Join Ort Gallery at Moseley Community Hub for Hayati Open Mic on 12/07/2025 at 6:00 pm.
To mark the launch of People of the Garáṇ , an exhibition by Haseebah Ali exploring the cultural legacy and textures of the Azad Kashmiri diaspora, we'd like to invite you to this mushaira special, inspired by Azad Kashmiri poetry events, featuring very special headliner performances from British-Azad Kashmiri artists including Zaffar Kunial, Nabeela Ahmed and more.
Open Mic Slots
If you would like an open mic slot, please DM @hayatiopenmic or arrive early as there will be limited spots on the door! There are up to 8 slots available. Please DM to book in (5 slots available via DM, 3 spots to be held for the door).
Tickets
We have a three tiered ticket system with Standard Tickets priced at £7.50 (plus eventbrite fee) / £10 on the door. Tickets include a warm meal (plant based and gluten free). Please feel free to bring your own non-alcoholic drinks.
Keeping things halal
Hayati aims to be a halal environment, so alcohol and drugs are strictly not permitted on site. You will be asked to leave if in violation of this.
Racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism, discrimination or harassment of any kind, against any individual or group of people will be met with zero-tolerance and the audience member or performer will be asked to leave. Freedom of speech does not include the right to insult, degrade or cause harm to others.
Feel free to bring drinks and snacks, but please make sure that you dispose of waste in a respectful and appropriate manner
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This event is for 13 years and over.
Doors open at 6 pm. Event starts at 6:30 pm.
Prayer mats will be available for those that would like to pray on site.
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Hayati is a halal open mic event curated by Ort Gallery with an emphasis on engaging the brain, inspiring the heart, and feeding the soul.
Ort Gallery is a visual arts and poetry organisation based in Birmingham. We are on a social mission to redefine contemporary visual arts by rejecting the sector’s exclusivity, centring access and equity, and providing inclusive high quality art experiences. We support this mission with a care-centred approach (aka Warmth) and give artists, team members and participants autonomy over their projects. We believe everyone should have access to high quality art experiences and aim to meet that standard by providing exhibition and professional development opportunities to artists, creatives and community members across all backgrounds. We place Warmth at the heart of all our work. We recognise that galleries can be sites of oppression which centre and reproduce white normative and elitist ways of ‘being’ under the supposed guise of neutrality. We are interested in challenging this head on; whilst also committing to creating space for local artists and marginalised community groups of the wider Birmingham area to play an active role in shaping such practices, in the hopes of transforming both the city and wider arts ecology.
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We look forward to seeing you there!
Warmly,
Ort Gallery