The Voodoo Ball - Dia de los Muertos at The Kazimier Liverpool

The Voodoo Ball - Dia de los Muertos at The Kazimier Liverpool

Saturday 1st From 7.30pm

Mix with saints, spirits and souls as the dead live again this Halloween weekend at the third Voodoo Ball - Día de los Muertos. 

Ancient Aztec and Catholic beliefs combine in the Day of the Dead festival, a celebration of remembrance for the deceased, and the duality of life and death. 

Join Rebel Soul at the Kazimier for a carnival of spectral curiosities as La Catrina, with her mischievous smile, asks us to seize the moment, and through music and dance find life's meaning.

Performances from:

• Family Atlantica - The band re-unite rhythms and motifs that have flowed back and forth across the Atlantic ocean over the centuries, weaving together disparate styles with a common African ancestry. They draw from Cuban rumba, Nigerian afrobeat, Venezuelan tambor and tonada, Ghanaian high-life, Ethiopian blues and North African gnawa and infuse them with psychedelia and spiritual jazz: http://www.familyatlantica.com

• The Fontanas – Brazilian Funk meets Samba Soul, Bossa Nova and Latin Ska; rare grooves for your beautiful ears from this band of many talents. With influences scattered across the globe, the music finds its roots in the foothills of Brazil and Jamaica, but defines its sound from its urban home in West London: http://www.thefontanas.co.uk

• We, The Undersigned - WTU (wuh-too) has come to your reality from another dimension of sound and colour. A 12-piece band of intrepid explorers from deep within the realms of STANKH music – their own bombastic fusion of influences including Funk, Afrobeat, Reggae, Rap and Jazz: http://www.wetheundersigned.co.uk

• Son de América – Latin American folk dance group, showcasing traditional Mexican dance and culture.

• Bring The Fire Project - Liverpool based collective of fire dancers, circus skills teachers and flow arts promoters.

ALSO featuring devilish delights from.........

• Howard Be Thy Name [Theatre]

• Santa Muerte [Theatre]

• Beaten Tracks // Monkey // El Schmame [DJs]

• Wunderkammer // Vuuduufuturism // Mademoiselle Crochet [Visuals & Decor]

LINKS:

• Tickets - £6 early bird // £8 advance // £10 on the door: http://www.skiddle.com/e/12251047/

• Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/655872961194641/?notif_t=plan_user_joined

Latin Grammy Nominee band to play in Liverpool this Saturday as part of The Voodoo Ball

New arts and culture organisation BrazUKa International brings to Liverpool for the first time, Latin Grammy nominees (12 piece group) to perform at The Voodoo Ball, Kazimier, on the 26th of October alongside 15 others acts, and a New Orleans style “funeral” boisterous parade through the city centre with local 60 piece percussion band, Batala Liverpool.

The Voodoo Ball is in its second year (last year being organised as part of the Brazilica Fringe Carnival), and has built a huge following due to its innovative approach combining music and performance arts in one space, providing the audience with a new “universe” in which to play, enjoy diverse independent music. The audience becomes no longer expectators, but true participants in producing a magical, one of a kind party night in Liverpool.

The “ritual of intoxicating revelry” starts at 8:30pm with a parade down Bold St, formed by over 60 musicians, attracting the crowd to join in the street celebration ending at the Kazimier around 9:30 with a static performance by Wostenholme Sq, following inside the venue for an unforgettable night.

BrazUKa International is a not-for-profit organisation with charitable aims that develops intercultural learning and artistic exchanges within communities in the UK, Brazil and beyond in order to promote equality and diversity in the UK and international understanding more widely through: workshops, performances, language courses, business consulting, trips to Brazil and more, facilitating the exchange between British, Brazilian and other cultures.

Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda (portuguese for Contemporary Orchestra from Olinda), also known as OCO, is one of the two Brazilian bands performing at Womex 2013, in Cardiff, Wales. OCO plays on Oct. 24 at the Twin Stage A of WOMEX 2013, the day before, the group plays in London. The concert in Cardiff is followed by dates in Brighton and Liverpool on the 26th

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The Voodoo Ball is put together by a collaboration of artists, and promoted by Rebel Soul and Misturado,(BrazUKa’s events promotion initiave)

Videos > www.youtube.com/orquestraolinda

Social Networks: www.orquestraolinda.com.br

Dates and locations in the UK :

London - Oct. 23 - Bedroom Bar

Cardiff - Oct. 24 - WOMEX Showcase - Wales Millenium Centre

Brighton - Oct. 25 - The Blind Tier

Liverpool - Oct. 26 - The Kazimier

The Voodoo Ball:

http://www.facebook.com/events/515442108530380/?fref=ts

Misturado and Rebel Soul present The Voodoo Ball at the Kazimier Liverpool

 October 26th // 8pm // £6 otd

Ladies and gentlemen, peasants and paupers, the spirit of rebirth is brewing, the kanaval waits...

Cast off your shadows, abandon your beliefs, commune with yourselves, commune with the gods, for a night of the ridiculous and the sublime, a cabaret of kaos, a masquerade of devilish delights, diabolic cow horns and dismembered doll parts.

Come join the ritual of intoxicating revelry at The Voodoo Ball!

Featuring

The Fire Beneath The Sea

Mamadou and The Super Libidor Band

Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda

Carnivalesque Soundsystem

Richie Vegas

Performance and Visuals:

Phoenix and le Poupe Vodou

The Bad Twins

Howard Be Thy Name

Cosmic Girl

Vuuduufuturism

The Happy Hookers

Phélion Installation

***The event is brought to you by Misturado and Rebel Soul***

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/515442108530380/?fref=ts

Limited amount of £5 early bird tickets available from:

Mello Mello Cafe (physical tickets)

Skiddle: http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Liverpool/Kazimier/The-Voodoo-Ball/12001342/

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