Show Me Your Pride: Banner Making with Alice Gabb
Join banner-making expert Alice Gabb for a sewing workshop where you will help her create a banner that will be marched through Pride in London by LGBT Humanists! Our banner will be inspired by symbols and slogans from LGBT Humanists’ history. Alice will start the session by introducing you to the history of activist banners. […]
No One Left Behind: IDAHOBIT 2024
Join us in commemorating IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia) with the pioneering LGBT and civil rights activist, Ted Brown. His talk will welcome us into an evening of reflection on the past and present of intersecting discriminations faced by the LGBT community. He will introduce his pioneering work in combating phobia in […]
Wayward Jane with George Boomsma
Conway Hall is delighted to present Scotland’s dynamic folk and roots 4-piece Wayward Jane, supported by singer songwriter George Boomsma for May’s edition of Folk Unplugged. Wayward Jane’s music is a modern, transatlantic interpretation of American folk and Old Time traditions, blending roots music with fresh arrangements and original compositions. Their rich sound features fiddle, […]
Charlie Dore Trio with Katie Spencer
Conway Hall opens its Folk Unplugged Summer Season with the multi-talented Charlie Dore Trio, supported by rising star Katie Spencer. Charlie Dore is one of the UK’s most respected singer songwriters. In an unusually diverse career, her songs have won two Ascap Awards, an Ivor Novello nomination, both the Overall Grand and the Folk Prize from […]
The Fugitives with Annie Dressner
Conway Hall presents Canadian folk-roots collective The Fugitives, alongside rising star Annie Dressner for the summer’s final Folk Unplugged. The Fugitives are an acoustic folk-roots group headed by songwriters Adrian Glynn and Brendan McLeod. They’re joined by banjo player Chris Suen (Viper Central) and violinist Carly Frey (The Coal Porters). Over their first five albums, they’ve […]
The Haar with Lizzy Hardingham
Conway Hall is proud to present folk super-group The Haar, supported by young talent Lizzy Hardingham. The Haar brings the fresh talent of traditional Irish singer Molly Donnery combined with three of the most exciting instrumentalists on the folk and traditional music circuit: Cormac Byrne, Adam Summerhayes and Murray Grainger. Four musicians, each at the […]
Picturing Nonconformity: LGBT Humanist Heritage
Experience a landmark exhibition celebrating LGBT Humanists, revealing their rich archival holdings from Bishopsgate and Conway Hall. This printed ephemera will be complemented by LGBT artists’ illustrations of figures from further back in history whose religious, gender and sexual nonconformity inspires us today. Through photographs, news media, and ephemera of all kinds, the LGBT Humanists […]
Flag Institute Spring 2024 Conference
We’re delighted to announce the Flag Institute Spring 2024 Conference will be held in the Library Room, Conway Hall, on Saturday 18 May, 10am–4.30pm. Doors open at 9.30am. Tickets: £15. The programme will feature our usual mix of contemporary and historical vexillological presentations. SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED… Graham Bartram FFI FVAST, Chief Vexillologist, Flag Institute A […]
Sorry For The Inconvenience, But This Is A Climate Emergency
As floods, fires and unprecedented heatwaves rage across the planet, more and more people are turning to nonviolent action to achieve political change. Can it work? Join Chris Packham, Lucy Siegle, and Dr Lynne Jones at Conway Hall as they discuss protest and the climate crisis, marking the publication of Lynne’s book ‘Sorry for the […]