WORLD MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
WORLD MUSIC IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular World Music in Manchester
Mon 9 Sep - Sat 12 Oct 2024
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Monday 9 September - Saturday 12 October 2024
This electrifying adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Stef O'Driscoll is a whirlwind of sweaty dance-offs and drum and bass love anthems, celebrating the vibrant tapestry of Manchester's contemporary rave scene. The Palace n...
Sahra Halgan
Wednesday 11 September 2024
Sahra Halgan is an iconic artist from Somaliland, a country in the Horn of Africa....
RAMONA LIVE - Salsa De Cuba
Thursday 12 September - Thursday 14 November 2024
Fronted by two old friends Juan Sanchez and Reinier Bazan, Salsa de Cuba bring high-energy and passion to the dance floor....
Yemeni Song Day - Hussein Moheb
Thursday 19 September 2024
An evening of music and dancing that celebrates the very best of Yemeni Culture. Join hugely popular singer Hussein Moheb and others for the very first time Yemeni song will be heard in a theatre in the UK. Yemen has a long history in music...
Sambroso Allstars present The Buena Vista
Friday 20 September 2024
Sambroso All Stars showcase one of the most iconic albums in living memory. Buena Vista won the Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album, and remains a high watermark not just for Cuban music but world music as a whole. The 7-piece ...
So Many Beauties Collective
Friday 20 September 2024
A spectacular world premiere performance of the So Many Beauties Collective celebrating the power of creativity. With new music co-created by a culturally diverse groups of people living with dementia and performed by some of the North Wes...
Gibbs
Friday 20 September 2024
Not only the music, but also the lyrics and message that Polish rapper Gibbs conveys in his songs attract fans to his uniqe contemporary hip hop. His works are full of emotions, from bold reflections to attention-grabbing stories, scoring...
Góbéfest
Friday 20 September 2024
Gobefest was established in 2017 to celebrate the little-known culture and traditions of the Szekler people - a group of ethnic Hungarians living in Transylvania, which is part of Romania. A Gobe is a friendly word for a 'crafty Szekely'. W...
Those Pretty Wrongs
Friday 20 September 2024
Dots & Loops presents... THOSE PRETTY WRONGS Featuring Jody Stephens from Big Star+ Support TBCThe power-pop genius of Those Pretty Wrongs hits the Calder Valley for the first time, with a show not-to-be-missed at the legendary Golden Lion ...
Ryley Walker
Saturday 21 September 2024
We?re delighted to present an intimate solo show for Ryley Walker!Ryley Walker began his career in the early 2010s, after moving from Illinois? provincial town of Rockford, and settling into Chicago?s independent scene. After a slew of cass...
Arijit Singh
Sunday 22 September 2024
Ask any Bollywood Music fan to name their favourite singer and it won't be long before Arijit Singh enters the conversation. Singh is already considered the voice of his generation - but despite his ability to reach the loftiest of notes, ...
Tom Gamble
Monday 23 September 2024
There are few musicians who can really be said to defy genre. London guitarist Tom Gamble is such a musician. With a virtuosic technique and hugely diverse musical output, he is often regarded as being one of the UK's most exciting guitari...
John Smith
Wednesday 25 September 2024
Known for his intimate songwriting, his honey-on-gravel voice and pioneering guitar playing, he has spent the last fifteen years touring internationally and has amassed over 40 million streams on Spotify. As a session musician he has played...
Making Tracks
Thursday 26 September 2024
Since 2019, Making Tracks has brought world class music from all corners of the globe to a network of leading venues throughout the UK. The project is based around the idea that intercultural and interspecies music (music that no one specie...
What Now My Love? - A Tribute to Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Friday 27 September 2024
Brought to you by the award winning producers of the hugely successful 'Talon - The Best of Eagles', a tribute to the A&M Records co-founder formed and led band, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, who in selling over 72 million records worldw...
Mungo's Hi Fi Soundsystem
Friday 27 September 2024
The Glasgow-based sound system and production unit pull off that rare trick of making reggae/dancehall that is original and of quality. Mungo's was the brainchild of two likeminded dance DJs at the turn of the millennium, inspired by King T...
Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas & Misha Mullov-Abbado
Friday 27 September 2024
Inhabiting their own style that blends Mediterranean folk song, chamber music, improvisation, and acoustic jazz, this renowned trio shares stories and soundscapes collected from their travels. Royal Northern College of Music alumni, violini...
Diljit Dosanjh
Saturday 28 September 2024
Punjabi music star and Bollywood actor Diljit Dosanjh always take his live shows to new heights surpassing the levels of production in Indian music history. His shows, which are complete experiences for the whole family from children to ...
Jesse Cook
Sunday 29 September 2024
An accomplished guitarist and producer, and equally prolific film maker, Canadian new flamenco musician Jesse Cook has evolved his talents to create experiences that delight audiences both in concert, and online. He composed his first al...
Mercedes Ruiz & Santiago Lara - Dual
Tuesday 1 October 2024
World renowned flamenco masters Mercedes Ruiz (Choreography and dance) and Santiago Lara (flamenco guitar and composition) combine their exceptional talents and shared vision of flamenco in "Dual". This is an intimate and dramatic work in w...
Chime School
Wednesday 2 October 2024
The love-affair with San Francisco is real. Chime School are the latest in a run of acclaimed Bay Area groups to hit the UK. Marrying the pristine jangle of electric 12-string guitars with nervy, hooky songs, Chime School conjures a unique ...
Joe Jackson
Thursday 3 October 2024
With his Two Rounds of Racket 2024 tour, Joe Jackson makes an unprecedented two-part performance. First, he performs songs from his solo catalogue, and then Mr. Joe Jackson presents the music of Max Champion, featuring a nine-piece band. Jo...
Jasdeep Singh Degun
Thursday 3 October 2024
A custodian of tradition with a restless passion for innovation, multi-award winning sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun is an anomaly indeed. Unconstrained by genre, the Leeds-born virtuoso's extraordinary skill and creativity are reshaping the m...
Lodestar Trio
Thursday 3 October 2024
Lodestar Trio is a unique collaboration between stars of the Scandinavian folk scene Erik Rydvall and Olav Mjelva, and British violin virtuoso Max Baillie. Together they bring a spirit of groove and improvisation into Baroque music by combi...
KULT
Friday 4 October 2024
Over the last four decades, Polish rock band, Kult, led be singer and songwriter Kazik Staszewski, have become one of the most popular acts from the scene; fusing their roots in punk and new wave, to inspiration from psychedelic rock, jazz ...
The Budapest Café Orchestra
Friday 4 October 2024
In 2009 Christian Garrick established the refreshingly unconventional and snappily attired Budapest Cafe Orchestra. The intention to present a broad range of music from all over the world in the most entertaining and fun way. One of BCO...
Etana
Friday 4 October 2024
The Venue: Grammy nominated Jamaican hit-maker...
Qudus Onikeku & The QDance Company - Re:INCARNATION
Tuesday 8 - Wednesday 9 October 2024
Nigeria's celebrated QDance Company explode onto the stage with their exuberant Re:INCARNATION. An ode to the riches of Nigerian culture, this dance, music, fashion and visual art fusion mixes ancient Yoruba philosophy with the rhythm and s...
Slave: A Question of Freedom
Wednesday 9 - Saturday 12 October 2024
This exceptional award-winning production tells Mende Nazer's inspirational story. Performed by an outstanding ensemble of eight actor-musicians it is a feast of storytelling, music and dance. It celebrates Mende's indomitable spirit, the b...
Raf-Saperra
Thursday 10 October 2024
Streatham-born British Punjabi music star Raf-Saperra whose "booming voice and multi-disciplinary skills have made him a new star across global south Asian communities and beyond" (The Guardian) mixes UK garage, boom-bap bhangra, boliya...
Eivør
Friday 11 October 2024
Faroese electro folk pop artist Eivor Palsdottir has appeared on Later.... With Jools Holland and soundtracked the current series of Netflix/BBC flagship The Last Kingdom (co-written with Ivor Novello/BAFTA-nominated John Lunn), with her mu...
Djodje
Saturday 12 October 2024
Portugal's Kally Quaresma Entertainment present Djodje Live Band ...
Agnieszka Chylinska
Sunday 13 October 2024
The former vocalist of Polish rock band O.N.A. and current judge on the Polish version of the Got Talent franchise, Mam Talent! heads to the UK with her multi-Platinum Polish chart-topping hits including "Krolowa lez" and "Kiedys do Ciebie...
Hasan Raheem
Tuesday 15 October 2024
Hailing from the Gilgiti mountains, Pakistan's 'Breakout Artist of 2021' Hasan Raheem is first and foremost a doctor, who we all now know for his versatility as a singer and songwriter. For Hasan, his bittersweet lyrics are one of his pures...
Marina Satti
Wednesday 16 October 2024
Greece's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "ZARI", singer, songwriter and music producer Marina Satti was born in Athens, Greece to a Sudanese father and Cretan mother. Marina graduated in classical piano, advanced mu...
Prateek Kuhad
Thursday 17 October 2024
Hailed by rolling stone India as "one of the country's leading singer-songwriters," Prateek Kuhad has taken the rest of the world by storm in recent years, garnering a slew of accolades and honours around the globe with his mesmerizing, cin...
RAMONA LIVE - Lagos Thugs
Thursday 17 October 2024
AGOS THUGS is an Nigerian, Lagos-based afrobeat band that is a band consist of 12 young talented musicians led by singer/saxophonist Adetunji Adeyemi....
Raf-Saperra
Friday 18 October 2024
Streatham-born British Punjabi music star Raf-Saperra whose "booming voice and multi-disciplinary skills have made him a new star across global south Asian communities and beyond" (The Guardian) mixes UK garage, boom-bap bhangra, boliya...
Afro Celt Sound System
Friday 18 October 2024
After a year filled with emotions and challenges following the loss of founder, Simon Emmerson, in 2023, the legendary Afro Celt Sound System, pioneers of the contemporary world music scene, return more determined than ever to honour his ...
Molchat Doma
Tuesday 22 October 2024
In their short time as a band, Belarusian trio Молчат Дома ("Houses Are Silent"), have gone from whispered-about unknowns, to enigmatic underground icons, to legitimate viral sensations with hundreds of thousands of TikTok videos ...
WOMEX - Worldwide Music Expo
Wednesday 23 - Saturday 26 October 2024
WOMEX - Worldwide Music Expo - the most international and culturally diverse music convention in the world - comes to Manchester in 2024. Each year WOMEX travels to a different European city bringing together 2,600 music industry profession...
Toot
Friday 25 October 2024
MishMash Production's Toot! Ensemble deliver a fun family concert that's perfect 7 to 11-year-olds and their families. Travel around the world with music from all over the globe in a performance filled with warmth, excitement, and magic. Be...
Black Coffee
Saturday 26 October 2024
Grammy award winning South African DJ Nkosinathi Innocent Maphumulo (aka Black Coffee) launched his career sampling songs of notable South African artists like Thandiswa Mazwai, Hugh Masekela and featured Busi Mhlongo, among others. Phar...
Los Bitchos
Saturday 26 October 2024
Panthers prowling through a desert. Cowgirls swaggering into a saloon and kicking up dust. Riding shotgun with a Tarantino heroine. Having the fiesta of your lives under a giant pinata with all your friends. Los Bitchos' hallucinatory surf-...
Hang Massive
Saturday 26 October 2024
The UK and Swedish duo Hang Massive are the world's most renowned Handpan players, pioneering a successful electronic act with a magnetic live show, blending dream-like acoustics and upbeat sounds. The magic for Danny Cudd and Markus Offbe...
