London’s Latin Music Festival La Linea Starts Today
16 April, 2012La Linea 12, the latest edition of London’s biggest Latin music festival, starts today. The festival will last for almost two weeks, with eight concerts featuring a wide variety of Latin music happening in London during that time. Additionally, the festival will also be breaking out of London to present a first UK tour for Céu, one of our favourite Brazilian singers.
The festival will start tonight with Portugal’s Madredeus playing at the Barbican hall. Later in the week there will be a Brazilian triple bill at the KOKO featuring Céu, Curumin and Lucas Santtana. See below to find out the full line-up for the festival.
Monday 16th April
Madredeus
Barbican Hall
Thursday 19th April
Céu, Curumin & Lucas Santtana
KOKOs
Saturday 21st April
Roberto Pla Latin Ensemble
plus DJs
Islington Town Hall
Tuesday 24th April
The London Lucumi Choir
Gerardo y su Rumba Ache
Rich Mix
Wednesday 25th April
Juan De Marcos Afro Cuban All Stars
Lokkhi Terra
Barbican Hall
Thursday 26th April
SKETCHES OF MEXICO Morgan Szymanski
Bolivar Hall
Friday 27th April
Amaral
Sala and The Strange Sounds
HMV Forum
Friday 27th April
Che Sudaka
Los Chinches
DJs Cal Jader (Movimientos) Sacha Dieu (Stranger Than Paradise)
Village Underground
Plus, here are the dates that Céu and Curumin will be playing across the UK:
Wednesday 18th April, St George’s Hall, Bristol
Friday 20th April, Band on The Wall, Manchester
Sunday 22nd April, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
Monday 23rd April, The Sage, Gateshead
Tuesday 24th April, Komedia, Brighton
More information and online ticket sales available from:
comono.co.uk/la-linea
Also worth checking out is La Linea’s History of Latin Music in London storywheel
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