So Where To Today?

Manchester

What: Karman @ Future Yard CIC

When: Thursday September 11 19:30

Liverpool-based project Where are the Girlbands and Oxford’s YWMP present a one-night-only live event: Safer Spaces Exchange Featuring Karman, taking place at Future Yard on Thursday 11th September.

The night features a headline performance from Karman, a boundary-pushing songwriter known for confessional and genre-resisting work. They will debut new songs from an upcoming conceptual album in collaboration with Bolton-based visual artist Charlie Currid, in a site-specific, choreographed performance.

Also performing is Zahra Haji Fath Ali Tehrani, Director of YWMP. Zahra’s set is accompanied by the screening of a new short film reflecting on her journey from young person engaging in community music in Oxford, to leading YWMP today. The film traces her practice through the lens of her lived experiences as a second-generation Irish-Iranian immigrant in Oxford. Zahra will also introduce a trial safer spaces policy developed through national consultation and co-created with young people.

This event is part of the Safer Spaces Exchange, a two-year long project led by YWMP, in collaboration with Where are the Girlbands. This includes open discussion, policy sharing, and a focus on artist-led models for change in music. This event marks a return to Merseyside following a consultation event a year ago.

Where are the Girlbands is a grassroots project celebrating women in music, advocating for artists in the North West and working towards structural change in the music industry from the ground up.

The night will be filmed and includes opportunities to connect with artists, organisers and others working across care, music and community.

How Much:

• Future Yard CIC

• Karman

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