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Faggamuffin Bloc Party, Carnival Pride @ Village Underground
Faggamuffin Bloc Party, Carnival Pride @ Village Underground

Image by Haruki
Alt text: A huge crowd of people in a warehouse-style venue dance with joy

Shelia Gehlani, Nurse Knows Best @ The Sick of the Fringe.
Shelia Gehlani, Nurse Knows Best @ The Sick of the Fringe.

Image by Manuel Vason
Alt text: Performers in blue nurse uniforms tend to participants in hospital beds in a lobby that looks like a make-shift hospital ward

HighRise Entertainment's The UK Drill Project
HighRise Entertainment's The UK Drill Project

Image by Tristan Bejawn
Alt text: A group of young people, some with their faces covered, sit and stand around a grey brick wall

Travis Alabanza, I Tried To Fuck Up The System But None Of My Friends Texted Back @ The Sick of the Fringe
Travis Alabanza, I Tried To Fuck Up The System But None Of My Friends Texted Back @ The Sick of the Fringe

Image by Christa Holka
Alt text: Seated audience members wear blue over-ear headphones and hold up tiny flags

Busty Beatz (Black Honey Company), We Are The Latest Models Of Our Ancestry @ The Sick of the Fringe
Busty Beatz (Black Honey Company), We Are The Latest Models Of Our Ancestry @ The Sick of the Fringe

Image by Manuel Vason
Alt text: A gallery wall of various sepia-toned framed images of indigenous peoples. Someone with their back to the camera observing them.


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