20th Birthday Weekender – Into the Underground: an East London Story

Join us for this special screening exploring the spaces, people and culture that shaped East London’s underground music scene.

To mark our twentieth anniversary this year we commissioned our young people to create a brand new documentary exploring grime's roots as a form of protest, self-expression and resistance, funded by Aldgate and Allhallows. 

Created over the last six months through a series of workshops and featuring leading lights from the scene, join us for the premiere of Into the Underground: An East London Story,the story of a generation who used music to make their voices heard. 

Alongside the screening, explore an interactive exhibition celebrating music across generations, including a recreated pirate radio studio, and enjoy live performances from soundtrack artists TeeWhy, Tyler Humble and more. The evening continues with a Q&A featuring director Isaac Bokoyo, Cultural Producer Prez and industry guests, plus speed networking for aspiring creatives, before closing with performances from Yeah Youth's Above The Noise, a rap cypher and an after-party featuring emerging DJs.

Through film, conversation, networking, and music, explore how younger generations build communities and protest through music. 

This film project, funded by Aldgate and Allhallows, is a celebration of everything Rich Mix stands for: anti-racism, community, creativity and giving a platform to voices that deserve to be heard. This project comes off the back of our In Living Memory Exhibition – a collaboration with Queen Mary University bringing together stories, photographs, objects and oral histories from generations of East Londoners, exploring the struggles they faced, the communities they built, and the ways they organised for change.