International Women's Month with Sister Midnight

The Standard x Sister Midnight: Holding Sound

A four-part programme of archiving, listening, live performance, and DJ sets, exploring how women use sound to claim space, preserve memory, and build community. Holding Sound frames listening as a feminist practice of slowing down, paying attention and centring care.

Sunday 8th March: Sound Archives: Panel Discussion

 2–4pm

With Adedamola Bajomo (Black Obsidian Sound System – B.O.S.S.), Magdalena Moursy (Worldwide FM), Olivia Melkonian. Hosted by Sophie Farrell (Sister Midnight FM).

This conversation explores archiving as a form of resistance, examining how radio and sound documentation safeguard the histories of women, queer and non-binary communities within grassroots music culture. By preserving voices often excluded from mainstream narratives, the panel considers how we reclaim authority over our own stories.

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Wednesday 11th March: Listening Session with Linett Kamala & Mia Koden

7–10pm 

A shared listening experience rooted in care and presence. Through a curated selection of music, audiences are invited to slow down and experience sound as connection - reimagining sound system culture beyond the dancefloor.

7–9pm

An intimate evening of live performance from three boundary-pushing artists.

South London–raised Tara Lily weaves jazz, electronica, alt-R&B and Indian soundscapes into a globally influenced sound shaped by her British-Bengali heritage.

Polish-born, South London-based harpist, producer and composer Marysia Osu blends classical, ambient and jazz into deeply expressive compositions, carving out a distinctive space in the London jazz scene.

Literary and sound artist MA.MOYO works across text and experimental performance, collaborating closely with London’s vibrant jazz community to create immersive, genre-fluid work.

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Thursday 26th March: Vinyl Set with Gaby D’Annunzio 

8pm-midnight

London-based curator, DJ and broadcaster Gaby D’Annunzio closes the programme with a special vinyl set, drawing on radio, community work, and record collecting to explore migration, identity, and sound.