BOOK NOW: Battle Lines show/ First of May Band (duo)
2025: more dates to be announced soon!
UPCOMING EVENTS 2025
JUNE
Wed 11 Jun: Tewksbury – Hosted by Cheltenham & District Trades Council
George Watson Memorial Hall
65 Barton St, Tewkesbury GL20 5PX
From 7pm
Tickets £2 from here
Sun 21 Jun: GFTU Young Members Development Weekend
GFTU Quorn Grange
Show for event attendees only
Tue 24 Jun: Cheltenham – hosted by Cheltenham and District Trades Union Council
Parabola Arts Centre Parabola Rd, Cheltenham GL50 3AA
Tickets £2 from here
JULY
31 Jul: Northampton – Camp 100
Hosted by Woodcraft Folk
Kelmarsh Hall and Gardens, Main Rd, Kelmarsh, Northampton NN6 9LY
More info coming soon
PAST EVENTS 2024-2025
MAY
Sat 10 May: UNISON South West ‘Get Active 2025’
UNISON Croyde Bay Holiday Resort, Croyde near Braunton, North Devon, EX33 1QB
Fri 16 May: Zion Community Arts, Bristol
Bishopsworth Road, Bristol, BS13 7JW
MAR 2025
Sat 1 Mar: Miners Anniversary Event, Oxford – Florence Park Community Centre
Sat 8 Mar: Sheffield, NEU Conference
Private show for conference attendees
Sat 22 Mar: West Cheshire TUC
Whitby Park Stanney Lane Ellesmere Port CH65 6QY
Fri 28 Mar: Birmingham United Against Racism Demo, Stop Farage & Reform UK
Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2AE
Sat 29 Mar: Nottingham TUC
NOV 2024
Fri 1 Nov: Bridgwater Arts Centre
11-13 Castle St, Bridgwater TA6 3DD
Sat 2 Nov: GFTU Young Members Network
Private show
Fri 8 Nov: Crewe – Hopes and Beams
Broad Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3UD
Wed 20 Nov: Blackburn – The Bureau Centre for the Arts
5 Exchange Street Blackburn BB1 7JN
Hosted by Blackburn and District Trades Union Council
FREE ENTRY – reserve your tickets at Eventbrite
7pm – 10pm
Fri 22 Nov: Huddersfield – The Irish Centre
Fitzwilliam Street, Huddersfield, HD1 5BB
Sat 23 Nov: Nottingham – Sherwood Methodist Church
Devon Dr, Sherwood, Nottingham NG5 2EN
Wed 27 Nov: Bath – Percy Community Centre
New King St, Bath, BA1 2BN
OCTOBER
Wed 2 Oct: Bolton UNISON hosts Battle Lines
The Hub, Bold Street, Bolton, BL1 1LS
Fri 4 Oct: UNISON South West hosts Battle Lines
Mercure Exeter Rougemont Hotel, Queen Street Exeter EX4 3SP
Mon 21 Oct: CWU National Equality Event, Newcastle
Event for CWU members
Crowne Plaza Newcastle, Hawthorn Square, Forth Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne NE1 3SA
SEPTEMBER
Sat 7 Sep: North West Miners Heritage Association hosts Battle Lines
Clock Face Labour Club 469A Clock Face Rd, Saint Helens WA9 4TZ
AUGUST
Sun 18 Aug: Potteries Chartist Festival
The Old Post Office, 12 Wedgwood St, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 4JH
Hosted by the People’s History Association of north Staffordshire & supported by North Staffs TUC
7.00pm
JULY
Fri 5 Jul: Nottingham (tbc)
Fri 12 Jul: Fundraiser for Palestine
Moseley All Services Club
91 Church Rd, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9EA
JUNE
Sat 8 Jun: show with North Staffordshire Miners Wives Action Group
Fenton Town Hall, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 3AF
Fri 28 Jun: Coventry
LTB Showrooms, 1 Warwick Rd, Coventry CV1 1EE
Sat 29 Jun: Handsworth Socials Present…
St Andrew Community Centre, College Road, Birmingham, B20 2HX
APRIL
27 Apr: First of May Band
Social Workers Union Conference
Manchester Mechanics Institute
MAY
Fri 10 May: work in progress show, GFTU Young Members (closed gig)
MARCH
3 Mar: Birmingham 4 Peace in Palestine 2024
Centrala, 158 Fazeley Street Birmingham B5 5RT
Sun 31 Mar: First of May Band
Birmingham Palestine Weekender
Hare and Hounds, 106 High St, King’s Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ
A massive lineup of music, DJs, spoken word, storytelling, drumming & more at various venues
FEBRUARY
10 Feb: First of May Band
Handsworth Socials: Refugees are Welcome Here
St Andrews Sports & Community Centre, College Rd, Handsworth B20 2HX
16 Feb: “Working Class Culture for a Change!” – online workshop
Hosted by University of Exeter via Zoom
This workshop is part of the Performing Resistance project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
JANUARY
20 Jan: First of May Band
The Big Birmingham Demo for Palestine
Sparkhill Park, Stratford Rd, Birmingham B11 4LX
PAST EVENTS 2023
OCTOBER
3 Oct: Manchester Peoples Assembly “Festival Of Resistance”
Part of the protest events during the Tory Conference in Manchester
Peoples Assembly Marquee, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester
6 Oct: Bristol Protect our NHS
Cotham Parish Church Hall, Cotham Rd, Cotham, Bristol BS6 6DR
SEPTEMBER
3 Sep: Burston Strike School Rally
Diss Road, Burston, Norfolk, IP22 4HS
23 Sep: Belper Unite Community
Belper Congregational Church, Church Walk, Belper DE56 1DB
JULY
4 Jul: Two evenings with Keep Our NHS Public, Greater Manchester, pt 1 – Bolton
The Hub, Bold Street, Bolton BL1 1LS
Doors at 7pm
5 Jul: Two evenings with Keep Our NHS Public, Greater Manchester, pt 2 – Stockport
Stockport Labour Club, 2 Lloyd Street, Stockport SK4 1 QP
Doors at 7pm
29 Jul: Birmingham – NHS 75th Birthday Party for the NHS
Moseley All Services Club, 91 Church Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9EA
Tickets £5-£9, from Eventbrite here
7.00pm start
MAY
10 May: Two evenings with Nottingham TUC, pt 1 – Sherwood
Sherwood Methodist Church, Devon Drive, Sherwood, Nottingham, NG5 2EN
11 May: Two evenings with Nottingham TUC, pt 2 – Mansfield
Mansfield Central Library, West Gate, Mansfield, Nottingham, NG18 1NH
14 May: Kings Heath United Against Racism Unity Weekender Festival
Fletchers Bar, 7 York Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7SA
15 May: Private Party
25 May: Sheffield TUC
Sheffield Trades and Labour Club, 200 Duke St, Sheffield S2 5QQ
APRIL
27 April: Birmingham
NEU Strike Rally
Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 1HH
MARCH
11 March: Manchester
UNISON North West: Skills For Strength Organising Convention
Manchester Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess St, Manchester M1 6DD
16 March: Birmingham
Banner Theatre Presents: “Enough Is Enough”
Kitchen Garden Cafe, 17 York Rd, King’s Heath, Birmingham B14 7SA
25 March: Birmingham
BOOK LAUNCH & celebration of the life & legacy of Professor Joyce Canaan:
radical intellectual & feminist
radical intellectual & feminist
Lea Hall Allotments, 40 Wood Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2AP
PAST EVENTS 2022
DECEMBER
10 Dec: private party Bridgewater
15 Dec: Coventry TUC
Standard Triumph Club Herald Avenue Coventry CV5 6UB
NOVEMBER
19 Nov: Dumfries TUC
Culture in Society: Saltley Gate to Partygate!
21 Nov: Birmingham
Banner Theatre Public Meeting: Indian Political Theatre with Komita Dhanda (Janam Theatre)
St Andrews Community Centre, Church Lane/College Rd, Birmingham, B21 9RE
feat. discussion by Komita Dhanda about Janam at 50 years
26 Nov: Peterborough TUC
The George Alcock Centre, Whittlesey Rd, Stanground, Peterborough PE2 8QS
OCTOBER
1 Oct: Kings Lynn Trades Council
Gaywood Community Centre, Gaywood Hall Drive (on The Field), Gaywood, Kings Lynn, PE304EE
6 Oct: Worcester Trades Union Council
The Marrs Bar, 12 Pierpoint Street, Worcester WR1 1TA
29 Oct: The World Transformed, Bradford
Kirkgate Centre, 39a Kirkgate, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD18 3EH
SEPTEMBER
16 Sep: Birmingham TUC
Moseley All-Services Club, 91 Church Road, Moseley, B13 9EA
AUGUST
6 Aug: El Sueño Existe Festival 2022
Y Plas, Machynlleth, SY20 8DL
JULY
3 Jul: RMT Conference
Novotel Hotel, 70 Broad street, Birmingham, B1 2HT
15 & 16 Jul: Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival
GMB field, Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum, Dorchester Road, Tolpuddle, Dorset, DT2 7EH
JUNE
29th Jun: Bolton UNISON
The Hub, Bold St, Bolton BL1 1LS