The New European Village highlights the rich cultures of countries relatively new to the European Union (Czech Republic, Baltic Council, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Slovakia and Turkey).

 

Saturday

MC Jamie Renton

• 12.00 Majeranki Children's folk group called from the Malopolska Region in Poland
• 1.00 Marzebionci 30 voice children's choir from Pomorskie in Poland
• 1.50 London Latvian Dance Group Folk dance with ten performers
• 2.40 Zagorche Ensemble Traditional Bulgarian songs, music and dance from this innovative and exciting 'academy' of young performers from the city of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
• 3.50 Perunika Trio A capella folk roots singing from southern Bulgaria
• 4.50 Cemre Turkish music from the multi-Instrumentalist Iskender Ozan Toprak and his band
• 5.50 Fru Fru Blend of polyrhythmic structures with electronica from Moravia in Czech Republic
• 6.50 Ada Milea & Band Extraordinary young Romanian vocalist performing with Chiriac & Radu Banzaru
• 7.50 Village Kollektiv Polish folk/ fusion using taditional melodies and singing techniques like throat singing and the yoik
• 9.00 The Destroyers Riotous and uplifting 15-piece big band playing turbo-folk melanges of Gypsy, Balkan and Klezmer

Sunday

MC Jamie Renton

• 12:00 Majeranki Children's folk group called from the Malopolska Region in Poland
• 1.00 Fru Fru Blend of polyrhythmic structures with electronica from Moravia in Czech Republic
• 2.00 Zagorche Ensemble Traditional Bulgarian songs, music and dance from this innovative and exciting 'academy' of young performers from the city of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
• 2.50 Marzebionci 30 voice children's choir from Pomorskie in Poland
• 3.50 Dudalnieki A Latvian folk band based in west Yorkshire
• 4.50 Cemre Turkish music from the multi-Instrumentalist Iskender Ozan Toprak and his band
• 5.50 Perunika Trio A capella folk roots singing from southern Bulgaria
• 7.10 Alina Orlova A 20-year old Lithuanian singer with "an incredible high, thrilling voice and a unique line in exhilaratingly dark, Baltic folk pop" (Time Out)
• 8.20 Ada Milea & band Extraordinary young Romanian vocalist performing with Chiriac & Radu Banzaru
• 9.20 Village Kollektiv Polish folk/fusion using traditional melodies and singing techniques like throat singing and the yoik

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