Voices Gloucester Green Day  - POSTPONED

Due to the proximity of this event to the Queen’s Funeral on the 19th, we have decided to postpone. We will definitely be hosting a similar event at a future date which we hope to announce soon. In order to ensure that you are informed on the new date and other future Voices Gloucester events, please do join our mailing list.

We very much hope this hasn’t caused any inconvenience, please contact jacqui@voicesgloucester.org.uk if you have any concerns.

Bring a picnic to the wonderful community garden and learn about the history of the Severn, and how Gloucester folk engaged with the environment in the past through films, exhibits, talks and creative activities.

Free activities for all the family include:

Amy’s Hub of Happiness – Learn how to darn a sock or make a waxed food wrap  – learning from the past for a more sustainable future!

There will be the opportunity to meet the filmmakers and take part in a Q&A discussion

Films & Exhibitions to include:

1606/7 Tsunami on the Severn – then and soon – again?

Hills Shall Become Islands – learning from the past.

In 1906/7 a tsunami, recently described as a tidal surge, took the west coast of England by surprise, resulting in people and livestock being drowned. A drawing in Gloucester Archive shows the areas that were flooded.

A drawing in Gloucester archives shows the areas that were flooded. Not surprisingly, the flood projections for the future follow a similar route up the Bristol Channel. We are currently experiencing climate change, with heat-waves, floods and rising tides. Gloucester has long been known for flooding. 

Artist Carolyn Black investigates this through printmaking, film, drawing and writing, making work to raise awareness, and will be sharing artwork and short films.

Glimmer

This beautiful short film and soundscape follows the river and the journey of the Twaite Shad fish, from dawn to dusk.

The Elvermen

Shot over a moonlit night, this is an atmospheric film that reveals the last of a hidden community hunting an endangered fish. As the sun sets on the banks of the River Severn on the rural outskirts of a city in the UK, a group of men gather in a race to catch a vanishing creature; the elusive elver. THE ELVERMEN shows how a rite of passage has changed into a fight for values: of tradition, community, and a connection to nature in an environment of impending change.

Free admission – Click here for tickets