Cripple Punk Alliance Interview with Mad Indie Media

Mad Indie Media met with Peter from Cripple Punk Alliance to talk disability rights, activism, folk punk, and diy patches. Peter, the one man army, is sick of the bullshit.

The world (concert venues specifically) need to be more accessible to disabled concert goers. Struggling with disability himself, Peter wants to see a world in which venues are accessible to all. 

As an ambulatory cane user who chooses to mosh on days he feels up to it, Peter is an avid concert goer who enjoys folks punk and loves going to shows at 7th Circle Music Collective in Denver Colorado. 

Known for its inclusivity 7th Circle Music Collective hosts some really awesome shows including the 2023 edition of Compost Heap Music Festival last Summer.

7th Circle Music Collective works to create a safe space, inclusive space for all people, all kinds of art, and all kinds of music and creative expression. 

Peter, leader of the Cripple Punk Alliance plans on hosting future events, disability advocacy work including tabling at events with paper work to help disabled folks gain benefits as well as creating jackets and sewing patches for folks whose disability may not allow them to work with their hands. 

Not accepting venues words for facts Peter has been known to bring his measuring tape to venues to see if they are actually ADA compliant. ADA or the Americans with Disabilities Act is a federal law that protects people with disabilities in many areas of public life, including access to concert venues. 

Peter often finds venues will say they are ADA compliant, but they may not be. Even in cases when venues are meeting all ADA requirements which include accessible seating for those with mobility aids; Peter strives to see venues go above and beyond.

Peter wants to not only make a concert venue accessible but accommodatable to those with disabilities. 

Peter of Cripple Punk Alliance is truly an individual going above and beyond in trying to make the world a better place. Citing that it is also a responsibility of the individual concert goers to help make places more accessible to those with disabilities.

We all have to do our part to make not only concert venues but all public spaces more accessible to those with disabilities and Cripple Punk Alliance is dedicated to this cause. 

You may be reading this as an able bodied person in their 20’s, 30’s or 40’s. But when will accessibility matter to you? After you next accident? After your next illness? When you’re in your 60’s, 70’s, or 80’s? When will you be okay with no longer going to punk shows?

Accessibility is important to all, and we all have a responsibility to ensure not only concert venues, but all public spaces are accessible. 

Follow their socials for upcoming events, workshops, and see how you can become involved with Cripple Punk Alliance to make the world more accessible to all. 

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