The Riverside Festival at Victoria Embankment

Date: Fri 2nd Aug
Time: 12:00

Riverside Festival 2019
Monument Stage
Friday 2 August
19:30 – 20:45 Fat Digester
Fat Digester is an award-winning musical collective, playing a heavy
mix of funk, soul and hip-hop.
21:15 – 22:30 Hallouminati
Armed with a barrage of bouzoukis, brass, guitars, keys and
deranged beats, they delicately mix the gritty realms of skankin’
ragga punk with traditional Greek rembetiko vibes for a diverse and
unforgettable live show that connects with every soul and spirit in the
audience.
Saturday 3 August
13:15 – 14;30 The Jive Aces
The UK’s No.1 and worlds’ busiest swing and jive band. The show
features the best in 40s and 50s jive, rhythm and blues and rock ’n’
roll.

15:15 – 16;30 Abdoulaye Samb and Minnjiaraby
A refreshing blend of traditional Senegalese music and European
influences inspired by Fula and Mandinka cultures.
17:15 – 18:30 Salseology
Salseology is the perfect blend of energy and passion, bringing the
very best live salsa music to the Riverside Festival.
19:15 – 20:30 Gaslight Troubadours The Gaslight Troubadours produce a hybrid cut n’ paste sound of
twisted beats with electro-swing and steampunk or even “steamfunk”
tendancies.
21:15 – 22:30 Niteworks
Hailing from the Isle of Skye, Niteworks have achieved critical
acclaim for their unique fusion of electronica and Scottish traditional
music.
Sunday 4 August
12:00 – 14:00 Nottingham Jazz Orchestra
A musical journey through the best big bands in the world.
14:45 – 16:00 Rafiki Jazz
RAFIKI (friends) JAZZ (freedom), the collective with a seriously
collaborative attitude. Onstage Rafiki Jazz lead from the front, with
inspirational Sufi singer Sarah Yaseen and star Hebrew and Hindi
vocalist Avital Raz featured alongside ace Senegalese griot Kadialy
Kouyate and Egyptian oud and ney virtuoso Mina Salama.
You can already see why Rafiki Jazz are tagged #GLOBAL
UTOPIANS! Add in a hot and exotic backline of Caribbean steelpans,
hi-life guitar and tanpura drone with Indian tabla and Brazilian
berimbau plus deep electric bass, and this amazing world music
group’s cross-continental trajectory is clear.
16:45 – 18:00 Los de Abajo
A dose of reggae, ska, cumbia, funk, merengue, son jarocho and
even polka! Los de Abajo end the festival with a musical party

The Folk Stage
Sunday 4 August
13:00 – 14:00 Kim Lowins and The
Greenwood
“punchy and authentic” (Mike Harding)
14:15 – 15:15 John Tams and Barry Coope
BBC Radio 2 Award Winners for best Duo
15:30 – 16:30 The Trials of Cato
"One of the real discoveries on the folk circuit in
recent times" – Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
16:45 – 18:00 Bob Fox
Rated as the best male singer on the British folk
scene. Bob has just spent the past 4years as
SONG MAN in the highly acclaimed show WAR
HORSE

Victoria Embankment

River Trent
Nottingham
Nottinhamshire

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