Margins United Festival

The first ever festival in the UK & Europe centred around ESEA arts, music & culture.

WHEN / WHERE IS THIS HAPPENING?

Margins United takes place on 28 September 2024 at EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney), N16 8BH. The festival will run all day & night, from 3:30PM to 3:30AM across 3 rooms (the Theatre, the Kitchen and Hall).

SO WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING?

Margins United will consist of 3 phases - a journey through the full spectrum of Alternative ESEA creativity.

PHASE 1 

This kicks off at 230PM, with a daytime segment that spans everything from workshops, installations, talks, conferences to foooooood (there will be food!!). 

Make sure to get there for 3PM, when we’ll be screening《New Wave Cinema》with our friends Saigon Kiss, a film by director Elizabeth Ai which excavates the untold story of rebellious punks in the chaotic world of 80s Vietnamese New Wave. We’ll also  be debuting《Road 2 Margins United》, a dive into our community.

After that, we’ll have a diverse range of activities and exhibitions. Highlights include an immersive installation from Lawrence Lek, an interactive design workshop from Baesianz, custom embroidery with Nicole Chui, an audiovisual hallucinatory performance from Alex Quicho and food! 

PHASE 2

As day turns to evening, Phase 2 will take place in EartH’s grand Theatre with a series of live performances, including a return of the legend Onra, the bubblegum punk upstart Lia Lia, alongside bespoke performances from MEYY, LVRA & Soda Plains debuted for this festival.

PHASE 3

To close out the festival, Phase 3 ushers in a true Redline Rave in the EartH Hall and EartH Kitchen. Including the first ever gig by Budots OG DJ Love outside of the Philippines, the return of an Eastern Margins legend, yeule, Malaysian Hyper-Manyao king Shelhiel, the Hyper acceleration of No Rome, a takeover from Jianbo & friends, and the return of gyrofield.

WHO IS PLAYING WHEN?

PHASE 1 [230PM - 7PM] KITCHEN & THEATRE

Alex Quicho: Alley to Heaven

BAESIANZ: Rave Dreams, Dream Raves Workshop

ESEA Music Presents: Access All Areas: Prioritizing Accessibility in Live Events Panel

Katsute 100 Presents: DJ GLAY one, riria & ZEE-2

‘Road to Margins United’ Film Screening

Saigon Kiss Presents: ‘New Wave Cinema’ Film Screening

Thats Sew Nicole: EMBroidery4EVA

Eternal Night Market w/

Crab Museum | bones tan jones | Clingy Wrap | Em-Dash | ESEACC | ESEA Green Lions | Fatboy Zine | Hui慧 | Lil’ Wong Bakes | Ngopi | Rise United | Sets | taihaochi | The Steam Room | Two Hot Asians | Yang’s Noods | YING

PHASE 2 [7PM - 11PM] THEATRE

[A-Z]

LIA LIA

LVRA & Soda Plains: Fortress

MEYY

Organ Tapes

Onra

PHASE 3 [10PM - 330AM] HALL & KITCHEN

HALL

[A-Z]

DJ Love

Gyrofield

Jianbo & Friends

No Rome (DJ)

Shelhiel

yeule (DJ)

KITCHEN

[A-Z]

Half East Records

Mind the Gap

Rojak

The Bitten Peach

Oh Annie Oh

For tickets please visit RA and @easternmargins