Vibrant funky fusion, latin, afro-beats, reggae, pop...
Live: Mankala Beat, Mas Y Mas, Quirky Turquoise
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outdoors behind the Lime Kiln pub in Wirksworth, Derbyshire
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Tickets: £10 adults, £5 teenagers, children free
Time: 7pm - 0am
Pulsating beats… as Global Sounds comes to Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
16th August, 7pm-11.30pm, outdoors behind the Lime Kiln, Wirksworth, Derbyshire
Three top bands, Mankala Beat, Más Y Más and Quirky Turquoise, are due to take the stage on Saturday 16th August for an outdoor mini festival behind the Lime Kiln pub in Wirksworth.
Mankala Beat, a high energy, Afro-Caribbean band brings together eight musicians from diverse places in the world such as Martinique, Zambia, Tenerife and of course England. Mankala’s flame burns hottest and brightest when performing live, most recently seen live at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, and now a special visit to Wirksworth!
From Anglo-Spanish origins Más Y Más trio brings a hot flavoured style Spanish guitar sounds, whereas Wirksworth’s own Quirky Turquoise offer homemade pop songs with an off-beat twist.
Expect a night of vibrant funky fusion, latin beats, bit of reggae and world music sounds, with a hint of rock and pop, in a relaxed and friendly festival atmosphere.
Tickets are £10 for adults (or £5 for concessions and teenagers). Children free. Tickets can be bought Online (www.globalsounds.ning.com) or from Traidlinks or The Lime Kiln pub in Wirksworth. Advance purchase necessary as there are only 1,000 tickets are available.
www.globalsounds.ning.com
For band information visit:
www.mankalabeat.com
www.myspace.com/mankala
www.masymas.co.uk
www.myspace.com/masymas1
www.quirkyturquoise.co.uk
A Sleeping Elephants event.
The Story of Sleeping Elephants
The event is presented by Sleeping Elephants, a community group with big ambitions that wants to create positive social and environmental change and inspire the community. The ‘Elephants’ are organising an environmentally focused community music festival in summer 2009, with preview information at the event.
As for Sleeping Elephants….
Will you help us to wake them?
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