Vulva Voce re-write the ‘string quartet’ as we know it. Taking influence from folk, jazz, classical, techno and funk, they create original music which honours women’s stories throughout history A must-watch collective, alongside their string instruments, Vulva Voce use singing, movement and anecdotes to connect with audiences. The result is a genre-defying, universally appealing live… Continue Reading Bristol Folk Festival: Vulva Voce
Amadou Diagne has centuries of West African Music at his fingertips. A former member of The National Orchestra of Senegal, Amadou rose to become one of the top West African Stars and a busy musician on the vibrant Dakar music scene. This event is part of Bristol Folk Bristol at St George’s Bristol. Get your… Continue Reading Bristol Folk Festival: Amadou Diagne
Come dance and draw with dancers with Sachin and Anna. This session is a special for DIASPORA!, offering festival-goers the chance to dance and draw live performers in a collaborative setting. Anna, from South West Dance Theatre, will lead dance activities based in ballet, commercial, and contemporary styles to help participants explore the qualities of… Continue Reading Dancing & Drawing with Sachin & Anna
‘What we cannot imagine cannot come into being’ – bell hooks Join mental health and performance charity Many Minds for an interactive and inclusive workshop inviting you to dream with others, of the future we are longing for in a collective act of imagination, care and resistance. Centring people’s experience of culture and identity, we’ll… Continue Reading Collective Dreaming for the Future with Many Minds
Makaani Arts is a new collective aiming to champion and showcase music and cultural crafts from the Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) diaspora, spanning from Morocco to Pakistan. Makaani means ‘my place’ in Arabic. Or, ‘I belong here’. Makaani Arts are inviting performers and practitioners with shared regional heritage to celebrate their art. Bridging cultures… Continue Reading Makaani Arts Hosts: Spirit of SWANA
Formed in 2025 by singer-songwriter Yiran Liu, Hazed Date is a Bristol-based five-piece emerging from the city’s vibrant Queer POC community. Their sound is a compelling blend of heavy, distorted textures and delicate indie-rock lyricism, exploring themes of sapphic yearning and the search for sanctuary. ABOUT YIRAN As a first-generation immigrant and queer woman, Yiran… Continue Reading Hazed Date
Hosted by film blogger and critic Oreoluwa Ige (Binge God), this session features a selection of films from Inaz Hussain (Belong), Louise Ndibwirende (Rice at Home) and Jessica Olivia Neill (Green Hills). Each work explores themes of identity, home and belonging, and what that means to people with a history of migration. After the screenings,… Continue Reading DIASPORA! on Screen
Colonial history has wiped many stories off the map. In this one-woman show, Inez Aponte follows a fragile thread back in time to meet the mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers that carried her family to safety and freedom. Mixing tales from Surinam’s oral tradition with family history, she explores themes of home, rootedness and belonging.… Continue Reading Un|Earthed – Of Mothers, Grandmothers & Freedom
Drawing from an expansive palette of R&B, neo soul, contemporary jazz and poetic songwriting, British-Nigerian award-winning singer-songwriter and musician Ego Ella May is creating music that resonates deeply across generations and cultures. Her work is united by her profound reverence for jazz – for Ego, it’s ‘the root of it all’ – and a fearless… Continue Reading Ego Ella May
Priscilla Andersohn is a singer/ songwriter rooted in the London/ Bristol scene. She crafts atmospheric alternative pop built on live instrumentation and emotional depth. Performing with bass, guitar and percussion, her music unfolds slowly and expansively, blending rhythm and texture into an immersive live experience. Priscilla’s sound is moody, spacious and quietly powerful, drawing audiences… Continue Reading Priscilla Andersohn
A genre-spanning set to keep you moving and grooving with our very own Giulia with a G. Expect percussive and melodic house and techno from around the world and everything in between. No need to book, just turn up. ABOUT GIULIA Born of Italian and Romanian heritage and raised across Europe and the US, Giulia… Continue Reading Giulia with a G
Join us for an afternoon of conversation, short film and live music exploring the Kurdish situation in the Middle East. Led by artist Taban Yasin and friends, this is a free, informal drop-in session. Featured image: Levi Meir Clancy. ABOUT TABAN Taban Yasin is an actress, writer, filmmaker and dancer who began her artistic career… Continue Reading Kurdish Diaspora: Talks, Film & Music
