Music Meeting: exciting musical encounters 11-13 June Nijmegen

it’s summer and time for festivals again. With the current wave of sunny days and warm evenings here in Holland, this coming weekend promises to be exciting and interesting.

Music Meeting is an international music festival that unites musical genres from all the corners of the globe: ranging from jazz, soul and funk to klezmer and from gypsy to afro-latin. Ever since it’s founding in 1985 Music Meeting has revolved around improvisation, adventure and experimentation. In twenty-five years Music Meeting has become an established festival, which time and again has presented exceptional and undiscovered talent. The core of the festival consists of projects not bounded by a concept as ‘genre’, performed by artists from diverse cultural backgrounds, who previously have never collaborated. Imagine free jazz combined with minimal music plus a hint of Hebrew soul and Bedouin song.

Some of the artists of African origins or collaborating with Europeans are

Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex & Guests (Nederland, Ethiopië)

Thione Seck Orientation (Senegal)

Djelimady Tounkara String Theory (Mali)

Analog Africa Soundsystem (dj-set) (Germany)

Super Rail Band (Mali)

Dobet Gnahoré (Ivory Coast, France)

Lionel Loueke (Benin, Nederland)

See the full program and details here 

Music Meeting takes place during Whitsun in the lush green Park Brakkestein, bordering the Radboud University of Nijmegen.

At night time the festival spirit is continued in the popular music venue Doornroosje, during which under the name of Club !mm…! a variety of music cultures are blended in with electronic and live dance beats. Here with the younger music- and dance enthusiasts in mind, musicians and DJ’s create an experimental open-minded atmosphere resembling modern music scenes in Rio de Janeiro and New York.

Date		Artists	Location	Category
11 june  16.30		Dobet Gnahoré Ivoorkust, Frankrijk	Apollo	concert
11 june 17.15		Benda Bilili!	Movie Meeting	movie
11 june 18.30		Lionel Loueke Benin, Nederland	Apollo	concert
11 june 22.30		Hazmat Modine & Gangbé Brass Band VS, Benin	Apollo	concert

Date		Titel	Location	Category
12 june 11.30		Boris Tchango & Lucas Niggli Togo, Zwitserland	Hortus Arcadië	brunchconcert
12 june 15.00		Gangbé Brass Band & Harmonie Tarcisius Nederland, Benin	Mondo	concert
12 june 17.00		Latin meetz Afro	Intro	cross-overproject
12 june 20.30		Super Rail Band Mali, Afrika	Apollo	concert
12 june 23.00		Analog Africa Soundsystem (dj-set) Duitsland	Club ¡mm…!	dj

Date		Artists	Location	Category
13 june  12.30		Djelimady Tounkara String Theory Mali	Hortus Arcadië	concert
13 june 16.30		Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex & Guests Nederland, Ethiopië	Mondo	concert
13 june  19.30		Thione Seck Orientation Senegal	Apollo	concert