Shows & Events
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Necessary Journeys
25th April - Newcastle
30th April - Sheffield
Kakilang is excited to announce the second round of Necessary Journeys—an initiative dedicated to building meaningful connections with ESEA arts communities in regional locations, following the success of its first iteration.
Join us for gatherings at Bloc Projects in Sheffield on Thursday 30 April 2026, and in Newcastle at One Strawberry Lane on Saturday 25 April 2026, to connect with us and fellow local ESEA creatives.
2023 Festival Highlights
Every Dollar Live. Photos by JY Mak @JOYCENTRISM
State-less. Photos by Richard Eaton @Worldcityphotog
Home X at Barbican
Every Dollar Live. Photos by JY Mak @JOYCENTRISM
Light Vessel
Taste
Every Dollar Live. Photos by JY Mak @JOYCENTRISM
State-less. Photos by Richard Eaton @Worldcityphotog
Taste
Taste
Light Vessel
Kakilang: ‘one of us’ in Hokkien*. Used in many places across East and Southeast Asia, evoking kinship and affinity.
Our Kakilang are people who come together through art, and who champion diverse voices and communities.
*Hokkien: a group of Minnanhua 閩南語 / Ban5-lam5-oe7 dialects, “the speech south of the Min river”, the most widely distributed of the Min languages. Minnanhua is spoken by slightly over 46 million inhabitants of the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines.