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Rooting About
WHAT’S HAPPENING News Edited by Sarah Coxson
Because we go to press a month before publication date there are occasionally announcements made after copy date about things which will have passed by the time the next issue is published. If you have urgent news about something happening in the current month, we have a Facebook Page at
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FESTIVALS & EVENTS DMP and Kilimanjaro present
the 4th London Folk & Roots Festival from 28th October – 18th November, taking place at various venues across London, including Union Chapel, The Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Bush Hall, The Borderline, Slaughtered Lamb and more, with guests including Rhiannon Giddens, Gretchen Peters, Show Of Hands, Brooke Sharkey, Kathryn Williams, Bissy Black, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, Keston Cobblers Club, CC Smugglers, Samantha Whates & Elliott Morris, Foy Vance, Sam Outlaw, Calan, Blair Dunlop, The Secret Sisters, Kitty Macfarlane & Kelly Oliver, Hannah Sanders & Ben
Savage, Patch & The Giant, Emily Mae Winters, Hot Club Of Cowtown, Sean Taylor, Carrivick Sisters, Kirsty Merryn, Luke Jackson, Kaia Kater, Skerryvore and more.
londonfolkandroots.com
Etnosoi! in Helsinki, Finland
(1st – 12th Nov) has a line-up including Topi Korhonen, Liwata's Afro Review, Oum, Joanna Słowińska, Duo Ali Saed, Hartyga & Albert Kuvezin, Misas Criollas and more.
etnosoi.fi
Guests at this year’s Lowender
Peran Festival, Newquay, Cornwall (2nd – 5th Nov) include: Kemysk, Skeddan Jiarg, Taouk Trio, Troyl, Pen Y Fai, Penzance
Rhiannon Giddens: London Folk & Roots Festival and touring
Guisers, Bolingey Troyl Band, MacQuarrie & Toms, Skeddan Jiarg and more.
lowenderperan.co.uk
Denholm Folk Festival (2nd – 5th Nov) has a line-up including Carly Blain & Graeme Armstrong, Jed Grimes, Mike McGoldrick & Dezi Donnelly, The Harbour Band, Cindy Stirrat & Geoff Ross, Robin Laing, Blue Rose Code and more.
denholmfolkfest.co.uk
Curated by the Indian violinist Jyotsna Srikanth, Dhruv Arts presents the 6th London International Arts Festival (LIAF) from 1st – 7th November at four city venues: Kings Place, Rich Mix, Redbridge Town Hall, Ilford and Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston. Guests include: Trilok Gurtu, Raga Garage, Yorkston/Thorne/Khan, Kefaya Trio, Dhruv Ensemble, Aashna Sasikaran, Dr Yella Venkateshwara Rao, Prince Rama Varma, Quest Ensemble and Fran & Flora.
liaf.co.uk
Playing at Hilmarfestivalen in
Steinkjer, Norway (8th – 12th Nov) are Gisle Aarlott, Duo Jansen/Jüssi, Skavlan/ Ljungkrona, Einar Olav Larsen Trio, Ingvild Blæsterdalen Trio, Jo Einar Jansen, Kjersti Kveli, Stein Torleif Bjella, Blodsmak, Frode Fjellheim, Ljom, Trio Mediæval, Arve Tellefsen, John Pål Inderberg, Henning Sommerro and more.
festival.hilmarfestivalen.no
Now in its 31st year and open to all in the industry, the Association of Festival Organisers (AFO) Conference, the annual gathering of festival organisers, event managers, artists, agents, suppliers and industry experts, runs from 10th – 12th November with showcases, discussions, keynote speeches, hot topics and new ideas, money-saving tips, networking, interactive presentations and in- depth 1:1s. It takes place at Ettington Chase Conference Centre, just outside Stratford upon Avon.
festivalorganisers.org
The ten-day EFG London Jazz
Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary with concerts across
Snuffbox: Scots Fiddle Festival
the city from 10th – 19th November featuring Abdullah Ibrahim & Hugh Masekela, Harlem Gospel Choir, On Mass with Angelique Kidjo, Manu Dibango & The Soul Makossa Gang, Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau, Taksim Trio & Dorantes, Chucho Valdés & Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Zakir Hussain, Omar Sosa, Seckou Keita, Gipsy Kings & Chico and more.
efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk
Mundial Montreal, Montreal,
Canada runs from 14th – 17th November with Kalàscima, Kobo Town, Leyla McCalla, Kaia Kater, Lo’Jo, Nive & The Deer Children, Noreum Machi, Emily Wurramara, Ramy Essam, Rocca, AveVa, Ilaria Graziano & Francesco Forni, The Bombadils, Exco Levi, Turkwaz, William Prince, Quantum Tangle, New Canadian Global Music Orchestra and more.
mundialmontreal.com
Michael Messer’s Acoustic Blues & Roots Weekend (17th – 19th Nov) offers a weekend of guitar and slide guitar tuition – plus jam sessions, student performances and a Saturday night concert featuring Robbie McIntosh & Michael Messer plus guests.
michaelmesser.co.uk
The Scots Fiddle Festival,
Edinburgh, Scotland (17th – 19th Nov) has evening concerts featuring Graham Mackenzie Band, Snuffbox, Jeremy Kittel Trio, Patsy Reid Band, Dallahan and Jenna Moynihan & Màiri Chaimbeul.
scotsfiddlefestival.com
Playing at this year’s Africolor
in Paris, France (18th – 24th Nov): Abou Diarra, Alsarah & the Nubatones, Boubacar Traoré with Cedric Watson & Corey Harris, Cheick Siriman Sissoko, Danyèl Waro, ExpéKa Trio, Jupiter & Okwess, Lamma Orchestra, Naïssam Jalal with Noura Mint Seymali, Refugees for Refugees, Tao Ravao, Tinariwen, Trans Kabar, Zavan’Hangu and more.
africolor.com
The 7th International Folk Music Film Festival – ”music for life, music for survival” – takes place at the Nepal Music Museum in Kathmandu, Nepal from 23rd- 25th November.
nepalmusicmuseum.org
KhayalFEST – an in-depth exploration of one of the foremost
Photo: © Judith Burrows
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