Radiate Festival Events & Festivals
The Radiate Festival Project Series is an exciting collection of events & activities produced to celebrate the rich vibrant variety of culture that the Black Communities in the UK have to offer.
Events in this project's collection will intentionally be curated to cater to the needs and interests of the various Black Communities within the UK. There will be a range of content presented from the Black British, British-Caribbean, Caribbean, African & Creole cultural perspectives.
Our Mission
Simply put...
We are actively working to normalise Black Culture & change the marginalisation towards the UK's Black community. Negative bias & narratives are so often associated with the cultural expression of those from the Caribbean, African & Creole speaking countries.
As a grassroots organisation we support our communities by providing & encouraging the development of social spaces which actually reflect black presence as a normal, healthy & integral part of British culture, history & formative part of our future.
Coming together in discussion, we realised that we had all reached a point where we were just a little, (or we should say a lot) fed up of the outward & free-flowing expression of our Black communities being taken, suppressed, sanitised & curtailed. This act of control & consistently co-opting culture is so systematically rooted in fear, desire to monopolise space & ultimately an unnessary need to restrict access to our outdoor spaces all for a homogenized output of an 'idea' of acceptable culture.
WHO WE ARE
Our Events Team are a group of good humoured, strong willed friends who joined a movment to do more for the representation of Black Culture & its Communities within the UK. We laugh and share life as a community of people invested in seeing greater progress.
Paula-MariaHead of Events
Paula-Maria works on the events management side of the Radiate Festival series as well as being a qualified lecturer with a keen interest in natural birth practices within the UK & across the globe
Steven Kasamba Traditional Arts
Steven works on African & Indigenous arts provision for the Radiate Festival series alongside being involved in the production delivery for the Festivals. Steven runs the successful East African arts company Bantu Arts
Chris Media & DJ Music
Chris is a full time Music Producer and DJ specialising in many of the underground Dub, Dub Step & Reggae genres including Sub Soul from the UK. Chris is also our resident DJ for the Radiate Festival series along with co-ordinating social media or the event series
Wendy Cummins Head of Festivals & Events
Wendy is the Festival Director in charge of creating cultural experiences within the company. She heads up the conception and delivery of the Radiate Festival Series. A Project Manager by trade she has worked in the entertainment and events industry for over 15 years
Barry Cummins Politics & Engagement
Barry focuses on political musings, looking at ways that we can bring political aspects into our festivals, events & spaces finding great ways to better engage across our community.
Team Acknowledgements
Team members past and present:
Paul Baillie, Linnette W, Bri P, Shezal L, Anthea J, Val J, Young Warrior Sound System, Pembe T, Sabrina M, Paige P + many more community members