Following the success of the Africa Oyé festival in Sefton Park earlier this month, a special anniversary concert is taking place at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
Africa Oyé is the largest free celebration of African and Caribbean music and culture in the UK which takes place in the city every year. The festival has joined forces with LIMF for Havana Meets Kingston at the Philharmonic, an event that’s part of Africa Oyé's year-round 30th anniversary celebrations.
Leading reggae and dancehall producer and pianist, DJ Mista Savona, has produced the concert which includes some of Cuba and Jamaica’s most influential musicians. Havana Meets Kingston "honours both Caribbean islands’ musical foundations and legacies", combining Jamaica’s soundsystem and bass culture with Cuba’s "electrifying and virtuosic" Afro-Cuban and jazz traditions.
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The show has returned to the UK after a performance at the BBC Proms. Africa Oyé’s Artistic Director, Paul Duhaney, said: "We're still coming down from what was a truly special anniversary festival and we've got no plans on letting up. Havana Meets Kingston is the perfect event to celebrate 30 years of Oyé being in Liverpool and we're delighted to be teaming up with LIMF and the Philharmonic Hall to make it happen".
Havana Meets Kingston takes place at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on Sunday, July 31 at 7:30pm. Tickets start from £25 and are available to buy online here.
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