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