Dangoor Plaza bandstand

Event schedule details
Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 June
12.00-18.00
Event location details
Dangoor Plaza
Imperial College London
Join us throughout the day with performances from Royal College of Music Students, London-based performers as well as some opportunities to hear from Imperial College's Grantham Institute researchers discussing all things climate related.
Programme: Saturday 18 June
12.00-12.45: Flutes & Frets
12.45-12.55: Dr Charlotte Vrinten talk: Eating well for the planet and you
13.15-14.00: Mariachi Las Adelitos
14.00-14.10: Chef Mike Knowlden talk: Sustainable wine
14.30-15.15: Trio Manoche
15.15-15.25: Chef & Gardener Sara Booth talk: Growing sustainable fruit and veg
15.45-16.30: Royal College of Music: BONE-AFIDE (Trombone Quartet)
16.30-16.40: Masters students Mia and Rayyan talk: Encouraging kids to eat plant-based foods
17.00-17.45: Trio Manoche
Programme: Sunday 19 June
12.00-12.45: Royal College of Music: Fourtitude Tuba Quartet
12.45-12.55: Sally Musungu talk: Food security
13.15-14.00: Akola Tambo
14.00-14.10: Combination Dance workshop
14.30-15.15: Big Smoke Family
15.15-15.25: Helen Sharman and Imperial College London students talk
15.45-16.15: Akola Tambo
16.30-16.40: Dr Tilly Collins talk: Insects as a source of dietary protein
16.45-17.45: Big Smoke Family
More details
Flutes & Frets
The Flutes & Frets Duo is a unique ensemble specialising in a wide scope of repertoire ranging from medieval all the way through to contemporary. Their aim is to play all types of music on the instruments for which they were originally composed.
Mariachi Las Adelitos
The ‘Adelitas’ were brave Mexican women who took to arms in the Mexican revolution either accompanying their husbands or rebelling against the many injustices of the time. Formed in London in 2013 this unique band was born out of the desire to shatter stereotypes within this traditionally male-dominated genre. A seven- piece band originally from Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, and the U.K they are the only female Mariachi band in Europe.
Trio Manoche
Trio Manouche are probably the UK’s best-loved gypsy swing ensemble, playing music it’s impossible not to love with infectious energy, virtuosity and joy. Trio Manouche’s set brings together the core repertoire of gypsy guitar legend Django Reinhardt with the band’s own foot-tapping arrangements of trad swing greats such as Nat King Cole, and bandleader Simon Harris’s highly acclaimed original material.
Royal College of Music: BONE-AFIDE (Trombone Quartet)
BONE-AFIDE is an emerging chamber ensemble made up of some of the UK’s leading young trombonists. The group strives to showcase the versatility of the Trombone, performing works from all genres and periods with the aim of defying stereotypes surrounding the instrument.
Royal College of Music: Fourtitude Tuba Quartet
Fourtitude Tuba Quartet are a London based ensemble of current RCM students. They perform a wide range of repertoire from baroque to modern day and aim to show the versatility of the tuba.
Big Smoke Family
The Big Smoke Family are purveyors of voodoo funk - a unique mix of punchy horns, heavy street beats, chants, samples and scratching. They follow in the footsteps of modern funk bands such as Galactic and Trombone Shorty, and draw inspiration from Mardi Gras Indians, James Brown, The New Master sounds, The Herbaliser and Eddie Bo.
Akola Tambo
AKOLÁ TAMBÓ, with its trance-inducing bullerengue, presents a blaze of traditional Afro-Colombian beats that will take you on a journey to reconnect to the root. A high dose of drums, dance and mantra-like chants gives birth to this ancestral ritual in which everyone is invited to take part, unify their voices and become one.
Visitor information
This is a drop in event.
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Event categories
- Family with 12+
- Family with 7+
- Family with under 7s
- Performance
