Widcombe Social Club

Price: £6adv / £8 door / £5concs
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 20:30

Senegalese multi instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Amadou Diagne and his UK based band Group Yakar have a style that is uniquely their own. Amadou weaves his Senegalese melodies and rhythms with vocals that though soft and warm can deliver great power, or rousing the audience into a dancing frenzy with superb African percussion. More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

One of the most successful and consistent bands in the city, the original Afro-Celtic fusion, played with considerable verve as well as authenticity: freewheeling and infectious dance rhythm. Full band playing a warmup to some European dates. More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £8
Start time: 20:00

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Founded by Trinidadian/Canadian songwriter Drew Gonsalves, Kobo Town is named after the historic neighbourhood in Port-of-Spain where calypso was born.
“Merging calypso, roots reggae, acoustic performance, dub studio techniques and Trinidadian/Jamaican cultures, Kobo Town is a unique, stylistic, transnational composite of rhythm, poetry and activist journalism." Brent Hagerman, Exclaim!

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Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £15 / !3 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

The Arabian Fantasy Dance Theatre

Plus music and belly dance with 'Hazir'

‘Julnah of the Sea’ is a fairy tale filled with magic, marvels and wonders. Originating in Middle Eastern dance, the company also combines contemporary and ballet dance to express the true nature of the characters.

Hazir will perform classic songs from the Middle East and Turkey accompanied by a dazzling array of belly dance artists.
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Widcombe Social Club

Price: £7 / 5 Concs adv; £8 door
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 20:30

Plus DJ and Visuals

Versatile jazz violinist and vocalist, Azhaar made her name fronting the excellent Brazilian Jazz group Sirius B. She returns from travelling and touring the Americas with her new project, Global Wave
Azhaar Saffar: violin and vocals / Anders Olinder: keyboards / Jake Miles Tyghe: bass / Paolo Adamo: drums / Ivan Moreno: percussion More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £8
Start time: 20:00

One of the UK’s finest, this 9 piece Latin band is strongly influenced by music and rhythms from across Latin America. Artists including ‘Tito Puente’, 'Patato Valdés’, 'Buena Vista Social Club’ and ‘Eddie Palmieri’, have influenced their mix of Cuban classics with their own original compositions, that combine Afro-Cuban dance rhythms such as Son, Danzón and Cha-Cha-Cha with a blend of Latin Jazz and Salsa. More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 20:30

with ShakShak

We end the festival with Walcot favourites and all-round festival goodtimes guaranteed collective ShakShak. Eternal spring in your step ska groove referencing Afro, Calypso and Celtic flavours from a familiar bunch of faces who are themselves embodiments of Walcot history and connectedness. More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Formerly Soweto Entsha (played Fringe a few years ago), these guys are a phenomenon: acappella singers bringing a wide range of Afro-American vocal styles together to show continuity in the traditions and the value of sheer style and skill. Traditional to Doo-Wop to Soul to RnB. Close-up they'll be dynamite! More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £14
Start time: 20:00

moonson.co presents

Songs, Stories and Music

Robin and Bina Williamson perform an exotic mix of English, Celtic, and Old Timey roots. Their unique interweave of songs stories and music feature the East/West harmonies of their voices with harp, bowed psaltery and diverse other instruments.
"An enchanting evening 's entertainment" - Edi Stark, Celtic Connections -
"Pure beauty through simplicity" - Robert Plant More info and booking...

Walcot Chapel

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Live at Walcot Chapel

Su Hart, the dynamic choir leader and singer-songwriter, joins the composer Sian Croose to lead an adventurous evening of layered women's voices, using interlocking rhythms and harmonies. Their influences are as diverse as Meredith Monk and Baka women's rainforest singing. More info and booking...

Kingswood Theatre

Price: £15.68
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Live music, dance and theatre from the Middle East and beyond!

featuring the 'Serpent Slayer'

Club Cairo presents live music, dance and theatre from the Middle East and beyond. Experience the drama of our theatrical production 'The Serpent Slayer' - a story where tough reality meets fairytale - followed by a fun live music set accompanied by a dazzling array of belly dancers.

Extra info: strobe lighting

Walcot Chapel

Price: £6
Start time: 20:45
Doors open: 20:30

Taking a Tune for a Walk Part 2

Rock of eye are Alex Vann (Spiro, Three Cane Whale) with Ron Phelan and Madame Ceski. The name is a tailoring term signifying to be guided by the eye, to do by feel and intuition rather than by precise methods.
They are an extraordinary improvising folk-based acoustic experience.

This show is the conclusion to 'Taking a Tune for a Walk', which precedes it, and participants on the walk will be admitted before additional tickets are sold (see online in the days before the event). More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £12.50 adv / £15 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Modou Ndiaye aka Mamadou Cissokho is a virtuoso Kora player and vocalist from Southern Senegal. Performing with his Kora based group, blending together an irresistible mix of captivating harmonies, mesmerising Kora solos, groovy rhythms and soulful melodies, Moudou unites traditional and modern beats that will leave you invigorated and inspired. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Upstairs theatre

Price: £8 / £7 concs
Start time: 20:30

Rob Johnston is one of the very best acoustic guitar players around. His brilliant playing style covers a huge range of influences from folk, world and classical. “Staggering playing...He is a mighty, mighty fine player.” Phil Jackson, South Live, BBC Southern Counties Radio. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8 / £7 Concessions
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Plus Shankara Andy Bole

Deepspace funk-punk psychedelic rock infused with a hint of jazz and a twist of gnome. The band’s set of all original material addresses the Tibetan situation, future politics, deep inner space, the nature of things and a few classic Gong and (founder member) Daevid Allen favourites. All played with deepspace funk-punk psychedelic rock infused with a hint of jazz and a twist of gnome. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £12 / £10 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Vocal Stargazing

followed by her duo 'Cecilia & Amadou'

The debut of Cecilia's much anticipated one-woman vocal experience. Using loop pedal technology, Cecilia weaves exquisite layers of vocals creating ethereal and mesmerising landscapes and songs. In the second half of the evening, Cecilia will be joined by Senegalese musician Amadou Diagne for a set of spellbinding original duets. More info and booking...