Sunstepping Festival: Weekend Pass

This event will take place in EartH Theatre + Kitchen

In recent months we have witnessed an alarming surge in anti-migrant and anti-refugee rhetoric, fueled by powerful far-right figures as a scapegoat for income inequality, rising costs and failing public services. The next election will likely be won or lost on the questions of immigration and how to improve living standards for the majority of people living in the UK.

Now more than ever it is vital for us to unify and say: enough. We will not be deceived. We will not be divided. We will hold power accountable. And we will envision a better future.

Sunstepping, taking place at EartH in Dalston on October 25 & 26, is a brand new festival of music, solidarity, and community action, born out of the need to push back against the rising tide of fascism in the UK.

All proceeds raised will be donated directly to the vital work of Hackney Migrant Centre, who provide essential support to refugees, asylum seekers, and other migrants in need.

Over the weekend, speakers, artists and activists will come together to address urgent questions:

How do we fight the anti-migrant rhetoric of the far right?

As climate change and war drives rising numbers of refugees, how should we respond?

What responsibilities does Britain bear as a colonial power to refugees from countries like Sudan, Eritrea, and Palestine?

What are the effects of corporate power on migration?

And because resistance needs joy, the weekend’s politics are grounded in music, art and community.

Sunstepping will host artists whose sounds echo resilience, creativity and diasporic richness:

Flock (ft. Sarathy Korwar, Al Macsween, Tamar Osborn, and Danalogue), Maya Youssef, Joshua Idehen (poetry set), Matters Unknown, Elaha Soroor & Hazara Music, BODUR, Tawiah, Rosie Frater-Taylor, Miryam Solomon, Marysia Osu & YUIS.

Meanwhile, there will be space to showcase solidarity, with grassroots communities and organisations such as the Migration Museum, Refugee Community Kitchen, and Community Arts Box (more to be announced) coming together to set up stalls and workshops.

Join us.

For more information on access at EartH, please see our FAQs here: https://bit.ly/44dzl75 or contact us at access@earthackney.co.uk

EartH is a social enterprise committed to supporting new musicians, with music studios in the venue that are completely free for young artists in Hackney to use. Find out more here (https://earthackney.co.uk/about/studio-36/).

Presented by Sunstepping Festival.

16+ event. (16-17 with a responsible adult 18+,1:1)