Nottingham C.A.N Xmas Fundraiser

Join us for a night of Festive Celebrations in the Mimm Studios Loft Space featuring a diverse range of Artists, Poets, Musicians & Choirs showcasing performances from across a range of our Nottingham C.A.N community arts projects.

LINEUP

☆ The Under the Bridge Choir ☆

Taking place every Tuesday, the Under the Bridge Project in partnership with Bluetonic, aims to positively impact male mental health through weekly sessions in, on, and around Blue Water Spaces. Sessions include kayaking, wild swimming, yoga, meditation, creative arts and more - all set by (or in) the water. One huge aspect of the project is our Under the Bridge Choir, who meet regularly for sessions led by Choir Leader Edward Reisner, under a range of bridges along the waterways. We are delighted to have the Choir coming to our event to sing for us.

☆ KAP ☆

First working alongside Nottingham C.A.N in the Phlexx x Mimm Collective is KAP a Nottingham born singer-songwriter and producer. Featured on; KISS.FM with SHOSH, NUVOLVE Radio with DJ EZ, BBC Radio Bristol’s Artist of The Week, BBC Radio Nottingham, BBC East Midlands Introducing. This year has been an incredible year for KAP as she has received the Youth Music Next Gen funding and was crowned winner of this year’s Future Sound of Nottingham competition seeing her as the opening act at Rock City for the 2024 Dot To Dot festival.

☆ Megs ☆

Another artist who worked first worked alongside Nottingham C.A.N in the Phlexx x Mimm Collective is Megs. Megs is a British/Ghanaian singer-songwriter known for her soulful R&B sound, featured on BBC Introducing, 1Xtra, and BBC Radio 6. Originally from London and raised in Bristol, she now calls the East Midlands home. With a background in songwriting and production, Megs crafts music that blends authenticity with emotional depth. Currently, she’s working on her debut EP, a project set to highlight her evolving artistry and unique cultural influences.

☆ Khaled ☆

Khaled is a U.K. based singer and Oud player with many years of experience in playing traditional Arabic music. He plays 20th century classic Middle Eastern songs, mostly from Egypt and Syria. Some songs have origins in folk music whose writers and original singers are unknown. We cannot wait to see Khaled captivating performance at our Nottingham C.A.N Xmas Fundraiser

☆ Josh ☆

Josh is an instrumentalist and Music Producer who first joined Nottingham C.A.N in 2022 in the pilot for the Beatknots Music Academy - Funded by Youth Music. Since joining the program, Josh has been involved in a number of academies such as our Producer Academy, Instrumental Academy and our 'Tied in Knots' Record Label Academy. Josh will be performing a number of cover versions of songs on his keyboard

☆ Jay Sandhu ☆

Comedian, Poet, Event Promoter and all-around legend Jay Sandhu has worked within a range of Nottingham C.A.N projects and programs since our birth. Writing for our 'I Come From' poetry anthologies and for our 'Island' Graphic novels, braving the cold winter waters of the Trent with the Under the Bridge Project, Jay has supported everything we have done. We are so excited to have him performance and shed some humour to our festive fundraiser.

☆ Aquatic Ape ☆

Aquatic Ape are an alternative hip hop duo comprising of talented musicians Jon Boote and Sean Gore. Sean Gore has been a writer in the graphic novel "The Island" in the project facilitated by Nottingham C.A.N and has been part of the Under The Bridge Project ran by Nottingham C.A.N since the beginning. We are excited to have the duo perform for ussharing their love for philosophy through their music, tackling the deeper issues of the human psyche.

☆ Fin ☆

Fin is a DJ and Music Producer who first joined Nottingham C.A.N in 2022 in the pilot for the Beatknots Music Academy - Funded by Youth Music. Since joining the program Fin has worked his way up through the academies and is now working for us as our Trainee Music Leader supporting other young creatives with music production. On the night Fin will be DJing a live set alongside showcasing his own productions that have been released on our in-house record label 'Tied in Knots'

+ Special Guest

+Free Mince Pies

+Fully Licensed Bar

TICKETS

Donate what you can with all funds raised going directly towards supporting a range of community arts programs

ENTRY

Open to all ages, welcoming all

TIME/DATE

Tuesday 17th December

18:00pm - 22:00pm

LOCATION

Mimm Studios

35 Warser Gate

Nottingham

NG1 1NU

Host or Publisher Nottingham C.A.N