Elijah Presents: Yellow Squares

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Elijah guest lecture Bristol Beacon April 13th 6pm Free Tickets

Elijah brings his ‘Yellow Squares’ Lecture to Bristol for the first time, exploring creative resilience, building communities and making the ting – in association with Bristol Beacon, Big Team & The Cause.

Since the pandemic, the multi-hyphenate Elijah (label founder, designer, artist manager, DJ) has been on a mission to challenge the ways we think about working in the music industry and share valuable knowledge from his career to fellow creators in the community.

Daily posts online about sustainable artistic creation, electronic music, grime & rap, web3, community, social media, and his other curiosities appear in short notes, and have become infamously known as the Yellow Squares on Instagram and Twitter (@Eli1ah).

We are moving offline to get together IRL and explore these ideas in depth, with both a Q&A and group discussion actively encouraged, plus networking time built into the last part of the event.

It’s free entry, so pass on to artists and creatives that you think are sitting on ideas that they need to get out of their heads and into the world.

Presented by Elijah

Supported by Bristol Beacon, Big Team CIC & The Cause

Age: all ages

First-come-first-served unreserved seating
Unreserved standing also available

No entry after 18:30

Maximum 2 tickets per person

Start time: 18:00
Finish: 22:00

Elijah

Elijah is an artist manager and music consultant by day, and a writer and DJ by night. In 2023 his project the ‘Yellow Squares’ explore creative resilience with post-it style notes on Instagram, Lectures around the world and at SOAS where he is a community fellow, Billboards in London, in art installations, and in music.

He spent 10 years running the Butterz label, an operation focused on Grime which released music from producers Swindle, Royal-T, DJ Q, Flava D as its core, but had guest appearances from MC legends JME, D Double E, Footsie, Flowdan, P Money and many more.

The universe that the yellow squares have started to create has just begun, with Elijah’s influence directly shaping programmes for young people, music journalism, club nights and breaking new artists.

The Cause

The Cause is a community organization formed in 2020 based in the city of Bristol Made up of a team of like-minded individuals from different backgrounds with various assets, qualities, skills, and life experiences, who all share a mutual passion for The Cause to promote Unity, Equality, and Opportunity.

Aiming to create a community that works for everyone, striving to find effective solutions, and inspire change for the future, through collaboration, regular discussion, and proactively challenging ongoing underlying issues.

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Big Team CIC

Big Team’s goal is to try and open up opportunities for young people in the city who have traditionally been excluded from the festival industry, starting with our own company and events – with a long term goal to make our events more inclusive spaces by diversifying groups who create, contribute to and attend them.

We aim to open up the sector to young people (primarily aged 16 – 24) who would usually face social or economic barriers to access, and address issues of underrepresentation in the sector’s workforce and audiences.

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The venue

Bridgehouse

at Bristol Beacon

Our foyer space located within Bristol Beacon where we host events, performances and conferences.

Getting to the venue

Location: Bridgehouse is located within Bristol Beacon with entrances on Colston Street and Trenchard Street.

Address: Bristol Beacon, Trenchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5AR

Bicycle

Bicycle racks can be found in front of the main entrance on Trenchard Street, Colston Street, and on the city centre promenade. Find your nearest cycle routes using Cycle Planner.

Car parking

Trenchard Street multi-storey car park is 50m away directly behind Bristol Beacon.

Bristol Clean Air Zone

Bristol Beacon is inside the Bristol Clean Air Zone. Check if your vehicle will be charged and how much you’ll have to pay.

Bus

The city centre bus stop is 250m from Bristol Beacon where most bus services stop.

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Access

Mobility

Bridgehouse has level access from street level with lifts to all levels. For unallocated seated performances, seats can easily be removed to accommodate wheelchairs.

Assistance Dogs

Registered assistance dogs and emotional support animals are allowed in the venue.

Hearing Facility

There is an induction loop at the box office. You can use this by adjusting your hearing aid to the ‘T’ setting. There is no hearing loop facility for the foyer stage.

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