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Last Thursday of every month Planet Egypt Event

Sufi Meditation Every Monday

Rumi Group: Every First Friday of the Month

Silk Route's Arabian Cabaret takes place each month 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?

Arvin (Reza) World Music, Poetry and dance Organiser and director
email: worldmusicuk@gmail.com

SOAS World Music Summer School REGULAR WORLD MUSIC EVENTS
For more details & booking form see www.soas.ac.uk/summermusicschool
Department of Music, School of Oriental and African Studies
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
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

2010

January

Fri 22 Jan 2010 SOAS CONCERT SERIES 2009/10
FREE ADMISSION TO ALL CONCERTS - NO BOOKING REQUIRED
El-Andaluz
1001 Nights Around the Mediterranean
El-Andaluz play classical Arabic and Andalusian music, led by oud player Yazid Fentazi who has performed with Cheb Mami, Cheb Sahraoui and the Turqui Brothers. 

24th January Silk route : spotlight on Egypt in Balham

February

Fri 05 Feb 2010 SOAS CONCERT SERIES 2009/10
KK & Sound Archive
Mandika Soundscapes feat. Kadialy Kouyate

21st February Silk route Spotlighting Latin Fever!

Tue 26 Feb 2010 SOAS CONCERT SERIES 2009/10
FREE ADMISSION TO ALL CONCERTS - NO BOOKING REQUIRED
Merlin Shepherd Quartet
Klezmer Clarinet from Shtetl to Souk
Bringing together the music of Jewish Eastern Europe, Greece and Turkey, the Merlin Shepherd Quartet takes us on a journey that not only crosses continents but also takes us deep into ourselves

April

Thu 29 Apr 2010 SOAS CONCERT SERIES 2009/10
FREE ADMISSION TO ALL CONCERTS - NO BOOKING REQUIRED
Zimbaremabwe
Calling the Spirits with the Mbira
The mbira (a lamellophon or thumb piano) is central to the Shona culture and the music of Zimbabwe, and is traditionally played at spiritual ceremonies

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