Festival of Commoning

This Festival is for you, if...

- You care about community but don't know where to start.

- You're working on local change and want to meet others doing it.

- You're interested in land, housing, food, energy, leisure or community ownership.

- You want to find practical alternatives rather than just talk about what's wrong.

- You want two days of interesting conversations with people who don't necessarily see the world in the same way.

Stroud Brewery / Balcony bar

7:30-11pm

Tickets will be sold at the door, pay as you can.

19:30-20:00 Robbie Duncan (DJ)

20:10-20:40 Jussara (Dance & Spoken word)

20:45-21:30 GRYZBY (Rapping duo)

21:30-22:45 Robbie Duncan (DJ)

Robbie Duncan

Robbie Duncan is a Stroud-born DJ, producer and music curator whose sets explore the connections between soul, jazz, funk, disco, house, broken beat and global grooves, combining deep musical knowledge with an instinct for creating atmosphere and connection.

Through his long-running ElecSoul project and Ngoma live music sessions, Robbie champions adventurous, soulful sounds and the meeting point between DJs, live musicians and communities.

He has performed at some iconic venues including the Royal Opera House, Camden Roundhouse, and Ronnie Scott’s, as well as festivals and cultural events across the UK.

Jussara

Jussara Nazaré is a Portuguese multidisciplinary artist based in Gloucester with a focus on joyful community art and performance. Her work is often full of colour, patterns and life as it blooms in many forms.

Often creating work from themes such as cultural exploration, the beauty of nature, sustainability, queerness,magical abstract portraiture or landscapes.

Jussara is considered a mixed media performer, creating her own costumes, poetry, music and themed events, providing safe spaces for queer communities to creatively explore their identities.

This show will be an ode to Mother Nature encapsulated by dance/performance and spoken word in collaboration with Ronnie McGrath. A special moment to personify our beautiful planet as a lover, inviting the audience to participate in a ceremony of self expression.

GRYZBY

When you combine two of the most forward thinking artists in the south west you end up with nothing but GRYZBY!

This new power duo see’s Griz-O and Rygby join forces to blend grime, dubstep and everything in between in a way like you’ve never heard before.

This year we will explore how commoning can support belonging, mutual care, resilience and shared power in the face of societal division, polarisation, inequality, isolation and exclusion.

What is Commoning?

Commoning brings things like land, housing, energy and leisure facilities into community ownership. These things are managed together as a community to make sure they remain available for future generations. Once in the commons, they are owned and looked after by the community forever, with no debt, shareholders or private landlords to pay.