Songs of Solidarity Festival 2026
Anthems of Resistance
11–29 November 2026
Te Whanganui-a-Tara and Tāmaki Makaurau
Anthems are epics sung together. They carry memory through time: what people survived, what they fought for, what they refused to surrender.
SOS Festival 2026 – film screenings and workshop
In collaboration with our organisers and collectives, we are hosting three film screenings , and nine creative workshops to create something in kotahitanga.
WHO WE ARE
Space for listening, learning, unlearning, organising and imagination
Songs of Solidarity began in 2025 as a three-day festival centred on intersectional critical voices from Aotearoa and the Global South. It is now an ongoing space for dialogue, organising and imagination, building alliances with organisations from the Global South, artists, activists, academics, and cultural workers.
Discussion
Organising
Imagination
SOS so far
150 Riddiford Street
From nothing to something. 150 Riddiford Street, ‘The Pocket’ or ‘Whare’, was co-created by SOS whānau and opened for a month.
Exhibition and mutual aid
An exhibition in collaboration with Al-Rifaq and Justice for Palestine whānau, fund raising gig for SOS by our artists whānau.
Discussion and listening
Discussions, book launch, cultural gatherings, creative workshops in collab with SOS allies and alliances from Global South.
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Where we started: SoS Festival 2025
Our pilot festival, on the theme of intersectional solidarity: workshops, poetry and music, and conversations across borders.