EQUINOX WEEKENDER

21ST & 22ND SEPTEMBER 2024

Over the Autumn Equinox weekend 21/22 September 2024 (the eve of the Labour Party conference & the first national march for Palestine in Liverpool), we welcomed our community to build more hope by sharing the harvest and playing out on Windsor Street. Activities included pavement drawing, D-Jing & dancing, seed-saving, making immune-boosting tonics, street sofa & fireside chats, ‘Digesting Politics’, mindful crafting, ‘Trustfrastructure’, a ritual journey walk, eating soup & cake, and our annual Harvest Auction! Check out 100 Year Street News; a collaborative publication focused around the Equinox Weekender to keep the fires of hope and possibility lit on Windsor Street.

The Equinox Weekender was part of ‘Seeds of Hope’: a series of hopeful happenings all across the UK in autumn 2024, with community growing and nature connection at their heart. With support from Joseph Rowntree Foundation events took place from Inverness to Hastings via Liverpool, Powys, Bristol and beyond – reflecting the hope and solidarity we know exists in communities everywhere, and inviting all of us to get behind it. Amid concern about the rise of far-right populism and widespread feelings of fatalism, these celebrations of amazing people and communities growing hope and building belief in better futures are exactly what we need right now. Read the ‘Seeds of Hope’ zine here!

THE EQUINOX WEEKENDER PROGRAMME…

SATURDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER 10AM-4PM & 6-9PM

GROUNDING CEREMONY 10-11am

Let’s tune into the Equinox with meditation, movement & altar making.

DIGESTING POLITICS 11.30-1PM BOOKING ESSENTIAL FREE/ BY DONATION

Enjoy a bowl of soup and a chat about the politics of food. More info here

COMMUNITY DJ-ING 12-2PM

Bring your own vinyl to get us all moving!

IMMUNE-BOOSTING FOR ACTIVISTS 2-4PM BOOKING ESSENTIAL FREE/ BY DONATION

Activists & allies; help make immune-strengthening elixirs to get us through autumn/winter.

HARVEST AUCTION FUNDRAISER 6PM-9PM BOOKING ESSENTIAL £10

A magical evening of food and comedy raising funds for Habibti Liverpool & Squash’s own ‘Soup it Forward’, co-hosted by our patron Andi Oliver! More info here.