Events

Events at which Raised Voices have sung are shown below.
Future and more recent events are shown on the Home page.

2021

Raised Voices singing at Hiroshima Day 2021

• 6 November: Raised Voices joined the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice, coinciding with the mid-point of COP26 in Glasgow, and sang a selection of songs about the climate emergency.
• 23 October: Members of Raised Voices sang at the South Bank in support of The Walk, an innovative public art project bringing together artists, community groups and humanitarian organisations. The Walk features 'Little Amal' a 3.5 metre tall puppet of a young refugee girl, representing all displaced children.
• 18 September: Climate Action Songs - workshop and performance at Victoria Tower Gardens, Millbank, as part of Great Big Green Week.
• 29 August: Members of Raised Voices sang at “A celebration of Camden – Abu Dis links” at the Calthorpe Project, Gray’s Inn Road.
• 6 August: Raised Voices sang at the Hiroshima Memorial Day in Tavistock Square. Click here for the online recording of the event.
• 26 June: Supporting the People’s Assembly National Demonstration: “The Tories Must GO! – After Covid Demand A New Normal”. We joined the “Nurses not Nukes” bloc.
• 12 June: Singing at the Stop Arming Israel rally in Whitehall, called by PSC, supported by Stop the War.
• 22 May: Raised Voices sang at the National Demo for Palestine, marching from Victoria Embankment to Hyde Park.
• 15 May: March for Palestine - we sang at this huge demo called by PSC, supported by Stop the War, CND and others, to commemorate Nakba Day and also in response to the Israeli bombing of Gaza in the previous few days, and to the evictions in Sheikh Jarrah.
• 15 May: A video of Raised Voices singing "Who Do They Think They Are?", which was shown at the online Conscientious Objectors Day.
• 11 May: Singing at Emergency Protest for Sheikh Jarrah, organised by PSC, Stop the War and other organisations to protest against the evictions of Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah in occupied Jerusalem.
• 1 May: Protest against the Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill (Kill the Bill National Day of Action). This bill would give the police powers to ban protests based on lowered thresholds around risk of noise or disruption, and proposes severe new penalties.

2020

• 23 Aug: Five of us sang at a small Black Lives Matter demonstration in Perivale in August 2020 on Slavery Remembrance Day (the organisers ensured that it was Covid-safe with masks and distancing).
• 18 Jul: A few of us sang in support of an XR campaign for Hammersmith Bridge to be designated car-free when it reopens (the organisers ensured that it was Covid-safe with masks and distancing).
• 13 Mar: Singing in support of the University College Union - UCL branch in their strike action.
• 7 Mar: Raised Voices own memorial for Cynthia. Photos and videos of the event can be seen here.
• 14 Feb: Supporting the UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN) in their climate strike.
• 4 Jan: Singing at Celebrating Cynthia, a memorial event for Cynthia Cockburn - peace activist, writer and longtime Raised Voices member, who died in 2019.

2019

Raised Voices singing with Extinction Rebellion in April 2019 at Waterloo Bridge

• 29 Nov: Singing at the General Climate Strike by UKSCN, London
• 7–12 Oct: Various singing events with International Rebellion for XR, London
• 20 Sep: Joining the Global Day Climate Strike, London
• 4/7 Sep: Singing against the DSEI Arms Trade Fair and in support of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, London
• 6 Aug: Singing at Hiroshima Day, London
• 4 Jun: Protesting the UK state visit of Donald Trump, London
• 15 May: Singing with others at the International Conscientious Objectors day at Tavistock Sq., London
• 15 Apr: Participating in the International Rebellion Day of Extinction Rebellion, London
• 30 Mar: Performing at an event at the Café Palestina, London
• 23 Mar: Put it to the People march campaigning for a final vote by the country on the Brexit deal, London
  Listen to the American Public Media podcast about us at the demo.
• 11 Mar: Supporting FoE and others at the Royal Courts of Justice against the third runway at Heathrow, London
• 22 Feb: Fracking protest at Centrica's HQ, London, with Reclaim the Power and Fuel Poverty Action Group
• 14 Feb: Busking in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians at Highbury & Islington tube station, London

2018

• 1 Dec: Singing against the Together for Climate Justice rally in London, UK, ahead of the UN climate talks held in Katowice, Poland

American Public Media reporting on RV performing at Put It To The People march in March 2019 (Click to listen)

• 17 Nov: Singing against racism and fascism at the Nation Unity demonstration in London, UK
• 20 Oct: Singing at the March for the People's Vote on Brexit, London, UK
• 11 Oct: Singing in support of the Let Communities Decide campaign against fracking in London, UK
• 10 Oct: Singing at the book Launch “Singing for our Lives”, London, UK
• 22 Sep: Women's Hall Community Festival celebrating the East London Federation of Suffragettes, London, UK
• 8 Sep: Singing at the occasion of the Rise up for the Climate march, London, UK
• 6 Aug: Singing at Hiroshima Day, London, UK
• 13 Jul: Singing with other campaign choirs as a big choir to protest the visit of Donald Trump, London, UK
• 29–30 Jun: Singing with many other choirs at National Street Choirs Festival in Brighton, UK
• 22 Jun: Singing our “refugees welcome” songs at the book launch of “Looking to London: Stories of War, Escape and Asylum”

Raised Voices busking to raise funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians in 2019.

• 15 May: Singing with others at the International Conscientious Objectors Day, London
• 16 Apr: Singing against Military Intervention in Syria, Parliament Square, London
• 23/24 Mar: Workshop and performance around the Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association's (CADFA's) event titled “Palestinian Women Speak Out: Women and youth in Palestine now”
• 11 Mar: Fukushima Anniversary March, London
• 3 Feb: Raised Voices participated in the People's Assembly's NHS in Crisis March, London
• 29 Jan: Raised Voices sang at the launch of the Index on Censorship’s magazine, What Price Protest?, London
• 25 Jan: Raised Voices sang songs about Palestine at the Café Palestina’s official opening celebration, North London

2017

Raised Voices singing at the People's Assembly Anti-Austerity demo in Apr 2016.

• 7 Dec: Busking in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians at Wembley tube station, London
• 4+7 Nov: Supporting a national march on 4 Nov at the centenary of the Balfour Declaration to demand justice and equal rights for Palestinians and singing in protest at the celebration of the Balfour Declaration on 7 Nov at the Royal Albert Hall, London
• 14 Oct: Performing at the book launch of “Looking to London: Stories of War, Escape and Asylum”, SOAS, London
• 9 Sep: Singing at the blockade of the biennial UK Arms Trade Fair, London
• 6 Aug: Performing two songs at Hiroshima Day commemorations, London
• 20 Jul: Busking in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians at Highbury & Islington tube station, London
• 23–25 Jun: Singing with 48 other choirs at National Street Choirs Festival in Kendal, UK
• 22 Apr: March for Science, London
• 8 Apr: Singing at the AGM of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
• 30 Mar: Performance of a collection of protest songs at “Radical Voices Aloud” at the University of London
• 4 Mar: Our NHS demo in London
• 21 Jan: Womens' March on London

2016

Raised Voices at a 38Degrees NHS event in 2015.

• 8 Dec: Busking in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians at Earl's Court tube station, London
• 2 Dec: Bringing political song to the South Bank Centre's Winter Festival, London
• 29 Oct: Demo against fracking with Friends of the Earth at Barclays Bank branches in London
• 17 Sep: Demo to welcome refugees and stand up to racism, London
• 25 Aug: Busking at Angel tube station, London
• 8 Aug: Singing at the Hiroshima-Nagaski fast, London
• 6 Aug: Singing at Hiroshima Day, London
• 18 Jul: Stop Trident demox , London
• 16 Jul: Anti-Austerity demo, London
• 24-26 Jun: Street Choirs Festival in Leicester
• 18 Jun: Kill the Housing bill demo, London
• 15 May: Singing with others at the International Conscientious Objectors Day, Tavistock Squre, London
• 8 May: Backwards March by the Campaign against Climate Change, London
• 16 Apr: Anti-Austerity demo by the People's Assembly, London
• 19 Mar: National Stand Up To Racism demo, London
• 13 Mar: Housing bill demo
• 12 Mar: Joe Hill workshop, Sheffield
• 27 Feb: Stop Trident demo by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, London
• 30 Jan: Housing demo