Rock Against Racism panel event 3pm - Chris Salewicz introduces Daniel with other guests including Don Letts and Glen Matlock 4pm - Daniel presents Rock Against Racism Mick Jones (the Clash, Big Audio Dynamite) introduces festival highlights:   It’s back! For the third year running, Portobello Live! returns to West London with its winning formula of [...]

Does Music Have ther Power to Change Politics? With additional guest local speakers, Stevie Freeman, Union Music Store and local concert promoter https://unionmusicstore.com And Steve Franklin who is a director of the Starfish music project in Lewes see  http://www.starfishlewes.co.uk  

EVENT Revolutions: 5x15 SATURDAY 27 MAY ADNAMS SPIEGELTENT, CHAPELFIELD GARDENS 1 - 2.40PM (INC. INTERVAL) £8 / £80 WEEKEND TICKET A one-stop guide to our world in transition. Five renowned speakers, no script, and 15 minutes each to blow your mind. Featuring historian and novelist Rebecca Stott on breaking away from a fundamentalist Christian cult, [...]

Music and Politics. Do they mix? Of course they do. Political Talks, Debates and Ideas with Francesca Martinez | Raoul Martinez | John McDonnell | Craig Murray | Lindsay German | Roger Mckenzie (Unison) | Ross Ashcroft| Peter Stefanovic | Rob Griffiths | Steve Keen | Daniel Rachel | Dave Randell Pretty Vicious | Stereo [...]

We were trying to change the world in our tiny way by stopping the rise of fascism amongst youth with the power of music. Red Saunders, founder of Rock Against Racism Join writer and musician Daniel Rachel to celebrate the paperback release of Walls Come Tumbling Down. His book charts the extraordinary and pivotal period [...]

  Protest Music: Daniel Rachel. In conversation  with Anita Sethi £6. Time – 18:00, Saturday. Venue – Library Gallery Winner of this year’s Penderyn Music Writing Prize, Daniel discusses the pivotal period between 1976 and 1992 that saw politics and pop music come together for the first time in British history in his fascinating book [...]

The Bear 12:30 – 11pm (Free Events) New for 2017 – Literature:   The C.I.F. is incredibly lucky to have John Williams, Cardiff novelist and founder of the Laugharne Weekend in Wales, to curate this new literature section of the festival.  John will be interviewing and hosting Q&A sessions with these fabulous authors: 1pm Daniel Rachel [...]

Former NME and loaded journalist talking about his book on 5-A Side football ‘Above Head Height’ with Daniel Rachel  2pm 1pm Daniel Rachel Daniel Rachel’s book ‘Walls Come Tumbling Down’ is an exhaustive account of the Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge movements. In April it won the Penderyn Music Book Prize.   Ex NME [...]

Leftfield Satge 1.30pm Can Culture Save us? Panel discussion

Musicians and Social Change Through the voices of campaigners, musicians, artists and politicians, Daniel Rachel charts the pivotal period between 1976 and 1992 as politics and pop music come together as never before, to challenge racism, gender inequality and social and class divisions.  Daniel Rachel is in conversation with contributor Richard Coles ( The Communards) [...]

CAN MUSIC CHANGE THE WORLD? THE BOOKS TENTTHE WORLD AS IT COULD BE Daniel Rachel charts the extraordinary and pivotal period between 1976-1992 when musicians and their fans truly became instigators of social change. From his conversations with the key members behind the Rock Against Racsim, 2 Tone and Red Wedge movements – artists including [...]