{"id":1526,"date":"2025-06-03T10:05:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T09:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/heritagemag\/?p=1526"},"modified":"2025-06-06T13:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:38:08","slug":"the-festival-providing-a-platform-for-refugees-and-new-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/heritagemag\/2025\/06\/03\/the-festival-providing-a-platform-for-refugees-and-new-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"The Festival providing a platform for refugees and new migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Migration Matters Festival makes up the biggest Refugees Week event of its kind. 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The aim is to provide a platform for people from underrepresented groups- specially people with lived experience of displacement, people seeking asylum and forced migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award-winning arts festival, which launched in 2016 as a single-venue event has enticed over 1,062 artists representing 163 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about culture<a href=\"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/heritagemag\/culture-history\/\"> here. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/heritagemag\/2025\/05\/28\/the-theatre-company-providing-sanctuary-for-new-migrants\/\">The Theatre Company providing sanctuary for new migrants<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/heritagemag\/2025\/05\/27\/the-world-of-love-festival\/\">The woman who founded World of Love Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/heritagemag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/06\/Copy-of-Day-9-Saturday-22062019-559-of-509-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1533 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 683px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 683\/1024;width:402px;height:auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Images provided by Migration Matters Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The founder and director of the event, Sam Holland, said: \u201cWe started the festival to champion under-represented communities including refugees, asylum seekers and new migrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey never give up in the face of adversity and that is what inspires us to keep the festival going, because its spirit is needed now more than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/heritagemag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/06\/Sam-Holland-festival-director-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1534 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 683px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 683\/1024;width:259px;height:auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sam Holland, Founder and director of Migration Matters Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a time where inclusion is more important than ever the festival has brought together more than 85,000 people over the years, which have featured international headliners such as Mali music megastars Amadou &amp;amp; Mariam (2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival offers free tickets to the most financially vulnerable, and&nbsp; operates on an ethical ticketing system pioneered by Sheffield based Andro &amp;amp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam added: \u201cThis year\u2019s lineup reflects our commitment to diversity, providing a much-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>needed platform and our bold ambitions for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have wanted to work with some of these phenomenal artists for years and they will<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>bring something completely different to Sheffield for audiences to enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, the festival won the \u2018Bringing People Together\u2019 category in the Sheffield Community Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/heritagemag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/06\/Day-9-Saturday-24th-June-highlghts-37-of-64-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1539 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;width:460px;height:auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Images provided by Migration Matters Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s festival runs from the 20th of June to the 28th of June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find tickets for all 2025 events at <a href=\"http:\/\/migrationmattersfestival.co.uk\">migration matters festival.co.uk<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Migration Matters Festival makes up the biggest Refugee Week event of its kind. 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