God as… Gig Economy Worker
Class and Jesus-shaped justice explored by Sally Mann, co-director of Red Letter Christians UK. Why it matters that Jesus is from Nazareth. How can we live to see class-based justice today?
Speaker(s): Sally MannConfounding the Mighty: Dreams for a Different Church
Join a panel of people who have lived experience of poverty, led by Luke Larner. How can we be church in a way that makes sure everyone can belong and have agency? How do we shift the power balance?
Speaker(s): Trussell Trust, Luke LarnerCommunion: Dreaming of Home
If you were forced to flee your home, what would you take with you? Photographs for memories? Documents for identity? Food for sustenance? Almost certainly you would carry with you the hope of a...
Speaker(s): Festival CommunionURC: LGBT+ Christians are more than welcome to come as you are
Lead photo: Revd Dr John Bradbury speaks to the Open Table community in Cambridge in 2019. A minister of the church where Open Table Cambridge began, he became the General Secretary of the URC later...
Isabelle Norwood
Hello! My name is Isabelle Norwood, and I am a recent music graduate specializing in electroacoustic composition. I am interested in transforming field recordings/ found recordings into new immersive...
Tiff Minson
Stand-up comedy/comedic storytelling, exploring what it is to be a young adult in a world that seems like it's going to end soon, an English daughter of a Northern Irish woman studying in Belfast,...
Burntwood
Burntwood combine inventive songwriting with expansive atmospherics. They incorporate elements of post-rock, americana and alternative. The London four-piece are set to release their debut record in...
Maddie Thorp
A singer-songwriter based in Hampshire, performing as a solo artist and occasionally with a band. Maddie's music has been described as indie folk pop and is an attempt to capture the raw emotions of...
James Pendle Poet
I perform poetic monologues in which a character wrestles with an issue that may be environmental, political, psychological or religious. Many of the poems draw on ideas from the Bible (I have a...
Man-Sized Creature
What happens when you put a dance music producer and a visual artist/folk singer in the same room? The result, in the case of Man Sized Creature, is not what you'd expect: a dynamic and evocative...
Johnny Panic & the Bible of Dreams
I'm Jimmy Andrex, a poet and musician aka Johnny Panic & the Bible of Dreams. I make poetry you can dance to. I regularly feature on BBC 6 Music, Resonance FM and BBC Introducing's regional...
Matt Levett
I'm a singer-songwriter, my music is a blend of alt-folk melodies, spoken word passages and rap flows that I use to share stories of hope and faith - just me and my guitar! The music I would play is...
Josie Field
I am a blues inspired singer songwriter based in south Birmingham. I was born in South Africa but moved to the UK 4 years ago and live on a narrowboat. I performed at Upton Blue Festival in 2022 and...
Melissa James
Best current British blues singer I know. – The words of BBC 6 Music's Tom Robinson who has long given a nod of approval to the work of this singer-songwriter. Melissa James is, however, much more...
Simon Howard
Contemporary Country artist Simon Howard currently based in London tells heartfelt stories through his effortlessly passionate vocals. After spending a secluded summer writing in Texas, Howard...