Chartist Festival

CHARTIST FESTIVAL

 

SAT 17th– Sun 18th MAY 2025

 

THE PRINCE ALBERT, STROUD

 

WALK – TALK- PERFORMANCE – MUSIC – FILM

SATURDAY

 

11am   WALK   COMMEMORATIVE WALK from The Prince Albert to SELSLEY   HILL with performance and readings

 

2pm    FILM   DAYS OF HOPE community film about the 1839 SELSLEY MEETING. Showing on the hour 2pm, 3pm, 4pm.

 

5pm    TALK   Presentation about working-class 19th century POLITICAL POETRY from the Chartist newspaper the NORTHERN STAR

 

7pm   MUSIC    STROUD RED BAND

 

8pm   TALK + PERFORMANCE

           Talk about the HEAVENS and the TRINITY ROOMS and a performance linking STROUD with the 1839 NEWPORT RISING

 

SUNDAY

             MUSIC   Two bands who feature in THE DAYS OF HOPE FILM

CHINESE BURN 8pm and FORGETTING CURVE  6.30 pm         

                      

BOOKLETS AND POSTERS

Booklets on Chartism and posters about a contemporary SIX POINTS and PEOPLE’S ASSEMBLY will be available.

 

MAR 1839    JOHN FROST became prospective CHARTIST parliamentary candidate for STROUD

MAY 1839    5,000 people met on SELSLEY HILL in support of the PEOPLE’S CHARTER and the SIX POINTS that would empower the working class

NOV 1839     The last armed insurrection on British soil took place in Newport, John Frost was leader

NOV 2025    NEWPORT has a CHARTIST FESTIVAL every November

MAY 2025.   The Chartist Festival in Stroud will act s a FUNDRAISER for the community purchase of the HEAVENS VALLEY and the TRINITY ROOMS

www.stroudtrinityrooms.org        www.heavensvalley.org.uk

 

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF

STROUD AND DISTRICT TRADES UNION COUNCIL

 

www.radicalstroud.co.uk        www.theprincealbertstroud.co.uk