Refugee Festival Scotland 2016, 14 – 26 June

Refugee Week is an umbrella festival, with events held by a wide range of arts, voluntary, faith and refugee community organisations, schools, student groups and more. Past events have included arts festivals, exhibitions, film screenings, theatre and dance performances, concerts, football tournaments and public talks, as well as creative and educational activities in schools.
Through Refugee Week we aim to provide an important opportunity for asylum seekers and refugees to be seen, listened to and valued.
Events 17 June, 2016 include:
Lest We Forget,
‘Refugees Then and Now’ and ‘Transit Zone’
Paisley Arts Centre
New Street
Paisley
PA1 1EZ
Free
Maryhill Integration Network presents:
‘I am the soil from which they came’
Free
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD
Glasgow Anew exhibition presents ‘Music Across Borders’
Documentary and discussion exploring how music neotiates cultural boundaries followed by musical performance
The Pipe Factory
42 Bain St
Glasgow
G20 4LA
Film Screening – true lives of people living in Glasgow
Scottish Youth Theatre
105 Brunswick Street
Glasgow
G1 1TF
‘Gorbals One Nation Street’
St. Francis Hall
Sandyfaulds St
Gorbals G5 0SF
Saturday 18 June, 2016
Refugee Festival
12 – 4 p.m. Free
The Hidden Gardens & Tramway
25 Albert Drive
Glasgow
G41 2PE
Voicebeat – Singing Solidarity
Kibble Palace
Botanic Gardens
730 Great Western Rd
Glasgow
G12 0UE
Unity Sisters Spa Day
2pm – 6 p.m.
Donation
Fred Paton Centre, 19 Carrington Street, Glasgow G4 9AJ
Come and fund a sister at our Unity Sisters Spa Day. Treat yourself, whilst also raising money towards travel expenses of women attending our peer support meetings. The day will involve massage, manicures, henna, reiki, cake, music and dancing!
Many more wonderful events.
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