Remember Oluwale - The David Oluwale Memorial Association

Remember Oluwale - The David Oluwale Memorial Association Promoting knowledge and understanding of the life and death of David Oluwale and his relevance today Full information at rememberoluwale.org

The David Oluwale Memorial Association is a company limited by guarantee with a Board of Directors and a panel of advisers and patrons. It is working towards a Memorial Garden in the name of David Oluwale, which will serve as a focus for those who want to understand the full meaning of David’s life and its lessons for the city of Leeds. Our flagship project is the David Oluwale Memory Garden in Aire Park, Leeds City Centre. This will feature an iconic piece of sculpture, specially made by Yinka Shonibare CBE, the world-famous artist. This will be installed in 2023, as part of the Leeds 2023 festival of culture.

The wonderful Lara Rose Lara Rose at The Nice Up Part 3 🌺🎶☀️Still smiling about what a lovely afternoon we had at Hibis...
30/09/2026

The wonderful Lara Rose Lara Rose at The Nice Up Part 3 🌺🎶☀️

Still smiling about what a lovely afternoon we had at Hibiscus Rising. So much talent, joy and positive energy, with brilliant performances from our young artists alongside some fantastic established performers.

Lovely photos from the day taken by Rick Poppa , with more still to come! 📸

A huge thank you again to everyone who performed, helped make the day happen, or simply came along, joined in and enjoyed the music with us.

Music with a message at Hibiscus Rising. 🌺🎶

What a day! 🌺☀️🎶A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came down to The Nice Up Part 3 at Hibiscus Rising on Sunday.The talent...
23/09/2026

What a day! 🌺☀️🎶

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came down to The Nice Up Part 3 at Hibiscus Rising on Sunday.

The talent, the joy, the energy, the music, the people — the vibe was fantastic and the sun was shining for us! ☀️

It was wonderful to see so many people gathered at Hibiscus Rising, enjoying brilliant performances from established artists like Lorna Gee alongside some incredibly talented young and emerging performers from Music House.

A massive thank you to all our performers and wonderful poets, our very talented house band, and our fantastic MCs Emily Zobel Marshall and Paulette Morris, who brought so much warmth and energy to the day. 🎤🎶

Thank you too to our sound crew, our brilliant volunteers, the amazing Breeze team, who provided the infrastructure that made the event possible and were a delight to work with, and the wonderful Aire Park team for all their help and support.

And a big thank you to all the stallholders from Mahogany Market, who brought even more creativity and deliciousness to the day and everyone else who played a part. 🌺

Most of all, thank you to everyone who came along , who listened, danced, joined in, chatted, ate, laughed and brought such a joyful atmosphere. 💚

This is what Nice Up is all about-bringing people together through music, creativity and community, remembering David Oluwale while celebrating the vibrancy, diversity and creativity of Leeds today. A city full of energy, culture and people from all walks of life, coming together and looking towards a more positive, inclusive future for our city. ❤️💛💚

More photos and highlights to come… 📸🌺

🌺 The wait is over the NICE UP PART 3 is today 12.30 – 4.30🎶 ☀️The sun is shining so come to Hibiscus Rising for a free ...
20/09/2026

🌺 The wait is over the NICE UP PART 3 is today 12.30 – 4.30🎶 ☀️
The sun is shining so come to Hibiscus Rising for a free feel-good afternoon of music and creativity.

Joining us for an afternoon of music with a message:

💚 Lorna Gee AKA Sutara Gayle
🌺 Carmen
☀️ Dannyella
🎤 Dialect
💚 Kadijah Ibrahiim
🌺 Kyrann
☀️ Lara Rose
🎶 Michelle Scally Clarke
💚 Paulette Morris
🌺 Sistah Joyce

And we’ll be introducing young people from the Remember Oluwale project at Music House, performing music they’ve created through a series of workshops inspired by David Oluwale’s story and the idea of “leading the change”.
They’ve been exploring racism, homelessness, mental health and other issues that matter to them today – and will be sharing the stage with this brilliant line-up of established and emerging artists.

There’s plenty more happening too, with the Afrikan Market Leeds, poetry, food, craft activities, soft play and more throughout the afternoon.

All taking place beneath Yinka Shonibare’s beautiful Hibiscus Rising sculpture in Aire Park. 🌺

📅 Sunday 20 September 2026
⏰ 12.30–4.30pm
📍 Hibiscus Rising, Aire Park, Meadow Lane, Leeds, LS11 5BJ
🎟️ FREE – no need to book, just turn up!

Please help us spread the word –and bring your friends and family along.

🌺 NICE UP PART 3 – FULL LINE-UP ANNOUNCED! 🎶 ☀️We’re getting closer to Nice Up Part 3 at Hibiscus Rising – and we can no...
16/09/2026

🌺 NICE UP PART 3 – FULL LINE-UP ANNOUNCED! 🎶 ☀️
We’re getting closer to Nice Up Part 3 at Hibiscus Rising – and we can now reveal our full line-up!

Joining us for an afternoon of music with a message featuring:
💚 Lorna Gee AKA Sutara Gayle
🌺 Carmen
☀️ Dannyella
🎤 Dialect
💚 Kadijah Ibrahim
🌺 Kyrann
☀️ Lara Rose
🎶 Michelle Scally Clarke
💚 Paulette Morris
🌺 Sistah Joyce

And we’ll be introducing young people from the Remember Oluwale project at Music House, performing music they’ve created through a series of workshops inspired by David Oluwale’s story and the idea of “leading the change”.
They’ve been exploring racism, homelessness, mental health and other issues that matter to them today – and will be sharing the stage with this brilliant line-up of established and emerging artists.

There’s plenty more happening too, with the Afrikan Market Leeds, poetry, food, craft activities, soft play and more throughout the afternoon.

All taking place beneath Yinka Shonibare’s beautiful Hibiscus Rising sculpture in Aire Park. 🌺

📅 Sunday 20 September 2026
⏰ 12.30–4.30pm
📍 Hibiscus Rising, Aire Park, Meadow Lane, Leeds, LS11 5BJ
🎟️ FREE – no need to book, just turn up!

Please help us spread the word – share the new line-up and bring your friends and family along.

Free mini-music festival, Sunday 20th Sept at Hibiscus Rising 🌺 🎶 ☀️ We’re bringing Nice Up Part 3 to Hibiscus Rising in...
12/09/2026

Free mini-music festival, Sunday 20th Sept at Hibiscus Rising 🌺 🎶 ☀️

We’re bringing Nice Up Part 3 to Hibiscus Rising in Aire Park this September – a free afternoon of music, poetry, creativity organised by Remember Oluwale - The David Oluwale Memorial Association and Music House , with support from Breeze Leeds .

Young people who took part in Music House workshops have used David Oluwale’s story and the idea of “leading the change” to create music exploring issues that matter to them. They’ll perform their work alongside special guest musicians and poets, with stalls from the Afrikan Market , food, craft activities, soft play and more throughout the afternoon. Join us to celebrate young talent, community and David’s legacy.

Please help us spread the word by sharing the flyer with friends, family and your networks – or volunteer to help us on the day.

📅 Sunday 20 September 2026, 12.30pm–4.30pm
📍 Hibiscus Rising, Aire Park, Meadow Lane, Leeds, LS11 5BJ
🎟️ Free – no need to book, just turn up!


As you know, Remember Oluwale is reducing its activity, but we promised to keep animating the space around Hibiscus Risi...
08/09/2026

As you know, Remember Oluwale is reducing its activity, but we promised to keep animating the space around Hibiscus Rising, and this September we’re doing just that with Nice Up Part 3, our free mini-music festival in partnership with Music House, with support from the Breeze team.

Young people who took part in Music House workshops have used David Oluwale’s story and the idea of “leading the change” to create music exploring issues that matter to them. They’ll perform their work alongside special guest performers, with food, stalls and more. Join us for an afternoon celebrating young talent, community and David’s legacy.

Please help us spread the word by sharing the flyer with friends, family and your networks – or volunteer to help us on the day.

📅 Sunday 20 September 2026, 12.30pm–4.30pm
📍 Hibiscus Rising, Aire Park, Meadow Lane, Leeds, LS11 5BJ
🎟️ Free – no need to book, just turn up!

16/08/2026

We’re doing another collaboration with the fantastic young people at Music House in Leeds — they are creating songs, poems & music in response to the story of David Oluwale — please listen here to our Chloe and Christella talking about the project & come to the performance next to in September https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DiksN8ada/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Listen or watch "Writing Hope on the Threshold", a live radio broadcast hosted by Emily Zobel Marshall and Peter Spaffor...
01/05/2026

Listen or watch "Writing Hope on the Threshold", a live radio broadcast hosted by Emily Zobel Marshall and Peter Spafford, which we were delighted to produce with Chapel FM Arts Centre.

Listen: https://www.chapelfm.co.uk/elfm-player/archive/2026/04/writing-hope-on-the-threshold/

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuirAoHyp_8

The show explored the theme of thresholds and the story of David Oluwale, and followed a creative writing workshop earlier in the day led by Emily Zobel Marshall and Abdullah Adekola. During the workshop, participants shared wonderful stories and created poetry.

For this project, we were fortunate to be supported by a group of students from Leeds Beckett School of Humanities and Social Sciences, who helped design, market and deliver the events. You can hear some of them speaking about their experiences on the show. As part of the project, three of the students also created poems about David Oluwale, which were performed live.

We also heard some of the freshly written pieces created during the workshop - very inspiring.

Thank you to Peter and the team at Chapel FM for hosting us so well, to our student group who were amazing to work with, to Inder Hunjan for the delicious food, and of course to our wonderful participants, both those who came to the workshop and those who shared such powerful work.

Emily Zobel Marshall Inder Hunjan Peter Spafford Chapel FM Arts Centre

Thank you to everyone who came to the "Writing Hope on the Threshold" creative writing workshop at Chapel FM Arts Centre...
01/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to the "Writing Hope on the Threshold" creative writing workshop at Chapel FM Arts Centre last weekend. There was some wonderful stories shared and some inspiring work created.

Writing Hope on the Threshold: a broadcast about creative writing inspired by David Oluwale.We’ll be live on air at 6.30...
25/04/2026

Writing Hope on the Threshold: a broadcast about creative writing inspired by David Oluwale.

We’ll be live on air at 6.30 today

Join us via the Chapel FM website chapelfm.org.uk

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