Session 3: 17th February - Practice under Pressure - Lineage, Intentionality & World Building - Online* (7:30 - 8:30pm)

This guest conversation features Yazzus, a Ghana-born producer and DJ whose work spans global club spaces while remaining rooted in Black cultural lineage and Afro-futurist practice. The session creates space to reflect on what it means to sustain a creative practice while moving through high-pressure touring and club environments, navigating visibility and expectation, and working within scenes shaped by uneven power dynamics.

Sign-up Deadline: Tuesday 27th January 2026 (limited spaces available)

Sign-up Link: https://forms.gle/hnJqmdzJpGeUM3RE6

This free 4-week workshop series is for QTBPOC (Queer/Trans & Black/People of Colour) working in creative nightlife and club environments — including (but not limited to) DJs, promoters, performers, photographers, technicians, and other behind-the-scenes workers. The sessions will explore wellness, balance, and burnout prevention, with a focus on navigating white-dominated industries, boundaries, harm reduction, community care, sustaining ourselves long-term and unpacking the meaning and politics behind our artistic practices.

This is a supportive, reflective space rather than a skills-training course. Participation is collaborative, and everyone is encouraged to both listen and share from lived experience. Participants are encouraged to read the Exhale Community Agreement before the first session, which will be emailed in advance. This outlines shared values around respect, confidentiality, and collective care.