A day of conversations, workshops and stalls from campaign groups celebrating activism and resistance, with an afterparty.
Swansea's Radical Community Festival returns to Down By Here on Saturday 7 November, running from 11am to 5pm. The Welsh name for it is Gลตyl y Gwrthsafiad, and it's described as a celebration of activism and resistance from around Swansea. The day is open to activists, accomplices and the curious, with conversations, workshops, ideas and the sharing of materials and resources.
Past editions have been remembered as joyful celebrations of the diversity of views and tactics used to challenge all forms of oppression, exploitation and authoritarianism. Workshops have covered Welsh-language campaigning, Palestine solidarity, community organising and environmental direct action. The day rounds off with stalls from ecological, animal libertarian, anarchist, migrant rights and workers' rights campaign groups.
Down By Here is on the city's historic High Street, 210 High Street, SA1 1PE. It was reborn in 2026 and now hosts everything from Welsh folk groups to Afrobeat bands, poetry nights, comedy and cabaret, priding itself on booking acts that may not fit other venues. It also runs The Talisman, billed as Swansea's longest-running poetry and spoken word open mic night.
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The festival runs from 11am to 5pm on Saturday, followed by an afterparty from 7pm until late, which brings bands from Swansea and beyond. The party carries on into Sunday 8 November, until 1am.
