Event Description
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 6:45pm before the event.
Doors: 6pm Event: 7pm - 10pm
Performer sign up form:
Co hosts: D'Arcy Briggs and Wes Carroll
All proceeds go to Victoria Progressive Electors - a working class, democratic, socialist, electoral and community organization.
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.
In-Person Event
Thu. May 21st + Add to Calendar
The Mint
6:30pm - 10:00pm
$0.00 – $40.00
