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NOC WALPURGII FESTIVAL 2014 details!

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Emancypunx & Refuse & Feminismus Oi & Köpi presents Valpurgi’s Night Festival 2014! This year’s Anarcha-feminist / Girl-punk /Anti-sexist / Anti-homophobic fest will take place on April 30th at Kopi squat in Berlin. A bunch of interesting workshops, movie screenings and shows are coming up! See the details below.

NOC WALPURGII

NOC WALPURGII FESTIVAL 2014
Valpurgi’s Night Festival

FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/278135302338682/#

Bands: 

KOVAA RASVAA (Turku, Finland) 
Raw and fast finnish distrort hardcore punk. Former members of KHATARINA. Their full LP is coming on soon on Emancypunx Records and Campary Records. 
https://soundcloud.com/svart-records/kovaa-rasvaa-tilanne-p-ll
https://www.facebook.com/KovaaRasvaa

IRON (Malmo, Sweden)
Sex positive, queer, vegan straight edge and vehemently anti-capitalist hardcore. xIRONx proudly take a stand, hopefully creating a ripple effect motivating others to re-evaluate their role in this scene and life in general.
http://xironx.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ironxvx

N.M.A. (Hamburg) 
Catchy and melodic punk rock with surf-drenched guitars, the complementary female vocals, and the rock ‘n’ roll frenzy. Members of RED DONS, BORN/DEAD, LOS DOLARES or PELIGRO.
http://nomoreart.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/nomoreartmusic

ANTIDOTUM (Warsaw, Poland)
Hailing from Warsaw, and picking up where Post Regiment threw the towel – no personal links apart from being friends. Powerful, melodic punk with a female singer in a good tradition of polish HC-punk over the last decades! Started in 1992 and meanwhile sharing members with TZN XENNA or EL BANDA. 
http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Antidotum

PETRA FLURR (Berlin) 
Eccentric, pure and provocative genderqueer electropunk. Symbol of Decadance,Transgenic and Porn. Mix of Punk trash aesthetic and fetish.
http://www.reverbnation.com/petraflurr
https://www.facebook.com/PetraFlurrOfficial

KENNY KENNY OH OH (Leipzig)
Raw and catchy punkrock, sounds like more crude and pissed off style of BOMBETTES or less fast WHITE LUNG. Debut 7″ out on Emancypunx and Contraszt Records.
http://kennykennyohoh.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/kennykennyohoh

XFIRST WORLD PROBLEMX (Berlin)
Anarchist Feminist Vegan Straight Edge Hardcore. 
http://xfirstworldproblemx.bandcamp.com/
http://annavo.wordpress.com/bands/xfirstworldproblemx/

FRIEND CRUSH (Berlin)
New local queer punk band with ex-members of EX BEST FRIENDS and CAPTAIN AWESOME. 
https://www.facebook.com/friendcrush?ref=stream

ZDRADA PAŁKI (Berlin/Wrocław)
Vegan queer electro kitsch
http://zdradapalki.bandcamp.com/album/kawa-ki
https://www.facebook.com/zdradapalki

Workshops:

RACE, GENDER AND PRIVILEGE IN LEFTIST COMMUNITIES AND IN HARDCORE PUNK
Facilitated by Anna Vo (First World Problem, “Fix My Head” zine)
1.5 – 2 hours
Political and cultural history is recorded and written by dominant cultures, and as a result it is not commonly known that Anarchism has Eastern roots, and “punk” started in 1977 in various continents, outside of the UK and USA. This workshop runs through some examples of non-Western, non-white origins of both subcultures, and moves onto a discussion/workshop about how assumptions about continuing a “white”, male, hetero, middle-class dominated environment means making other, marginalised groups invisible. This workshop outlines how socially, politically and historically, certain communities are invisibilised or excluded.
Everybody welcome.

FEMINIST ECONOMICS, A WORKSHOP 
Zofka Łapniewska 
Gender perspective in economics for activists, which are not necessary aware of economics. Accessible way of presentation (case – studies, movies excerpts, discussions) of topics related to women’s role in home/country/world economy, private and public space. Current issues and reflection on alternatives. 
First block 1,5h – would be an introduction to economics and feminist economics, among others: notion of feminist economics, it’s origins, different types of economies and women’s (in)visibility, care economics and reproduction.
Second block 1,5h – would be dedicated to global economy among others: international institutions, value and money, indicators, division of goods, poverty, migration, feminist critique and alternatives. 
Workshop will be carried in English.

Performance: EXPLORA (justforyou)
Movies by Julia Ostertag
DJane: Aska Lashnikov (France) All-female and female fronted punk and HC set

Rider:

SPORTRAUM:
17.00 RACE, GENDER AND PRIVILEGE IN LEFTIST COMMUNITIES AND IN HARDCORE PUNK Facilitated by Anna Vo 
18.30 FEMINIST ECONOMICS, A WORKSHOP Zofka Łapniewska 

TECHNOKELLER:

19.30 FRIEND CRUSH
20.15 xFIRST WORLD PROBLEMx
21.00 KENNY KENNY OH OH
22.00 DJane Aska Lashnikov
23.00 ZDRADA PAŁKI
23.45 Performance EXPLORA
0.00 PETRA FLUR

AGH:

22.30 ANTIDOTUM
23.30 N.M.A.
0.15 IRON
1.00 KOVAA RASVAA

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Die Noc Walpurgii findet seit 1996 in Warschau statt.
Dieses Jahr wird es das Festival das zweite Mal
in Berlin geben. Unser Ziel ist es, Sexismus und
Homophobie eine Absage zu erteilen und unabhängige
DIY-Kultur zu stärken!

The Noc Walpurgii festival started in 1996 in Warsaw, Poland, and is organized every two years. It was a pioneering event in Poland which took up about such issues like the struggle against sexism and homophobia and the promotion of girl-fronted bands and activities.
Since 2012 it’s being organized in Berlin. 

http://nocwalpurgii.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/noc.walpurgii

Karol Kamiński

DIY rock music enthusiast and web-zine publisher from Warsaw, Poland. Supporting DIY ethics, local artists and promoting hardcore punk, rock, post rock and alternative music of all kinds via IDIOTEQ online channels.
Contact via [email protected]

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