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Are you an Activist, Artist, Campaign? Or just curious about how creativity can spark change? Join the seminal festival demonstrating creative solutions in a day of grassroots performances, workshops, talks, creative artivism and interventions.
Weaponised algorithms. Public spaces stripped away. TikTok bans
Media barons tightening their grip
We’ve never had more political knowledge yet people feel frozen
Even front-line activists are questioning... what works?
The hunger is real. We must make our own media, reclaim the narrative, take back space, and build bridges between movements.
Afrofusion Hip Hop Artist, Award-Winning Interfaith Curator & Educator Moyah and his band get crowds pumping to decolonial songs of justice and transcendence.
Fierce artivism on sex work in a rigged arts industry. The show stopping, sellout, culture-shaping artists answer: how do you survive as an artist in this economy?
Verbatim theatre uncovering how social housing campaigners in Hulme fought back against predatory developers and a rigged council
The Dragon Cello resists an ableist world. Jo-anne Cox' wild, passionate, rebellious, dark, haunting, deeply moving, hopeful, joyous, show and how she involves disabled audiences in her soundscapes.
Kneading Egypt’s past into the present to feed the future. How bread is used as a weapon of war, learning lessons from resistance movements.
Learn tried & tested ways to multiply impact, cut through with messaging, from creative direct action to press narrative.
Experience new ways to involve communities in the creative process and express systemic problems in multi-disciplinary interventions.
Meet communities and campaigns where they're at. Showcase your work. Recruit creatives. Connect with grassroots groups.
There are still spaces for stalls to platform your work and travel bursaries for underserved individuals/groups to attend.
Fill in the stalls form or contact access@siblingarts.org
Epic theatre, music, spoken word, storytelling, interactive installations and gallery exhibitions leading the way in poetic and hard-hitting changemaking.
Skillshares from embroiding Chilean resistance, to intergenerational trans storytelling to Black memory candlemaking to sustainaing marginalised careers.
Organisations, collectives, campaigns showcasing their work, raising funds, connecting struggles and building new bridges. Apply for a stall now or come and meet incredible groups building the change we need.
Contribute your stories and memories of current and hxstoric creative activism campaigns, join our emerging digital collaboration space, jump into speed networking with participants from across different sectors and movements. The festival is a springboard for building capacity into our movements!