LMHR April/May regional events announced, plus Dead Prez tour and lots of local gigs!
We can now give initial details of the exciting Love Music Hate Racism regional events taking place over the next two months, ahead of the May 4th local elections.
In London
Love Music Hate Racism – speakers and music against racism.
Free event in Trafalgar Square on Saturday 29th April.
Speakers include Gurinder Chadha (director of Bend it like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice), Keith Sonnet (UNISON Deputy General Secretary), Paul Mackney (NATFHE General Secretary), Ben Summerskill (Stonewall Chief Executive), Weyman Bennett (Unite Against Fascism), Mohammed Azam (Labour Party NEC member), Glyn Ford MEP, Kat Fletcher (NUS President), plus speakers from CWU, PCS and Amicus.
Music from Belle & Sebastian, Roll Deep, Lethal Bizzle, Boy Kill Boy, Kray Twinz, The Paddingtons, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Heartless Crew, Mecca2Medina, Akala, Metro Riots, Emmanuel Jal, The Mentalists with Poly Styrene, Emeson, Bigga Fish.
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In West Yorkshire
Love Music Hate Racism Carnival at Leeds University on Sunday 23rd April. Price £5/£3
Music from Oceansize, Lethal Bizzle, RDB, DJ Indy Sagu, Good Shoes, Play Mates, This Et Al, East Park Reggae Collective.
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We are a partner and co-organiser of the UK tour by brilliant radical US rappers Dead Prez, in late April/early May. Support includes Sway, Blak Twang and DJs like Fabio and Grooverider. The tour takes in Leeds, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester and London. Contact us if you’d like to help.
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There are other LMHR events planned for Wakefield, Stoke-on-Trent, Grays/Thurrock, Newcastle, Bradford, Halifax, Dudley, Brighton, Plymouth, Yeovil, Shrewsbury, and to name but a few.
There are now local LMHR groups forming around the country - and there’s lots of ways you can get involved. Contact us to be put in touch with your local group or if you’d like to help coordinate LMHR in your area. If there’s not a group or an event taking place in your area - why not organise your own LMHR gig or rave?
