East in East @ Rich Mix
Wednesday 6 June to Sunday 1 July 2012
Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London
Shoreditch arts centre Rich Mix will host a 20 day FREE celebration of Eastern European music, arts, films, culture, and European Championship Football.
It's all kicking off at Rich Mix throughout June celebrating the UEFA's European Championship taking place in Poland and Ukraine.
All football matches will be shown for FREE on giant 15 x 10 foot screen. As soon as the final match finishes each day, the party will start with 20 days and nights of mainly FREE live music and performances.
Rich Mix is teaming up with the finest Eastern European London-based artists, promoters and musicians to celebrate the very best of Eastern European culture in London.
Confirmed acts include Mahala Rai Banda (only ticketed event), Warsaw Village Band Szászcsávás Transylvanian Gypsy Band, Alec Kopyt (Amsterdam Klezmer Band) Csergo Band, Tania Tzarovska, Tea Hodzic Trio, London Liming Eastern European Special, Radio Gagarin, Muha, Igor Outkine’s Man with Movie Camera, Arhai, Shekoyokh, Monooka’s Caravan, Shtetl Superstars, London Bulgarian Choir, Mazaika, PAiL and Deconstruction Project.
On top of this we’ll be hosting two art exhibitions, DJ nights, album launches, spoken word mash-ups plus the all-important Eastern European food and drink.
For more information, visit http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/festival/euro-2012-festival/.
East in East is sponsored by Telford Homes.
FULL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY 6 JUNE
East in East Opening / From 6pm
Come and enjoy two spectacular exhibitions – Polish and Ukrainian – followed by a rocking gig and jam session to see in the festival in style.
THURSDAY 7 JUNE
7.30pm - Mahala Rai Banda /£12.50 adv, £15 door*
Kick off with the 20-day festival with the explosive fusion of Balkan and Gypsy rhythms from Mahala Rai Banda on Thursday 7 June.
Fast melodies form the Romanian band who featured all over the Borat soundtrack. They are the mighty Mahala Rai Banda, an explosive combination of Gypsy accordion and fiddle in the tradition of Johnny Depp favourites Taraf de Haidouks, and ex-Romanian military brass blowers in the line of Fanfare Ciocarlia. Plus DJ till late. * The Mahala Rai Banda event on Thursday 7 June is the festival’s only ticketed event.
FRIDAY 8 JUNE
5pm - Poland v Greece
7.45pm - Russia v Czech Republic
9.30pm - Csergo Band & Monooka
Csergo Band plays traditional folk and Gypsy music from Transylvania, where the mix of Hungarian, Romanian and Gypsy (Roma) rhythms and melodies intertwine and borders fade. After several collaborations, Csergo band has now officially joined forces with the fantastic award-winning Transylvanian singer Monooka.
SATURDAY 9 JUNE
5pm - Netherlands v Denmark
7.45pm - Germany v Portugal
9.30pm - Stephunk T & Charlotte Michelle (DJ)
Stephunk T is a Czech musician who has been creating music and performing live in many arenas around the world since 1990. Charlotte Michelle (DJ). Charlotte won 2010’s Techscover DJ competition; her DJ bookings have gone international with sets at festivals and clubs from Slovakia to New York.
SUNDAY 10 JUNE
Afternoon – Family Cultural Workshop
5pm - Spain v Italy
7.45pm - Rep of Ireland v Croatia
9.30pm - Roma Support Group
Entertainment is brought to you by The Roma Support Group’s Art Development Project, which aims to advance public awareness on Roma culture, arts, history and contemporary issues through organising cultural workshops, music/dance events, and art exhibitions.
MONDAY 11 JUNE
4pm - Female Open Football Fascinations
5pm - France v England
7.45pm - Ukraine v Sweden
9.30pm - Polish Artists in London
Brought to you by Polish Artists in London. Promising Polish female artists give their voice about the place of a woman in a context of a global sport event. Catch ‘Songs of faith and sacrifice’/‘ Piosenki o wierze i pošwieceniu’ after the matches – a controversial play by acclaimed Polish playwright Przemek Wojcieszek, directed by Margot Przmierska- for a late night theatre experience.
TUESDAY 12 JUNE
5pm - Greece v Czech Republic
7.45pm - Poland v Russia
9.30pm - Tanja Tzarovska
Macedonian singer Tanja Tzarovska has a voice to die for and featured in films Troy, One Giant Leap, and Mothers, and even Sony Playstation’s ‘Lair’.
WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE
5pm - Denmark v Portugal
7.45pm – Netherlands v Germany
9.30pm - Dash Cafe presents the Téa Hodžic Trio
Dash Café presents the Téa Hodžic Trio. In this trio Téa explores the songs of her homeland, the former Yugoslavia, and its bordering countries. With virtuoso musicians Oliver Wilson-Dickson on violin and Luke Carver Goss on accordion, a few instrumental fireworks are inevitable.
THURSDAY 14 JUNE
5pm - Italy v Croatia
7.45pm - Spain v Rep of Ireland
9.30pm - London Liming present Eastern European Special
Tilt’s London Liming goes Euro! Offering a party atmosphere of spoken word, music and dancing under one roof, it headlines poets from Eastern Europe including Bohdan Piasecki (Poland), Maria Slovakova (Slovakia), and many more.
FRIDAY 15 JUNE
5pm - Ukraine v France
7.45pm - Sweden v England
9.30pm - Radio Gagarin
Radio Gagarin brings the revolution to Rich Mix. Featuring Djanan Turan, the melodious muse whisking you away on her magic carpet of eastern promise, and Nigel Burch, the banjo-bashing bard bringing you straight back to the flea-pit of east London grime with his orchestra.
SATURDAY 16 JUNE
Afternoon - Eastern Europe in Drag
7.45pm - Czech Republic v Poland OR Greece v Russia
9.30pm - MuHa
The Eastern Europe in Drag invites prospective audiences to analyse how heteronormative ideas of sexuality and traditional gender roles are questioned through drag performances in Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. Later catch live music from MuHa, who combine the melodic beauty of Eastern Europe folklore, North Indian Kathak rhythms, Cuban beats, and original lyrics from Old Russian to modern Ukranian.
SUNDAY 17 JUNE
Afternoon - Igor Outkine: Man with the Movie Camera Rescore
7.45pm - Denmark v Germany OR Portugal v Netherlands
9.30pm - Mazaika
Russian and Gypsy extravaganza! Featuring Igor Outkine, Sarah Harrison and Mazaika. Mazaika’s extensive repertoire consists of Russian folk songs, Russian and Balkan Gypsy music, Russian and Argentine tango, classical highlights, Neapolitan songs and French chanson, Hotclub jazz, Klezmer tunes and Igor’s original compositions which always have a strong improvisational element.
MONDAY 18 JUNE
7.45pm - Croatia v Spain OR Italy v Rep of Ireland
9.30pm - Arhai
Arhai project evolved around composer and vocalist Jovana Backovic, and is a unique fusion of contemporary electronic music with folk influences from both the UK and Balkan regions.
TUESDAY 19 JUNE
7.45pm - England v Ukraine
9.30pm - Wormfood presents She’koyokh
Wormfood presents She’koyokh, London’s award-winning klezmer ensemble, who present vibrant and exhilarating music, straight from London’s melting pot: soulful Eastern European Jewish, Balkan, Turkish and Gypsy music.
THURSDAY 21 JUNE
7.45pm - Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B
9.30pm (or later depending on extra time) – Monooka’s Caravan
Award-winning Romanian singer-songwriter Monooka founded Monooka’s Caravan to perform traditional songs from the Carpathian Mountains in a powerful collaboration with three British musicians, Meg Hamilton, Matt Bacon and Paul Moylan.
FRIDAY 22 JUNE
7.45pm - Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A
9.30pm (or later depending on extra time) – Polish Contemporary Arts
Polish Contemporary Arts present Deconstruction Project. Deconstruction Project will curate series of events presenting young and upcoming Polish artists that currently live and work in London. Opens with live music on Fri 22, a full day of artist talks on Sun 24, and films and installations throughout the festival.
SATURDAY 23 JUNE
2pm - The London Bulgarian Choir presented by Cerys Matthews
7.45pm - Winner Group C v Runner-up Group D (Quarter Final)
9.30pm (or later depending on extra time) – Lazlo & Wanlov the Kubolor
The London Bulgarian Choir takes us on a journey around Bulgaria, exploring the landscapes of the voice and the creative traditions of this land. Later, live music comes from Hungary’s Lazlo and Wanlov the Kubolor’s African Gypsy Project.
SUNDAY 24 JUNE
7.45pm - Winner Group D v Runner-up Group C (Quarter Final)
9.30pm (or later depending on extra time) – Warsaw Village Band
NORD is a meeting of musicians in search of common elements between the Slavs, the Scandinavians and the aboriginal peoples of the North. The Warsaw Village Band hosts this musical summit as a tribute to the heroes and mystics, the Viking warriors, and the poets of the Saami and Inuit peoples.
WEDNESDAY 27 JUNE
7.45pm - Winner Q/F 1 v Winner Q/F 2 (Semi-Final)
9.30pm (or later depending on extra time) – Alec Kopyt
Alec Kopyt has been a member of the Amsterdam Klezmer Band as singer and percussionist. As a solo performer he has proven himself capable of quickly entrancing audiences worldwide.
In projects like “Man bite Dog” and “The President of the World” he appeared as a scat poet.
THURSDAY 28 JUNE
7.45pm - Winner Q/F 3 v Winner Q/F 4 (Semi-Final)
9.30pm (or later depending on extra time) – Szászcsávás Transylvanian Gypsy Band
Szászcsávás Transylvanian Gypsy Band. The core of the band is the prímás (lead fiddle) Jámbor István whose nickname is Dumnezeu (or God in Romanian), and Csányi Sándor on fiddle, his son Alim playing kontra, and Alim’s brother Sanyiko on double-bass.
SUNDAY 1 JULY
Afternoon– Presented by the East End Film Festival
7.45pm – Winners SF1 v Winners SF2 (Final)
9.30pm (or later depending on extra time) – Shtetl Superstars
Catch the Shtetl Superstars after the Euro 2012 Final. A euphoric, biting satire on Europe’s obsession with immigration, by two of the leading voices on the Gypsy scene, Lemez Lovas and Yuriy Gurzhy.
EXHIBITIONS
Krystian Data & Monika Jakubowska Photography
Wed 6 Jun - Sun 1 Jul / 10am - Till Late / Free / Mezzanine Gallery
A photographic exhibition of pictures by young Polish musician Krystian Data and artist Monika Jakubowska.
Larysa Polishchuk Secrets
Wed 6 Jun - Sun 1 Jul / 10am - Till Late / Free / Café Gallery
Kyiv-based photographer Larysa Polischuck shares stories of friends and random people, intimate moments of family life - everything she sees, percepts and then captures become an artistic narrative - simple and clear – yet full of hidden meanings.
