2021 - Line up of Events

DEC
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Immunity for our Community
Blackfest and Yammtree Present: Immunity for our Community

BlackFest are partnering with Yamm Tree to bring you a workshop dedicated to healing through food.

Join us a part of the daily ritual we all partake in: Art of food.

This is a series of our decolonial practices celebrating Black and brown heritage and culturally rooted diasporic foods.

Exploring the different ways to boost our natural immunity and how to incorporate it into our daily lifestyles. Using ancestral foods.

We are going to be exploring different recipes for simple but powerful immune boosting dishes. Enjoy this while receiving an empowering presentation about immunity as we reach back self-organise and reclaim lost ancestral knowledge that has been hidden in plain sight.

For tickets and more info click here:
SEPT
18
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Visual Artist Solo
An exhibition celebrating the work of visual artist Gold Maria Akanbi.
SEPT
20
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Opening Night
A night of artistic expression of music, poetry, dance and live theatre from some of our amazingly talented artists
SEPT
22
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Autumn Equinox Part 1
Our 1st Autumn Equinox food workshop will invite you to enjoy a celebration of the yam harvest and its importance in world heritage and food culture.
SEPT
23
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Drama Workshop
Victoria Evaristo Trained at the Guildhall School of Music and drama. She is an Actor, director and freelance drama tutor
SEPT
24
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Independent Film Screening
There are many nuances to the black identity but only a few come to light. This has been shaped by the entertainment industry, the media. Hollywood has filtered our perception of what a black woman looks like, what she thinks, and feels.
SEPT
25
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Rhythms Night
MC Nelson is a manifestation of the generation who came of age in the midst of the thwarted coalition government.
DEC
18
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Winterfest
All white party for Sickle Cell
In Loving Memory of Naomi Loy
SEPT
21
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Visual Arts Workshop
Visual artist Gold in an interactive workshop, she will be running a workshop to explore her work, process, inspirations, materials, artistic experiences and methodologies.
SEPT
22
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Spoken Word Surgery
A pre-show* spoken word workshop with the country’s leading Performance Poetry and Spoken-Word organisation, Apples and Snakes
SEPT
23
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Writers Room
We would like to invite you to an exciting showcase of new emerging writers of colour, supported by The Royal Court Theatre's Community Participation Director Miriam Mussa and guided by independent writing guru Maurice Bessman.
SEPT
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Writers Room
We would like to invite you to an exciting showcase of new emerging black writers and writers of colour, supported by The Royal Court Theatre's Community Participation Director Miriam Mussa and guided by independent writing guru Maurice Bessman.
SEPT
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Diversity Dialogues
Join exciting panellists as we continue the dialogue on inclusion and diversity from UK nationwide perspective with our amazing line up.
SEPT - OCT
2021
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BlackFest 2021 events
Purchasing a 'Festival Ticket' will give you access to all BlackFest 2021 events via a 'Promo Code' that you can use on all our other Eventbrite events! Booking is still required for each event to guarantee entry.
SEPT
20
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The Toxteth Uprising
This year is 40th Anniversary of the Toxteth Uprisings, we will be showcasing collection of pictures and quotes from members of the community
SEPT
21
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Arts Council Surgery
Our mission and values will always be to support artists to access funding themselves.
SEPT
22
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Spoken Word Poetry Night
A selection of 4 amazing spoken word poets that are bringing different perspectives on social parallels raising awareness on mental health and disparities between races.
SEPT
24
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Autumn Equinox Part 2
YammTree cooking will be hosting a workshop/education session in the Grapes Garden @ Squash Liverpool
SEPT
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Writers Room
We would like to invite you to an exciting showcase of new emerging black writers and writers of colour, supported by The Royal Court Theatre's Community Participation Director Miriam Mussa and guided by independent writing guru Maurice Bessman.
SEPT
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Book Launch - Letters To Gil
Letters To Gil (A Memoir) by Malik Al Nasir w/Foreword by Lemn Sissay live book launch presented by BlackFest Festival 2021. Hosted live @ Liverpool Everyman Theatre Bistro
OCT
9
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Closing Ceremony Night
As we are in October we greet Black History Month with remembrance, celebration, peace and love. The line-up includes community performances and entertainment to bring everybody together to celebrate the multicultural city we live in.

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