til Jan 2023)

27/11/21 – High Peak Bookstore – 20th Anniversary Showcase – An evening of music, poetry and song. Details to follow here.

16/11/21 – Ashford-in-the-Water, Voices From The Peak, LIVE! – a live presentation of Voices From The Peak for the National Trust. Village Hall @ 10.30am.

29/10/21 – Cromford Mills – Shine A Light -Spectacular outdoor projections featuring extracts of Voices From The Peak, from 6.30pm. For tickets and info click here.

28/10/21 – Cromford Mills – Shine A Light -Spectacular outdoor projections featuring extracts of Voices From The Peak, from 6.30pm. For tickets and info click here.

24/10/21 – Chatsworth House – Shine A Light – Spectacular outdoor projections featuring extracts of Voices From The Peak, from 6.30pm. For tickets and info click here.

22/10/21 – Chatsworth House – Shine A Light – Spectacular outdoor projections featuring extracts of Voices From The Peak, from 6.30pm. For tickets and info click here.

08/10/21 – Online, (Why) Poetry Matters – with John Agard, Patience Agbabi, and Mark Gwynne Jones. Presented by Renaissance One for The Harris Federation. Online via Zoom, 10.30 – 12.30pm.

25/09/21 – Bakewell, Ya Ya Fest – from 3pm @ Thornbidge Riverside Brewery, DE45 1GS. All profits go to mental health charity, Mind. For details click here.

12/09/21 – Transition Belper – Memorial Gardens, from 2pm

26/06/20 – Exile Festival Poets Breakout! – Featuring Mark Gwynne Jones and Lucy Peacock. Plus 10 pre-bookable open mic spots. 7.30pm – 9pm. Details here.

21/06/20 – World Harmony Festival – 20 min set from 7.10pm. Details here.

07/06/20 – Pucker Poets Podcast – Interview with Alexander Rhodes. Featuring Mark’s work with Voices From The Peak and PsychicBread. Go too www.mixcloud.com and search for Pucker Poets Podcast.

05/06/20 – Beyond Linguistic Boundaries – featuring 6 poets from 5 different countries. Hosted by Dr Mamta Sagar, 5th June, 7pm – via WEBEX, for details and password etc see here.

22/04/20 – Kielder Skypace, Northumbria – a candlelit performance of Mark’s writings and recordings from his residency at Kielder Forest and Observatory. For details email: kirsten@applesandsnakes.org

15th to 22nd April, 2020 – Kielder, Northumbria – resident poet at Kielder Forest and Observatory. In response to Northumberland’s ‘dark skies’ policy, Mark reflects on how the dark better enables us to see the light. Produced by Apples and Snakes in association with Kielder Art & Architecture and Kielder Observatory.

17/04/20 – Voices from the Peak – Chapter 1, Burning Drake. The official launch of the soundscape on the Peak District National Park‘s website, timed to co-incide with their 69th Birthday.

28/03/20 – Bakewell, Old House Museum, launching Voices from the Peak – a journey through the Peak District in word and sound. Recorded over the past 10 months, this audio artwork features the voices, stories, weather and wildlife of this landscape of contrasts. Mark will talk about the work’s creation and share the soundscape in progress. This is a free event and places are limited, if interested please contact: alison.riley@peakdistrict.gov.uk

19/03/20 – Castleton, Visitor Centre, launching Voices from the Peak – a journey through the Peak District in word and sound. Recorded over the past 10 months, this audio artwork features the voices, stories, weather and wildlife of this landscape of contrasts. Mark will talk about the work’s creation and share the soundscape in progress. This is a free event and places are limited, if interested please contact: alison.riley@peakdistrict.gov.uk

07/12/19 –Bakewell, Peak Voices present One Song More – A Christmas Special. Hosted by former Miss Beauty UK, Fiona Johnson and Peak District panto favourite, Mick Partridge. Featuring West End stars: Andrew Edwards and Caroline Gray; and poetry from Mark Gwynne Jones. The Medway Centre, 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Tickets £15 – Tel 07539 560102 

06/12/19 – Bakewell, Peak Voices present One Song More – A Christmas Special. Hosted by former Miss Beauty UK, Fiona Johnson and Peak District panto favourite, Mick Partridge. Featuring West End star Andrew Edwards and poetry from Mark Gwynne Jones. The Medway Centre, 7.30pm, Tickets £15 – Tel 07539 560102 

15/09/19 – Wirksworth Arts Festival, an evening of poetry, song and jazz. A tantalizing line-up featuring world class jazz singer and Radio 3 presenter, Jumoke Fashola; award winning poet, Mark Gwynne Jones; and festival favorites, Soul Deep Fusion. For details & tickets visit Wirksworth Arts Festival.

08/09/19 – Extinction Rebellion Wirskworth – Procession from 12pm. Poetry, talks and music from 1pm. Wirksworth Market Square.

25/08/19 – Maui Waui Festival of International Music, Suffolk, For details and tickets: Maui Waui Festival

24/08/19 – Maui Waui Festival of International Music, Suffolk, For details and tickets: Maui Waui Festival

24/07/19 – Buxton Festival Fringe, PsychicBread perform their new show: NEW WORLD FAYRE – at Buxton Working Men’s Club, 15 Lightwood Rd, SK17 7BJ. Doors/Bar 7pm, Show 8pm. Tickets £10 (£8 conc) in advance; £12 on the door. To book yours call 01298 23732 or visit Buxton Opera House Box Office.

Sat 20th July, 2019 – Stainsby Festival, Mark performs solo and with PsychicBread @ 9pm. For details and tickets visit: http://stainsbyfestival.org.uk/

17/07/19 – Buxton Festival Fringe, PsychicBread premiere: NEW WORLD FAYRE – at Buxton Working Men’s Club, 15 Lightwood Rd, SK17 7BJ. Doors/Bar 7pm, Show 8pm. Tickets £10 (£8 conc) in advance; £12 on the door. To book yours call 01298 23732 or visit Buxton Opera House Box Office.

11/07/19 – Matlock Bath, guest poet for the Songwriters Cafe with John Gill. The Pavillion Cafe, Matlock Bath. Starts: 19.30

29/06/19 – Exile Festival, solo performance on the Saturday afternoon c.4.30pm For details and tickets: http://www.exilemusicfestival.co.uk/

26/05/19 – Belper, The Queen’s Head, with Daron Carey

09/05/19 – Liverpool, Speke Hall – Performance and workshop exploring Speke Hall’s connection with empire.

28/04/19 – Nottingham, The Running Horse, with Daron Carey

29/03/19 – Derby, guest poet for Word Wise, hosted by Jamie Thrasivoulou & Sophie Sparham 

22/03/19 – London, Hoxton Hall, guest poet for the Jazz Verse Jukebox, hosted by Jumoke Fashola

05/03/19 – London, The Book Club, Shoreditch – guest poet for Hammer & Tongue, hosted by Sam Berkson

23/02/19 – Loughborough, Fearon Hall – with PsychicBread (tbc)

16/02/19 – Wirksworth, The Maltings – An evening tribute to Ben Daglish

16/01/19 – Burton and South Derbyshire College, performance and workshop

09/01/19 – Burton and South Derbyshire College, performance and workshop

15/11/18 – Nottingham, The Maze – with PsychicBread and the DIY Poets featuring Fay Deller. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/535850246844855/

08/11/18 – Calke Abbey – performance and workshop in association with University of Leicester

07/11/18 – Nottingham, Farnborough Academy – start of a year long residency with First Story and Farnborough Academy

26/10/18 – Derby, Kedleston Hall – performance and workshop in association with University of Leicester

25/10/18 – Bangor, Penrhyn Castle – performance and workshop in association with University of Leicester

02/10/18 – Leicester, Attenborough Arts Centre – with PsychicBread and the Green Room Writers. Lunchtime performance. For more info email: Lydia Towsey secretagentartist@hotmail.com

19/09/18 – Burton & South Derbyshire College – Wordworms! (2nd of 2). An afternoon workshop exploring the living quality of words. New writing through games of metaphor and imagination. 1.30 til 3.30pm. For details email Robin Wood: rockinrobin123@hotmail.co.uk

12/09/18 – Burton & South Derbyshire College – Wordworms! (1st of 2). An afternoon workshop exploring the living quality of words. New writing through games of metaphor and imagination.1.30 til 3.30pm. For details email Robin Wood: rockinrobin123@hotmail.co.uk

26/07/18 – Leicester, Attenborough Arts Centre – headlining WORD! A special al fresco performance celebrating the launch of Attenborough Arts Centre’s brand new ‘ampitheatre’ garden. Also featuring: open mic, nocturnal flowers and The Green Room Writers. 7.45 til 9.45pm. Tickets £7/£4. For details email Lydia Towsey: secretagentartist@hotmail.com

26/07/18 – Leicester, Attenborough Arts Centre  Workshop: ‘WORD! In the Garden’. Sign up for this green themed writing workshop with ‘WORD! In the Garden’ writer in residence, Mark Gwynne Jones. 3 til 5pm. Free. For details email Lydia Towsey: secretagentartist@hotmail.com

19/07/18 – Nottingham Academy – launch event for ‘Mirrors at the Circus’: an anthology of poems written by First Story students during Mark’s residency at Nottingham Academy.

09/06/18 – Sheffield Library Theatre – ‘The Books of Mark and John’ : Mark and John Hegley share words from their published works and from less celebrated sources from much younger years… diaries, letters, Daily News books. Devised more with adults in mind but acceptable to some intelligent nine year olds (eight year olds wearing spectacles).  Doors & Bar: 7pm, Show: 7.45 til 10pm. Tickets: £12 (£10 concessions) + booking fee, via TicketSource:  https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/488693  or tel: 0333 666 3366 (there is a further £1.50 fee on telephone sales)

08/06/18 – Sheffield Library Carpenter Room – ‘Common Ground, Common Language’ – A workshop with John Hegley & Mark Gwynne Jones. Please bring along an image, photo, drawing or painting. We will find things that bond us. We will speak words that find us much of a muchness. Up the wall. Off the wall. The sound of wallpaper drying. New writing to be created, possibly with drawing, singing, eating biscuits and dancing. No experiences needed. Workshop: 1.30 til 3.30pm. Tickets: £10 + booking fee, via TicketSource: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/488711 or tel: 0333 666 3366 (there is a further £1.50 fee on telephone sales)

25/05/18 – London, Hoxton Hall – The Jazz Verse Jukebox:   https://www.hoxtonhall.co.uk/event/jazz-verse-jukebox-3/

15/05/18 – Sheffield, St Luke’s Hospice – delivering a poetry workshop at Clifford House, 9.30am. For details, email Virginia: ledlowe@googlemail.com

02/02/18 – Derby, Kedleston Hall – ‘Winter fireside talk with Mark Gwynne Jones’. A lunchtime event, Mark will be sharing stories and poems inspired by locations. Including his residency at Sudbury Jail and commissions to write for places in and around the Peak District; Longshaw Estate; Loughborough and London’s Central Parks. Tickets £20, include tea/coffee on arrival and a 2 course meal (main & desert). Tel 01332 842191 https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events/13114d12-228b-4396-a944-1e3250edeba2/pages/details

Events and Shows Past – Some Highlights:

15/12/17 – Wirksworth, Town Hall – with folk-rock, blues, funk, electro-acoustic Left Hand Drive. Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the door. £7/5 concessions. https://www.facebook.com/events/217109742111847/permalink/279288815893939/

17/11/17 – Wirksworth, The Coach House – with Alex Blood & Jamie Thrasivoulou. A benefit for the hurricane devasted island of Dominca. Doors 7pm. £10. https://www.facebook.com/events/141334736591680/

26/10/17 – The Cat Club, Pontefract, – featuring a vinyl airing of David Bowie’s ‘Hunky Dory’ followed by a live set from Psychicbread: https://www.tappontefract.uk/whats-happening/the-cat-club-presents-hunky-dory-by-david-bowie-featuring-live-in-concert-psychicbread/

23/09/17 – Wirksworth Festival, Town Hall Events – Wordworms! An afternoon solo show for all ages: http://www.wirksworthfestival.co.uk/events/word-worms

19/09/17 – Oxford, First Story Young Writers Festival, Lady Margret Hall College, OX2 6QA

15/09/17 – Wirksworth Festival, Town Hall Events – with Psychicbread: http://www.wirksworthfestival.co.uk/events/mark-gwynne-jones-pyschicbread

11/09/17 – London, First Story (Skills sharing day) – Leading a skill sharing workshop for First Story writers and teachers. Teach First, SE10 0ER

16/07/17 – Buxton Festival Fringe – With stories and poems of the big bang, a blade of grass, absent friends, one particular lamppost and a girl called Amaryllis: Mark Gwynne Jones and the Psychicbread return with a new show of poetry and music. It’s dramatic, funny, and sometimes startlingly sensitive. http://www.buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2017.html#spok

08/06/17 – Glas-Denbury Festival – Deep in the depths of the beautiful Devon countryside, a little piece of magic is being created. UK Awards Nominated: Best Small Festival, Glas-Denbury. 7th-9th July. Fairfield Farm, Denbury, TQ12 6DQ  https://www.glas-denbury.co.uk/

28/04/17 – Matlock, The Muse with Mark Gwynne Jones – starring: David ‘Stickman’ Higgins (‘the sung and spoken rhythms of an African Caribean/British identity’) and Psychicbread (‘food for the soul in word and sound’). Whitworth Centre Ballroom, Darley Dale, Matlock, DE4 2EQ. Doors: 7.30pm Show: 8pm. Tickets £10 advance/£12 door Tel 01629 733678

08/04/17 – Derby, East Midlands CND AGM, Mark will be appearing with Kate Hudson (General Secretary, CND), Spike the Poet (former soldier and a member of Veterans for Peace). Derby Friends Meeting House, 3pm – 6.30pm.  

04/02/17 – Derbyshire, The Muse with Mark Gwynne Jones, featuring: John Hegley, Lou Ashley and Alice Ashley. Whitworth Centre Ballroom, Darley Dale, Matlock, DE4 2EQ. Doors: 7.30pm Show: 8pm. Tickets £10. Tel 01629 733678

19/01/17 – Plymouth, Forked: featuring Mark Gwynne Jones with Bill Jones, Sophia Walker and Stewart Taylor, hosted by Alexander Rhodes. Barbican Theatre Bar, Barbican Theatre, Castle Street, Plymouth. PL1 2NJ Doors 7.30pm Show 8pm Tickets: £7 door, £5 advance.

05/01/17 – BBC Radio 4, The Wondermentalist Cabaret, featuring Matt Harvey, Mark Gwynne Jones & Caroline Bird. 11pm.

20/11/16 – Chesterfield, Stand Up to Racism (Fundraiser): Line-up to be announced…

09/11/16 – London, LIBRARY: An evening with Mark Gwynne Jones at the luxurious LIBRARY on St Martin’s Lane. Non-members can request a pass. For details visit: http://www.lib-rary.com/home

20/10/16 – Derbys, The Barley Mow (Bonsall), The Muse: an evening of lyrical delights from voices past and present. Spoken word, poetry & open mic. Bring a poem, bring a song, a favourite book or just eat, drink & enjoy… Host: Mark Gwynne Jones. 8pm Barley Mow, The Dale, Matlock, DE4 2AY

18/10/16 – Nottingham, Mind Freedom Party: bring an instrument or a poem as open mic spaces are available for acoustic performers. FREE. 6-9PM. Sobar, Friar Lane, NG1 6DQ

30/09/16 – London, Hoxton Hall: The Jazz Verse Jukebox. Hosted by broadcaster and vocalist Jumoke Fashola  These evenings are an electrifying mix of jazz, song and spoken word. For tickets: http://www.bandsintown.com/event/12503016?app_id=squarespace-jumoke-fashola-w4dv&artist=Jumok%C3%A9+Fashola+Music&came_from=67 

21/09/16 – Wirksworth Festival, Town Hall: The Return of Psychicbread. Favourites of BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction – Psychicbread are evocative, surreal and seriously entertaining. ‘Their highly original sound mixes world beats, piano, guitar and flute all played to underscore and empower the vivid lyrics of Mark Gwynne Jones.‘ This show will be the 1^st time Psychicbread have played a public concert since the death of drummer John ‘Beano’ Thorne in 2012. http://www.wirksworthfestival.co.uk/events/mark-gwynne-jones-psychichbread

16/09/16 – Sheffield, Festival of the Mind: Premiere screening of a new film-poem mixing animation and live action. Made in collaboration with Mike Futcher, Dr Emma Bird and Prof Fiona Boissonade. Mark and Mike will be introducing the film and taking questions at the end. 3-4pm, The Spiegel Tent.

29th – 31st July 2016, WOMAD Festival http://womad.co.uk/

21/07/16 – Derbys. The Barley Mow (Bonsall), MUSE: an eve of lyrical delights from voices past and present. Spoken word, poetry & open mic. Bring a poem, bring a song, a favourite book or just eat, drink & enjoy… Host: Mark Gwynne Jones. 8pm Barley Mow, The Dale, Matlock, DE4 2AY

17/07/16 – Latitude Festival, 22.20 – 23.000: Mark performs just before John Hegley at the finale of the festival.

21/05/16 – Matlock Bath, The Grand Pavillion, Pavfest, An all-day 3-stage bonanza of live music and performing arts for Syria. Featuring: Ben Ottwell (of Gomez); Please Y’Self; Mark Gwynne Jones; Left Hand Drive and more. For details: https://www.facebook.com/events/222410778119080/

21/04/16 – Derbys. The Barley Mow (Bonsall), MUSE: an eve of lyrical delights from voices past and present. In the form of a Living Dead Poets’ Jukebox, writers share their own work alongside something inspiring from a past writer. The evening is open to everyone, there is no entry fee and those wishing to read or perform sign up on the night. In total, floor slots are limited to 5 minutes per reader. Bring a poem, bring a song, a favourite book or just drink, heckle & muse… Host: Mark Gwynne Jones. 8pm Barley Mow, The Dale, Matlock, DE4 2AY

21/03/16 – The Wirksworth Wordminers, Performance and workshop. Waltham House, St John’s Street, Wirksworth. 7.15 – 9.15pm.  

Thurs 17th March 2016, Derbys, The Barley Mow (Bonsall), MUSE: an eve of lyrical delights from voices past and present. In the form of a Living Dead Poets’ Jukebox, writers share a favourite piece of their own work alongside something inspiring from a past writer. The evening is open to everyone, there is no entry fee and those wishing to read or perform sign up on the night. In total, floor slots are limited to 5 minutes per reader. Bring a poem, bring a song, a favourite book or just drink, heckle & muse… Host: Mark Gwynne Jones. 8pm Barley Mow, The Dale, Matlock, DE4 2AY

Thurs 18th Feb 2016, Derbys, The Barley Mow (Bonsall), MUSE: Spoken Word, Poetry & the Dead Poets’ Jukebox – An evening of lyrical delights open to all. 3rd Thurs of every month, mixing comedy, tragedy and iridescent ideas from voices past and present. Writers are invited to share a piece of their own work alongside something they find inspiring from a past writer. This could be a poem, song lyric, or passage from a favourite book. Readers/Performers sign up on the night. Floor slots are limited to 5 minutes per reader, including the reader’s contribution to the Dead Poets’ Jukebox. FREE. Host: Mark Gwynne Jones. 8pm Barley Mow, The Dale, Matlock, DE4 2AY

Sun 8th Nov 2015, Soho, Ronnie Scott’s, Jazz Verse Jukebox: hosted by broadcaster and vocalist Jumoke Fashola. If you’ve been before you’ll know these evenings are a real treat, mixing fine spoken word and jazz. Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club (upstairs), 47 Frith Street, London W1D 4HT. Doors: 6.30pm Show: 7.30pm. Tickets £8 on the door. Tube: Tottenham Court Rd or Leicester Square.   

Sat 31st Oct 2015, Buxton, Old Hall Hotel, Pauper’s Pit,  with classical guitarist and composer Steve Marsh, the Peak Guitar Quartet and on the heels of his recent tour with Mamta Sagar: Mark Gwynne Jones. 7.30pm Tickets £10 Tel. 01629 813624.

1st – 4th Oct 2015, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Moby Dick Unabridged: Alongside actors, writers, members of the public, comedians and Herman Melville’s great-great-great granddaughter, Mark will be contributing to a four day reading of Melville’s epic Moby Dick.

14th July 2015, Wolverhampton, City Voices, The Lych Gate, 44 Queen Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1TX. 7.30PM Tickets £3/£1 (under 16’s)

10th July 2015, Cromford Mills, Derbyshire, Words at the Wharf is launching a new season of spoken word nights with a guest appearance from Mark Gwynne Jones. There will also be the opportunity for other writers to come and showcase their work in the relaxed atmosphere of Wheatcroft’s Wharf Cafe. 7.15pm-9.15pm on the first floor of Wheatcroft’s Wharf Café (please note that this is accessed only by stairs). Entry is free.

3rd July 2015, LEDBURY Poetry Festival, Melding Voices from England’s Peak District and India’s Karnataka State, Mark Gwynne Jones and Mamta Sagar perform at the Ledbury Poetry Festival. For more information visit Renaissance One 

28 JUNE 2015, NOTTINGHAM, New Art Exchange. As part of the last weekend of the exhibition by Faiza Butt at New Art Exchange, Mark Gwynne Jones, Mamta Sagar and local poets and DJs respond to the exhibition through performances and a closing party. Doors 4.30pm for a 5pm start.  Event 5pm to 8pm.  Suggested donation of £3 – £5 on the door. Venue: New Art Exchange, 39 – 41 Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6BE.

7th June 2015, BRADFORD, Melding Voices from England’s Peak District and India’s Karnataka State, Mark Gwynne Jones and Mamta Sagar perform a show as part of Ilkley Festival. For more information visit Renaissance One

6th June 2015, DERBY, Presented by Hello Hubmarine as part of Derby Book Festival. 7pm-9.30pm @ The Silk Mill, DE1 3AF An evening of fresh and original writing, music and animation with Jon McGregor, Mamta Sagar and Mark Gwynne Jones, Éireann  Lorsung, Richard Birkin, Joe Coghlan and Emma J Lannie. Animations from the London International Animation Festival (www.liaf.org.uk). Suitable for adults Cost: Pay What You Can. View the event’s Facebook page

5th June 2015, MATLOCK BATH, The Fishpond, a fundraising event in memory of Jib Johnson, with Mark, The Steaming Issacs and The Dooberies 

3rd June 2015, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, The Big Noise Festival and UCL Writers Society presents an evening of spoken word, poetry, short fiction and film, featuring Mark Gwynne Jones and Mamta Sagar(Melding Voices), Oran Maguire, Eva O’Connor, Faye Oliver, James Messiah, film shorts by UCL students, and short fiction writing from winners of the UCL publisher’s prize including Ramya Jay, Rebecca Mae, Yara Rodrigues Fowler and more to be announced. Admission free, Festival runs from 6pm to 10pm at UCL Front Quad Tent, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. Visit the event’s Facebook page

15th May 2015, LONDON, Free Word Centre, Melding Voices with Mamta Sagar. Following their collaboration in southern India, this is Mark and Mamta’s 1st UK event of the Melding Voices tour, where England’s Peak District meets India’s Karnataka state. For more information about the tour and more visit Renaissance One. Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Rd, EC1R 3GA

12th May 2015, OXFORD, The Old Fire Station, 40 George Street Oxford OX1 2AQ Mark is guest of the nation’s favourite poetry slam Hammer &Tongue

11th May 2015, CAMDEN, The Green Note, 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN Hammer &Tongue

9th May 2015, Derbyshire Literature Festival Perfoming Wordworms! an interactive show of wild imaginings for ages 7+. Followed by Q&A and book signings. New Mills Library: 10.30 – 11.30am; then, Buxton Library 1.30 – 2.15pm. 

7th May 2015, Brighton, Komedia, Hammer & Tongue 

6th May 2015, Bristol, The Bird Cage, 28 Clare St. BS1 1YE Hammer &Tongue

5th May 2015, Shoreditch, The Book Club, 578 Kingsland Road, E8 4AH Hammer &Tongue

1st May 2015, Cambridge, The Junction Hammer & Tongue

26th April – Wenlock Poetry Festival

12th April 2015, Soho, Ronnie Scott’s, Mark performs at the Jazz Verse Jukebox hosted by the wonderful Jumoke Fashola

14th March 2015, Oxford, The Old Fire Station, ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’  Since 2014 The Archway Foundation have promoted over 540 public conversations about mental health. Now, they’re marking the end of their ‘Time to Change’ project with a fabulous free event at the Old Fire Station, Oxford. Including performances from: Mark Gwynne Jones, Zena Edwards, Sam Berkson, Oxford College Dancers, musician Matt Sewell, The Archway Foundation, and Time for Change. The Old Fire Station, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2AQ FREE 1pm to 5pm

January 2015 – INDIA, Bangalore Festival of Ideas & Hyderabad Literature Festival: Melding voices from the north of England and Bangalore, Mark Gwynne Jones is set to tour southern India with poet, playwright and translator Mamta Sagar. Sharing the experiences, revelations and points of departure behind their poetry. Their collaboration continues when Mamta comes to the UK between April and July 2015. To find out more or book a show contact: Melanie Abrahams of Renaissance One, hq@renaissanceone / Tel 020 7272 8386

4th, 11th, 18th, 25th December – Hive Radio broadcasts Poems from the Road, a poetic journey down Britain’s A-roads and motorways curated by Robin Vaughan-Williams with contributions from spoken word artists Luke Wright, Mark Gwynne Jones, Ann Hamblen, River Wolton, James Caruth, Clare Best, John Arlott and more. To tune in see: http://zeroquality.net/poems-from-the-road.html

6th December, 2014 – Matlock, Derbyshire – An Evening Tribute to Euan Read with Loscoe State Opera, Blue Wallpaper Inc, Folkosophy, Charlie Jobson and Bang On Samba Band. The Loft, Crown Square, Bakewell Rd, Matlock. 5pm till late. Tickets on the door: £8/5. Raising money for Meningitis Research Foundation.

Saturday 25 October, 2014 – Rochdale Literature and Ideas Festival, Wordworms! In a show of wild imaginings, award winning performance poet Mark Gwynne Jones invites you to meet the boy with the eye on his index finger, learn to escape school by becoming a cat and make friends with a giant toad!  Based on his new collection for young readers, Wordworms!  Mark will introduce you to some extraordinary characters and lead you to a place where words are alive and the impossible is possible.

Rochdale Town Hall. 12 Noon-1pm, £2 Entry. Suitable for: Age 7+ – children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult
Click here for booking details. 

Thurs 16th October – Lyric Lounge, Nottingham 5.30 doors, 6pm start! At 6pm Mark Gwynne Jones opens an evening of spoken word, poetry and music with performances from his new collection Wordworms!

Also featuring: Shonaleigh (one of Britain’s leading storytellers) LiTTLe MACHiNe (fine words and music), a storytelling workshop with Sophie Snell and an Open Mic with MC Joel Stickly. Click here for info and tickets. (N.B. Early Start!)

Friday 18, Wed 23 & Thurs 24 July – Buxton Festival Fringe, Wordworms! A show of Wild Imaginings for ages 7 to 107… Meet the boy with the eye on his index finger, learn to escape school/work by becoming a cat, and make friends with a giant toad! The book and show center on how the words we think and speak are alive, how they shape the way we feel and of the magic they possess…
Wordworms! premieres @ The Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton. Tickets £8 (Child £5, Conc £7).
Click here to book online.

Friday 4 July – International Byron Festival, Poems and Pints… Mark is performing a show alongside the final resting place of Lord Byron @ the International Byron Festival. In the words of Byron: The busy have no time for tears… Includes the award ceremony for the ‘Maureen Crisp Poetry Competition’ and accapella entertainment from The Gentlemen. Mark will be awarding the competition prizes and performing what is billed as ‘a 30 minute recital’. FREE. 7pm. John Godber Centre, Hucknall

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