Accessibility
Accessibility, inclusion and representation are at the heart of Lyra Festival.
Lyra 2026
Our accessibility offer
Free and low cost events
As well as offering a selection of free events, we offer open concession tickets for all events, no proof required.
PA tickets
If you require assistance to access our events, we offer a free PA ticket for you to bring a personal assistant or companion with you to support with your access needs.
Step-free access
All our venues have step-free access, information on individual venues can be found in our festival accessibility guide.
Livestreamed events
We offer a number of live-streamed events you can watch from the comfort of your own home.
BSL
We offer a number of British Sign Language interpreted events.
Live captions
We offer a number of live captioned events and are looking to grow this provision in the future.
Get in touch
Everyone is welcome at Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival. Please reach out to our Accessibility Officer Florence if you have any queries, access@lyrafest.com
For full accessibility information, please see our Festival Access Guide.
A plain text version is available here: Festival Access Guide Plain Text.
A plain text version of our programme will be available shortly.
Please get in touch if you require our Access Guide or Programme in any other formats.