A Commie Bop is an expression of freedom, verve, and solidarity. Share yours with us—let’s bask in the liberating imagination of our city!
Sign Up Via Google Forums or at 6:40pm before the event.
Doors: 6pm Event: 7pm - 10pm
Co-hosts: Dani Jackson and Wes Carroll
All proceeds go to Victoria Friends of Cuba:
Victoria Friends of Cuba's solidarity work has been non-stop since our birth in 1992. We have been able to host and sponsor many guest speakers, screen documentaries, begin letter writing and petition campaigns, do media work, hold cultural events, organize demonstrations and marches, fund raise, participated in 20 Pastors for Peace caravans and co-ordinated a number of them across Canada. As imperialism plans to intensify the criminal blockade attempting to annihilate the Cuban Revolution, we stand in solidairty with Cuba and their neighbours. Attacks against democratic, environmental movements and our freedoms will no doubt continue in the coming year. However, our ongoing struggle will give hope as we work for more victories.
About Commie Bop: A Commie Bop is freedom in motion—a song, a poem, a spell, a skit, a dance against the grind of colonial capitalism. It’s where creativity smashes exploitation, where solidarity squeezes alienation, and where we (yes, we, the ridiculous and unruly) celebrate our collective fire.
This is a space to howl anti-capitalist anthems, share art that bites back, and honour past and future generations. Leftist debates? Vital. But tonight we revel in the kaleidoscope of our movement, checking our purity test kits at the door with our hearts open to each other’s stories. We have license to be silly little peasants! Think Carnival mocking lords and kings…
Open Mic Sets: Your offering does NOT need to involve a complex analysis - our day-to-day experiences put us into the crosshairs of capitalism’s contradictions. Sets should be 10 minutes or less. Please explain why you chose or wrote what you’re sharing. Performers are encouraged to make space for audience participation - teach us your chorus, wrangle us into your skit, add call and response, or bring up Alice to play the tambourine or the triangle. All acts should, in their own unique way, call for an end to exploitation and discrimination. This space celebrates dignity. Check lyrics for oppressive and triggering language (racist, sexist, ableist, SWERFS, TERFS, etc.). We fight systems, not each other. Please respect the venue.
For physical events that happen at a specific time. For example a concert, or dance performance. If there are multiple shows, you can still duplicate your event to cover them all.
In-Person Event
Thu. April 16th + Add to Calendar
The Mint
6:40pm
$0 - $40
