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THE COUNTERCULTURE: SUCCESS OR FAILURE?

Come ye all hippiies, ravers, activists, psychedelians, new agers, artists etc… Come help us explore and discuss the successes and failtures of the counterculture past, present and future, in the USA and UK.

doors: 2:00 start: 2:30

Tickets: £5 - £10



From the SEXUAL REVOLUTION to the SUMMER OF LOVE to the  PSYCHEDELIC MOVEMENT to ECO and ANTI WAR PROTESTS to COMMUNAL LIVING to NEW AGE SPIRITUALITY to  ALTERNATIVE RAVE CLUBBING to TRANSFORMATIONAL FESTIVALS we will evaluate all facets of the COUNTERCULTURE; Why and how some succeeded, some failed and some did both.

Panellists: Panellists: 

JAMES RILEY (Cambridge University, Author of the 'The Bad Trip')

LUCY FOX, (Rave Culture Analyst, Organiser, Writer)

ANNALOU OAKLAND (Artist, Writer, Illustrator, jazz performance portraitist)

MATTHEW INGRAM (Author of "Retreat: How the Counterculture invented Wellness").

Other panellists  TBA.


Host: Jeff ('GoodJeff') Laster - Parallel Youniversity

Co Host: Dotty Clay - Oddball, Singularity, Duality (Oxford)

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