Rich Mix Music Listings

As all eyes turn East as we approach the summer, Shoreditch cinema and arts centre Rich Mix presents an exciting programme of live music events including a free 20-day festival of live music, DJs, films, art, food and football.

On Friday 4 May we kick off the season in true British style with a proper east-end knees-up with the Best of British After-Party featuring music from The Coolness – a mix of theatrical pop rock and (uber-hip) electronic music.

The following night, Saturday 5 May, Love Music Hate Racism return with a night celebrating the sounds of two tone Britain featuring Jerry Dammers (Ex-Specials), Zana Rose and Pandit G (DJ).

We host A Night of Afropolitan Divas on Saturday 12 May featuring inimitable Somali legend, Maryam Mursal, and Eritrean-born singer Miryam Solomon.

During June we present East in East: Euro 2012 Festival, a celebration linking Eastern European music, arts, culture, and European Championship Football. All matches will be shown for free on giant 15 x 10 foot screen, with free live music or performances after each match showcasing of the best of the best of London’s Eastern European talent.

Confirmed acts and events include Mahala Rai Banda, Csergo Band, Tania Tzarovska, Dash Café, London Liming Eastern European Special, Radio Gagarin, Muha, Igor Outkine’s Battleship Potemkin Rescore, Arhai, Shekoyokh, Monooka’s Caravan, Warsaw Village Band, Gadjo and Shtetl Superstars. The festival is sponsored by Telford Homes.

Our fantastic line up of regular nights return over the summer. The coolest ping pong party on the planet, Pongathon, continues every other Tuesday of the month. The UK’s brightest stars of spoken word perform to sublime improvised soundtracks at Tongue Fu and London’s only Pan African family adventure, Mwalimu Express, chugs into Rich Mix with a dazzling experience of Africa and the Diaspora.

We finish off the season in July with two outstanding brass nights with a difference. On Saturday 14 July, leave your preconception about brass at the door for Breakn’ Brass, which combines brass bands with a B-Boy competition. Described by Village Voice as the “missing link between Public Enemy and Louis Armstrong” the incredible Soul Rebels Brass Band will bring down the house on Tuesday 24 July.

MUSIC LISTINGS

What: Global Local
When: Fri 11 May 8pm
Price: £6 adv, £8 door
From Roma to rumba, Latin beats to Afro funk, new folk to no folk, Global Local brings you the best emerging musical remix talent the UK has to offer.

What: Movimientos presents: Reverso “Radio Comfort” UK album launch
When: Fri 18 May 7.30pm
Price: £6 adv, £8 door
The band’s exciting brass laden sound brings together ska, reggae and soul with Latin rhythms and mestizo energy making a unique connection between Ecuador – Latin America and London. Also on the bill are: Babilondon, a fresh London-based roots reggae band; plus four-piece band Poppy Perezz who make feel-good, sunshine-happy music for cool and groovy summer nights.

What: Allan Weekes and the Effra Band
When: Thu 31 May 7.30pm
Price: £5 adv, £7 door
Another flavour to savour the Caribbean sounds from Alan’s journey in life and music. A blend of rock steady, SKA, blues and jazz.

What: A Catalan Weekend in London
When: Sat 2 Jun 9pm
Price: £10, £8 student or concs / Festival Day Pass £20
Far from that boom of the Catalan rock bands of the nineties such as Sopa de Cabra, Sau or Els Pets, the new Catalan pop and rock emerges strongly. Come and see for yourself at this exclusive live concert featuring emerging Catalan talent.

What: No Bounds Magazine Launch
When: Tue 26 Jun 7pm
Price: Free
Movimientos in association with No Bounds Creative Revolution Network presents the No Bounds Magazine launch with documentary film on Latin American and very special guest live performances.

What: Fernando’s Kitchen
When: Sun 22 Jul 7pm
Price: £10 adv, £13 door
The group of multi-cultural musicians will be performing their very own modern Flamenco Latin and North African music, also called Nu World music, a fusion of passionate and eclectic sounds from all the corners of the earth and beyond.

WHAT’S ON – FOLK, BLUES AND WORLD

What: Brassroots Presents….
When: Wed 9 May / Wed 11 Jul 7.30pm
Price: Free
This summer Brassroots continue to reach out to some of their favourite bands and artists and subsequently turn up the heat on the hippest 2nd Wednesday of the month in East London.

What: Crick Crack Club presents A Love Like Salt
When: Fri 11 May 7.30pm
Price: £9, £7 student or concs
With their distinctive blend of storytelling and haunting gypsy folk music, The Devil’s Violin Company weave a powerful and mysterious spell.

What: Grand Union Youth Orchestra
When: Sun 13 May / Sun 17 Jun / Sun 15 Jul / 10am – 2pm
Price: Free
London’s pioneering world music youth ensemble, the Grand Union Youth Orchestra has taken up residency at Rich Mix and run free monthly master classes and workshops for aspiring young musicians from all musical cultures.

What: NUMBI – A Night of Afropolitan Divas
When: Sat 12 May 7.30pm
Price: £10 adv, £12 door, £5 student or concs
Featuring inimitable Somali legend, Maryam Mursal, talented poets Zena Edwards and Yusra Warsame, Eritrean-born singer Miryam Solomon plus Numbi sistren Dorothea Smartt and 11-piece Afrobeat funkateers Bronzehead.

What: Boishakhi Mela After Party
When: Sun 20 May 7.30pm
Price: Free
Join us for the afterparty of the Boishakhi Mela 2012 which takes place in Weavers Fields and promises a spectacular line-up of all the very best in Bangladeshi arts, music and culture. It is now established as the biggest Boishakhi Mela celebration outside of Bangladesh with over 100,000 visitors.

What: Mwalimu Express
When: Sun 20 May 2pm – 6pm
Price: Free
London’s only Pan African family adventure chugs in with a dazzling experience of Africa and the Diaspora. Come join in the stupendous storytelling sessions, Screen Station films and far out family arts workshops.

What: Wala- it’s a Life Line! – The 2 Jonz Benefit
When: Fri 1 Jun 8pm
Price: £10 / Main Space
Soundway, Strut, Sofrito and the Shrine invite you to the Afriparty of a Lifetime featuring live Ebo Taylor, Konkoma, Fokn Bois (Wanlov the Kubolor & M3NSA) and Yabba Funk. Plus DJ’s Duncan Brooker (Strut Records), DJ Frank (Sofrito) and Mr Hagan (with Fokin Bois).

What: Smile Acoustic
When: Sun 15 Jul 6pm
Price: Free
Smile is an acoustic night with free cake, free entry, a good bar and great original songs from real musicians who like to give a bit back on a Sunday evening off.

WHAT’S ON – ROCK, POP & DANCE

What: Best of British After-Party featuring The Coolness
When: Fri 4 May 9pm
Price: £8, £6 student, concs or £12.50 joint ticket with the theatre show
The Best of British After-party brings to an end the three evening performances of the London debut of the play, Ten Men, in true British style with a proper east-end knees-up featuring music the Coolness – a mix of theatrical pop rock and (uber-hip) electronic music.

What: Love Music Hate Racism
When: Sat 5 May 8pm
Price: £5, £3 student or concs
Featuring Jerry Dammers (Ex-Specials), Zana Rose and Pandit G (DJ) plus special guests. A night celebrating the sounds of two tone Britain. Black and White unite to dance the night away enjoying multi-culturalism and making a stand against racists and fascists. Good music, good people and unity for all.

What: Foxival – celebrating Graham Fox through music
When: Sun 13 May 5pm
Price: £7
Graham Fox was an extraordinary drummer and friend to many, who died in March 2011. Foxival celebrates his life with performances from Nostalgia 77, Brassroots, The Filthy Six and many more.

What: 1234 Shoreditch Festival Action No. 2 @Rich Mix
When: Thu 24 May / Thu 19 Jul 7pm
Price: £6
Join us for another brilliant night of music brought to you by 1234 Shoreditch Festival. The fourth 1234 Shoreditch Festival takes place at Shoreditch Park, in London’s East End, from noon on Saturday 1st September July 2012.

What: East in East – Euro 2012 Festival
When: Wed 6 Jun – Sun 1 Jul / From 5pm Weekdays / All Day Weekends
Price: Free
A celebration linking Eastern European music, arts, culture, and European Championship Football. 20 days and nights of live music, DJs, films, art, food and football. All matches will be shown on giant 15 x 10 foot screen, with free live music or performances after each match showcasing of the best of the best of London’s Eastern European talent.

What: Breakin’ Brass
When: Sat 14 Jul 8pm
Price: £6 adv, £8 door
Breakn’ Brass combines brass bands with a B-Boy competition. Leave your preconception about brass at the door as they will be null and void after this epic night.

What: Soul Rebels Brass Band
When: Tue 24 Jul 7.30pm
Price: £12.50 adv, £15 door
The Soul Rebels formed when Lumar LeBlanc and Derrick Moss, originally members of New Orleans’ iconic Dejean’s Young Olympia Brass Band, decided they wanted to play the new, exciting music they were hearing on the radio while respecting the tradition they loved.

WHAT’S ON – ALTERNATIVE MUSIC

What: Pongathon
When: Tue 1 May / Tue 15 May / Tue 5 Jun / Tue 3 Jul / Tue 17 Jul / 5pm – 11pm
Price: Free
The coolest ping pong party on the planet. Pongathon features wall-to-wall ping pong tables for hire, set against a backdrop of DJs and visual art.

What: Tongue Fu
When: Thu 10 May / Thu 12 Jul / 8pm – 11pm
Price: £7, £5 student or concs
The UK’s brightest stars of spoken word perform to sublime improvised soundtracks from the Tongue Fu Band (UNKLE, Nostalgia 77), hosted by Chris Redmond with special guest Shane Solanki (Last Mango in Paris) as poet in residence.

What: Allsortz
When: Mon 14 May / Mon 9 Jul / 7pm – 11pm
Price: Free
An evening packed with energy and talent. Showcasing the very best the capital has to offer in up-and-coming performers.

What: Showcase Cities
When: Wed 16 May / Wed 20 Jun / Wed 18 Jul / 6pm – 11pm
Price: Free
Beautifully presented, brilliantly lit exhibitions offering a fantastic opportunity to see emerging artists display new works and ideas, plus live music from a selection of excellent unsigned bands and soloists.

What: SoundBites
When: Thu 17 May / 8pm – 11pm
Price: £8 with limited availablity of £6 tickets for under 25’s
Back after a sellout show last season, SoundBites brings together some of the UK’s most hotly tipped theatre makers and musicians to create new short plays that feature live music on stage.

What: Snapshots. Part 11: Protest, power, struggle and strife: ¡No Pasarán!
When: Sat 19 May / 12pm – 1am
Price: Free
Our Olympic-inspired festival continues with a special event celebrating protest, power, struggle and strife in East London. Featuring free exhibitions, live music, performances, workshops, film, debate, children’s activities and market stalls.

What: Art Against Knives Showcase
When: Sun 27 May / 2pm
Price: Free
Art Against Knives presents, ‘OurSpace’ a showcase of young people’s collaborative efforts to reduce knife crime across London. Come and experience these innovative and exciting projects including an art gallery, graffiti exhibition, live action plays, music, dance and spoken word.

What: Making Tracks
When: Wed 30 May 7.30pm – 11pm
Price: £8 adv, £10 door
Making Tracks is a groundbreaking event that fuses live music with moving image and provides an interactive platform on which to showcase new film talent.

What: Snapshots Finale: Olympics Commences
When: Sat 21 Jul / 12pm – 1am
Price: Free
Our Olympic-inspired festival concludes with a special event exploring London 2012 in East London. Featuring free exhibitions, live music, performances, workshops, film, debate, children’s activities and market stalls.

Where: Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London
More Info: www.richmix.org.uk