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London events

Regular Events

  • Last Thursday of every month Planet Egypt Event 2012 to be confirmed as venue is on the brink of being sold

    Sufi Meditation     Every Monday
  • Rumi Group: Every First Friday of the Month
  • Silk Route's Arabian Cabaret takes place regularly bringing you music from the Middle East and featuring performers influenced by all forms of Arabian Dance.
  • Nights Out in London    So you want to see a show?
  • Jamie Renton, World Music Dj, contributing journalist to FRoots Magazine and more, hosts Nights "Spicy Sauce" at Darbucka every 2 months or less (usually Friday Nights) . Sometimes with live music Chilli Fried and sometimes with El-Andaluz (London's masters of Arabic & Andalusian music)
  • SOAS World Music Summer School REGULAR WORLD MUSIC EVENTS
    For more details & booking form see www.soas.ac.uk/summermusicschool
    T 020 7898 4500 / E musicevents@soas.ac.uk
  • Turkish Nights Out with live music every Friday and Saturday, Istanbul Meze Bar, 100 Cleveland Street, W1
  • DJ Leon Parker
    Hosts a regular night of world music, belly dance, and visuals monthly at Escape bar and twice monthly set doing Gypsy music at the Ritzy Brixton . If link does not work try here. He has a play list on Calabash which a fair trade world music download site . He reccommends Charlie Gillett's very good web site called Sound Of The World . This site is useful to put up information about gig or reviews and find out about events
  • Read his edited review of Planet Egypt October 2006

 

2012

Friday 20 January 2012 ENQUIRIES: musicevents@soas.ac.uk
www.soas.ac.uk/concerts
JALJALA feat. Merit Ariane
From Oum Kalthoum to Fairuz and beyond
Young and talented, singer Merit Ariane Stephanos has teamed up with veterans of the London Arabic scene to present a delightful programme of Arabic classical, popular and folk songs, mainly from Egypt and Lebanon repertoire. Classics by such luminaries as Fairuz, Abdel Halim Hafiz and Oum Kalthoum are brought to new life with flair and feeling.

 

March

Thursday 08 March 2012 musicevents@soas.ac.uk
www.soas.ac.uk/concerts
AMIRA KHEIR
Sudanese roots meet global inspiration
Sudanese-Italian singer/songwriter Amira Kheir is creating a sound that is inspired by traditional Sudanese singing and instrumentation, blended with elements of Jazz, Soul, African as well as Middle Eastern music.

 

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