Fundraising Dinner 2025

In December 2025 we held our annual In Place of War fundraising event at Brian Eno's studio in London. During the evening we presented five fellowship awards for outstanding contributions to music and activism: BICEP, Kneecap, AURORA, Tarrak and Katarina Barruk. We also honoured two of our GAB (Global Music Advisory Board) members for their incredible contributions to In Place of War — Kim Astley Cooper for his PR support and guidance, and Paula Clarke for championing our music programmes. The awards were handmade by UK artist Azarra Amoy. 

We had performances from Natural Symphony who turned plants into synths, Tarrak and Katarina Barruk who both performed in their indigenous languages, and DJ sets from David Holmes and Paul Hartnoll. We also had a silent auction with prizes from gig tickets to dining vouchers, along with original artworks from our Music Shaped project including a piece by Jeremy Deller (pictured). A huge thank you to Brian Eno and Jo for hosting us once again in their studio, and to the amazing comedian Adam Buxton who was our compere for the night.