Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts 🧡

You can now find us on Bluesky too. linktr.ee/lararefugeearts

Much grateful for this generous and comprehensive review of "Music, Forced Migration and Emplacement: Sounds of Asylum Bristol" in @lsj_official 🙏! @LARAfund @Palgrave @BUDepSEM @BU_SPARC @BU_Research @BU_SeldomHeard

Our urgent appeal to find a new home - CAN YOU HELP?💞 bristol247.com/news-and-featu… We urgently need a new home to continue our work supporting people and families seeking sanctuary in Bristol.

We're really looking forward to reading this by @nicolademarti12, the result of several years hard work and engagement with the community. It will be essential reading for anyone wokring with asylum seekers, arts & community engagement.

Visit the @FreefromTorture photography Freedom exhibition @Studio44AD from Saturday 15 – Sunday 16 June with free entry You can also apply for tickets for a private view Friday 14 June 6 - 9pm, with speeches + refreshments 📸 Get your tickets here > bit.ly/3WTRqH1

Our friends at Music at the World Junction are holding a fundraising gig for @RefugeeFestBRL and the Dovetail Orchestra, at Crofters Rights, Mon 3 June, 7pm. It comes a couple of days after our own #SoundsOfSudan event in Bath. See posters for details of both.

It's the last day of our crowdfunder! Please help us reach our target. Thanks to all our supporters so far, we can't wait to celebrate with you at this year's festival 🥳🧡🌞 pic.twitter.com/AS3AueVSa0

This is Nabra about 7 years ago at a benefit gig in Glastonbury, and they hung out with Michael Eavis! You'll have an opportunity to hear them playing at @WidcombeSocialC on June 1st. TIckets : eventbrite.co.uk/e/sounds-of-su…

#music #poetry #dance #film #theatre #arts

Our friends at the Diverse Arts Network are launching the Diaspora Festival this weekend, with some amazing events. Check out the programme here : diverseartistsnetwork.com/diaspora-festi… #DiverseArtistsNetwork #Diaspora2024 #CelebratingCulture #bristol #southwest #GlobalMajority

Learn Cuban salsa, rueda and easy social dances at this fundraiser for LARA to help us support refugee arts. Everyone is welcome, no partner needed. It's part of the Equality Dance Weekend led by Bristol Equality Dance. Tickets : bookwhen.com/bristolequalit…

Messages from frontline asylum charities wondering what to do in face of gov claiming start of asylum arrests tomorrow: 1. People are frightened, be careful not to allow our fear to spread further to them. Be calm. Remember your role is to listen, present options, don’t direct.

I'm holding an evening for #Sudan in Manchester on Sunday 5th May, with star Shurooq Abu Nas. Planning to feature the songs of Mahjoub Sherif and other poets + some #Sudanese hiphop on the side. To ask about tickets, contact me. Venue: Nia Centre, Chichester Road, Hulme M15 5EU

Coming to Bath, 1st June, the sounds and tastes of Sudan at the @WidcombeSocialC. Tickets, including a pay-it-forward option to help refugees and asylum seekers come to the event : eventbrite.co.uk/e/sounds-of-su…

Addictive TV are bringing their project, Orchestra of Samples, to Bristol on 16th Feb at @strangebrewbriz, performing with Alphonse Daudet Touna, with master kora player Moussa Kouyate in support. It's also a fundraiser for @RefugeeFestBRL. Tickets: #e101438" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/stran…

We're getting together with Bristol Equality Dance for a dance event for everyone, from absolute beginners to advanced, in Bristol this weekend. It's also a fundraiser for us to support our work with refugee arts. Follow the link for tickets : bookwhen.com/bristolequalit……

There's a chance to see the amazing Mohammed Errebbaa at the @JamJarBristol on Wednesday evening. #e99622" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/jam-j…

If you're in Cardiff on Monday, our friend Servo will be performing with the Oasis Choir at the Quaker Meeting house, 6.30pm. Check the poster for ticket details.