Saturday 20 June, 19:00

Summer Solstice

Free, Booking Required

Mark the turn to summer with a communal evening that brings together residents of the Arve 1 and Arve 2 migrant shelters and local neighbours. The night features a shared meal of Afghan and Ukrainian dishes prepared collaboratively, personal stories gathered in recent writing workshops, and live music by Yalla Miku blending post-kraut grooves, mutated folk and electronic trance. Open to everyone, the gathering celebrates connection, mutual care and collective creativity.

Chemin de la Gravière 10,
1227 Les Acacias
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