Black History Month - North Somerset

04/11/2025

Book Launch: Across Borders by Olawunmi Akindele

Join us for an inspiring afternoon filled with stories, reflections, and conversations that remind us how love transcends boundaries - cultural, emotional, and geographical.

📅 Date: Saturday, 8 November 2025
🕐 Time: 1:00pm – 5:00pm
📍 Venue: St George’s Community Centre, Willow Close, Weston-super-Mare, BS22 7XJ

This promises to be a heartfelt celebration of unity, storytelling, and community - you won’t want to miss it!

Reserve your place here: https://bit.ly/4i1fz7r

Contact: 07378 178266

Let’s come together to celebrate creativity, connection, and the beauty of shared humanity.

22/10/2025

We love seeing schools across our community celebrating Black History Month with such creativity and enthusiasm!

A big shout-out to Walliscote Primary School for their fantastic work - inspiring young minds to learn, reflect and take pride in Black history and culture.

Keep sharing your wonderful activities with us by tagging - we’d love to feature more of your stories!

21/10/2025

What an Amazing Day of Celebration and Connection!

Our Black History Month Annual Forum 2025 at Front Room WSM, followed by the After Party at Afri Lounge, was a huge success!

The day was filled with inspiring conversations, powerful reflections, and a true sense of community. The forum brought together passionate voices, fresh ideas, and shared commitments to standing firm in Power and Pride.

And what a night it was afterwards - great music, dancing, laughter, and unity at the After Party! The Afro beats kept everyone moving late into the night - the perfect way to round off a day of empowerment and joy.

A massive thank you to everyone who took part - our speakers, performers, organisers, volunteers, and of course, everyone who attended and made it such a special day.

Let’s keep the energy going throughout the rest of Black History Month - celebrating heritage, creativity, and community together.

20/10/2025

Grace Will Lead Us Home

An evening of stories, strength, and remembrance that explores legacies of hope and resilience.

Date & Time: Friday 31 October, 8pm
Venue: Nailsea Tithe Barn, Church Lane, BS48 4NG

This is a chance to gather, reflect, and be uplifted by voices that remind us how grace guides us through challenges - across generations. Join us to hear moving narratives that connect past and present.

Save the date, invite a friend, and be part of this powerful experience. Let grace lead us together.

For full details & to register: https://www.nailseatowncouncil.gov.uk/council_events/grace-will-lead-us-home/

Nailsea Folk Club supported by Nailsea Town Council event for Black History Month 2025

16/10/2025

Mark your calendars for Thursday 23 October — we have two back-to-back events at Loves, 9 West Street, Weston-super-Mare you won’t want to miss:

Afternoon Drumming Workshop with Mo Sarrar
3:00 pm
Get hands-on in rhythm and connection — Mo leads a drumming session that explores community, heritage and collective energy.

Evening Performance + Sudanese Feast
7:00 pm onwards
Enjoy Mo Sarrar’s music, storytelling and artistic expression, paired with a delicious Sudanese feast - a night of culture, sound and sharing.

Tickets are “Pay What You Can”, so everyone can join in.

This is a beautiful opportunity to connect through rhythm, stories, food, and celebrate community, identity and expression.

See you there!

15/10/2025

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr Edson Burton to Weston-super-Mare for Artuba with Doctah Edson Burton: Long Time Gal - a rare and remarkable opportunity to hear one of our finest storytellers, historians, and performance writers live in our town.

📆 Date: 18 October 2025
🕢 Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
📍 Venue: Front Room, Weston-super-Mare

Dr Burton is known across the UK for his powerful work as a writer, poet, dramatist and historian, exploring themes of Afrofuturism, race, identity, representation, and culture.

This show isn’t just music - it’s a storytelling journey that weaves Caribbean folk, Reggae, Blues, Calypso, and more - enriched by Burton’s depth of voice and vision.

Let’s make this night a full house to welcome Edson Burton and celebrate culture, story, and community.

Secure your ticket today and invite your friends - this is one you’ll want to experience live!

Book here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/frontroomwsm/t-xmpvzoq

Tickets are now available for ARTUBA with DOCTAH EDSON BURTON presents: Long Time Gal at Front Room Weston-Super-Mare, Weston-Super-Mare on Sat 18 Oct 2025 at 7:30PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

15/10/2025

Watch Together — BDAS: Thriving While Leading: Global Majority Voices from Health & Care”

Join us on Wednesday 22 October, 6pm–9pm at The Other Place for a powerful event exploring leadership, identity, and lived experience in health and care sectors - especially through the voices of Global Majority professionals and communities. This is part of our Black History Month celebration.

Let’s bring voices from the margins to the centre and build a more inclusive vision for health and care. See you there!

As part of Black History Month and Equity, hear bold stories from Global Majority leaders in health and care.

13/10/2025

Don’t miss this one!
Join us for an unforgettable night of live music, storytelling, and culture with Artuba and Edson Burton

12/10/2025

Come and join us for Artuba a with Edson Burton presenting Long Time Gal at Front Room WSM!

🗓 Date: Saturday, 18 October 2025
🕢 Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
📍 Venue: Front Room, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1FF

What to expect:
- A musical odyssey weaving stories and song — from the Caribbean to Britain
- A vibrant mix of Originals, folk tunes, Reggae, Calypso, Blues, and more
- Storytelling from Doctah Burton adding depth and meaning to the journey

This is a perfect addition to our Black History Month lineup — an evening of culture, history, rhythm, and reflection.

Book your tickets now and don’t miss this unforgettable night!
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/frontroomwsm/t-xmpvzoq

Spread the word, invite friends & family — see you there!

Tickets are now available for ARTUBA with DOCTAH EDSON BURTON presents: Long Time Gal at Front Room Weston-Super-Mare, Weston-Super-Mare on Sat 18 Oct 2025 at 7:30PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

11/10/2025

The Black History Month After Party is here!

After an inspiring evening at the BHM Annual Forum 2025, it’s time to celebrate, connect, and dance the night away! Join us for a night of Afro beats, DJ sets, and good vibes at Afri Lounge, Weston-super-Mare.

🗓 Friday 17 October
⏰ 9:30PM – Midnight
📍 Afri Lounge, 49 Oxford St, Weston-super-Mare BS23 1TN

Everyone’s welcome - come celebrate Black History Month in style!