Helping People Through The Arts

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Cheeky Fest is an IRL arts community where we communicate & connect in person, face-to-face.  Cheeky Fest is a movement; arts for social impact.  Music isn’t content—it’s connection.   We help people with mental health challenges, those struggling to find & be paid fairly for work they love.

Artists, musicians, performers, singers & songwriters have long felt ignored by algorithms, lost in digital noise, inadequate or invisible.  We've struggled to get seen or heard on social media and wondered 'what's the point of posting - no one  engages with us?'  Is social media even social?  Even when we do get attention (Likes, Comments, Followers, Subscribers, Shares), it rarely translates into practical opportunities, tangible support, helpful income, real friendships, proper gigs or harmonious community.   Cheeky Fest gives performers a stage and an audience at least once a year

Cheeky Fest gives audiences a chance to experience live performances.  It's a chance for both parties to connect and meet in real life.  Cheeky Meets provide an opportunity for us - anyone & everyone - to come together as people with other humans to get to know each other, share our troubles, joys, work, support each other through mental health (e.g. anxiety, bipolar, depression, PTSD), unemployment, or friendship / family situations.   Performers can recruit band members, find collaborators, gigs, promoters & venues.

Head out; We do our best to attend Cheeky Meets & Cheeky Fest.

Understand; we listen to & respect others' experience & journeys

Membership; we invite others to attend Meets & perform at Fests

Appreciate; we show gratitude when others help us

Nurture; we support performers & audiences

We find our voices, express ourselves, discover how we coexist with society, manage our mental health, challenge stigma, foster empathy by listening to each other's stories, build friendships, share experiences, create & collaborate with people and develop & apply skills. 

Reach out - we’d love to hear your story, help you share it and connect with others.

Come to a Cheeky Meet. Perform at the next Cheeky Fest

We don't chase online validation. We connect face to face and help each other.