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Festival

keele University, 11-13 july 2025

The FESTIVAL THAT could CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
Ideas. Comedy. Art. Music. PERFORMaNCE.

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The FESTIVAL THAT could CHANGE YOUR LIFE

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speakers

Carole Cadwalladr

CAROL VORDERMAN

Kate Raworth

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Lord Victor Adebowale

Naz Shah MP

Dawn Butler MP

Peter Oborne

Peter Geoghegan

Hardeep Matharu

Peter Jukes

Asif Kapadia

Annette Dittert


MUSIC

THE FARM

RUBY J

NAMES (INDIE ROCK BAND)

NEAL X (FORMERLY SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK)

AND HIS ALL STAR  BAND

DJ SMUTTY FROM LEVI

THE PEOPLE’S FRIEND (PSYCHEDELIC BAND)

PAUL ‘GOLDIE’ (SINGER SONGWRITER AND BAND)

FUCKAROUND FIVE (JAZZ BAND)

* THE FARM * RUBY J * NAMES - INDIE ROCK BAND *

* NEAL X - (FORMERLY SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK) AND HIS ALL STAR  BAND *

* DJ SMUTTY FROM LEVI * THE PEOPLE’S FRIEND - PSYCHEDELIC BAND * PAUL ‘GOLDIE’ - SINGER SONGWRITER AND BAND *

* FUCKAROUND FIVE - JAZZ BAND * KILNE - NU-MARCHING BAND *KILNE - NU-MARCHING BAND


COMEDY

ROSIE HOLT

MARK THOMAS

HUGH DAVIS

PRVANYA PILLAY

KATE CHEKA

LAILA WOOZER

ALISTAIR BARRIE

JUNIOR BOOKER


film

ASIF KAPADIA’S ‘2073’ WITH ASIF LEADING Q&A

AND 

‘BREAKING THE WEST: A POP STAR, AN OLIGARCH, A PRESIDENT AND THE SCANDAL THAT ROCKED THE WORLD’ 

PLUS Q&A


workshops

WRITE YOUR OWN PROTEST POEM

CREATE YOUR OWN POLITICAL CARTOON

ADOPT A BILLIONAIRE

ALSO A LITERARY VENUE, MUSICIANS, POETS IN THE CAFE, AN ART INSTALLATION OF MEDIEVAL BILLIONAIRES, AN EXHIBITION OF MARTIN ROWSON’S POLITICAL CARTOONS AND OF COURSE FOOD TRUCKS AND OUTSIDE BARS

PLENTY OF EN-SUITE STUDENT ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE FOR FESTIVAL GOERS INFORMATION WHEN BOOKING TICKETS