The People’s Music Network (PMN) will host our first ever hybrid activist music convergence from October 21-22, 2022 (Friday and Saturday) in New York City and around the world via Zoom.  This will be the first in person gathering of the People's Music Network since January 2020, and we are very excited about it!

The People’s Music Network (PMN) will host our first ever hybrid activist music convergence from October 21-22, 2022 (Friday and Saturday) in New York City and around the world via Zoom.  This will be the first in person gathering of the People's Music Network since January 2020, and we are very excited about it!

The hybrid convergence will facilitate an encounter between artists using music to build social and political consciousness and activist leaders in urgent struggles for liberation and justice.  We’re combining the best in PMN’s long history of musical networking gatherings with the best of our virtual events.  

We will meet in person at The People's Forum -- 320 West 37th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues) New York, NY.  On Friday, October 21, 6:00-9:00pm (ET), we will host a Round Robin open mic, featuring performances by attendees.  Starting at 9:00pm (ET), we will shift to hosting a Virtual Round Robin where PMN members anywhere in the world are eligible to perform.   During the day on Saturday, there will be simultaneous workshop sessions.  The event culminates Saturday night with a special concert arising from our in-person participants. We’re aiming to foster participation and collaboration while presenting music that speaks to the issues of the day.   Lunch and dinner will be served throughout the event by the in-house cafe at The People's Forum.

In addition to performing in the Virtual Round Robin starting at 9:00pm (ET) on Friday, during the day on Saturday, Virtual Convergence participants will be able to join online workshops taking place entirely on Zoom.  Some of the workshops in NYC will be open to remote participation via live video feed, thanks to help from our livestream tech team in NYC.

We’re now curating workshop proposals for both for the event in NYC and for the virtual workshops.   Please reach out to Ben Grosscup <ben.grosscup@peoplesmusic.org> if you’d like to contribute your creative energies and talents as activists and artists.