WELCOME TO THE CULTURAL POLITICAL WEEK 2024
On the 1st of May we start our annual cultural Political Week!
For those of you who have never been to a KPV before, we will now tell you what you can expect: A boiling soup with all the best Smålands ingredients! Concerts, lectures, art, politics, film, food, drinks, clubs, theater, poetry, demonstrations, literature, and a hell of a lot of comrades!
We welcome all ages (except at the clubs where you need to be over 18).
Note: It says in the event if it’s in Swedish.
SCHEDULE
1st of May – Wednesday
FIRST OF MAY DEMONSTRATION IN MALMÖ 15.00
You can join Smålands at the Revolutionary First may demonstration in Malmö. The demonstration leaves from Malmö, Smålands will meet up in Lund before.
CLUB RÖD 21:00-01:00
See FB-event here
2nd of May – Thursday
PEOPLE’S KITCHEN & TAKE CONCRETE ACTION QUIZ 18:30-20:30
Free dumpster-dived vegan dinner!
People’s Kitchen is a Lund-based, volunteer-led, donation-based initiative, which provides delicious meals made with saved ingredients.
3rd of May – Friday
“FEMINISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN A NEO-LIBERAL AGE” – LENA HALLDENIUS 14.00-15.00
LIVE PUB: SVÄRTA + 7EBRA 19:00-00:00
Warming us up we have the Gothenburg band Svärta opening the stage with rock.
7ebra is the project of 25-year-old twin sisters Inez and Ella from Malmö, who grew up playing music together. Inez plays electric guitar and sings, Ella plays a keyboard, organ and Mellotron – whilst manually playing drum samples with her feet – as they both sing haunting harmonies in a way that only twins can. Beautiful but punk, minimalist but epic. The duo have already made their mark on the Swedish music scene with support slots for Bob Hund and The Dandy Warhols and have just made their UK debut playing London three nights in a row in September.
Svärta is a diy rock trio from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band has released two albums and loves to play live. The music has been described by fans as a mix between Bikini Kill and Black Sabbath. It will deliver heavy and tender rock with vocals that echo through time and space!
See FB-event here
4th of May – Saturday
‘GENDER AND FASCISM’ – AUTONOM ORGANISERING 13:00-15:00
QUEER POETRY 19:00-20:00
Maryan Missawi är en 22-årig musiker, artist och poet/skribent. Med symbolik och mytologi återberättar hon sin egna reflektioner och historier. Genom slagord och starka känslor kritiserar hon samhället o snackar revolution.
Vín Jablanovec Dahlborg (f. 1999) är poet, genusvetare och redaktör, bosatt i Malmö. Kommunpamp och stadens kåtaste flata. Hen skriver explicit om queert identitetsskapande, lesbisk erotik och tramsiga ramsor om politik och motstånd. Uppvuxen i Göteborg, älskar hen kranar och älven.
Hemliga kärleksbrev, manshat och dysfori, tonårsfjun, fågeldun och identitetskriser.
See FB-event here
QUEER BURLESQUE 21.00-22.00
A Burlesque show showcasing queer artists. More info coming.
CLUB: QUEERLANDS FEAT. FEVER GAY 22.00-02.00
The artist known as Fever Ray is visiting us and DJing under the name Fever Gay. Experience this amazing queer artist’s mixes for ONE HOUR ONLY.
5th of May – Sunday
KALLES KAFÉ + PANELDISCUSSION ON FASCISM 12:00-14:00
Enjoy a vegan brunch while listening to a paneldiscussion on the growing fascism in Europe. More info coming.
KREATIVT PANELSAMTAL 16:00-18:00
This event will be in Swedish.
Anna Alsmark är fritidsskribent, f d redaktör för Dackekuriren 1985 och för Lundagård ht 89-91.
Dokumentärfilmaren Janne Samuelsson tar oss med på en historisk roadtrip ̶ 100 år genom landskapet ̶ och kastar nytt ljus över gamla sanningar om nazismen i Skåne.
Roman av KENNY ANDERSSON
Författaren Kenny Andersson berättar om sin bok, Cecilia ̶ en ung kvinna som söker svar på en gåta under smygande förändringar i det tidiga 1980-talets Sverige.
Kenny Andersson, Lund, tidigare gymnasierektor, aktiv i Smålands skrivarcirklar på 80-talet, har sedan 2019 skrivit tio romaner mestadels om unga människor på väg någonstans.
Text och musik av CAROLINE LEANDER
Musikern Caroline Leander ger ut en ny EP med fem nyskrivna låtar inspirerade av möten och musikskapande med kvinnor som lever i skydd hos Kvinnojouren. Med låtarna vill Caroline ge kvinnorna en röst, hopp om framtiden samt förmedla insikter till samhället om kvinnornas situation.
Se FB-event här
BLACK OUT SESSION – KATE BUSH 19.30
ARTIST: KATE BUSH
YEAR: 1978
TOTAL TIME: 43:12