Outlands Network

Keeley Forsyth brings HAND TO MOUTH TO to Outer Waves 2026, created with longtime collaborator Matthew Bourne and commissioned by Outlands Network and Full of Noises - Saturday 23rd May If you know Keeley’s work, you know how singular it is — stark, physical, emotionally charged, and rooted in a raw, body‑led performance style that no one else comes close to. Her voice shifts from fragile to feral, carrying this incredible weight and intimacy, and HAND TO MOUTH TO pushes even further into that territory with new movement, narration, tension, and sound. She joins a truly global lineup across Invisible Wind Factory and Make CIC, alongside experimental artists, installations, talks, and late‑night happenings lighting up Liverpool’s North Docks. May 23–24. Weekend and Day Tickets at RA, DICE & outer-waves.co.uk

The last date of YUNIS' micro tour is tonight at Arnolfini as part of Bristol New Music's 2026 programme, also featuring a collaboration between Saint Abdullah, Eomac & Rebecca Salvadori, and a performance from KMRU. Bristol New Music takes place at various venues across the city, 22nd - 26th April. Further information and tickets for tonight's event can be found via the link in our bio.

Following an appearance at Another Sky last weekend, Egyptian musician YUNIS appears alongside KAU at Cobalt Studios in Newcastle this Thursday, as part of Cobalt's 'Fresh Thursdays' live event series. Supported by our Network Exchange programme, YUNIS is part way through a three date micro tour covering performances in London, Newcastle and Bristol, organised by Another Sky, Cobalt and Music to Come. For more information and tickets to Thursday's event follow the link in our bio to reach Cobalt's website. @yuniiiiiiiss @kaumusic.bxl @cobaltstudios.ouseburn @music_tocome @anotherskyfestival

DOING MY RITUALS NEXT WEEK IN UK

EROTÆME × Another Sky A one day programme of workshop and concert in collaboration with Another Sky, a London based festival exploring experimental music from the SWANA region and diaspora. An afternoon session on how artists sustain their work while navigating institutions, independence and personal values, led by Olivia Melkonian and Sherif Dhaimish. In the evening, Khabat Abas, Artist in Residence, presents new work for a 2026 commission, joined by Hardi Kurda. Khabat Abas خەبات عەباس is a cellist and interdisciplinary artist from Kurdistan, working across sound, performance and installation, exploring time, memory and material. Hardi Kurda هەردی کوردە is a sound artist, violinist and researcher, working across composition, improvisation and sonic archiving. 📍 PINK, Stockport 🗓 Sat 2 May 🎟 Tickets in bio 🍲 Food included Supported by the Outlands Network #experimentalmusic #soundart #manchestermusic #SWANA #kurdishartist

Next Saturday the second day of Another Sky Festival ‘With Hasan in Gaza’ مع حسن في غزة By Kamal Aljafari كمال الجعفري @kamalaljafarifilm Drawn from material filmed in 2001 during a search for a former prison mate, 'With Hasan in Gaza' is a tribute to a people and a land, and in Aljafari’s words, “the catastrophe and the poetry that resists”. Cafe Oto Doors 1pm Film 1.30-3.30pm £5/£3 Advance Tickets Another Sky: Workshop with Olivia Melkonian Օլիվիա Մելքոնեան @oliviamelkonian_ and Sherif Dhaimish الشريف دهيميش @sherif_dhaimish A participatory workshop exploring how creative practitioners sustain their work while navigating institutions, independence and personal values. Drawing on their backgrounds in publishing and audio production/archiving, Dhaimish and Melkonian invite participants to reflect on compromise, autonomy and what success looks like on their own terms. Supported by @outlandsnetwork Dalston CLR James Library, Dalston Square E8 3BQ Doors 1.30pm Workshop 2-4pm Capacity limited to 30 £5/£3 Advance Another Sky: Evening Concert — Fatima Lahham فاطمة اللحام + Dania + HUUUM هوم + Julmud جُلموْد Mazen Kerbaj, 'Starry Night' @mazenkerbaj Improvisation recorded by Kerbaj on the balcony of his flat in Beirut, on the night of 15 to 16 July 2006. Diffusion. Fatima Lahham فاطمة اللحام @fictionalfatima Recorder-playing vocalist whose songs are inspired by baroque and Arabic music and birdsong. Dania @dania_paralaxe Architect of textured, neo-ambient soundscapes; she explores sound and identity, in particular how the latter has fractured in a postcolonial world. Founder of experimental platform Paralaxe Editions. HUUUM هوم @__huuum___ Omid Darvish, Rojin Sharafi and Alvaro Collao León’s live project brings together Iranian vocals, atypical rhythms, electronic beats and microtonal sound. 📸 @rezzarte Julmud جُلموْد @julmud_1 Ramallah-based music producer, researcher and sound engineer/designer. Collaborators include Al Nather, Muqata’a, Haykal, Baraari, Makimakkuk and Walaa Sbait. More tbc… Cafe Oto Doors 7.00pm Ends 11.40pm £20/£17 Advance All tickets 🎫 via @cafeotodalston

Another Sky Festival returns to London next weekend with a series of events centered mainly around Cafe OTO, elevating music from the South West Asia & North African region, and diaspora. As part of the Network Exchange commission activity we initiate through our membership, Another Sky and ame are presenting a workshop entitled 'Finding Your Seat at the Table: Navigating Morality and Compromise in the Creative Industries'. This is led by Sherif Dhaimish الشريف دهيميش and Olivia Melkonian Օլիվի Մելքոնեան, taking place at 1:30pm on 18th April. Dalston CLR James Library Dalston Square London E8 3BQ Doors 1.30pm Workshop 2-4pm In addition to this, Another Sky, Music to Come and Cobalt Studios present Egyptian musician Yunis يونس on the evening of the 19th at Cafe OTO. He will perform Ninety Nine Eyes, a new live ritual set and album weaving Afro-Arab rhythms, trance structures and electronic maximalism into a sonic pilgrimage. 18-22 Ashwin Street Dalston London, E8 3DL Doors 7pm Full festival tickets, or separate tickets for the above events, can be found on the Another Sky website linked in our bio. @anotherskyfestival @ame_artmusicexperiment @music_tocome @cobaltstudios.ouseburn @cafeotodalston @oliviamelkonian_ @sherif_dhaimish @yuniiiiiiiss

Olivia Melkonian Օլիվիա Մելքոնեան @oliviamelkonian_ and Sherif Dhaimish الشريف دهيميش @sherif_dhaimish host Finding Your Seat at the Table: Navigating morality and compromise in the creative industries This participatory workshop explores how creative practitioners sustain their work while navigating institutions, independence and personal values. Dhaimish and Melkonian draw on their backgrounds in publishing and audio production/archiving to invite participants to reflect on compromise, autonomy and what success look like on their own terms. Through discussion, live polling and group exercises, the session will explore how creative careers are built across both independent and institutional contexts. Another Sky: Workshop With Olivia Melkonian Օլիվիա Մելքոնեան & Sherif Dhaimish الشريف دهيميش Dalston CLR James Library Sat 18 April 2026, 1.30–4pm £5/£3 advance Tickets 🎫 via link in stories Supported by @outlandsnetwork

This weekend @brdcstfestival kicks off at Acienne Belgique in Brussels, simultaneously marking the start of the @keeley_forsyth 'Hand To Mouth To' tour. For BRDCST, she will perform an expanded version of her recent shows, joined by celebrated French author Jean-Baptiste Del Amo. His specially commissioned text forms a spoken word narrative to the show. The performance group is completed by Matthew Bourne (piano), Resina (cello) and Ross Downes (sound design). Catch her on Friday 3rd April, 23:00 CEST at AB Flex. More tour details can be found via the link in our bio.

Just one more day until Bristol Experimental Expanded Film present Available Light at Kit Form. This event brings together BEEF-affiliated artists presenting film, performance, spoken word, and sound works in response to Available Light, and marks the culmination of the touring programme. The event will include an introduction to Available Light, followed by a discussion with Morgan and members of BEEF exploring diverse forms and modes of presentation across film, performance, and live expanded practices. The conversation will consider how these approaches operate across cinematic, performative, and responsive contexts, while engaging with questions of liveness, materiality, and experience. featuring: Louisa Fairclough Katie Davis Laura Phillips Tickets via Headfirst and

Only a few days until the 2026 Network Exchange events kick off, with a collaborative event from @yarmonics and @iklectikartlab . Over the weekend of 21st and 22nd March Iklectik's 8.2 surround sound system will be installed in the historic Ice House, Great Yarmouth where a programme of public and community partnered events will be held. The evening performance programme on 21st March, 6pm, will feature @iamloula , @nikcolkvoid and @ireenamnes This will be a club night like no other, where sounds are mixed and moved around the space, enveloping the audience in a unique and rare three dimensional listening experience. (PWYW) On Sunday 22nd, 3-4pm, @magic_acorns present a multisensory listening experience, with moving sound and projection, for all ages. (Free / booking required). Tickets for both are available via the link in our bio.

YUNIS is an Egyptian artist whose music weaves Afro-Arab rhythms, trance structures, and electronic maximalism into a sonic pilgrimage, invoking collective memory and transformation through layered sound design and live improvisation rooted in Zar, takhmira, ecstatic ceremony and living ritual. As well as releasing records like last year’s ‘Ninety Nine Eyes’ album on @drownedbylocals he works across multiple disciplines including performance and choreography. At BNM 2026 Yunis presents his new performance ‘Opera for 1000 Crows’, which augments his electronics and voice with twin cellos. Drawing on a funeral dance ritual from Upper Egypt and Delta villages, the piece explores parallels between a mourning tradition and a children’s street game, to expose the fragile space between life and death. He has described the work as “an opera for limping bodies and wandering souls, a space where crows guide us through the echoes of past and future, where sorrow and joy hold mirrors to one another.” @yuniiiiiiiss performs at @arnolfiniarts on Friday 24.04.26. Kindly supported by @outlandsnetwork . Find links for tickets in our bio. Design: @fem.kecampbell