Rise Up! Are you ready for a vibrant Caribbean festival of music, literature, dance, heritage and conversation?
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RISE UP Festival
13 Apr 2024
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Tickets£8 - £12 per event OR £22 - £30 Day Ticket
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VenueVarious
Join us for a day of performance, music, dance, words and film marking Windrush and other journeys.
Rise Up is a one day festival that showcases the rich Caribbean Heritage of Leeds & beyond.
The day is made up of four events created to appeal to all ages and a special Mahogany Market offering crafts, food and more.
- ANANSI and Me (12.30 PM – 1.20 PM)
- TRAILBLAZERS: Intergenerational British-Caribbeans in Conversation (2PM – 2.30 PM)
- CARIBBEAN ARTS CLUB: Women Who Run Tings (4PM – 5PM)
- RISE UP! (7PM – 9PM)
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Come so! Rock So! Rise Up and join in a day of performance, music, words, dance and gathering together.
Witness the achievements of the Windrush generation and take part in events which mark the transformation of Leeds through generations of British Caribbeans. Engage with globally-recognised trailblazers from the local Caribbean community and beyond which include John Agard, Sharon Watson, Arthur France, Khadijah Ibrahiim, Paulette Morris, Malika Booker, Melanie Abrahams, Adam Lowe, Omari Swanston-Jeffers and more.
Buy your tickets individually or save money with a Day Pass. Day Passes are automatically applied when selecting all four events and adding them to your basket.
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RISE UP Festival (RUF) is an intergenerational and intersectional celebration of Caribbean Arts in its many different forms. It looks to the Windrush Generation and explores how they, their legacy, and art have shaped the UK. The festival is curated and co-directed by two British Caribbean artist-practitioners, Omari Swanston-Jeffers and Melanie Abrahams, in partnership with Leeds Playhouse. The Rise Up Festival Takeover will feature a kaleidoscope of artists from the Forward Prize winning Malika Booker to Leeds based artists Christella Litras, Phenicia Williams, Azizi Cole and Namron, to Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry Awardee and elder statesman of poetry John Agard.
Meet the people involved
Omari Swanston-Jeffers
Curator, Co-host, performer and co-director
Melanie Abrahams
Curator, Co-host, performer and co-director
John Agard
Performer
Malika Booker
Performer
Chris Campbell
Performer
Azizi Cole
Performer
Tobago Crusoe
Performer
Dr Arthur France
Speaker
Khadijah Ibrahiim
Speaker, Host and Performer
Fitzroy Jeffers
DJ
Christella Litras
Musical Director and Performer
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