Africa Oye & Lake of Stars June 16th!

[Will - chibuku]

The UK's only free African festival rolls up once more on Friday 16th June. Joining forces with our very own Lake of Stars project for a very special party at Magnet, the festival looks like this...


Friday 16th June:

Africa Oye meets the Lake of Stars @ The Magnet, Liverpool

Featuring live performances by Nuru kane and Eyuphuro

Plus Lake of Stars DJ’s

Phil Charnock (Chibuku)

Ste Hodge (Sick Trumpet/Common Ground)

Average Joe (Dock Recordings)

Gavin Moruda (Soulful Vibes)

Tony S & Ali Mac (Chibuku Afterhours)

8pm till late

£3 at the door first come first serve basis



Saturday 17th of June – Sefton park 13:00-20:30:

Cabruera (Brazil)

Nuru Kane (Senegal)

Eyuphuro (Mozambique)

Bonga (Angola)

LUCIANO featuring- ANDREW TOSH & DEAN FRASER AND JAHMESSENJAH BAND (Jamaica) –



Sunday 18th June – sefton park 12:30-19:30:

Cabruera (Brazil)

Eyuphuro (Mozambique)

Afel Bocoum & his band Alkibar (Mali)

Omar Penne (Senegal)

Tiken Jah Fakoly (Ivory Coast)

[djseamless]

this looks ace!

pray for good weather 8)

[nt]

Remember to take your own drink as there wasn't a beer tent last year.

Which meant a quick detour to Lark Lane.

I sadly couldn't hear anything from The Albert's beer garden.

[mooney]

We took our own drink and our own doobies. We sat down on the grass, enjoying all that nature and African music had to offer us. We lit the bifta and had a few tokes then it pissed down. When I say pissed down I MEAN PISSED DOWN! Thunder and downpores of biblical proportions. Needless to say everyone ran for cover. We had to run home. I've never been so wet, except when I was watchin England play Hungary the other day :wink:

[nt]

It was bloody lovely on Lark Lane.

You must've stolen that black cloud that normally follows me around over my head.

[Lady Funk]

Can't believe it's Oye already. It's Christmas in 6 months can you believe? Looking forward to this years, no having to traipse home on buses I can get as drunk as I like and roll to my door instead :)

[plastic soup]

we have an afirca oye artcile ready to go, should be up and ready by the weekend!

:D :D :D

[plastic soup]

here we go

http://www.plasticsoup.com/article.php?id=29

[the teapot gnome]

Can't believe it's Oye already. It's Christmas in 6 months can you believe? Looking forward to this years, no having to traipse home on buses I can get as drunk as I like and roll to my door instead :)

Cool,i'm going to turn up dribbling at yours then :wink: :lol:

[fran lake of stars]

Africa Oye is an amazing event to have in Liverpool, normally for something as unique as this you'd have to travel to London without a doubt. I've got a lot of respect for all those involved for having the foresight and drive to put on something as big and as culturally innovative as this in Liverpool-I know from experience how hard it can be chasing people for funding!

The Magnet gig on the Friday night will be the perfect warm up to the main event so please come down and show your support. We expect this to be busy so get there early...

[JoeWhy]

African tunage in my record box for this, should be wicked....

[flintmassive]

Lookin forward to this also Joe....loads of afro & broken me thinks.

See ya there

Ste

[fran lake of stars]

Will has built up a nice little African music collection and is threatening to get on the decks at some point :lol:

[flintmassive]

Yesssss. The racquet man on da ones & two's.....back to back sir ???

[frantastic]

Lets hope the weather is as nice for it as it was over the weekend, can't beat chilling in the park in the sun listening to some laidback tunes.

Friday night will be special too as it'll be the only chance to see bands like these in such intimate surroundings. Niiiiiiice

[philcharnock]

This is going to be great. I'm doing the afterparty as well, so I'm in it for the long haul. X

[Will - chibuku]

It will indeed Philly! Get there early for the bands, gig starts at 8pm:

NURU KANE - Senegal
Most modest singers ‘fit’ their voices to a music form like a lost soul in need of a decent burial, (no names), others, the very great, just sing and their voice defines their music. Nuru Kane is a very great singer. Aware of the culture of West Africa, (from Medina, Senegal), very aware of North African culture, of Saharan crossings, of Sufis, of what in his music can be tried, pushed, shoved, invented, or rediscovered. He excels, writes smashing songs, is a bearer of new African music, and ready to go anywhere.


EYUPHURO - Mozambique
On the Isle of Mocambique off the NE coast of Mocambique is a World Heritage Site, a beautiful wee chapel, a mosque, a Hindu temple, and from fisher folk the lady Zena Bakar, often known as Mama Mosambiki from a wonderful song she wrote and sang magnificently, so that the world noted this Whirlwind from a far place... Eyuphuro is whirlwind in local talk. Zena is coming with the other Band leaders Omar and Belarmino, as well as Orlando on sax and Mahamudo on keyboards. Legends all.

FOR ALL INFORMATION ON THE FESTIVAL CLICK http://www.africaoye.com/

[fran lake of stars]

The bands will playing first from 8ish-10ish followed by the aural delights of The Lake of Stars representatives! Full line-up to follow soon...

[fran lake of stars]

Running order for tonight chaps...

In the main room:

8pm-9pm.................................Average Joe (African/World Beats)
9pm-9.45pm.............................Eyuphuro-Live! (Senegal)
9.45pm-10pm...........................Average Joe (African/World Beats)
10pm-10.45pm.........................Nuru Kane-Live! (Mozambique)
10.45pm-11.45pm.....................Average Joe (African/World Beats)
11.45pm-2.00am.......................Tony S & Ali Mac (Eclectic Set)

In the fish tank:

10pm-12pm..............................Ste Hodge (Sick Trumpet/Common Ground)
12am-2am................................Phil Charnock (Chibuku)

xx

[El Gordo]

Phew - could it get any hotter!!

Cheers guys - a great part for a great cause - you're going straight to heaven!! :D

T x

[frantastic]

Quality night, thanks to everyone who came down and sweated it out! Roll on next year...