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BABARA BANGOURA
Friday August 20th
The Twisted Pepper
8.00pm
From Kankan Guinea, Babara will be performing with West African drum and dance ensembles Wassa Wassa and Farrago.
Babara worked at the Percussions de Guinée Juniors also called the Boca Juniors in the municipality of Matan and later on he joined the national ballet Djoliba.
Tickets €10 www.bodytonicmusic.com
BIG BANG 5
Sunday August 22nd
Meeting House Sq
4.30pm
100 drummers and drumming groups from all over Ireland and beyond converge on Meeting House Sq, Temple Bar, for an amazing live event.
Featuring: Ilha Brilho, Sonna Samba, Taiseiyo Taiko, Batafada, Animal Drummers, Morro 16, Wassa Wassa and Mundo Capoeira
€Free
ZAHR
Sunday August 22nd
JJ Smyths
8.00pm
Francesco Turrisi is joined by the frame drum guru Andrea Piccioni, the internationally acclaimed virtuoso of the tammorra, riqq, daf, cajon and the bodhran too. Piccioni is a master of Arabic rhythms and hand drums, and especially the tamburello. Adding further Arabic authenticity and making his Irish debut is the exceptional Iraqi oud player Khyam Allami.
€10 Presented in association with Improvised Music Company
A WORLD OF DRUMS
Saturday August 21st
The Button Factory
8.00pm
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (Drum Kit)
i4drum (Darabuka, Bodhrán, Mridangam, Tabla)
Brazilian Samba
West African Drummers and Dancers
Beat Boxers
Tickets €10 Presented in association with Music Maker & Sabian