Free annual community event on Workers’ Day!
doors open 6-45pm @ Gills Bar and Banqueting Whitmore Reans WV6 0QQ
Friday 1st May 2026
all free except the bar!
with St Brigids, Steve Pottinger and One Love Sound System already confirmed
May Day speakers: tbc
Fuelled on stoopid lyrics & funky toones đŸ¤ª
Steve Pottinger is a poet, author, and a founding member of Wolverhampton arts collective Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists. His work has appeared in magazines and anthologies, and he’s a regular contributor to online poetry platforms. follow him on Bluesky
One Love International reggae sound system has been a long time supporters of Wolverhampton May 1st events
Wolverhampton branch of the Indian Workers Association(GB) who have helped organise May Day since we re-started it in 1994, produce and serve free a vegetarian meal for all attendees each year.
Labour movement stalls: tbc
We have a stall each year for free mehndi, commonly known as temporary henna tattoo. Mehndi is a popular form of body art in South Asia festivals and resembles similar traditions of henna as body art found in North Africa, East Africa and the Middle East.
Plus free supervised Bouncy castle for kids.
Wolverhampton, Bilston & District TUC participates in the highly successful Wolverhampton May Day Festival each year since 1994.
It is funded by donations from local trade union branches each year.
If you wish to participate and help build this annual 1st May event, or wish to make a donation to keep it going, then contact us via wolvestuc@gmail.com