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13/03/2026

The date is set. The space is almost ready. The music is being made.

🎶 Bloodlines + Basslines — Live Music Showcase 📅 20th March | 7–10pm 📍 Morocco Bound Bookshop, Pilot's Walk, New Acres, SW18 1UZ 🎟️ £5 —

50 seats. World premiere performances. An intergenerational night honouring Afrodiasporic music heritage in the heart of SouthWest London.

When they're gone, the doors stay closed.

Secure your place now [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bloodlines-basslines-live-music-showcase-listening-party-tickets-1977706121247?aff=odcleoeventsincollection&_gl=1*1elm1lq*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTk4ODk4ODE4OS4xNzczMTg4ODA0*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3NzMxODg4MDMkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzMxODg4MDMkajYwJGwwJGgw]

12/03/2026

She's Here: Meet Ruth Essel 🩰✨

Remember we said we'd reveal a dance therapy pioneer? Here she is!

Ruth Essel — Founder & Artistic Director of Pointe Black — is joining our panel on March 26th.

Ruth's story:

📚 Psychology graduate (BA)
🏥 Former Deputy Programme Manager, Royal College of Psychiatrists
💪 Mental health survivor who uses dance as healing
🩰 Founded Pointe Black (2020) as safe space for Black dancers
👶🏾➡️👵🏾 Serves ages 18 months to 63 years
💷 Offers £5 classes + scholarships (access = equity)
🌍 Wandsworth Black History 365 partner
📺 Featured: CNN, Reuters, BBC

Why Ruth's voice matters:

Ruth doesn't just teach ballet technique. Pointe Black offers dance therapy— understanding that movement is mental health work, safe space is therapeutic intervention, and representation matters for healing.

When older ballerinas come to Pointe Black, they're "healing their inner child." When young Black girls see themselves on stage, that's not just arts access — that's mental health infrastructure.

Ruth brings psychology expertise + Royal College of Psychiatrists credentials + lived experience as mental health survivor. She's the ONLY voice bringing movement/embodiment to a panel otherwise focused on sound and music.

**Full panel lineup:**
✨ Ruth Essel (Pointe Black) — Dance therapy, psychology
✨ Shadé Joseph (Writerz 'n' Scribez) — Musician/DJ, MIND work
✨ Fée Uhssi — Vibrational healing, art therapy
✨ Sound system culture activist

Bloodlines & Basslines: Spreading Love On Da Ends
📅 March 26th, 7:00 PM (doors 6:30 PM)
📍 Morocco Bound, Wandsworth
🎫 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-frequency-of-community-local-frequencies-healing-the-community-tickets-1984481133491?aff=oddtdtcreator

This is going to be powerful. ❤️

Join us and explore how music-making combats isolation, builds confidence, and supports mental health.

11/03/2026

Meet Our Panelist: Shadé Joseph 🎶**

We're thrilled to announce that **Shadé Joseph** (Head of Wellbeing & Cultural Empathy at Writerz 'n' Scribez) will be joining our panel on March 26th!

Who is Shadé?

✨ Musician, DJ, and radio presenter
✨ BBC Gold Charles Parker Prize winner (audio storytelling)
✨ Led music projects in Wandsworth with MIND charity
✨ Currently Arts Council-funded music resident
✨ Community partner at Battersea Arts Centre

Shadé's work explores how music practice creates wellbeing — not through clinical frameworks imposed from outside, but through community-led, culturally competent approaches.

Her voice on this panel is crucial: she understands that radio, DJing, and creative practice aren't just "arts activities" — they're mental health interventions and community connection tools.

Who else is on the panel?

We're bringing together voices spanning vibrational healing, sound system culture, dance therapy, and clinical music therapy.

🔮 Stay tuned — we're revealing another incredible panelist on Thursday who's pioneering dance as mental health infrastructure and intergenerational healing...

**Bloodlines & Basslines: Spreading Love On Da Ends**
📅 March 26th, 7:00 PM (doors 6:30 PM)
📍 Morocco Bound, Wandsworth
🎫 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-frequency-of-community-local-frequencies-healing-the-community-tickets-1984481133491?aff=oddtdtcreator

See you there! ❤️

11/03/2026

Headline:
🎥 Hear it straight from the venue.

We moved Bloodlines + Basslines to 20th March — and this is exactly why.

Morocco Bound Bookshop is opening a brand new second venue right here in Wandsworth Town, just a little way down the river from their beloved Bermondsey shop ;) a little way.

Its going to be a vibe and a showcase that will launch a regular night of music showcasing local talent.

The settings - Bookshelves, great books. A stage. A mixing desk. Coffee tables. Cosy book nooks. The whole thing.

When our team visited the space and saw what was being built, the decision was clear — we wanted to open those doors together, not rush it.

The extra time also means the music from our Feb 16–20 Writing Camp gets the finishing it deserves: mixed, rehearsed, and ready to be performed and played back live for the first time ever.

20th March. 7–10pm. 50 seats. £5.
This is the right room, at the right time, with the right people.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bloodlines-basslines-live-music-showcase-listening-party-tickets-1977706121247?aff=odcleoeventsincollection&_gl=1*qvpln2*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTE3MjIwMzI3Ni4xNzczMTg4NjAw*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3NzMxODg2MDAkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzMxODg2MDAkajYwJGwwJGgw

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Thank you for the support and the patience.
Wandsworth Council
Groover
AIAIAI

11/03/2026

From Sound System to Social Prescription 🎶

Music has always been medicine. Long before "music therapy" became a clinical discipline, communities across the African diaspora knew that rhythm, melody, and collective singing could heal trauma, bridge divides, and anchor identity.

We're hosting a powerful conversation exploring how music PRACTICE (not just listening) functions as community wellbeing infrastructure.

**Join us March 26th at Morocco Bound, Wandsworth** to hear from:
✨ Vibrational healers
✨ Dance therapists
✨ Community arts practitioners
✨ DJ workshop leaders
✨ Music therapists

We'll explore:
• DJ culture as mental health intervention
• Cultural competence in therapy
• Who leads? (Community-led vs imposed programmes)
• The economics of care: funding music-for-wellbeing



The panel asks: If music practice can prevent mental health crises, build community cohesion, and preserve cultural heritage simultaneously — why do we still fund it like it's a luxury?

📅 March 26th, 7:00 PM (doors 6:30 PM)
📍 Morocco Bound, Wandsworth
🎫 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-frequency-of-community-local-frequencies-healing-the-community-tickets-1984481133491?aff=oddtdtcreator

Part of Wandsworth's Borough of Culture 2025/2026.

See you there! ❤️

02/07/2024

SIgn up asap.... The On Da Beat team will be hosting some simply amazing music workshops. DJ-ing, Songwriting, and Beatmaking. See you there!

https://devas.coordinate.cloud/project/57061

Hello Parents! 🌞 Sign up now for our HAF Summer Scheme at Devas Youth Club! From 11 AM to 3 PM, your kids can enjoy a variety of fun activities, including arts and crafts, sports, music, and drama workshops. Don’t miss out on this fantastic free program running for four weeks. Spaces are limited, so register today! 🎨⚽🎶🎭
Link is in our bio

24/02/2023

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