Peoples Histreh (@peopleshistreh.union.place.ap.brid.gy)

### ### **BOOK NOW: Battle Lines show/ First of May Band (duo)** ## **2025: more dates to be announced soon!** ## UPCOMING EVENTS **2025** ### MARCH **Sat 1 Mar: Miners Anniversary Event, Oxford **– Florence Park Community Centre Cornwallis Road, Oxford, OX4 3NH Tickets: Sold Out **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 Tickets from Eventbrite: £3 – £8 **Fri 28 Mar: Birmingham United Against Racism Demo, Stop Farage & Reform UK** Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2AE From 7pm (march starts 6pm at Utilita Arena before rally) FREE **Sat 29 Mar: Nottingham TUC** Sherwood Methodist Church Devon Dr, Sherwood, Nottingham NG5 2EN Tickets: details tbc ### APRIL **Sun 13 Apr: Katie Fitzgeralds** 187 Enville Street, Stourbridge, DY8 3TB Time: 4pm doors, show starts 5pm Tickets from We Got Tickets: £11.00 ### MAY **Sat 10 May:**UNISON South West ‘Get Active 2025’**** UNISON Croyde Bay Holiday Resort, Croyde near Braunton, North Devon, EX33 1QB Time: TBC Tickets: FREE from Eventbrite **Fri 16 May:**Zion Community Arts, Bristol**** Bishopsworth Road, Bristol, BS13 7JW More details coming soon ## PAST EVENTS **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: ****Handswor th 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** 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!** Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre, Mill Road, Dumfries, Scotland, DG2 7BE **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 ### Share this: * Email * Facebook * Twitter * LinkedIn * More * * Tumblr * Pinterest * Reddit * https://bannertheatre.co.uk/events/