An evening of short films, stories and songs in celebration of our rivers at The House Arts Collective.

Join Mrs Meg Avon, Elvey Anna Stedman and Grace Morton as they host a night of short film screenings, stories and song in celebration of our rivers.

There will be live performances from Mairi Sutherland, Megalichen, Robert Thomas James Mills and Ró.

Doors 6.30pm

BYOB

Tickets are pay what you can - £8, £10 or £12.

More about the films to be screened:

Avona

In 2025, a collection of local artists and makers in Bristol heard the call of their river struggling in the UK’s waterway pollution crisis.

They paid close attention to ancient folklore of their land on how the Avon Gorge was formed, and decided to honour the character of ‘Avona’ who is often overlooked in modern retellings. As both this female character and the Bristol River Avon are ‘voiceless’ but play a crucial part in the identity of the city, the artists have evoked the spirit of the feminine power of the river in a 10ft high and 10ft long puppet - Avona. She is now an animated figure for people to interact with and reengage with a once lost and now newly emerging story of the Rights of Nature Movement.

Avona is made of mostly natural materials with some glow-in-the-dark elements. She can swim, she can dance and she can process. She has taken part in many ceremonies near many rivers and hopes to travel to other communities that may not be able to access their local river or don’t feel safe enough to do so for whatever reason.

Wild Summon

A natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic life cycle of the wild salmon in human form. Narrated by Marianne Faithfull.

LINEUP:
✨Mairi Sutherland - folk-rooted, prog-influenced singer songwriter from Perth, Scotland
✨Megalichen - mossy alt-folk group from Glasgow
✨ Robert Thomas James Mills - spoken-word artist fuelled by his relationship to the art world
✨ RÓ - creative practitioner and one of four Young Makars (national poets for Scotland) based between Dundee and Inverness

With poetry and music in English and Gaelic by your hosts Meg Avon and Grace Morton

🍸Come for river cocktails, cakes and SUBMERSION in every artist's interpretation of our watery muses -
River/Avon/Abhainn