Encounter Culture is a grassroots arts organisation, championing the raw, the radical, and the underrepresented.

They support and promote countercultural creativity — art that speaks from the edges, challenges the mainstream, and offers new ways of seeing and being. Whether it’s a DIY punk gig in a backroom, a spoken word night in a café, or a youth-led zine made on a photocopier, they believe this kind of work matters. It shapes communities. It tells the stories that often go unheard.

Encounter Culture:

• Provides a safe place for the development of arts skills and exploration of personal development using all mediums of art
• Brings artists musicians and digital artists together to create unique and immersive events
• Provides opportunities to learn how to create and sell unique art related items
• Has opportunities to develop and produce themed art film and music events