We are sorry but due to unforeseen circumstances the meeting and open Mic tonight at the Red & Black are cancelled. Please bear with us and watch this space for further news. Big love to all our friends in cardiff and further afield x
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Reclaim the Fields Day!
A day of workshops, skill-shares and more!
Saturday March 7th from 1:00 pm to midnight…
B E N E F I T
for Yorkley Court Community Farm, sustainable land community under threat now in the Forest of Dean!!
SKILL UP inna DAY
KNEES UP at NIGHT
From 1pm:
A day of learning and network building on growing projects, access to land, food sovereignty and sustainability in an off-grid venue!
Workshops!
Vegan snax!
(Hopefully) bike-powered film showings!
Come and eat and learn and chill! …
7pm till late:
A night of foresty folk, jumpin’ punk and slammin’ beats!
NOT SINCE THE ACCIDENT
OUTLAW FOLK
BREACH OF THE PEACE
DJ BUNTYCHUNX
DJ PJ
Dance your little socks off / jam till your fingers break 
£5 suggested donation on the door, but give what you can. No-one turned away through lack of funds.
Drink tolerated / drunkeness not.
Acoustic benefit gig – Friday March 6th @ 7pm
Acoustic benefit gig for Smash IPP & Claimant Solidarity Cardiff
…featuring…
BOÉMIA – Fado, Bossa-Nova and Flamenco by Luis & João
Portugal’s fado music and flamenco from Spain with Latin influences.
Kirk Morgan
A singer & a songwriter, a busker & a barfly,
a poet & a pugilist. His soulful Americana is often
accompanied by a double bass and a washboard.
Rufus Pearce
Rantings of a confused hippie in E and A and D and G…
Nicodemus Reuben
Punk and hip hop influenced spoken word poetry.
Fresh as next Wednesday.
£3 Suggested donation.
All profit goes to Smash IPP and Claimant Solidarity Cardiff.
Palestine Film Night @ RBU – Monday 2nd March
The Feminists + Rita Lynch + Breach of the Peace
A fundraiser gig for the Red and Black Umbrella Social Centre, featuring ‘The Feminists‘ all the way from Germany, ‘Rita Lynch‘ from Bristol and the second ever gig of Red and Black Umbrella resident band ‘Breach of the Peace‘.
A voluntary donation will be asked at the door for vital repairs and equipment needed to make the Social Centre better. We could buy more LED lights, a better battery, fix various holes in the walls, and generally do loads of things to make parts of the building warmer and lighter. So come on down xxx
Doors 7:30pm
see farcebook event here
The Feminists
GIVE PRAISE TO THE GODDESS!!!! The Feminists are not a band: they are HERALDS of a NEW PHASE in HUMAN COMMUNICATION!!! The Femininsts BRING WORD of the FEMINISATION of the HUMAN SOUL, starting with DRUMS and pumping ROCK n ROLL!!! THE FEMINISTS herald an era of MATRIARCHAL FIST PUMPING, of LICENTIOUS BEHAVIOUR and of the ASCENDANCE OF THE FEMININE PRINCIPAL!!! So COME, SAVOUR, and DANCE YO ASSES OFF!!!!!! THE FEMINISTS ARE HERE!!!!!!
Rita Lynch
Makes Motorhead sound like the Spice Girls.
NEW ALBUM – ANTI SOCIAL – 19/12/14
Breach of the Peace
Cardiff no-borders punks
Spread the word! The Gower Pub in Cathays is being squatted!
Occupy Democracy! Info-talk and discussion – Wed 6pm
Parliament Square in London is currently occupied by activists from the Occupy movement.
The Red and Black Umbrella is hosting an event dedicated to discussion issues around the action and the movement.
This is at 6pm on Wednesday 22nd October.
Come along to hear from someone who was there in London and to discuss the way forward for the Occupy movement, here and around the world.
All contributions welcome but no-one is expected to speak.
Read more here: http://occupylondon.org.uk/events/democracy-action-occupy-parliament/
First ever gig in UK’s newest Social Centre – Newport!
Two great workshops returning!
We’re happy to announce the return of two great RBU workshops:
The free bike workshop (formerly Black Spokes) and the Circus skill-share are back!
We’re hoping to make these both regular events again but it depends if there is enough interest to make it happen, so please turn up to support these events if you can!
You can find more information on our events on the website’s Calendar and Events Calendar (which is hopefully also going to include regular events at some point!)
General Meeting – Tuesday 1st July 6pm
All welcome (except cops and journos) to our next General Meeting – Tuesday 1st July.
General meetings are on the first Tuesday of the month and is where decisions about the social centre are made.
Bring ideas for events etc or come to find out more about what we do!
6pm – 8pm
Tea, coffee & vegan snacks available.