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A joyous group of people celebrates on stage, with one person at the centre holding a trophy.

Unislam Grand Final

The UK and Ireland’s most exciting spoken word poets perform live at UniSlam 2026!

UniSlam Grand Finals are the culmination of the UK’s premier student and young people’s poetry event. The Finals will see the country’s top 4 poetry slam teams go head to head for the champions trophy and prize package. It’s poetry but not as you know it.

UniSlam is a poetry festival based around the UK and Ireland National Inter-University Poetry Slam, bringing together teams of poets and performers to battle it out for the UniSlam Champions title. It’s your chance to see poets compete live on stage in Semi-Finals and a thrilling Grand Final, alongside some of Britain’s leading contemporary poets. Hosted by poet and performer Vanessa Kisuule.

Venue

The Studio

Presented by

Unislam

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Running Time

Approximately 2 hours and 35 minutes, including an interval.

Age Guidance

14+

Please note, no under 5s will be admitted into the auditorium.

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