https://anotherskyfestival.com Another Sky Festival 2026 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:31:01 +0000 https://anotherskyfestival.com en https://anotherskyfestival.com/Video-Animated-Splash Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:30:30 +0000 Another Sky Festival 2026 https://anotherskyfestival.com/Video-Animated-Splash <img width="2929" height="1638" width_o="2929" height_o="1638" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75152b4362212d9331047112ccc03044521ec17ce41b290c1d8793843747f183/Logo_1.png" data-mid="245556664" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/75152b4362212d9331047112ccc03044521ec17ce41b290c1d8793843747f183/Logo_1.png" /> https://anotherskyfestival.com/about Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:30:33 +0000 Another Sky Festival 2026 https://anotherskyfestival.com/about Another Sky is a London-based festival and artistic platform celebrating experimental music from the SWANA (South West Asia &amp; North Africa) region and diaspora. 2026 is our third festival edition. Join us in listening, in watching, in dancing and in connecting across multiple days and nights. We present composed, improvised and electronic music; short films and moving-image works; new commissions; workshops and an independent label &amp; publisher fair. Another Sky is co-directed by Sam Salem أسامة سالم (composer; co-founder Distractfold Ensemble; RNCM) and Emily Moore (Southern Bird artist management &amp; production). Please do get in touch with Sam and Emily if you would like to share your music. We would love to hear from you. Our 2023-24 film programmes were curated and led by Saeed Taji Farouky سعيد تاجي الفاروقي, a filmmaker, writer and curator who has been making work on themes of conflict, human rights and colonialism since 2004. Marketing Daryoush Haj-Najafi Press Emily Moore&nbsp; Art direction &amp; identity Rand&nbsp;Hamdallah Audio technical director Shaun Crook Production assistant Leila Collins 2026 playlists curated by Discrepant Event photography&nbsp;What About the Ash (Ash Sealy,&nbsp;Marc Tunguz) Catering Yogi’s Sri Lankan Kitchen 2026 board of advisors: Taghrid Choucair-Vizoso, Robert Farhat, Daryoush Haj-Najafi, Leah Zakss Another Sky Festival 2026 was made possible through the generous support of Arts Council England, the Hinrichsen Foundation, the Vaughan Williams Foundation and&nbsp;the OUTLANDS Network. Sam Salem&nbsp;is supported by PRS Foundation’s Composers’ Fund.&nbsp; <img width="1180" height="250" width_o="1180" height_o="250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0546099c49c267ddc38beb3a0db6b042b218ba058e82c90786a40ccd436d6f73/ACE_LOGO1.png" data-mid="245556080" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0546099c49c267ddc38beb3a0db6b042b218ba058e82c90786a40ccd436d6f73/ACE_LOGO1.png" /> <img width="1180" height="250" width_o="1180" height_o="250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5c358598242978c893b6e8ea583bc3eb2d4aada59d59907eb2b3a806c30e3de/Hinrichsen1.png" data-mid="245556082" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5c358598242978c893b6e8ea583bc3eb2d4aada59d59907eb2b3a806c30e3de/Hinrichsen1.png" /> <img width="1180" height="250" width_o="1180" height_o="250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7225b96a643018f8fe667f2e080e452651e59ebeba460a534d4692bec8643ced/RVW-copy.png" data-mid="245556106" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7225b96a643018f8fe667f2e080e452651e59ebeba460a534d4692bec8643ced/RVW-copy.png" /> <img width="300" height="64" width_o="300" height_o="64" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7972d842ec002087391aa9c6ea49bdca4cfdb6e5174655cf5fc5a9b126c22140/6-outlands-scale.png" data-mid="246590040" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/300/i/7972d842ec002087391aa9c6ea49bdca4cfdb6e5174655cf5fc5a9b126c22140/6-outlands-scale.png" /> <img width="300" height="64" width_o="300" height_o="64" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c559df7580370b47baf3e81befe8b8dd31f90d29c9212915d956d8469ff9944/4-PRS-Composers-scaled.png" data-mid="246590039" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/300/i/0c559df7580370b47baf3e81befe8b8dd31f90d29c9212915d956d8469ff9944/4-PRS-Composers-scaled.png" /> The 2026 festival edition was created in partnership with Mosaic Rooms, Bristol New Music, Arnolfini, Music to Come, ame and Eroteme. <img width="300" height="64" width_o="300" height_o="64" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ed2a83d6fa00a44b201d5c63f22fc31989c035c8b01b217f05644b9ad8a4976/5-MR-new-scale.png" data-mid="246590049" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/300/i/5ed2a83d6fa00a44b201d5c63f22fc31989c035c8b01b217f05644b9ad8a4976/5-MR-new-scale.png" /> <img width="300" height="64" width_o="300" height_o="64" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fced278d0da58d5628fbd720623c47ceeaf1dc522ea23ada48afce7f02192c5/7-BNM-scale.png" data-mid="246590095" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/300/i/3fced278d0da58d5628fbd720623c47ceeaf1dc522ea23ada48afce7f02192c5/7-BNM-scale.png" /> <img width="300" height="64" width_o="300" height_o="64" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/114b3ac50ec979a63bdd2bee03def3d9eb9955ef4d66e140d306372c65c59149/8-arnolfini---scale.png" data-mid="246590097" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/300/i/114b3ac50ec979a63bdd2bee03def3d9eb9955ef4d66e140d306372c65c59149/8-arnolfini---scale.png" /> <img width="300" height="64" width_o="300" height_o="64" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e3b2ee9d56daf8824846faeb2c9be70c8275e63d477fb90fee713f36f49fa6c/9-MTC-scale.png" data-mid="246590108" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/300/i/2e3b2ee9d56daf8824846faeb2c9be70c8275e63d477fb90fee713f36f49fa6c/9-MTC-scale.png" /> <img width="300" height="64" width_o="300" height_o="64" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a647007d4f265f9f28db1be2ad34f17fc7aa9b384526e5f6a0bc83f0ff2b1665/10-ame-scale.png" data-mid="246590109" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/300/i/a647007d4f265f9f28db1be2ad34f17fc7aa9b384526e5f6a0bc83f0ff2b1665/10-ame-scale.png" /> <img width="300" height="64" width_o="300" height_o="64" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c60480a96bf8d4ffbf92b1d0e78edd49116065220da5d05155e3340c96b26452/11-eroteme-scale.png" data-mid="246590111" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/300/i/c60480a96bf8d4ffbf92b1d0e78edd49116065220da5d05155e3340c96b26452/11-eroteme-scale.png" /> For previous editions and projects Another Sky has been supported by funding and partnerships with: the Arab British Centre, Arts Council England, BBC Radio 3, BEK – Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts, Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture, Counterflows Festival, Cyborg Soloists, Distractfold Ensemble, Ensemble Contrechamps, Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, Explore Ensemble, the Goethe-Institut, the Hinrichsen Foundation, Irtijal Festival, Maqam Books مقام, The Marchus Trust, Mosaic Rooms, NMC Recordings, the Norwegian Composers’ Fund, PRS for Music Foundation Open Fund, PRS Foundation’s New Music Biennial, Royal Northern College of Music, Safar Film Festival, Southbank Centre, SPACE FOR SWANA, Space21 and the Vaughan Williams Foundation. Another Sky is a member of the OUTLANDS Network and a proud signatory of the Keychange Pledge. <img width="1960" height="500" width_o="1960" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b842bca2223bb26244219bc259016acc8fbf3f4551f7f5c3cc4e68cc1222d91d/outlands-logo3.png" data-mid="245556103" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b842bca2223bb26244219bc259016acc8fbf3f4551f7f5c3cc4e68cc1222d91d/outlands-logo3.png" /> <img width="1000" height="399" width_o="1000" height_o="399" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0677cd43754e3e54e81fc53ac1553494d8664fcf4a4e98c7604163c9f881ce9/Keychange_Logo.png" data-mid="245556098" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0677cd43754e3e54e81fc53ac1553494d8664fcf4a4e98c7604163c9f881ce9/Keychange_Logo.png" /> https://anotherskyfestival.com/Schedule-2026-Short Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:35:51 +0000 Another Sky Festival 2026 https://anotherskyfestival.com/Schedule-2026-Short 2026 Friday 17 April Evening: Faster than light, always Mosaic Rooms226 Cromwell Road, SW5 0SW Doors 7pmFaster than light, always is a collaboration between British-Palestinian movement artist Sasha Shadid ساشا شديد, Palestinian dancer Adan Azzam عدن عزام and Ramallah-based interdisciplinary artist Julmud جُلموْد. Rooted in the threatened landscape of the Cremisan Valley in Palestine, one of the last remaining green spaces surrounding Bethlehem, the performance emerges from urgency and embodied connection to the land. Commissioned and produced by Wonder Cabinet as part of Sounds of Places 2025. Saturday 18 AprilDay: Film screeningCafe Oto&nbsp; With Hasan in Gaza مع حسن في غزة By Kamal Aljafari كمال الجعفري Doors 1pmFilm 1.30-3.30pm Drawn from material filmed in 2001 during a search for a former prison mate, With Hasan in Gaza is a tribute to a people and a land, and in Aljafari’s words, “the catastrophe and the poetry that resists”. Saturday 18 April Day: WorkshopDalston CLR James Library Finding Your Seat at the Table&nbsp; Navigating morality and compromise in the creative industries Dalston Square E8 3BQDoors 1.30pmWorkshop 2-4pm Participatory workshop led by filmmaker, archivist and sound artist Olivia Melkonian Օլիվի Մելքոնեան and publisher and writer Sherif Dhaimish الشريف دهيميش. Saturday 18 April Evening: ConcertCafe Oto Doors 7.00pm Music 8pmEnds 11.45pm Mazen Kerbaj, “Starry Night”Improvisation recorded by&nbsp; Kerbaj on the balcony of his flat in Beirut, on the night of 15 to 16 July 2006. Diffusion. Fatima Lahham فاطمة اللحام Recorder-playing vocalist whose songs are inspired by baroque and Arabic music and birdsong. Dania &nbsp; Architect of textured, neo-ambient soundscapes; she explores sound and identity, in particular how the latter has fractured in a postcolonial world. Founder of experimental platform Paralaxe Editions. HUUUM&nbsp;هومOmid Darvish, Rojin Sharafi and Alvaro Collao León’s live project brings together Iranian vocals, atypical rhythms, electronic beats and microtonal sound. Julmud جُلموْدRamallah-based music producer, researcher and sound engineer/designer. Collaborators include Al Nather, Muqata’a, Haykal, Baraari, Makimakkuk and Walaa Sbait. Sunday 19 AprilDay: Another Sky Market Cafe Oto12-3pmFree Independent label, publisher, craft &amp; gift fair, co-presented with Mosaic Rooms Bookshop.Plus installation: Ambient Gaza Music &amp; Soundmapping Project Navigate Ambient Gaza’s sound map at an interactive listening station at our market – preserving survivors’ voices and testimonials, creating a living archive of experiences and places that refuse to be erased. Sunday 19 April Day: Reading &amp; discussion groupCubitt Artists &nbsp; Sounding Survival Fundamentals of wartime listening and acoustics of violence8 Angel Mews, London N1 9HHDoors: 2pmReading group: 2.30-4pm Conversation and reading session led by Mhamad Safa, for critical engagement with key aspects of wartime listening and the sonic perception of military violence in war zones.&nbsp; Sunday 19 April Evening: ConcertCafe Oto Doors 7.00pmMusic 8pmEnds 10.55pm The Museum of the Lowest Place Sam Salem سالم أسامة presents the world premiere of this major commission for voice, piano, violin, double bass and microtonal guitar. Performed by Nina Guo, Daniel Brew, Linda Jankowska, Edward Kass, Mark Knoop. This work is supported by PRS Foundation’s Composers’ Fund. Bint Mbareh بنت مبارح Sound researcher and organiser with Exist Festival, with a focus on water in Palestine. She challenges settler-colonial epistemology by taking seriously Palestinian ways of knowing, from rain-summoning music to shrine pilgrimage, as an instigator of political revolution. Khabat Abas عەباس خەبات &amp;&nbsp;Hardi Kurda کوردە هەردی&nbsp;Another Sky Artist in Residence Khabat Abas presents development work for an Another Sky commission for late 2026. YUNIS يونس The Egyptian artist presents Ninety Nine Eyes, a new live ritual set and album weaving Afro-Arab rhythms, trance structures and electronic maximalism into a sonic pilgrimage. https://anotherskyfestival.com/Booking-Ticketing-Info-Top-copy Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:36:16 +0000 Another Sky Festival 2026 https://anotherskyfestival.com/Booking-Ticketing-Info-Top-copy Buy tickets from Cafe Oto: Festival pass £30 advance Friday night - Faster than light, always (Mosaic Rooms) Free, RSVP essential Saturday day - Film Screening (Cafe Oto) £3 advance; £5 doorSaturday day - Workshop (Dalston Clr James Library) £3 advance; £5 door Saturday night - Concert (Cafe Oto) £17 advance; £20 doorSunday day - Discussion group (venue tbd) £3 advance; £5 door Sunday night - Concert (Cafe Oto) £17 advance; £20 door If you are studying, unwaged or on a low income and are unable to afford a ticket, Cafe Oto offers free venue membership, no questions asked: set up your account here https://anotherskyfestival.com/Booking-Ticketing-Info-Middle-copy-copy-copy-copy Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:36:23 +0000 Another Sky Festival 2026 https://anotherskyfestival.com/Booking-Ticketing-Info-Middle-copy-copy-copy-copy Buy solidarity tickets here: Festival pass £60Your support helps us continue to offer discounted tickets to those who need them. Thank you! https://anotherskyfestival.com/Booking-Ticketing-Info-Bottom-copy-copy Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:36:33 +0000 Another Sky Festival 2026 https://anotherskyfestival.com/Booking-Ticketing-Info-Bottom-copy-copy Access:Cafe Oto events are on the ground floor, with step-free access and accessible, gender-neutral toilets. The Mosaic Rooms event is across multiple floors with lift access throughout and accessible, gender-neutral toilets.The Dalston CLR James Library event is on the second floor, in the Meeting Room, with lift access and accessible, gender-neutral toilets. The reading group (venue tbd) will be at a fully accessible venue.We offer 2 for 1 tickets for guests’ carers.We are more than happy to reserve you seats and/or space for a wheelchair.To arrange any of the above, or if you have any questions to help make your visit more comfortable, please email us here.&nbsp; https://anotherskyfestival.com/Schedule-2026-Friday Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:40:27 +0000 Another Sky Festival 2026 https://anotherskyfestival.com/Schedule-2026-Friday 2026 Friday 17 April Evening: Faster than light, alwaysMosaic Rooms 226 Cromwell Road, SW5 0SW Doors 7pm Faster than light, always is a sound and choreography piece commissioned by Wonder Cabinet, bringing together British-Palestinian movement artist Sasha Shadid ساشا شديد, Palestinian movement artist Adan Azzam عدن عزام and Ramallah-based interdisciplinary artist Julmud جُلموْد. &nbsp;It is part of Wonder Cabinet’s ongoing body of work exploring the Cremisan Valley through architectural, sonic, visual and ecological investigations. The performance speaks to the aesthetics of the Cremisan Valley and to the ways in which occupation forces have been encroaching upon one of the last remaining green spaces around Bethlehem, further suffocating its community. More broadly, it uses the body as a medium for claiming the land, embodying its ample and smooth curves, its terraces, and the bearing trees it cradles. Wonder Cabinet presented this production developed in the framework of Sounds of Places 2024, an annual residency-based sound gathering &nbsp;exploring the sonic aesthetics of place initiated and curated by Wonder Cabinet and transmitted through Radio AlHara.Following its development in Palestine, the performance is now co-presented in London by Mosaic Rooms and Another Sky.The performance will take place in Mosaic Rooms’ garden (weather permitting). This event is free, but entry is not automatically included with your festival pass. RSVP directly with Mosaic Rooms is essential; please follow this link. https://anotherskyfestival.com/Booking-Ticketing-Info-Top-copy-copy-copy Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:30:40 +0000 Another Sky Festival 2026 https://anotherskyfestival.com/Booking-Ticketing-Info-Top-copy-copy-copy Buy tickets from Cafe Oto: Festival pass £30 advance Friday night - Faster than light, always (Mosaic Rooms) Free, RSVP essential https://anotherskyfestival.com/Booking-Ticketing-Info-Middle-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:30:50 +0000 Another Sky Festival 2026 https://anotherskyfestival.com/Booking-Ticketing-Info-Middle-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy-copy Buy solidarity tickets here:Festival pass £60 Your support helps us continue to offer discounted tickets to those who need them. Thank you! https://anotherskyfestival.com/Booking-Ticketing-Info-Bottom-copy-copy-copy-copy Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:31:01 +0000 Another Sky Festival 2026 https://anotherskyfestival.com/Booking-Ticketing-Info-Bottom-copy-copy-copy-copy Access: Mosaic Rooms has lifts for step-free access throughout, and accessible, gender-neutral toilets.We are more than happy to reserve you seats and/or space for a wheelchair.To arrange any of the above, or if you have any questions to help make your visit more comfortable, please email us here.&nbsp;