Balkan Gypsy Jazz, Hip-hop, Swing and Ukuleles!

The Bandstand is a brand new feature for this year’s Blue Ribbon Village with a full programme of live acts and some of the world’s best street music including Mexican mariachi, Balkan brass bands, a Romanian fanfara, forties Swing and Italy’s La Paranza del Geco.

Saturday

1pm         Fanfara din Vorona traditional rural orchestra from northern Moldavia

2.15pm    Mariachi Mextecca a truly authentic mariachi ensemble

3.30pm    Hot Club of Belleville intoxicating swing rhythms and sultry vintage songs

4.45pm    Rotten Hill Gang tales of old and new London through Dickensian hiphop

6pm         Brass Roots nine-piece New Orleans-style brass band

7.15pm     La Paranza del Geco celebrate the great folk traditions of Southern Italy

8.30pm    Trans-Siberian March Band the Sex Pistols of Balkan brass

Sunday

1pm         Fanfara din Vorona see above

2pm         Three Beards twisted sprawling Balkan gypsy stomp

3pm         Marasong recitals from Sing for Water choirs

4pm         Fundamentally Gospel new 25-strong Beckenham Choir

5pm         Dunajska Kapelye Balkan gypsy music, swing jazz, tango and klezmer

6.15pm   The Raghu Dixit Project traditional Indian music collides with global styles

7.30pm   Swing Zazou vintage 30’s & 40’s big band, gypsy swing + live-mixed beats

8.30pm   James McArthur and the Head Gardeners twisted psychedelic folk-blues