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Cardiff Homeless Action event for World Homeless Day

This Saturday a number of groups in Cardiff and south Wales are hosting an event to mark World Homeless Day.

It’s an event to raise awareness and to get people involved in taking further action together with people who are homeless.

Homelessness-Awareness-poster

Daytime – 3pm to around 6pm - info-stalls, music, free food, art, kids activities, speakers, free-shop and workshops; including destitution, squatting and skipping.

Evening – 7pm to 11pm – live music and a DJ, bar

http://cardiffh​omelessaction.o​rg/

The roof, the roof, the roof…still needs to be fixed…

Come to our benefit gig to help us make it happen…

10631066_10153142532971978_7971053921975515414_oRash Decision also contacted but yet to confirm.

All money raised to go towards fixing the (at least) 3 year-old hole in the roof…!

(The roof is above the lived-in part of the Red and Black Umbrella building, but money has always been tied together.)

7pm Doors

Drinks tolerated, Drunkeness not.

Thee Infidels – German Skacore at the Brolly!

infidelsSka is on order at the Red and Black tonight.

We bring to you some amazing talent in the form of:

Thee Infidels – German Skacore

Public Order Act – One of Bristol’s best

Raz Chaoten – An act on a mission

Doors 7pm

Pay what you can! – This is a not-for-profit gig.

Drink tolerated, drunkenness not.

Come skank your socks off!

 

GRAND COLLAPSE + DROPPING BOMBS – Benefit for Frack Free Wales – June 20th

This Friday at The Red and Black Umbrella we welcome back old favourites Grand Collapse  the night before their ALBUM RELEASE in Bristol. Also playing will be Punk all the way from Dublin- Dropping Bombs!


Grand Collapse-
http://grand-collapse.bandcamp.com/

Dropping Bombs-
http://droppingbombs.bandcamp.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvDCoZWs6W8

All profits go to Frack Free Wales.

Some info about what Fracking means to you, and what can be done to help end the disastrous destruction of our environments: http://frack-off.org.uk/fracking-hell/frontline/

Doors at 6pm, BYOB, Drink Tolerated, Drunkenness not.

Love And Rage, Share widely! x

ANTIFA SUMMER AT THE RBU! Atterkop, Dead City Riot, Chewed Up and Public Order Act! 5th June

We welcome back Bristol Antifa skacore punks Atterkop back through our doors with special guests, Dead City Riot- Hardcore ska all the way from the USA, on the first day of their European tour!
Also playing will be Chewed Up and Public Order act, so don’t miss out

Atterkop- http://www.riotskarecords.com
2014 will see them continue to tour while fundraising for causes close to their hearts.
Atterkop have one simple goal, to make music for social change not fashion or profit.

DEAD CITY RIOT EUROPEAN TOUR 2014 -
http://riotskarecords.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-dawn-ep-re-release 
The “anarcho punk/skacore” force to be reckoned with, DEAD CITY RIOT, hailing from Connecticut, USA are heading back to Europe for the second time this year. On this occasion they will be armed with a full length record and a shed load of new tunes.

Chewed Up – http://www.chewedup.co.uk
A DIY Anarcho-ska project from Sheffield. Bits of Choking Victim hammered together with bits of UK82, 80s Crust. and US 80s HC.
Played with the likes of Discharge, Subhumans, Dogsflesh, Morning Glory, Restarts, Barb Wire Dolls and many more.

Public Order Act-http://www.facebook.com/carnivalpunks
Dub Punk from Bristol!

Suggested donation of 3quid
Profits split between South Wales Antifa and The RBU Social Centre funds-
Give what you can!

Drink tolerated DRUNKENNESS NOT
BYOB

Doors at 5pm

Love and Peas. E. xX

Folk Art/Graffiti, Seedswap, Edible Gardening, Vegan BBQ, Music+ more! This Sunday 11th May

Folk Art and Gardening day at the Red and Black Umbrella- The Revolution is Growing!

This Sunday we will happily be opening our doors to the community as we host an autonomous folk arts, bbq, music and fun day on sunday. Bring paint ya’ll!

From 11am onwards we will be sharing music, vegan food, seeds and art.
We ask and encourage those who use the space to bring vegan food, seeds to swap, paints to decorate our newly white-washed social centre walls and gardening supplies that we can use for the edible garden that we hope to start cultivating this year.


We have a nice clear space ready for Sunday, thanks to those who attended our productive (work) day yesterday.  It’s time for the space to get a new face on!
Ideas for the outside of the building greatly appreciated.

We welcome families and dogs
57 – 5 8 clifton street, cardiff.

Love and Peas! xX

Perkie and the Perkettes, Efa Supertramp, Olive Anne + more!

At our next event at the brolly we welcome PERKIE and the Perkettes in the middle of their tour…
Supported by local acts Twisted (ft. Olive Anne), Efa Supertramp and Emy Lou!

The night will be to raise some funds for the Red and Black Umbrella Social Centre with proceeds to be put towards fixing various holes, leaks, cracks and general DIY.

14th April (Mon)
Suggested Donation £3, Doors at 5.30

BYOB, drink tolerated, drunkenness not!

If you don’t know what Perkie sounds like with a band, but would like to find out, then you would do well to go get yer lug’oles round this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_HvSsNw8ow or check the bandcamp if you’ve got a longer attention span.

Perkie poster