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NOMADS

Phase 1: Refugee Week 2025 (June 16 - 22, 2025)

Start Date: June 16, 2025
End Date: June 22, 2025
Time: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: St Luke's Church Greetham Street, Portsmouth, PO5 4LH
Event Details

A city-wide celebration themed Community as a Superpower, recognising the strength and resilience that emerges from unity and shared experience. Across Portsmouth, performances, exhibitions, and creative workshops bring together local communities, artists, and cultural leaders to share powerful stories of migration, resilience, and belonging. This collective celebration highlights the power of community in creating sanctuary and building understanding.

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Refugee Week Launch night

Led by 432 Nomads in collaboration with Portsmouth partners

Food to be served

Date: 16 June, 2025
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Location: St Luke's Church Greetham Street, Portsmouth, PO5 4LH

A city-wide celebration themed Community as a Superpower, recognising the strength and resilience that emerges from unity and shared experience. Across Portsmouth, performances, exhibitions, and creative workshops bring together local communities, artists, and cultural leaders to share powerful stories of migration, resilience, and belonging. This collective celebration highlights the power of community in creating sanctuary and building understanding.

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Poetry: "Progressive Whispers"

Date: Tue Jun 17 2025
Time: 7:00 PM (BST)
Location: Broad St, Old Portsmouth (PO1 2FS)

A city-wide celebration themed Community as a Superpower, recognising the strength and resilience that emerges from unity and shared experience. Across Portsmouth, performances, exhibitions, and creative workshops bring together local communities, artists, and cultural leaders to share powerful stories of migration, resilience, and belonging. This collective celebration highlights the power of community in creating sanctuary and building understanding.

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Dance: A Wave of Shadows

Welcome to Dance: "A Wave of Shadows

Food to be served (Free opption to pay what you like)

Date: Wed Jun 18 2025
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Coastguard Studio, PO4 0SA

A city-wide celebration themed Community as a Superpower, recognising the strength and resilience that emerges from unity and shared experience. Across Portsmouth, performances, exhibitions, and creative workshops bring together local communities, artists, and cultural leaders to share powerful stories of migration, resilience, and belonging. This collective celebration highlights the power of community in creating sanctuary and building understanding.

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Coffee Shop conversations

Date: Thu Jun 19 2025
Time: 11:00AM - 12:00 PM
Location: St Lukes Church, The Host Cafe (PO4 4LH)

A city-wide celebration themed Community as a Superpower, recognising the strength and resilience that emerges from unity and shared experience. Across Portsmouth, performances, exhibitions, and creative workshops bring together local communities, artists, and cultural leaders to share powerful stories of migration, resilience, and belonging. This collective celebration highlights the power of community in creating sanctuary and building understanding.

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A Wave of Ocean's Ink Young Refugees & Young People

Welcome to Young Refugees & Young People: "A Wave of Ocean's Ink" event!

Date: Thurs Jun 19 2025
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00PM
Location: Guildhall Square, (PO1 2AB)

A city-wide celebration themed Community as a Superpower, recognising the strength and resilience that emerges from unity and shared experience. Across Portsmouth, performances, exhibitions, and creative workshops bring together local communities, artists, and cultural leaders to share powerful stories of migration, resilience, and belonging. This collective celebration highlights the power of community in creating sanctuary and building understanding.

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Coffee Shop conversations 2

Date: Fri Jun 20 2025
Time: 2PM - 3:30PM
Location: Aspex Portsmouth (PO1 3BF)

A city-wide celebration themed Community as a Superpower, recognising the strength and resilience that emerges from unity and shared experience. Across Portsmouth, performances, exhibitions, and creative workshops bring together local communities, artists, and cultural leaders to share powerful stories of migration, resilience, and belonging. This collective celebration highlights the power of community in creating sanctuary and building understanding.

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Culture: Displaced Messages

Welcome to Culture: "Displaced Messages" event!

Date: Fri, Jun 20th 2025
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00PM
Location: Hunter Gatherer Coffee

A city-wide celebration themed Community as a Superpower, recognising the strength and resilience that emerges from unity and shared experience. Across Portsmouth, performances, exhibitions, and creative workshops bring together local communities, artists, and cultural leaders to share powerful stories of migration, resilience, and belonging. This collective celebration highlights the power of community in creating sanctuary and building understanding.

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Drumming: Breath

Date: Sat Jun 21 2025
Time: 12:00PM
Location: The BASE Guildhall

A city-wide celebration themed Community as a Superpower, recognising the strength and resilience that emerges from unity and shared experience. Across Portsmouth, performances, exhibitions, and creative workshops bring together local communities, artists, and cultural leaders to share powerful stories of migration, resilience, and belonging. This collective celebration highlights the power of community in creating sanctuary and building understanding.

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Final Celebration: Ripples Many Stream

Closing event "Ripples Many Streams" Exhibition at Aspex Portsmouth

Date: Sun, Jun 22, 2025
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: Aspex Portsmouth (PO1 3BF)

A city-wide celebration themed Community as a Superpower, recognising the strength and resilience that emerges from unity and shared experience. Across Portsmouth, performances, exhibitions, and creative workshops bring together local communities, artists, and cultural leaders to share powerful stories of migration, resilience, and belonging. This collective celebration highlights the power of community in creating sanctuary and building understanding.

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Art: Ripples Many Streams Exhibition

Ripples Many Streams" is a visual exhibition that explores the cascading effects of migration. Each piece is part of a larger narrative.

Date: Wed Jun 04 2025 to 20th July
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Aspex Portsmouth (PO1 3BF)

A city-wide celebration themed Community as a Superpower, recognising the strength and resilience that emerges from unity and shared experience. Across Portsmouth, performances, exhibitions, and creative workshops bring together local communities, artists, and cultural leaders to share powerful stories of migration, resilience, and belonging. This collective celebration highlights the power of community in creating sanctuary and building understanding.

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Over the Ocean: A Participatory Installation

Over the Ocean is a powerful, immersive installation exploring themes of migration, identity, and belonging. Created in collaboration with internationally renowned Hong Kong artists Kingsley Ng and Stephanie Cheung, alongside local communities, this evolving artwork invites the public to take part through storytelling, sound, poetry, and visual expression.