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Decolonise Fest
Decolonise Fest is the UK's first music festival created by and for people of colour. The first event happened at DIY Space for London in 2017. Background In 2016 a collective named DIY Diaspora Punx was formed. It was assembled by Stephanie Phillips of Big Joanie, inspired by Chicago's Black and Brown Punk Fest. The collective also contained other London musicians such as Ray Aggs. Over the weekend of 2 - 4 June 2017 the first Decolonise Fest was held at DIY Space for London with international bands, consisting of live music, workshops and panels. Panels at the festival have included intergenerational musicians such as Miki Berenyi. Two more festivals followed in 2018 and 2019, before the Covid-19 Pandemic forced the cancellation of the one planned for 2020, and ultimately the closure of DIY Space For London. Two further festivals have happened at Signature Brew in Haggerston in 2022 and 2024. In 2023 the collective announced a touring version of the festival. The firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DIY Space For London
DIY Space for London was a volunteer-run social centre, music venue, rehearsal space, and creative hub formerly located at 96-108 Ormside Street in South Bermondsey, London. History The space opened in September 2015 after the founding collective at first struggled for two years to find a suitable location. The collective, started in 2012, raised £20,000 through benefit gigs, events, and community grants to secure a five year lease. Inspired by other social centres such as 1 in 12 Club in Bradford, their goal was to, "create a sustainable, collectively run space to put gigs on, hold meetings and building a communal infrastructure" that would be "run by its members and open for anyone to get involved in." It had ten interlinked volunteer collectives taking care of running the space. Whether volunteering or attending, the space was both functionally and legally a social club, members' club. As of June 2017 this was over 5000 members. Volunteers of the space hosted a radio sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the List of English districts by population, largest local authority district in England by population and the second-largest city in Britain – commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom – with a population of million people in the city proper in . Birmingham borders the Black Country to its west and, together with the city of Wolverhampton and towns including Dudley and Solihull, forms the West Midlands conurbation. The royal town of Sutton Coldfield is incorporated within the city limits to the northeast. The urban area has a population of 2.65million. Located in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of England, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skinny Girl Diet
Skinny Girl Diet is a British political punk band, often described as riot grrrl, formed in London, England. The group consists of singer, songwriter and guitarist Delilah Holliday and drummer Ursula Holliday. Biography Sisters Delilah and Ursula Holliday had played together in a two piece called Typical Girls, before forming Skinny Girl Diet with their cousin Amelia Cutler around 2010 whilst all were in their early teens. The name is a reference to feminist critique of the dieting industry. Amelia left the band in 2017; the Holliday sisters continue as a two piece. Skinny Girl Diet performed their first gig in their early teens as the opening act for former Slits guitarist Viv Albertine. Since then, they have become known for bringing an updated approach to the feminist art punk ideals associated with the riot grrrl Movement of the 1990s. They have been vocal about addressing the lack of female musicians that still exists in today's music industry, as well as other issues o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screaming Toenail
A scream is a loud/hard speech production, vocalization in which air is passed through the vocal cords with greater force than is used in regular or close-distance vocalisation. This can be performed by any creature possessing lungs, including humans. A scream is often an instinctive or reflex action, with a strong emotional aspect, like fear, pain, annoyance, Surprise (emotion), surprise, joy, wikt:excitement, excitement, anger, etc. Troponyms A large number of words exist to describe the act of making loud vocalizations, whether intentionally or in response to stimuli, and with specific nuances. For example, an early twentieth century synonym guide places variations under the heading of "call", and includes synonyms such as: bawl, bellow, clamor, cry (out), ejaculate, exclaim, roar, scream, shout, shriek, vociferate, and yell, each with its own implications.James Champlin Fernald, "Call", ''English Synonyms and Antonyms: With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions" (1914), p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
