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1 OCT 2022
Esraa Warda will open the night with a dance performance to the rhythms of rai, chaoui, allaoui and more Algerian beats!
All the way from New York, Esraa is a child of the Algerian diaspora. She is a cultural warrior and advocates for the representation and preservation of North African women-led dance traditions. A show to behold!
1 OCT 2022
Headlining the Festival is The Voice star Samira Brahmia and her world-famous band.
Samira has since galvanised a huge audience on both sides of the Mediterranean and has become a huge star in the Maghreb music scene, frequenting various Parisian editions of Folles Nuits Berbères, Barbès Café, and Cabaret Tam Tam at the Cabaret Sauvage. She will rock East London with her incredible blend of East meets West sound and her strong yet mesmerising vocals. She comes to us with her latest album AWA.
30 Sept - 8 Oct 2022
DZFEST 2022
The Algerian festival for Arts & Culture in the UK - 1st edition
16 Jul 2022
Documentary with Zak KEDZI Director Q&A
This documentary brings a view of what it felt like to be amongst the masses, the demands of the people, and the incredible chants and slogans which were world-famous, Zak Kedzi takes us through all of this in his first feature documentary, which he describes as just one small piece in the Hirak puzzle.
Documentary length: 47 Minutes
29 Sept 2021
Our British Algerian band comes back to the stage alongside an array of female gusts, from Japan, Algeria, Sudan and the UK
El Andaluz will be joined by special guests, Yuko Tsubame [Japan] , Asya Satti
[Sundan] and Rachel Bartlett [UK]
22 Feb 2020
The night will be a Sufi ceremony, showcasing the mystical sounds and rhythms of Issawa & Diwan, strands of Sufism from Constantine in East Algeria. With rhythms building up to a crescendo carried by Redha Boudebagh‘s majestic voice, accompanied by his Mondole, Oud and the drums & Bendir, the night will take you on a mystical journey with fast rhythms and warm African sounds you won’t resist.
1 Nov 2018
Film screening with Q&A with the director Hassan MEZINE
This documentary gives a privileged and rare insight into the life of Frantz Fanon through the stories and accounts of the people who were closest to him in his life and until his death.
El Andaluz take their audience on a journey around the Southern shores of the Mediterranean, through the Saharan Sufi sounds.
They never fail to end the evening by getting any audience on their feet, dancing to the celebratory Chaabi music of Algeria, or to a classical Egyptian belly dance; this show will be no exception.
The second half of the night will be a creative explosion with various guests from Sudan, Algeria, the UK and Japan. Set to be the perfect night out!
28 May 2015
One of the veteran Algerian Diwane groups, will be performing at Rich Mix on Thursday 28 May, bringing to east London a spiritual ceremony to heal all ills. Although they do not replicate the vivid healing ceremonies, they very much reflect the feel of the lila and perfectly exude the essence of the tradition. Gaâda Diwane Béchar’s musically induced trance and moving sound is accessible and enjoyable, and the late veteran world music DJ Charlie Gillett said of them in the Telegraph that they are as good as anything he’s heard in years.
6 NOV 2014
In collaboration with Film Africa Festival
The first Pan-African Cultural Festival took place in Algiers in July 1969. This historic festival brought a global spotlight to African culture and arts, celebrating the liberation of African nations from colonial rule and calling for the same freedom for the rest of the continent. William Klein’s film captures the sense of jubilation of the moment and provides historical context for understanding a continent.
29 May 2014
Surprising by the richness of his music, Sidi Bémol (a.k.a. Hocine Boukella or Cheikh for the fans) is the composer of fusion: between modernity and tradition, between Algerian chaabi, gnawa, blues and rock, Berber and Celtic music. Changing languages over the albums -Arabic, Kabyle, French and English-, his texts are meaningful, successively poetic, nostalgic, critical, humorous. He depicts society with much tenderness and lucidity…
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