Climate Clash Cymru: making live music more sustainable

The University of South Wales (USW) is teaming up with Music Declares Emergency to present Climate Clash Cymru later this month.

Taking place on 29 March, Climate Clash Cymru is an event dedicated to innovations in live music for tackling the climate crisis.

It aims to explore ideas for making live music more sustainable, including merchandise, transport and artists’ roles in bringing about positive change.

The free event takes place as part of USW’s Immersed! Festival at Tramshed, marking Music Declares Emergency’s first visit to Wales. This will be celebrated with a unique mural and pop-up gallery in Cardiff city centre, based on the organisation’s iconic Anthony Burrill logo, No Music on a Dead Planet.

The University is working with Cardiff Council to create a mural on a wall opposite Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street, by Bradley Rmer, a USW graduate who specialises in graffiti art. BA (Hons) Illustration students at USW are helping to create the mural artwork, with the winning design being chosen on 18 March.

Music Declares Emergency is a group of artists, music industry professionals and organisations including Annie Lennox, Massive Attack, Fatboy Slim, Gilles Peterson and Billie Eilish, that stand together to declare a climate and ecological emergency, and call for immediate government responses to protect all life on Earth.

Climate Clash Cymru will start at 12noon on Tuesday 29 March. To book tickets, visit Eventbrite. The event will also be available via leave stream.