✴︎ Wednesday, 12 August ✴︎
Head to The Magic Garden on 15th August for a session of Congolese soukous from Kasai Masai, joined by Twinkatsoul.
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See London’s parks through the eyes of young refugees and asylum seekers in this free photography exhibition at the Southbank Centre, on until 30th August.
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Dance for Palestine at Babes 4 Blockades at Piehouse Co-op on 21st August, a fundraiser for Arms Embargo From Below with DJs, dancing and a raffle raising money for their next direct action.
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Join Fala Fiesta on 22nd August, a community fundraiser for Venezuela bringing people together through art, music, poetry, food and collective care.
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Walk the streets of Notting Hill on selected dates until October and uncover the area’s Caribbean history through the shebeens, restaurants, clubs and spaces where Black communities gathered, organised and resisted.
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And one for the diary: join author Sarah Lamble at Queer Britain on 26th September for a discussion of their new book Unsafe, exploring the carceral roots of the anti-trans backlash.
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✴︎ Wednesday, 05 August ✴︎
Voices Radio hosts an open-to-all summer social at Lower Stable Street Market on Saturday 15th August, with open decks from 2–9pm and an invitation for DJs to bring a USB and get involved.
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Collective Echoes’ Alternative Black Pride day party, RITUALS, brings B.O.S.S, ANTIMASS and more together for a pan-African celebration of Black electronic music, from techno and jungle to gqom, amapiano, batida, house and beyond.
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Hekayyatna’s free 1001 Takeover brings music, dance, spoken word, DJ sets and workshops from across SWANA and its diasporas to the Southbank Centre on 8th and 9th August, reclaiming the idea of 1001 Tales through the region’s many voices and stories.
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Black in Season celebrates the story and legacy of N.W.A. with a screening of Straight Outta Compton at Rich Mix on 28th August, preceded by a red carpet arrival and DJ set.
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DSC hosts a picnic in Hackney Downs Park on 8th August, featuring a workshop with People’s Land Policy and Hackney Right to Grow on reimagining public land, alongside Hackney Anarchists’ monthly Anarchist Breakfast Club.
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Japanese Women Photographers brings together 27 groundbreaking artists from the 1950s to today, reframing Japan’s photographic history through women’s perspectives on identity, fashion, pop culture and everyday life, on display at The Photographers’ Gallery until 27th September.
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