ALL NEWS
NEWS
Blaze - The Barbican’s summer season
23/06/2009
The Barbican’s summer season sees the start of a new series of events programmed at various venues across East London as well as at the Barbican itself. The Blaze events are part of CREATE09, a cross-arts festival in the five Olympic host boroughs (Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets & Waltham Forest) between June and August.
Celebrating 50 years of the revolution with Havana Cultura, the Barbican presents Orquestra Aragon and Yoruba Andabo for a deep dance session at Hackney Empire (25 June) Yoruba Andabo + Changui de Guantanamo in Gillett Square (27 June) and Pablo Milanes at the Barbican (27 June). The Cuba50 series finishes up with Los Van Van and Yoruba Andabo at the Barbican (28 June).
A UK Jazz Dance special - Beyond The Ballroom - is at Cargo (19 July) and July highlights at the Barbican Hall include flamenco singer Estrella Morente (4 July) Rome’s global innovators Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio (17 July) the Witchseason Weekender featuring Fairport Convention all-star reunion (18 July) and the Incredible String Band tribute (19 July) Wynton Marsalis (24 July) Antibalas (25 July) Spok Frevo and Kasaï Allstars (26 July) and Goran Bregovic (30 July).
For tickets and details of the full programme, including free family events, films and workshops visit www.barbican.org.uk/blaze
23/06/2009
festival music dance
ALL NEWS
// ALSO
- Blaze Festival 19 June – 29 July
- Latin Music USA: the Barbican and BBC Four go Latin
- Inspiration Information - London shows at Koko and Jazz Café
- AfroCubism : Bamako Social Club live
- Tony Allen
- Staff Benda Bilili, "Polio"
- Darbar Festival 2010, Darbar Festival 2010
- Mariachi El Bronx, Mariachi El Bronx
- City Sounds : London, City Sounds: London
// POST A COMMENT
Security code
Nickname *
Your comment (2000 char. max) *
>> comment it on the forum>>
Les blogs
Mondomix
Puglia Sounds
It will be the window of Puglia Sounds in France and in all Europe. This blog will show all the i...
AFRO by SOUL
Africa is the future and the future is now…as the prophecy unfolds Eric Soul is as always ahead o...
The Center for Black Music
The Center for Black Music in Salvador, Bahia, and the International Exhibition of Black Music in...
Charlie Gillett
Charlie Gillett was one of the UK's leading World Music journalists. For years he presented a wee...
Mondomix - The essential online resource for worldwide music and culture. Music, cinema, literature, society, travel, events, reports, artists. Experience the world with Mondomix.
