Name: Roots 'n' Rhythm Presents A New Queer Bruk Net’WERK’ing Event
Start: 2025-11-13T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-13T22:00:00+00:00
Location: The Africa Centre

$Roots 'n' Rhythm Presents A New Queer Bruk Net\u2019WERK\u2019ing Event$

Brick & Mortar: A Conversation on How Nightlife is Dying & How this Affects Black & Brown Queer People
About this Event

Chakula x Roots 'n' Rhythm Presents A New Queer Bruk Net’WERK’ing Event

Join us for a series of panels talks, music and more exploring the changing landscape of Queer Nightlife and Club culture in the UK. Note that this event was initially postponed due to strikes in September.

Date | Thursday 13 November 2025

Time | 7-10pm

Location | The Africa Centre

With more and more brick-and-mortar venues closing across London and the UK at large, it’s becoming increasingly important to have open and frank discussions about how this is affecting creatives in night life and other fields. For our first talk, we'll explore how nightlife is dying and how this affects black and brown (and queer) people in terms of work, community, and holding them back from a lot of things.

We will be in conversation with industry leaders who will have an open discussion about how nightlife now compares to nightlife over the past number of years and what the future looks like, how this affects black people and black queer people specifically - including black owned venues.

The panel talk will be followed by our speed-dating networking event and social with DJ sets! It will be an opportunity for creative industry experts to meet with people who want to break into the creative worlds in London.

Tickets

Everyone is welcome! Please note that this space is created for and by Black LGBTQ+ people. Our goal is to amplify the community through this creative intervention.

Please select the ticket that suits you best

Donation | Donate as little as £1 to support The Centre and the running of its cultural programmes
Concession (recommended for Black LGBTQ+ and/or working class people) | £5
General | £8

No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. For any enquiries, please email @[email protected]

About Queer Bruk

Queer Bruk is a clubnight and platform that aims to bridge the gap between queer nightlife and Afro-Caribbean music. We want to create safe spaces for black and brown queer people to celebrate the music a lot of us grew up listening to.

About Chakula

The Chakula programme is a monthly series of events, workshops and dialogues geared towards supporting and empowering Black and African LGBTQ+ communities at The Africa Centre. Follow @thechakulaprogramme

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