Sat 30th Scots / African / Caribbean Night

This will be a very special St Andrew’s Night. As part of the STUC St Andrew’s Anti-Racism Weekender we are bringing together NationalCollective and Graham Campbell and Africans for an Independent Scotland. They will each be providing some fantastic live acts and if you fancy joining them there will be a 30 minute open mic slot so email us on accglasgow@gmail.com if you want to book a place.

You’ll also have the chance to sample African, Caribbean andScottish food from just 2.50 for a plate. And the bar will be well stocked and reasonably priced. So with a donation of a fiver to get it we reckon you won’t find a better value or more fun St Andrew’s Night anywhere in Scotland.

We look forward to welcoming you. 

Outdoor Art comes to a window near you!

31st October - 4th November

PICTURE WINDOW is an on-going public art project based in Glasgow that temporarily transforms shop front spaces with contemporary art practice directed at the street, turning the city into a gallery for New Media Art.

SONICA is a programme dedicated to world-class sonic arts, presenting emerging British talent alongside exceptional international artists in collaboration with renowned co-producers and venues. Curated by Cathie Boyd, Patrick Dickie and Graham McKenzie, Sonica gives a UK platform to performances of exceptional and rarely-seen work.

We are one of the windows in question.

CONDUCTING COMMODITIES by Thomas Leyland-Collins. 66/68 Osborne Street, The African Caribbean Centre. 31st October - 4th November, midday - midnight. Creating a sense of nostalgia through the use of bygone jingles and advertisements, Conducting Commodities examines the role of sound in advertising, as visitors are encouraged to interact with a window display of salvaged television sets. 

The other venues are listed here.

Dancing away from Racism and raising money for street kids in Goa

Friday 8th November - Shuffle Fundraiser

Shuffle is taking over the African Caribbean Centre on 8th November with their usual quality tunes and DJs.

All the money raised goes to Little Acorns Shelters for street kids in Goa, India.

Top tunes from:

Craig 'Squelch' Murphy
Kerin McEwing & WIlliam McDonald (ctrl+alt+del)
DJ pHATSam 303 (Alive from Maryhill)
Marc Addison & Paul Dolan (Discosoup Sounds/By Demand)

Entry 8 pounds. 

Sunday - launching our I Have a Dream project

We are delighted to be launching a very exciting film / art project put together for us by Annie and Eileen at Picture Window. Using extracts of the Martin Luther King "I Have A Dream" speech the actual speech is interspersed with contributions from members of the African & Caribbean Network living in Glasgow.

The arty bit is that it will be projected onto our shop window nightly throughout Black History Month using very clever technology and the talents of the artists at Picture Window. 

It's our tribute to Martin Luther King in the 50th Anniversary year of that great speech. We're officially launching it on Sunday 13th October from 7pm to 8pm and everyone is welcome. We'll ask the project manager Anne McLaughlin to say a few words before the artists tell us how it was put together. Join the contributors to the film in launching it and be amongst the first in Glasgow to see it. But remember to wrap up warm, because the viewing takes place outside and we cannot guarantee warmth :-)

We are at 66/68 Osborne Street, G1 5QH, which runs parallel to Trongate and is off King Street.

Exclusive Performance from the Sensational Ghanaian Band Kakatsitsi

We are VERY excited to announce an exclusive one off show THIS FRIDAY 4TH OCTOBER at the African Caribbean Centre (66 Osborne Street) in Glasgow with Kakatsitsi as part of Black History Month! 

Kakatsitsi are a group of traditional drummers, dancers and singers from the Ga tribe of Southern Ghana, with their roots in the fishing community of Jamestown, the part of Accra where the British based their colonial headquarters. Their music takes traditional rhythms and chants from their own Ga tradition and those of a variety of other West African cultures, rearranging them in a modern and accessible way.

Since 1996, Kakatsitsi have toured the UK 9 times, working with a wide variety of festivals including the main stage at Glastonbury where they performed with the legendary act The Orb.

The recent addition of a strong dance element, to complement the already outstanding drumming and singing components, has established Kakatsitsi as the leading African traditional group in the UK.

With support from Rebecca Vasmant and Mark Robb. 


Doors Open from 8.30pm

Show will start from 9pm 


Tickets available on the door


£5 Entry

Happy Birthday African Style! We are 8 today!!!

Give just 67 minutes in honour of Nelson Mandela

Today is Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday and the African & Caribbean Network extends its best wishes for as comfortable a birthday as possible. 

In South Africa, ordinary people are donating 67 minutes of their time to a good cause in honour of the 67 years of public service Madiba (as he is affectionately known to Africans) has given in his lifetime. 

We are asking anyone and everyone to do the same this Saturday and come along to help us reorganise and freshen up the African Caribbean Centre. We are going to be cleaning, painting, wallpapering, fixing doors, locks, taking pictures down, putting them up, sticking posters to walls, reorganising our boxes and just generally making the place a better organised place to be. If you can give us 67 minutes of your time on Saturday we will be eternally grateful. There will of course be free (non alcoholic) refreshments and a lot of love :-)

Please pass this on to your friends and family. If you want any more info email Anne or Graham on accglasgow@gmail.com

Summer activities for children at the ACC

Free children's activities

Not sure how to keep the children occupied this summer while the teachers take their well earned break? Why not bring them along every Monday morning to the African Caribbean Centre in Glasgow's Merchant City? And no, you don't have to be African or Caribbean, wherever you come from on the planet, you are welcome.

You must stay on the premises but we're offering free tea, coffee, juice and biscuits to the grown ups and juice for the kids. 

Activities this coming Monday (8th July) will be:

* Board Games - all morning

* Art corner - with an environmental twist - all morning with Lou

* Storytelling - various times with Anne

* Rhythm and movement workshop - 10.30am & 11.30am - with Tina, pictured above right

* Puppet making workshop - all morning with Caroline, picture above left

If you would like more information contact Anne on accglasgow@gmail.com.

The ACC is at 66/68 Osborne Street, Glasgow, G1 5QH. It's next to the back entrance to TJ Hughes and the street runs parallel to Trongate. 

Experience a Night of Afro Love ... 26 April

Wow! Just look at the array of African acts appearing LIVE right here at the African Caribbean Centre on Friday 26th April. They'll be playing all kinds of music, funky house, afro house, semba, kuduru, you name it they'll be doing it! And it's only 4 pounds to get in leaving you lots of money to sample our well stocked bar. So get your red and black gear on and get yourself down here for a night of Afro Love!

CANCELLED - The Unauthorised SPECIALS After Show Party to Launch new SKA Friday

CANCELLED

The Specials at the Barrowlands, 

the After Show Party 5 mins away ... at the

African Caribbean Centre from 10pm till late

Featuring THE Godfathers of SKA,

Capone & The Bullets

Ban the Bomb After Demo Social

Live music, DJs and a very reasonable bar,

Saturday 13th April

Launch of The Edge Fund in Scotland

Want funding? Don't miss this! Sat 6 April.

Fri 5 Oct - Proud of Black History themed Open Mic Night

Popular demand has got us bringing back the cabaret style open mic night. If you’re a poet, can sing, play an instrument, dance, make us laugh or just fancy watching everyone else do all of that, you are welcome to come to this fun event. Performances should be on the theme ‘Proud of Black History’ although we’ll still cheer you on if it’s not.

DATE: Friday 5th October

TIMES: 8pm – 2am

TICKET INFO: Entry suggested donation of £3 but all welcome regardless

VENUE: African Caribbean Centre, 66 Osborne Street, Merchant City, Glasgow G1 5QH

Bass Warrior Reggae Special featuring Live Reggae Artistes

Bass Warrior Reggae Dancehall Night – regular first Saturday of the Month reggae club night at the ACC with the original master DJ of all things reggae, dancehall and soca, our very own Bass Warrior. All the way from London and Birmingham we are featuring Reggae Artistes Jah Garvey and Norris B. Guest DJs Ras Kama and Banta Selecta from Ujima Radio 98FM. You will not want to sit down at this night of the best in Caribbean tunes, food and cocktails.

DATES: Saturday 6th October 2012

TIMES: 8pm – 2am

TICKET INFO: Entry £10 (£6 students and unwaged)

VENUE: African Caribbean Centre, 66 Osborne Street, Merchant City, Glasgow G1 5QH

Wed 10 Oct - Discussion on Robert Wedderburn

Glasgow University Caribbean Discussion Group presents a talk on “Robert Wedderburn (1762 – 1835): Scottish-Jamaican radical preacher and revolutionary”. This talk will be led by Michael Morris, Department of English Literature, University of Glasgow. Sponsored by University of Glasgow Equality and Diversity Unit.

DATES: Wednesday 10th October 2012

TIMES: 6.30pm

TICKET INFO: Free Event

VENUE: African Caribbean Centre, 66 Osborne Street, Merchant City, Glasgow G1 5QH

MORE INFO: 0141 330 4714, gucaribbean@gmail.com

Sat 13 Oct - talk by Selma James

Delighted to be able to host a talk by Selma James on Sex, Race & Class, a new anthology from the co-author of the women’s movement classic 'The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community', founder of the 'International Wages for Housework Campaign' and coordinator of the 'Global Women’s Strike'.

You can read more about her here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_James

Come and hear the 82 year old force to be reckoned with that is Selma James.

DATE: Saturday 13th October 2012

TIMES: 1.00pm – 4.00pm

TICKET INFO: Entry free – donations welcome

VENUE: African Caribbean Centre, 66 Osborne Street, Merchant City, Glasgow G1 5QH

Wed 17 Oct - Storytelling Workshop

It's the October break, the kids are off, the sun (such as it was) has long gone. So what are you going to do with the kids? Bring them to the African Caribbean Centre pronto where internationally acclaimed and multi award winning storyteller Michael Kerins will perform a two hour storytelling workshop as part of Black History Month celebrations. They will leave on a high and so will you!

DATES: Wednesday 17 October

TIMES: 2pm to 4pm

TICKET INFO: Free Entry

VENUE: African Caribbean Centre, 66 Osborne Street, Merchant City, G1 5QH

Wed 17 Oct - Jamaican Blues Party

In the spirit of the Jamaican blue’s shindig we provide the venue for some Black History Month celebrations with a modern twist.

Ankur Productions presents a Jamaican Blues Party - come and enjoy the music and words of an exciting array of urban artistes. If you’re feeling brave join them at the mic or simply dance the night away.

DATE: Wednesday 17th October 2012

TIME: 8.00pm to 1am (bar license times tbc)

TICKET INFO: Tickets £2.50. Contact Ankur On 0141 559 4935 to reserve your ticket.

VENUE: African Caribbean Centre, 66 Osborne Street, Merchant City, Glasgow G1 5QH

MORE INFO: Rhea Lewis, 0141 559 4935, rhea.lewis@ankurproductions.org.uk

Sat 20 Oct - Children's Day Film, Storytelling & Music

Designed especially for our younger audiences, Africa in Motion’s Children’s Day programme is full of exciting African Films and Animations for children, and inspiring stories from all over the continent! This screening is suitable for children and families, and the subtitles will be narrated for younger viewers. Following the screening there will be a storytelling session. And we end the day with a 2 hour music making workshop given by Ghanaian musician and Director of Pan African Arts Scotland, Gameli Tordzro.

DATES: Saturday 20^th October

TIMES: Films 11am to 12.30, Storytelling 12.30 to 1.15pm, Music Workshop 2pm to 4pm

TICKET INFO: Film & storytelling £1.50 child / adult; Film plus workshop £3.50 child / adult

VENUE: African Caribbean Centre, 66 Osborne Street, Merchant City

22 & 23 Oct - Sharing Africa

Sharing Africa WAS 2 days of workshops and talks looking at all things African. We incorporated it into other BHM events and we now won't be having this two day event but we have another 3 coming up in this week so keep reading!