Creative talks
Clear-eyed sessions from people who can explain both the breakthrough and the wrong turn.
Creative talks. Good people. Great food.
Hey you with the bright face.
Afterlight Forum gathers working creatives for generous talks, unhurried meals and the useful conversations that happen once the stage lights dim. No growth hacks, no status theatre—just people sharing how the work really gets made.
Creative talks
Good people
Great food
Good people
A compact room of curious makers, neighbours and collaborators from far outside your usual feed.
Great food
Street kitchens, shared tables and a late menu designed for conversation rather than networking.
Ideas after dark
The forum starts when the presentation ends. We leave room for questions, detours and the unexpected person at your table.
Speakers
Odabi Butler
Journalist and filmmakerOdabi reports on public space, youth culture and the systems that shape daily life. Her latest film follows one high street through a decade of closures and reinvention.
She joins Afterlight to talk about attention, trust and making work with communities rather than about them.
Music
Arkestra Vale · live from the loading bay
Street food
Independent kitchens take over the yard from lunch until late. Every menu includes a proper vegetarian plate and something worth sharing.
Agenda
Three unhurried days of stories, workshops, long lunches and music. The detailed running order arrives six weeks before doors, leaving room for the programme to respond to who is coming.
The Loomhouse28 Dumballs Road
Cardiff CF10
Cardiff CF10
Get tickets
Full forum passes include every talk, two lunches and the closing-night set.
Reserve a passSignal FoundryCinder KitchenField Notes Co.