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"From Turtle Island To Palestine, Colonization Is A Crime!"
A night of LIVE politically conscious music and dance to fundraise for the Autonomous Sinixt and Nelson4Palestine. (more details below)
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LAND AKNOWLEDGEMENT
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We would like to acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of Sinixt Peoples. We make this acknowledgment to show our respect for the tmxʷulaʔxʷ (homeland), and Sinixt Nation. We feel privileged and grateful to be here, and I invite those reading this to explore their own relationship to place.
For more info about the Autonomous Sinixt:
www.Sinixt.Org
Visit Blood Of Life Collective here:
www.bloodoflifecollective.org/
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EVENT DETAILS:
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TIME: 7pm-1am
LOCATION:
- The Eagle's Hall (641 Baker Street)
- Happening on Sinixt təmxʷúlaʔxʷ (homeland), in so-called "Nelson"
- MAP: https://www.mapquest.com/ca/british-columbia/nelson/v1l-4j3/641-baker-st-49.493,-117.29217
ACCESSIBILITY:
- The venue is up a long staircase. Unfortunately, the lift is non-operational
- Some chairs for sitting will be available
AGE RESTRICTION:
All Ages welcome
*Note: expect some swearing in the music
..if it was a movie, we'd rate it PG-13.
DRINKS:
Non-Alcoholic, Flavoured Fizzy Drinks Available.
- Feel free to bring your own water bottles and snacks
SOUND SYSTEM
-https://www.instagram.com/live.harmonics/
Live Harmonics will be bring in a PK sound system!
TICKETS & SILENT AUCTION / DONATIONS: *See below.
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TIMELINE (7pm-1am)
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DOORS OPEN: 7pm
7pm-8pm: SILENT AUCTION & KEFFIYEH RAFFLE + DJ WHO
- please bring cash, water bottle and snacks
- To donate see "Tickets & Silent Auction" section below
8pm-8:30: OPENING CEREMONIES
- Opening Ceremonies & Land Acknowledgement
- Host: Othman Hamdan "The Imprisoned Blogger"
- Guest Speakers: Blood Of Life Collective (representing the Autonomous Sinixt), Nelson4Palestine, Nelson Tenants Union
LIVE POLITICALLY CONSCIOUS MUSIC:
8:30-9pm: KAY THE AQUANAUT
910pm-10pm: LEE REED
COMMUNITY DJ DANCE PARTY
10pm-11:30am: RAFFERTY FUNKSMITH
11:30-1am: MOCHILERO
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TICKETS & SILENT AUCTION / DONATIONS
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TICKETS AVAILABLE DOWNTOWN, ONLINE & AT DOOR:
- PHYSICAL TICKETS available downtown Nelson starting Friday April 4, at The Nelson Boxing and Athletics Club.
Cash Only.
- $10-20 (SLIDING SCALE)
- $10-15 (YOUTH / LOW INCOME FOLKS)
- $15 - 20 (IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO PAY FULL PRICE)
* Limited subsidized tickets available, by email: [email protected]
ONLINE TICKETS / PRE-PAY:
1) Send E-transfer to: [email protected]
2) In the comments field: specify # of tickets you're paying for and the attendee names (you & your friends)
3) You name(s) will be on a list / ID required
*DM if any of this is an issue for you
*All pre-sale tickets receive 1 FREE raffle ticket upon arrival, for 1 handmade Keffiyeh (from www.inaash.org).
DONATE & PAY-IT-FORWARD / DONATE (*OPTIONAL)
- To donate / contribute to the venue fee, artists honorariums and rentals fees etc please do the following:
1) Send E-transfer to: [email protected]
2) specify # of tickets (to be distributed to low income folks) OR specify that it's for "over-head expenses."
3) OR consider making a donation at the event.
SILENT AUCTION
To donate items for the auction, please write an e-mail (with "SILENT AUCTION" in the subject line) to: [email protected]
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ARTIST BIOS (HOST, PERFORMERS, DJS)
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EVENT HOST: OTHMAN HAMDAN. "The Imprisoned Blogger"
- https://www.facebook.com/theimprisonedblogger
- https://www.instagram.com/imprisonedblog
"Othman was maliciously charged by the RCMP in 2015 in one of Canada’s most unique cases examining freedom of expression. He was acquitted of all charges and now is sharing his side of the story through his book and work as an activist while trying to reach the public in this current environment of weaponizing terror-related charges against journalists and activists."
LEE REED
(Strange Famous Records / RHYMETHiNK)
- https://leereed.bandcamp.com/music
- https://www.instagram.com/freeleereed/
"Lee Reed is Kanadian Hip Hop’s oldest and grumpiest revolutionary rap loudmouth, and a respected veteran of the nation’s indie music scene. For over 25 years he's been stomping stages and studios, spewing his fiery brand of anti-capitalist rant-hop."
Lee is also known for his role as frontman of the acclaimed, 7-piece band "Warsawpack." He is on Sage Francis's record label (Strange Famous), while rep'n his own collective of artists known as RHYMETHiNK.
KAY THE AQUANAUT
(SIDE ROAD RECORDS / RHYMETHiNK)
- https://kaytheaquanaut.bandcamp.com/
"Saskatoon veteran KAY THE AQUANAUT is one of Canada’s most prolific and hardworking independent HipHop artists. With a career spanning 2 decades, his catalogue is thick - with a collection of 19 releases between 1999 and present.
Intelligent, innovative and captivating, his poetry is dense and begs multiple listens; weaving the personal and the introspective, with a solid progressive politics that gets the radical left fist up."
DJ WHO
- https://www.instagram.com/ilovedjwho/
"If art is a hammer to rebuild the world, DJ WHO uses his turntables to pound a nail into empire's coffin, and invites you to dance upon it's ashes. When he isn't spinning epic underground & conscious hiphop vinyl sets, he explores eclectic genres from around the world, continually drawn to socially conscious lyrics, funky rhythms and psychedelic inspired music."
RAFFERTY FUNKSMITH
- https://soundcloud.com/rafferty-funksmith
"Rafferty Funksmith is an award-winning vinyl funk/disco/hip hop dj."
MOCHILERO
- https://soundcloud.com/mochileromusic
"Melodies and rhythms for moments of collective joy."
"Inspired by the mystery, interconnectedness, and diversity of the natural world, I strive to evoke a feeling of oneness on the dance floor by weaving together melodic, uplifting and soulful grooves. My passion for emotive music connects dancers with themselves, those around them, and the world. I play a mix of melodic, deep, progressive, minimal, and downtempo house with rays of breaks, acid, tech, & disco to create hypnotic yet diverse sonic journeys."
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FUNDRAISER RECIPIENTS & LIM LIMPT (THANKS)
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AUTONOMOUS SINIXT:
www.sinixt.org
- 50% of proceeds will support The Autonomous Sinixt to continue upholding their sacred responsibilities to protect the land, water and air for all beings in their unceded territory. They do this and other decolonization work in the face of being historically and contemporarily mistreated, genocided, defunded and marginalized by the colonial system of so-called Canada.
We collaborate and make this contribution in recognition of our own ongoing occupation of their land, and our commitment to decolonization and land back everywhere.
NELSON4PALESTINE:
www.instagram.com/nelson4palestine/
- 50% of proceeds will support Nelson4Palestine's ongoing sponsorships through Islamic Relief Fund which support 2 children from Gaza who were orphaned due to the ongoing genocide, at the hands of the Zionist government in occupied Palestine.
COLLABORATORS:
Autonomous Sinixt & local matriarch Marilyn James
Blood Of Life Collective
Nelson4Palestine
Nelson Tenants Union
The Greater Groove
LIM LIMPT (THANKS) TO:
- Live Harmonics sound & tech (PK speakers) (https://www.instagram.com/live.harmonics) and all of our artists who each donated a portion of their fee, accepted small honorarium payments and provide their skilled services to support Stage Against The Machine.
- All our volunteers for helping with the silent auction, Keffiyeh raffle, door / tickets and bar
- Ahmed Taher / @ATAHER33 for use of his poster art elements (https://www.instagram.com/ataher33/)
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EVENT VISION & ETHOS OF STAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
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Our event seeks to combine revolutionary politics and musical entertainment through inclusive community celebration and radical love as a means of resisting patriarchy, white supremacy, capitalism, imperialism, and colonialism.
Stage Against The Machine organizers are committed to amplifying revolutionary voices and art that supports anti-racist decolonization to build a more egalitarian community through the arts. We aim to create a safe and inclusive space for all. No bigotry, discrimination or hate will be tolerated. Consent is mandatory.
We follow in the tradition of Hiphop culture's founding innovators, such as the Zulu Nation, whose guiding ethos is rooted in "wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, and equality, peace, unity, love, and having fun." We aim to create a space to listen, learn, share, dance, heal, and progress together.
We uplift community art as a vital political tool for the working class and all oppressed peoples to express their lived realities—realities silenced by those in power. We reject the censorship and de-politicization of the arts by colonial capitalists and establishment gatekeepers who profit off stolen Indigenous land. Denying people the space to speak on their oppression (particularly those with racialized identities, including indigenous people, and other marginalized voices such as those in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community) perpetuates harm, violence, and erasure, ceding ground to fascism. Conversely, Stage Against The Machine gives a platform to celebrate art as resistance, resilience, and resurgence—from Turtle Island to Palestine and beyond.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
641 Baker St, Nelson, BC V1L 4J3, Canada
