2011 at Poetry Live
- February 1 - Guest Poet : Randall Stephens (Australia, Melbourne) Guest Musicians: The Literatti (teaser for an amazing fringe show 25th and 27th February - with poets Miriam Barr, Daniel Larsen, Jai MacDonald, Zanni Anderson, Christian Jensen, Jerry Beale, Gus Simonovic. Musicians Lawrence Brock, Kara Gordon and Paul Williams. AUT Dance Group, White Wall dance troupe and moving image segments by MIC - Christoph Kirchner and Deborah Lawler-Dormer. & if that wasn't enough , as part of the pre-show: Michael Botur, Greg Kan, Kirsten Warner and Randall Stephens doing spoken word and Guerilla poetry outside the Basement
- February 8 - Guest Poets : Judi Bagust, Judith Mcneil, Rosetta Allan & Penny Somervaille; MC Rachael
- February 15 - Guest Poet: Jeremy Roberts; MC Penny
- February 22 - Guest Poet: Anna Forsyth; Guest Musician: Hunter Lake; MC Kiri
- March 1st - Christchurch Benefit Gig. With Penny Ashton, Elizabeth Wilson, Simone Kaho, Sabrina Muck, Raewyn Alexander, Daniel Larsen, Michael Onslow-Osbourne, Michael Rudd. Guest musicians Anna Kaye, Kara Gordon, John McNabb. MC Christian. All koha donated to Chirstchurch. Bring as much as you can spare.
- March 8th - MC Rachael w-Murray Haddow, Mike Hamblin & George Henderson
- March 15th - Guest Poet: Belinda Diepenheim; Guest Musician: Roger Marshall; MC Penny
- March 22nd - Guest Poet: Siobhan Harvey; Guest Musician Jodi Pringle/Gatchick; MC Kiri
- March 29th - Fifth Tuesday Fundraiser; Guest musician Ian Haylor. Guest Poet David Hornblow. Our First Open Mic Recording Session!!! Thanks to Toi Ora Live Art Trust, we've got a line into the Mic output - bring your best piece. MC Miriam. Part of an ongoing project to put together a Poetry Live CD to go with Live Lines.
- April 5th - Guest Poet : Zane Scarborough MC Christian
- April 12th - Guest Poet: Tim Heath; Guest Musician: Sane-Va Ginnen; MC Rachael
- April 19th Guest Poet : Sue Fitchett, Guest Musician: Eden Roberts- MC Penny
- April 26th - Guest Poet: Murray Edmond, Guest Musician: Mike Jones; MC Kiri
- May 3rd - PlayAct - the poetic theatre challenge. MC Christian - winner; Daniel Larsen
- May 10th - Guest Poets: Rives (US) and James Crompton, Guest Musician - Miho, MCs Rachael, Christian, Kiri and Miriam.
- May 17th - National Norway Day! Guest Poet: Christian Jensen with Kara Gordon | MC Miriam
- May 24th - Guest Poet: Ben Brown, Guest Musician: Pete Hodkinson; MC Kiri
- May 31st - Fifth Tuesday Fundraiser - Second Open Mic Recording Session | Guest poet Genevieve McClean | Guest musician TBC | MC Miriam
- June 7th - Matariki Extravaganza & Christian's farewell | Guest poets: Robert Sullivan, Serie Barford, Tracey Tawhiao, Doug Poole, Simone Kaho, Daniel Bennett and Tru Paraha | Guest musicians MC Nya & Soulstation | MCs Christian and Kiri
- June 14th - Guest poet Jane Griffin. Guest musician Deep River. MC Rachael
- June 21nd - Guest poet Sonja Yelich. Guest Musician TBA. MC Penny
- June 28th - Guest poet Jack Ross. Guest musician Hunter (aka Karen Hunter). MCs Penny and Miriam
- July 5th - Guest poet Nicholas Reid. Guest musicians The Flaming Pearls. MC Jeremy Roberts.
- July 12th -Tribute Night for David Mitchell MC Rachael
- July 19th - National Poetry Day - 4th Annual Resurrection Night. Guest poet Shane Hollands | Guest musician Callum Gentleman| MC Penny assisted by other Poetry Live MC's
- July 26th - Guest Poet Carolyn McIvor. Guest musicians Cold Harvest Trust. MC Rachael.
- August 2nd - Guest poet Bob Orr. Guest musicians Laura and Orla. MC Jeremy
- August 9th - Guest Poet Renee Liang. Guest musician Andrew Correa MC Rachael
- August 16th - Guest poet: Vivienne Plumb. Guest musician Red Lamp Auckastra. MC Penny.
- August 23rd - Guest poet Sarah Broom. Guest Musician Simon Mallett aka the come down kid. MC Penny.
- August 30th - Fifth Tuesday Fundraiser & Live Lines IV Launch. Guest poets Siobhan Harvey, Michael Botur and Martin Porter. Guest musicians Gareth & Wal. MCs Miriam and The Team.
- September 6th - Guest poet Michael Morrissey. Guest musician Five Mile Town. MC Jeremy
- September 13th - Guest poet: Ryan van Winkle Guest musicians Andamula MC Rachael
- September 20th - Guest poet: Iain Britton. Guest musician Rebecca Whitlock MC Penny
- September 27th - Guest poet Sandra Bell. Guest musician Dianne Civil. MC Jeremy.
- October 4th - Guest poet Rob Edwards Guest musician Irena Wysoczanski. MC Jeremy.
- October 11th - Guest poet: Lynn Jenner Poetry Play Act Night Come prepared or get spontaneous with the props and costumes provided on the night. Find out more on the Poetry Play Act page. MCs Rachael & Christian
- October 18th - Not Dead Yet with Poet Peter Tait & Musician Russell Scoones MC Penny.
- October 25th - Guest Poets Tourettes + Kate Kelly & Nick Mans MC Rachael.
- November 1st - Guest poet Tim Jones and Keith Westwater. Musician Redlamp Auckestra. MC Jeremy.
- November 8th - A Night celebrating Women in Poetry Musician Sandra Bell MCs Rachael & Miriam
- November 15th - Guest Poet John Adams: Guest musician Newtones. MC Penny.
- November 22 - Guest Poet : Dave Merritt. Guest musician: Dubtext. MC Penny.
- November 29 - - Guest Musician:Anna Kaye Guest Poet slot: the Good Companion 1950s typewriter poets/audience members invited on stage to type and recite poetry/spoken word
- December 6th - Guest Poet Gus Simonivich. Musician Orla & Karen. MC Jeremy.
- December 13th - End of Year Night - Poetry Live Slam. Sign up 8 - 8:30 on the night. International Slam Rules apply. Judges from the floor. Winner takes half the koha. The rest goes to Poetry Live. Guest poet Jai MacDonald & special guests. MC Miriam.
Break - December to January; Start 2012 February
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- February 2 - Guest musician Kara Gordon. Guest poet Michael Morrissey. MCs Miriam, Rachael, Penny & Kiri
- February 9 - Guest musician Papali'i Pita Taouma. Guest poet Tim Heath. MC Rachael
- February 16 - Guest musician Christopher Rakete. Guest poet Vivienne Plumb. MC Penny
- February 23 - Poetry Slam w/ Slam Mistress Renee. Guest poet Aleksandra Lane (Aus). MC Miriam
- March 2nd - Swap-a-Poem Night. Guest musician Anna Rugis. Guest poet David Finnigan (Aus). MC Miriam
- March 9th - Guest musician Bryony Jagger and Guest poetry band Freaky Meat. MC Rachael
- March 16th - Guest musician TBA and poet Kate Kelly and Nick Mans. MC Penny
- March 23rd - Guest musician Ivy Rossiter. Guest poet Michael Rudd. MC Christian
- March 30th - Live Lines #3 Launch. Guest musician Rupert Laffey. Guest poets Michael Botur, Gus Simonovic, Tim Heath, Rosetta Allan, Jerry Beale, Paul Lewis Green, Neesha Bremner, Jason Morales, Ila Selwyn & Hannah-May Thompson read from Live Lines III. A Poetry Live fundraiser. MC Miriam.
- April 6th - Guest musician Ben Prestidge, Guest Poet Martin Edmond. MC Christian
- April 13th - Guest musicians Anna & the Engineers. Guest poet Judith McNeil MC Rachael
- April 20th - Guest musician Dominic Blaazer and poet Sabrina Muck. MC Penny
- April 27th - Guest Musician Chris Weeks. Guest Poet Richard Wasley . MC Kiri
- May 4th - Guest musician Simon Comber, Guest Poet Michael Steven. MC Christian
- May 11th - Guest Musician Paul Williams, Guest Poet Jerry Beale. MC Rachael
- May 18th - Guest musician Otis Mace, Guest Poet Miriam Barr. MC Christian
- May 25th - Poetry Live's 30th Anniversary - with MC Christian, Miriam, Kiri and Rachael special guest DJ Andy Flyboy
- June 1st - Guest musician George Henderson and Guest Poet Tania Meek. MC Rachael
- June 8th - Guest musician Karen Hunter and poet Rebecca Reider. MC Christian
- June 15th - Guest musician Claire Bracegirdle & Guest Poet Simone Kaho. MC Penny
- June 22nd - Guest musician Mark Smith and Guest Poet Lee Wallace and Jason Morales. MC Kiri
- June 29th - A Poetry Live fundraiser. Guest poet Doug Poole. Guest musician Stuart Allan. With Improv Music Open Mic! Open mic poets read or perform their own work with live improvised music by Otis Mace, Matt Reece and others TBC. MC Miriam
- July 6th - Guest musician Bonnie and Lee, Guest Poet Jai McDonald. MC Christian
- July 13th - Guest musician and poet Kiri Piahana-Wong. MC Rachael
- July 20th - Guest poet Yah-Wen Ho and Guest Musician Stephanie Fourie. MC Penny
- July 27th - A new twist on our Annual Resurrection Event - Living Poets Night. A National Poetry Day Prelude. Share poetry by your favourite, living, NZ poet or original work inspired by them. Guest poets Kevin Ireland and Albert Wendt plus one more yet TBC. Win prizes for the best performance of a living NZ poet's work and best original composition. To enter just sign up for Open Mic on the night. MC Kiri
- August 3rd - Guest Poet Shane Hollands and Michael Botur & Guest Musician Sarah-Jane Ellis. MC Christian
- August 10th - Guest musician James Crompton and Guest Poet Murray Haddow. MC Rachael
- August 17th - Guest musician Caitlin Smith and Guest Poet Iain Britton. MC Penny
- August 24th - Guests Printable Reality . MC Kiri
- August 31st - Special Event - in association with Going West: Guest poets Heather McPherson and Robert Sullivan and the Auckland central Going West Poetry Slam Heat. Sign up to compete from 7:30, guest poets on at 8:00 and the slam from 9:00. Bring 3 original poems, 3 mins max, international slam rules apply. Our distinguished guests start us off for the night, so be on time to catch them.
- September 7th - Guest Poet Bob Orr, Guest musician Todd Laurence . Mc Christian
- September 14th - Guest musician Eden Roberts Guest poets - Metonymy Showcase w
anna kaye, christian jensen daniel larsen michael botur penny somervaille renee liang rosetta allan MC Rachael - September 21st - Guest musician Dominic Blaazer and Guest Poet John Newton MC Penny
- September 28th - Guest musician Geoff Rowe and Guest poet Anne Kennedy MC Kiri
- October 5th - Guests - the MIC Poets + Moving image from Metonymy MC Christian
- October 12th - Guest Poets - Poetry off the Page Poets MC Rachael
- October 19th - Guest Poet David Eggleton , MC Penny
- October 26th - Guest musicians Soul Station and Guest Poet Grace Taylor , MC Kiri
- November 2nd - Guest Poets Rena Patel and Tiffany Singh + more & Day of the Dead Night MC Christian
- November 9th - Open Mic and special appearance by Genevieve McClean , MC Rachael
- November 16th - Guest Poet Jason Morales , MC Penny
- November 23rd - Guest Poet Rosetta Allan and Guest musician Brendan Turner, MC Kiri
- November 30th - A Fifth Tuesday Fundraiser - Dirty Words Sessionz @ Poetry Live: Open mic poets get a second chance to riff with improvised music. Guest poets Ross Brighton plus a brand new poetry-music duo led by one of our longtime favourite performers. Sign up on the night, 5 mins per person; first open mic section will be Dirty Words with improv music | the second open mic section will be straight open mic for the peeps who just wanna read old-school-style. MC Miriam.
- December 7th - Guest poet Greg Kan & Zarah Butcher
- December 14th - End of Year Night
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