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One Billion Rising Events List

Across the country from Aberdeen to York via Belfast, Liverpool and Hastings, women and those who love them will be rising on V-Day calling for an end to violence against women

· Aberdeen Rising, 4.30pm, Outside St Nicholas Centre, Aberdeen · Barnstaple Rising, 12 noon, Old Bus Station Café, Barnstaple · Basildon Rising, 2pm, Town Centre, Basildon · Flash Mob Dance, 12.30pm, Barnstaple · UoB Flashmob, 12 noon, University of Bedfordshire, Bedford · Belfast Rising, 12 noon, Victoria Square, Belfast · Rise Against Violence, 7pm, City Hall, Belfast · Share The Love, 8pm, Tapeley Park, Bideford · Playing Our Part, Bingley, Bradford · 5 Rhythms & One Billion Rising, 7.30pm, Brighton and Hove High School, Brighton · Charity Chuckle: Stand Up To End Violence Against Women, Komedia, Brighton · Dance Dance Party Party V Day Fundraiser, 7pm, Upstairs at the Hobgoblin, Brighton · Sussex University Rising, 12 noon, University of Sussex, Brighton · V Day Dance, 6pm, Being in Unity Studios, Brighton · Bristol Rising, 7pm, Soundworks, Bristol · The Vagina Monologues, 6.30pm, UWE St Matthias SU Bar, Bristol · Rising World Music and Dance Event, 12 noon, various locations, Bristol · Rise with Nia, 7pm, The Space Upstairs, Burntisland · Flashmob, 1pm, Cardiff · A Very British Rising, 6.30pm, The Cornerstone Centre, Cheltenham · Coventry Rising, 12.30pm, City Centre, Coventry · The Vagina Monologues, 7pm, The University of Warwick, Coventry · Durham Dames Arise!, 12 noon, Market Place, Durham · Flashmob, 12 noon, Waverley Train Station, Edinburgh · Rising with Engender!, 1pm, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh · Beyoncé Flashmob, 7.05pm, Exeter · Exeter Rising, 6pm, Cathedral Green, Exeter · Dancing in the Street, 12 noon, Moray, Forres · Glasgow Rising, Stereo, Glasgow · Philanthrobeats vs. Rubix, 11pm, Sub Club, Glasgow · Glasgow Women’s Aid, 1pm, St Andrews in the Square, Glasgow · Valentine Boogie Day, 5pm, YMCA, Glenrothes · Gloucester Rising, 12 noon, location TBC, Gloucester · Surrey Rising, Guildhall, Guildford · Halifax Rising, 5pm, Halifax · Hastings Women Rising, 5.30pm, Outside Café Nero, Hastings · Cornwall Rising, Skate Park, Hayle · Rise and Dance, 11am, Barn behind Harvest Moon, Hitchin · Drum and Dance, 1pm, Callanish Stones, Isle of Lewis · Scottish Borders Rising, 6.30pm, Springwood Park Exhibition Hall, Kelso · Nia, 9.15am, Community Centre, Kings Langley · Lampeter Rising, 1pm, Victoria Hall, Lampeter · Lewes Rising, 5pm, Subud Centre, Lewes · Movema Zumba and World Dance Class, 7pm, The Dome, Liverpool · Rise Together, 5.30pm, The Brink, Liverpool · At Home with the Ludskis hosts ‘Bodies of Silence’, Rio Cinema, London · Coffee Morning, Churchill Gardens Primary School, Pimlico, London · Dance, Dance! Proper British Style, 2pm, London Eye, London · Dancing Against Violence, Women’s Platform UK, London · Dance Walking Our Truth, 7.30pm, Piccadilly Circus, London · Fans of Feminism, 11am, Cass Gallery, London · For How Much?, 8pm, The Place, London · I am. Interrupted., 3pm, Doodle Bar / Testbed 1, London · I Dream of Congo: Narratives from The Great Lakes, 12 noon, Conway Hall, London · Restless Buddha, 6pm, Whitechapel Gallery, London · Rising Flashmob, 11am, location to be confirmed, London · Roda Feminina and Open Roda Capoeira Event, 3pm, The Bedford, London · The Young Vic and The Restless Buddha, 1pm, Young Vic Theatre, London · Dear John…, 7.30pm, 3MT, Manchester · Rising in Manchester, 6.30pm, Z-Arts, Manchester · V Day Zumba @ XAVS, 12 noon, Xaverian SFC, Manchester · Fife Rising Parade, 12 noon, Kirckaldy Pedestrian Precinct, Markinch · Newcastle Rising, 4.30pm, Monument, Newcastle · Nottingham Rising, Mapperley Park Clinic, Nottingham · Norwich Rising, 1pm, The Forum, Norwich · Oxford Rising, 5pm, Theology Faculty Centre, Oxford · The Vagina as Autonomous Zone, 10pm, CAZ, Penzance · Walk, 12 noon, Penzance · Rising Flash Mob, 12 noon, City Centre, Peterborough · Dancing In The Street, 11am, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth · Dance for Sexual Abuse and Rape Survivors!, 2.30pm, Reading · Bute Rising, Guildford Square, Rothesay · Day of Dance Against Violence Against Women and Girls, 10am, Quaker Meeting House, Scarborough · A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant And A Prayer, 7.45pm, Pennine Theatre, Sheffield · Flash Dance, Barker’s Pool, Sheffield · University of Sheffield Rising, 12 noon, Students’ Union, Sheffield · Devon Rising, 9.30am, Village Hall, South Brent · Stratford Upon Avon Rise, 1.30pm, Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford Upon Avon · Stroud Rising, 12noon, Stroud · Flashmob, 12.30pm, Castle Square, Swansea · The Valley Girls Rise, 7.30pm, Pontardawe Art Centre, Swansea · Swindon Rising, 1pm, Big Screen, Whalf Green, Swindon · Totnes Rising, 12.30pm, Civic Square, Totnes · Flashmob, 1pm, St Catherines Walk, Wales · Dancing, 12 noon, Vale Park Bandstand, Wallasey · Watford Rising, 2pm, Town Hall, Watford · Woking Rising, 12 noon, Town Centre, Woking · York Rising, 3pm, University of York, York ·