Barbican - Back2Black Day Ticket

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Back2Black Day Ticket - Sunday 1 July 2012 / 13:00 Old Billingsgate, London EC3R 6DX
Tickets: £45 (£25 Under 16s)* subject to availability	sold out

Sun 1 Jul 1pm – 12 midnight Muntu Valdo Toumani Diabaté + Arnaldo Antunes + Edgar Scandurra Jorge Ben Jor Amadou & Mariam Gilberto Gil Mwalimu Express Jupiter & Okwess International DJ Nepal DJ João Brasil All Comers Drumming Workshop + Rum Alabê Baia Afrik Bawantu Natasha Llerena ft. Aline Frazão Talk: Literature & Democracy with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria) and Tahar Ben Jelloun (Morocco), mediated by Margaret Busby. Food & Crafts 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 Events 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.