welcome to #migmat2024
Thank you for joining us on our 9th year celebration of sanctuary in the Steel City. See all our events below!
Bienvenido
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Salut
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Privet
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Khush Amdeed
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Bine ati venit
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Yōkoso
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Huānyíng
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Ahlaan bik
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Willkommen
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Welcome
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Bienvenido • Salut • Privet • Khush Amdeed • Bine ati venit • Yōkoso • Huānyíng • Ahlaan bik • Willkommen • Welcome •
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Migration Matters Festival Closing Party
Goodbyes are hard, but they’re not so hard when its the Migration Matters closing party!
African Gnawa: chant, rhythms & dance
Join a musical workshop on Gnawa traditions, the music, rhythms & rituals. All are welcome.
Around The World
To celebrate and kick off Refugee Week and Euro 2024, Stand & Be Counted Theatre’s Youth Theatre of Sanctuary group are launching a new hit football song in collaboration with Sheffield FC.
Small Park Big Run/Big Sing To Palestine
Join the joyous mass sing sending Palestinians love and solidarity
longerr inheritances - ACT II
longerr inheritances (curated by Otis Mensah) explores notions of jazz experimentation and what it means to bend genre and artistic expression as Black and artists of Colour.
unplugged - Stand & Be Counted Theatre
In a world of disconnect, how do we find each other? Join us for live music and storytelling as we explore the power of friendship on the biggest night of our lives!
SIRENS OF LESBOS
Spanning borders, genres and eras, Sirens Of Lesbos have pinpointed a sound that is unlike any other.
The Green Room
Witness seven artists from migrant and refugee backgrounds weave music, dance, spoken word and film to explore home, displacement and migration.
Songs from the Tin Tabernacle: A Roots Romance
Making thrilling new future-folk music from Welsh ancestors’ migration stories
AMADOU & MARIAM
Amadou and Mariam’s story is one of the most inspiring tales in the music world; a love affair that propelled two veterans of Mali’s music industry….
Hamsaz Ensemble & Manasamitra
Migration Matters Festival presents Hamsaz Ensemble & Manasamitra
MigMat Social Club (ft Arty Farty Karaoke)
MigMat Social Club is a space for everyone to come and get to know each other. It is for artists to meet artists, audiences to meet artists, the festival team to meet everyone.
Moving mountains and everything within
Listening and time-sharing session for human and more-than-human world
longerr inheritances - ACT I
longerr inheritances (curated by Otis Mensah) explores notions of jazz experimentation and what it means to bend genre and artistic expression as Black and artists of Colour.
Borderlines and Bloodlines
Germa Adan, blends Haitian influences into borderless music, shaped by her journey from Haiti to the US and UK. Her second album 'Borderlines & Bloodlines' delves into ancestry, and reflects on identity.
Migration Matters Festival Opening Party
One of the most soulful and vibrant nights of the year is back. It’s the Migration Matters Festival opening party!