This month Cultured Bohemian has curated a list of London-based global majority centered events happening this month to get you through the month. With events on screen, stage, exhibitions, and talks, there is an event for everyone.
Screen
Mother And Son
Barbican
Now – 5th July
Various Times
Small, Slow but Steady
ICA
1st – 6th July
Various Times
Queer Masculinity in Films and Curations by Cat Jones
Avalon Cafe
1st July
15:00 – 17:00
Misery Movies + Q&A
Rio Cinema
2nd July
15:15 – 17:25
Chevalier
Everyman Muswell Hill
3rd July
13:50
UK Premiere: Esther and the Law
Ritzy Cinema and Cafe
5th July
19:00 – 21:30
SMiLe Film Screenings with Q&A
Rich Mix
6th July
19:00 – 21:00
WISDOM TOOTH + DIRECTOR OUTRO – ASHES OF TIME CHINESE FILM FEST
Genesis Cinema
9th July
18:25
Two West African Films + Eva’s Man (15*) + Recorded Introduction by Awa Konaté
Barbican
12th July
18:30
SOUTH BY SOUTH: MEMORY
South London Gallery
12th July
19:00 – 20:30
NO BORDERS FILM & POETRY NIGHT + Q&A
Rich Mix
13th July
17:30
London Feeds Itself (U*) + Panel
Barbican
14th July
18:30
OTHERNESS (UK PREMIERE) – LAST FRAME QUEER FEST
Genesis Cinema
14th July
21:00
WE KINGS: A Poetry-Film series by Jess Murrain & Alex Nicolaou
Rio Cinema
14th July
14:00 – 15:00
A Different Score + Other, Like Me
Phoenix Cinema
16th July
14:30
Black Women In Broadcasting
Phoenix Cinema
16th July
12:00
BLACK HISTORY STUDIES: TINA
The Lexi Cinema
16th July
14:30
Studio Lior: Wonderland Short Film Screening
Film + TV Charity
17th July
18:00 – 20:00
Fathead
Garden Cinema
19th July
13:00 – 16:00
TIME WON’T HEAL
ArtHouse Crouch End
19th July
18:30
Eat The Screen: Come Back Anytime (U*) + Short
Barbican
20th July
18:35
Eat The Screen: Short Cuts (15*)
Barbican
27th July
18:30
STAGE
Dreamer
Battersea Arts Centre
1st July
19:30
Paper Cut
Park Theatre
1st July
15:15 & 19:45
Comedy Mania: Laugh In The Box
BOXPARK Shoreditch
4th July
19:00 – 22:00
Housemates: Is Dat U Yh?
Brixton House
4th – 8th July
Various Times
Rising Presents BODUR
Roundhouse
6th July
19:00
Housemates 2023: REP
Brixton House
6th – 8th July
Various Times
Pedal Power x BORN N BREAD
Southbank Centre
7th July
18:00
UNIVERSAL
Omnibus Theatre
7th July
19:45
Disruption
Park Theatre
7th July – 5th August
Various times
Slim’s Laughter Connoisseurs
Soho Theatre
8th July
21:15
Housemates 2023: Eating Myself
Brixton House
12th – 15th July
Various Times
TriForce Productions Present: Sorry, I Didn’t Know Season 4!
Riverside Studios
14th July
16:30 – 20:30
Housemates 2023: Before I Go
Brixton House
18th – 22nd July
Various Times
Housemates 2023: Everything I Own
Brixton House
19th – 22nd July
Various Times
futuretense: GBNGA + Lemzi
Southbank Centre
20th July
18:00
Word-Play
Royal Court Theatre
20th July – 26th August
Various Times
Fray
Wilton’s Music Hall
24th – 26th July
19:30
Urooj Ashfaq: Oh No! – Edinburgh Preview
Soho Theatre
25th – 29th July
21:15
MAN’OUSHE – JANINE HAROUNI
Rich Mix
27th July
20:00
Kabaret Nusantara
Wilton’s Music Hall
27th July
19:30
UNFORGETTABLE GIRL
Omnibus Theatre
28th & 29th July
19:00
Exhibition
LAGOS, PECKHAM, REPEAT: PILGRIMAGE TO THE LAKES
South London Gallery
5th July – 29th October
Various Times
A WORLD IN COMMON: CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHY
Tate Modern
6th July – 14th January
Various Times
Raghav Babbar: New Paintings
Nahmad Projects
1st June – 21st July
Various Times
AUBREY WILLIAMS: FUTURE CONSCIOUS
October Gallery
15th June – 29th July
Various Times
SOUTHERN SOMEBODIES
The Gallery of Everything
1st June – 6th August
Various Times
The Shape of Things by Simone Brewster
NOW Gallery
29th June – 24th September
Various Times
Talk
Gallery Talk: Aubrey Williams
October Gallery
1st July
16:30
Simon Sinek & Steven Bartlett Live
Southbank Centre
5th July
20:00
Black Men-Talk Health
University of Westminster (Cavendish Campus)
5th July
19:00 – 22:00
IN CONVERSATION WITH FOLAKUNLE OSHUN
South London Gallery
6th July
18:30 – 19:30
Encounters: Sin Wai Kin and Planningtorock
Barbican
6th July
19:00
La Liste Top 5: Live Show Special
Barbican
7th July
18:30
Goodman Factory x Raising Boys 2 Men: Live Podcast
Barbican
8th July
13:30
A NIGHT IN WITH NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH
Online
13th July
18:30
A NIGHT IN WITH KEHINDE FADIPE
Online
18th July
18:30
October Gallery X Trebuchet Talk
October Gallery
18th July
18:30 – 21:30
Yomi Adegoke & Bernardine Evaristo: The List
Southbank Centre
20th July
19:30
A NIGHT IN WITH PEACE ADZO MEDIE
Online
31st July
18:30
Events
THE BLACK WELLNESS POP-UP
BOXPARK Shoreditch (UNIT 15)
27th June – 2nd July
Various times
ChakraGasm – pleasure mapping
Tribe
1st July
14:00 – 16:00
Candid Black Readers Link Up
Create Destroy Studios – Sugar House Island
2nd July
15:00 – 18:00
Talawa Firsts 2023
Fairfield Halls
3rd – 14th July
Various Times
EMEKA OGBOH X ORBIT LAUNCH NIGHT
South London Gallery
6th July
16:00 – 23:00
MINUTE SHORTS PRESENTS BPM: XOUL
Rich Mix
6th July
19:00
KAYLEE KAY PRESENTS: THE THURSDAY CLUB
BOXPARK Wembley
6th July
20:00 – 01:00
THE KICKBACK: FRIDAY AFTER WORK
The Patio London
7th July
18:00 – 23:00
ChakraGasm – energetic message
Tribe
8th July
14:00 – 16:00
Plot 17: A Hip-Hop Garden Block Party
Southbank Centre
9th July
13:00
Direct To Culture July 2023
26 Leake Street
14th July
12:30 – 23:00
Drinks & Kinks: Day party
TOLA
16th July
13:00 – 19:00
Shibari Noire
Anatomie Studio
28th July
18:30 – 22:30
Black Girls Camping Trip
Debden House
28th – 30th July
Various Times
Black-Owned Hackney Market – July
Bohemia Place Markets
28th – 30th July
Various Times
Jazz RE:FEST
Roundhouse
29th July
12:00
If you have attended any of these venues and/or events, please leave a comment to talk about your experience. Make sure to book and be part of the culture.