Home / What's On / Shoreham-by-Sea / Wordfest: Sussex in Poetry and Song: ‘our blunt, bow-headed, whale-backed Downs .....’Wordfest: Sussex in Poetry and Song: ‘our blunt, bow-headed, whale-backed Downs .....’Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-SeaDateSunday 11 October 2026Starts7:30pmTicketsvia TicketsolveTypeOtherWhereRopetackle Arts Centre, Little High St, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5EGLast checked1 October 2026An evening of words and music celebrating the rich history of four centuries of poetry about our beautiful county, beginning with an angry rant from an Elizabethan courtier about the devastating effects of the iron industry on the Weald and ending with a saucy look at Brighton…At Ropetackle Arts CentreArts centre — Ropetackle Arts Centre, Little High St, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5EG.Ropetackle Arts Centre on FolkAirGet ticketsMore at Ropetackle Arts CentreThe Writer's Space — 2 October 2026The Long Ryders — 2 October 2026Le Vent Du Nord — 3 October 2026Around Ropetackle Arts CentrePiston Broke — Pub, 40mThe Bridge — Pub, 40mPit and Pal — Pub, 100mListing from the original source. FolkAir links out rather than selling tickets for this event.