After a sad week where the Ugandan police and authorities stopped Pride Uganda and terrorized LGBTQ people we decided to organize a secret Rainbow Riots Pride event in Kampala. It was a risky thing to do, so security was tight to make sure the address...
Update from Uganda: Rainbow Riots are all gathered in Uganda where we were scheduled to be part of Uganda Pride. The authorities have stopped the event and threatened anyone trying ot attend with arrest. Luckily we are safe. Rainbow Riots power!...
Rainbow Riots were on the cover of not one but TWO of Sweden’s biggest newspapers for our appearance at Stockholm Pride! Read the interview with Svenska Dagbladet here:...
We are preparing to have our own big Rainbow Riots float in the Stockholm Pride parade, with our album playing on the speakers and our guest artists from Uganda, Jamaica and Malawi performing through the parade! In their home countries this wouldn’t be possible, so...
Yay! Today at 14:00 we have a Rainbow Riots seminar at Pride House/Kulturhuset! At 19:30 we perform our songs from the Rainbow Riots album LIVE on the main stage at Stockholm Pride. See you then! More info here:...
Out now: Our new single – “Freedom”, which is defiantly life affirming in light of the events during which it was conceived. The fact is that during the filming of this video in Uganda the team nearly got arrested, simply for wearing rainbow colored make...
After more than two years of working together on the Rainbow Riots project this week will be the big crescendo of the world premiere of our music LIVE in front of an international audience. The plan was to get all of our Ugandan performers over –...
The Swedish Institute, the national PR for the country of Sweden, have asked us to be in charge of their Instagram account during Stockholm Pride week! So until Sunday Rainbow Riots takes over Sweden’s own Instagram to give you updates on our activities, seminars and...
Check out this interview with Rainbow Riots founder Petter Wallenberg in one of the world’s biggest gay magazines, Attitude Magazine!...