Events Archive

Events at which Raised Voices have sung. See the Events page for more recent events.

2015

Certificate of appreciation from MAP for the funds raised for their work during our Xmas 2014 busking.

10 Dec: Busking in support of Shelter at Westminster tube station, London
29 Nov: Climate march, London, as part of Time to Act 2015 to demand action on climate at the climate conference in Paris
10 Oct: Demos against Heathrow expansion and fracking, London
26 Sep: Demo against cuts to the Access to Work scheme, Downing St, London
12 Sep: Demo against the Arms Trade, DSEI at the Excel Centre, London
13 Aug: Busking at Angel tube station, London
6 Aug: Singing at Hiroshima Day, 12-1pm, Tavistock Squaare, London
10-12 Jul: Street Choirs Festival in Whitby
20 Jun: National Protest against Austerity, London
15 May: Singing with others at the International Conscientious Objectors Day, Tavistock Squre, London
18 Apr: Busking against the TTIP (the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) at Angel tube, London (click here for songsheet)
7 Mar: Climate march, London, as part of Time to Act 2015 to demand action on climate
28 Feb: Singing in support of 38 Degrees collecting signatures for their Save our NHS at Kings Cross, London
31 Jan: Demonstration in support of affordable housing by March for Homes in London
24 Jan: Anti nuclear arms demo "Wrap Up Trident", Ministry of Defence, London

11 Dec: Busking in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians at Harrow-on-the-Hill tube station, London
25 Oct: Raised Voices performed songs of at a cultural event at the May Day Rooms, London
18 Oct: National People's Assembly Protest against Austerity, London
4 Oct: Stop the War demonstration in Downing St, against the UK re-joining the war in Iraq
21 Sep: Climate march, London, as part of the Global People's Climate March around the UN climate summit in NYC
11 Sep: Busking for peace and justice at Angel tube station, London
6 Aug: Commemoration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Tavistock Square, London

Raised Voices singing as part of a big protest for a fairer society at the Tory Party Conference in Sep 2013.

19 Jul: Sing Out Trident demo, Ministry of Defence, London
19 Jul: Stop the War in Gaza, Downing St, London
11-13 Jul: Street Choirs Festival in Hebden Bridge
21 Jun: National Protest against Austerity, London
14 Mar: Social gathering of London's political choirs
8 Mar: Raised Voices sang songs about Palestine and Women's Rights at the Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association's Celebration of International Women's Day, Kentish Town
8 Feb: Against nuclear arms; "Sing out Trident", Reading Police Station
12 Jan: Anniversary of Guantanamo Bay – outside the National Gallery

Postcard from Aberystwyth: Raised Voices at the 2013 Street Choir Festival.

16 Nov: Demo outside Shell gas station and Russian embassy to call for release of the "Arctic 30" campaigners in association with Greenpeace
2 Nov: Flashmob in Brixton, London, against privatisation of the NHS
17 Oct: Singing for the Teachers Union strike on pensions, pay and working conditions
29 Sep: Singing for a fairer society at the Tory Conference, Manchester
8 Sep: Demo against the Arms Trade, Excel Centre, London
6 Aug: Commemoration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 12-1pm, Tavistock Square, London
30 Jul: Rally to celebrate 64 years of Legal Aid and to oppose cuts to Legal Aid with Save Legal Aid, London
19-21 Jul: Raised Voices participated and performed at the 2013 Street Choir Festival in Aberystwyth. See the video here for our evening performance.
6 Jul: Flashmob in Borough Market, London against the NHS cuts
15 Jun: "The Big Sing" against atomic weapons at AWE Burghfield and Reading
8 Jun: Flashmob to object to the Shell sponsorship of the Southbank Centre, London

Raised Voices performing at Hyde Park in October 2012 with many other choirs from all over the UK against the cuts.

1 Jun: Sing in support of Bradley Manning, US embassy, London
30 May: Performance around the UDHR at SOAS with Acts of Memory by artist Monica Ross. See videos of the performance on our YouTube channel
18 May: Demo starting in Jubilee Fields (Waterloo) to defend London's NHS
15 May: Action in Tavistock Square at Conscientious Objectors Day
20 Apr: Protest against nuclear arms "Sing out Trident", Newbury and Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston
19 Apr: Flashmob singing songs of protest against the NHS cuts at Liverpool St station, London
16 Mar: Demo starting at Highbury Corner against the massive cuts at the Whittington Hospital
15 Feb: Flashmob singing songs of protest against the NHS cuts at Kings Cross station, London
26 Jan: Demo in Lewisham protesting against the closure of Lewisham Hospital

13 Dec: Busking at Bond Street tube for Peace Direct
1 Dec: Demo starting at US embassy Grosvenor Square for annual Climate Change March
24 Nov: Demo starting at Downing Street for Gaza

Raised Voices singing in Parliament Square in 2008 (with our previous banner).

20 Oct: TUC Demo in central London against cuts to public services, singing with several other choirs
6 Oct: Demo against closure of hospitals in North West London
27 Sep: Busking at South Kensington tube for the Centre for Psychotherapy and Human Rights
22 Sep: Demo at Euston against HS2
6 Aug: Day to commemorate Hiroshima
13-15 Jul: Street Choirs Festival in Bury
30 Jun: Demo at Mile End against "Olympic Missiles"
15 May: Action in Tavistock Square at Conscientious Objectors Day
30 Mar: Demo in Brighton against cuts in social spending
17 Mar: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom AGM
2 Mar: Social gathering of London's political choirs
28 Jan: Demo at US embassy in Grosvenor Square with Stop the War coalition in support of Iran and Syria

Raised Voices at a peace demo in 1989.