Scenes from the FREE PUSSY RIOT LONDON FUNDRAISING CONCERT held on 9 September 2012 at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, including photos of speakers LISA GORNICK (local filmmaker and artist, currently working on her third feature), KERRY MCCARTHY (Shadow Foreign Minister for Human Rights and Labour MP for Bristol East) and PRATIBHA PARMAR (Kenyan-born Indian-British filmmaker, currently working on a feature documentary about American author, poet and activist Alice Walker).
Handwritten letters received from jailed PUSSY RIOT members Masha, Katya and Nadya were read out by MASHA KARP (former editor and producer for the BBC Russian Service and now freelance journalist), NICOLE BETTENCOURT COELHO (of London band VUVULTURES) and YIN LY (lead singer of London band NEUROTIC MASS MOVEMENT). Spectacular DJ sets were provided by bands ZOETROPE, VUVUVULTURES, NIGHT WORKS, NOVELLA, ESBEN AND THE WITCH, NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB and DJ headliner special guest Swedish electro musician KARIN PARK.
During the event, handwritten messages to the jailed women were given by speakers GORNICK and PARMAR, performing bands GAGGLE and PEGGY SUE, and many members of the audience.