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Open The Gate, the organisation that promotes African arts and culture in London, are regular visitors to Shoreditch’s Rich Mix venue, and next Sunday they’re celebrating their fourth anniversary with twelve hours of festivities. Taking place from noon until midnight on 2nd June this free festival will feature a continually changing line-up of musicians on [...]
Taking place in Malmo, Sweden this Saturday, 18 May, Eurovision 2013 is the 58th incarnation of this celebration of Europe through music. Although we stopped taking Eurovision seriously in the UK decades ago (you can probably blame Terry Wogan for this change in attitude, as his famously disparaging commentary featured almost every year from 1971 [...]
In advance of his gig at Kings Place this evening, Thomas Dolby warmed up last night with a visit to creative agency Ditto’s Lighthouse HQ in Canonbury as the guest for their monthly Campfire event. Ditto uses these evenings to invite in the creative geniuses that they most admire to chat to groups of staff and [...]
At a loose end tomorrow night and a fan of the Swedish music scene? If so there’s a free event at Islington’s Electrowerkz venue which will act as an introduction to the summer’s Way Out West Festival in Gothenburg. Two acts that are confirmed for the international music festival that takes place in the city [...]
Facebook fans of the worldwide network of Hard Rock Cafes have been helping to narrow down an initial long list of 12,000 bands as part of Hard Rock Rising – a competition that will see the winning group or soloist get a spot on the bill at this summer’s Hard Rock Calling festival in London [...]
From 9 to 13 October City Showcase, the not-for-profit organisation that provides support for new musicians through career development, advice and opportunities to perform will be holding its tenth annual London festival, which celebrates new talent with a series of gigs across the capital. This year the festival partner is Kids Company, the charity that [...]
On the weekend of 15 and 16 September the Brick Lane Music Festival will be taking over three of the area’s most popular venues – the Big Chill Bar, Vibe Bar and Cafe 1001 will be involved in two days of musical mayhem featuring live bands, DJs and beatboxers. Cafe 1001 will have music from [...]
