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Migration Matters Festival @MigMatFest
Joined April 2016
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Our final post on this platform. For all information related to the festival you can find us on Blue Sky, Instagram and Facebook. You can buy tickets for all 50 events at migrationmattersfestival.co.… or our ticketing partner WeGotTickets! See you at our 10th year celebration!
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Expressions of Interest Callout for Migration Matters Festival 2025 (20-28 June) is now open! This will be a bumper 10th year with another vibrant programme! Apply here: forms.gle/EA6XobReEdjz7j7J8 Deadline - 31st January 2025 youtu.be/Gi2bGITi1UQ

Migration Matters Festival 2025: Expressions of Interest/Proposals

We enter a new decade of Migration Matters Festival and this is your opportunity to be part of our 11th year celebrating sanctuary in the steel city! As we embark on a new era of the festival we are...

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Unseen moments... 📸 We can't believe it's been three months since Migration Matters Festival 2024 wrapped. Keep your eyes peeled for our 2025 artist call-out, coming soon, In the meantime, enjoy these candid snaps of the diversity and joy our festival brings to #Sheffield.
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With thanks to our 2024 photographers Smart Banda, Kevin Blake, Akinseye Oke, Karen Ford and Kou’er Liu.
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Words of support and solidarity in light of the fascist and white supremacist riots
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Performance Venues@PerfVenuesSheff
4 Aug 2024
Still time to get your (very easy) applications in for this fab training opportunity to join our team and become a much-needed casual events technician for Sheffield and the region @MigMatFest @Utopia_Theatre @CreateSheff
Performance Venues@PerfVenuesSheff
19 Jul 2024
We are delighted to announce a fantastic opportunity for budding technicians in the South Yorkshire area here at Performance Venues. Get the training and equipment you need to start a career as an events technician. More info here: bit.ly/4fa67ws
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Adiós. Sayonara. خداحافظ. Alvida. Tot ziens. Zàijiàn. Auf Wiedersehen. Adeus. Tạm biệt. Goodbye. We couldn't go without sharing a few stunning snaps from our closing party on Saturday. Until next time Sheffield... 📸 Smart Banda
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That’s a wrap 🎬 Our final day of MigMat24 was a cracker - bringing beats, soul and cultural sanctuary to #Sheffield. Thank you to everybody who participated. From artists to audience members, the team and our incredible volunteers. We couldn’t do it without you ❤️
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Life lately... Here are some photo highlights capturing the first three energetic days of our festival. Yes, it was almost impossible to pick just four images. 📸 Smart Banda, Kevin Blake, Kou'er Niu, Akinseye Oke.
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Faces places in #Sheffield. Enjoy a few more moments from our festival week, captured beautifully by Smart Banda and Kevin Blake.
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Stand & Be Counted. 🧡@SBC_Theatre
22 Jun 2024
What an incredible experience. Our Youth Theatre of Sanctuary entertaining crowds on the Fan City stage at Devonshire Green. Look at the size of that screen with our music video playing! @sheffieldfc 💿⚽️🧡
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Feeling electric ⚡ Yesterday we welcomed a melting pot of culture to Sheffield, from fabulous cabaret to authentic food. And we are back for just one more show tonight, our closing party with Jamz Supernova. Catch us while you can: migrationmattersfestival.co.…
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The amazing Refuge Island by @whisperedtales1 in Fitzalan Square in Sheffield city centre. Back at 2pm and 5pm, with Africa Calling to start shortly at 1pm 🪘
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🔥Today’s African Gnawa workshop is full 🔥 But there are seven other events you can join us at today, from outdoor African drumming and theatre to cultural community celebrations. Browse all Saturday fun and book now via the link in bio. #sheffield
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Last but not least... Tomorrow is our FINAL day of 2024. Enjoy lively outdoor performances, powerful films and of course, our electric closing party. Say farewell to Mig Mat 2024 with us Sheffield!
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Our Favourite Places@faveplaces
21 Jun 2024
Just one day left of another ace @MigMatFest! Catch the final highlights in our guide to the festival. Photo exhibitions. West & Southern African dance. British Latin films. A celebration of our multicultural city @SheffMuseums Millennium Gallery. & more > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-pick…

Migration Matters → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide

A celebration of the positive impact that migration and refugees have had on Sheffield and beyond. With theatre, art, poetry, music, and more.

ourfaveplaces.co.uk
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What we did yesterday...🤩 Beautiful art, conversation and words with the one and only @rrobinson72 And we're ready for the final weekend of festivities in #Sheffield.
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Stand & Be Counted. 🧡@SBC_Theatre
21 Jun 2024
Friday joy! ☀️ Here's some highlights of our Soap Box Collective’s performance of #unplugged this week. Thanks to everyone for joining (and dancing!) with us 🎉 @refugeeweek @cityofsanctuary @migmatfest @ace_thenorth @sidneymatilda @sheffcityofsanc 📸 Smart Banda
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Bloc Projects@blocprojects
21 Jun 2024
Free film screening & talk as part of @MigMatFest tomorrow, 2-4pm! "Between the personal and historical" with Clare Chun-yu Liu & Emily Beswick.⁠ On chinoiserie & photography in the Chinese diaspora Book below:⁠ wegottickets.com/event/62017…
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FURD@furdday
21 Jun 2024
Join us tomorrow, Sat 22nd June 1.30 at Soft Ground, the Moor, Sheffield for the first screening of Our Lift Off film about the hurdles hindering ethnic minority female participation in football. Part of @MigMatFest for #RefugeeWeek migrationmattersfestival.co.…
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