FUNKIWALA

Description

  • Live Music
  • Tickets from £10.00
  • Soho
  • Jazz, Latino and Live Music
  • Over 18
  • Sun, 19th Jun 2022 @ multiple start times (see ticket info)
  • Multiple start times (see ticket info)


if further proof were needed that London is a hotbed of cross-culturally inspired expression, it’s new record label Funkiwala” Evening Standard

Presenting an evening of London groove featuring various artists and Dj’s on the eclectic Funkiwala label, including

Sambroso All Stars – Traditional Cuban flavours led by UK’s premiere Cuban percussionist Oreste Noda – “He’s so good he should be arrested” Hugh Masakela

Lokkhi Terra – Kishon Khan’s majestic fusionista collective – “probably the world’s best Afrobeat-Cuban-Bangladeshi group” Songlines Magazine

Cubafrobeat - Havana meets Lagos in London – Uk’s afrobeat ambassador Dele Sosimi teaming up with the Lokkhi Terra crew “A total stonking blinder” All About Jazz

Justin Thurgur’s Afro Jazz project – Bellowhead Trombonist flexing his global jazz muscles – in John Morrows list of Top ten Bands at Love Supreme - theriffmagazine

Phil Dawson Quintet – guitarist for countless global legends from Tony Allen to Toumani Diabate showing off his versatility and compositional prowess - “This is Great” Giles Peterson

and Dj Dr Fix (Funkiwala Records) and Dj Caspar Sutton-Jones (Gearbox Records) spinning in between live showcases.

There will be special guests joining in, with each band performing music from their latest releases as well as jamming with each other. Global Jazz in London at it’s finest.


Funkiwala Records was created by musicians Kishon Khan and Justin Thurgur, who for over twenty years have been at the heart of a global music community based in London.

The label was set up to represent some of the unique music coming out of this scene – British Afro-Jazz, Sufi-Samba, Bengali Reggae, Cuban Funk, Mystic Dub, Brazilian and Cuban Afrobeat, Bangla Afro Latin Jazz – a scene committed to breaking down musical borders, and to giving London it’s musical accent


Upstairs at Ronnie Scotts

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Tickets/Times

Ticket Event time Cost
FUNKIWALA
 “if further proof were needed that London is a hotbed of cross-culturally inspired expression, it’s new record label Funkiwala” Evening Standard


17:00 - 23:15 £10.00

Location

Address

47, Frith Street, Soho, W1D 4HT

Area

Soho

Nearest Station

Leicester Square (Tube)

Menus

  • A word from the chef:

    Chicken, lamb and duck dishes, fish pie and from the grill.

Organiser

Sambroso Sambroso
Sambroso Sambroso

Venue

Ronnie Scott's

Opened in 1959 as a small basement club in the West End, Ronnie Scott's has climbed in fame ever since and is now one of the oldest jazz clubs in the world. Since opening, it has welcomed most of the legendary and popular names in modern jazz and jazz fusion. The club features international jazz musicians…

T&Cs

1. The ticket holder voluntarily assumes all risks and danger incidental to the event for which the ticket is issued, whether occurring prior, during or after the event. The ticket holder voluntarily agrees that the management, venue, event participants, DesignMyNight (WFL Media Ltd) and all of their respective agents, officers, directors, owners and employers are expressly released by the ticket holder from any claims arising from such causes.
2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
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12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.

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