Barbican - Back2Black Day Ticket

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Back2Black Day Ticket - Saturday 30 June 2012 / 13:00 Old Billingsgate, London EC3R 6DX
Tickets: £45 (£25 Under 16s)* *Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets now available at the venue. subject to availability

Sat 30 Jun 1pm – 2am Fatoumata Diawara Hugh Masekela Mart'nalia Roots Manuva Criolo feat. Mulatu Astatke Femi Kuti & The Positive Force Gilles Peterson Candyló Gomanche The Shrine Synchro System Drumheads Soul Caribbean Flavio Renegado Tono Talks: Cultural Identity & Communities with Kalaf Ângelo (Angola), Paulo Lins (Brazil), David Treece (UK), mediated by Baroness Prashar. Music & Exile with Gilberto Gil (Brazil) and Hugh Masekela (South Africa), mediated by Pat Kan. Foods & Craft Market Visit microsite for more information An unprecedented celebration of the African roots in music and culture, the acclaimed Back2Black festival travels from Rio de Janeiro to London this summer as part of London 2012 Festival – with a heady mix of funk, reggae, dub, hip hop, samba, and blues. Featuring three stages of live music and an eclectic line-up of more than twenty Brazilian, UK and international artists, including host Gilberto Gil, the London festival will be held at Old Billingsgate Market in East London, transformed for the occasion by Brazilian visual artist and director Miguel Rio Branco. The festival will include talks, debates, exhibitions, drumming displays and workshops involving young musicians from East London and the Pracatum School from Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Part of Back2Black Festival Part of freeB Produced by the Barbican, Zoocom and Serious Part of London 2012 Festival Barbican Contemporary Music London’s home to the boldest new jazz, world, folk, contemporary classical, rock, pop & electronic music from across the globe.