Speakeasy is a monthly open mic night at Adrian's Bar featuring a new headliner each month.

Each month on the second Wednesday of the month, RJ Hunter is hosting an incredible night of poetry supported by the Speakeasy House Band.

OCTOBER SPEAKEASY HEADLINER ANNOUNCEMENT🎃

Happy October friends, may the changing of the seasons be kind to you🫶 And to distract us all from the imminent Winter, we have another warm dose of poetic and musical open-miccery!!

And this month we are joined by special guest headliner...

✨LEN PENNIE✨

Len Pennie is a poet who writes in both Scots and English. She writes passionately about the promotion of minoritised languages, survivors of domestic abuse and the destigmatisation of mental illness. Her two poetry collections poyums and poyums annaw were instant Sunday Times bestsellers. poyums won Scots Book of the Year in 2024 and was the winner of the British Book Awards Discover Book of the Year in 2025.

Sign-Ups for this month’s open mic are now OPEN, so make sure you sign up asap to guarantee yourself a slot! We cannot wait to see you all there✨

We have more big announcements coming in October so keep those peepers peeled👀👀

Speak Soon, SpeakEasy x