Green Fest and City Splash

I have been helping Mum with promotion for her upcoming solo show Who Are You?, doing the PR for her, reaching out around town, dropping flyers into the right hands, talking to venues and local networks. It is a different kind of organising energy compared to hospital appointments. This is about visibility and momentum. Drafting press releases, nudging contacts, thinking about audience and timing, making sure the work gets the attention it deserves. It feels good to channel effort into something creative and outward-facing, helping build anticipation rather than manage treatment schedules.

In other news I went to City Splash Festival in London which was pure summer energy. Good music, good friends all together and being in a crowd that actually wants to dance. It felt good to be there not working, not organising, just enjoying it. Sun, sound systems, colour, proper atmosphere. The kind of day that reminds you why live music matters. The lineup was fire too. Chronixx, Koffee, Ayra Starr, General Levy and Uncle Waffles. After London it was straight back to Nottingham for the next one, Green Hustle, which is a different but equally brilliant vibe.

For Green Hustle I am doing a bat talk during the day and then DJing the afterparty at night, which feels very on brand at this point. Ecology in the daylight, decks after dark. I love that both parts of my world can exist in the same festival space. Talking about bats, conservation and urban wildlife to a crowd that is genuinely interested, then switching gears and creating the soundtrack for the evening. It is the same weekend as Mum's retrospective launch night but I will write about that in the next blog.