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Archived Events from Spring/Summer, 2011

Tigerstyle

Friday 8th July 2011

Tigerstyle perform a highly diverse DJ set comprising of Bhangra and Bollywood sounds incorporating Global Dance, Drum n Bass, Electronica, Hip Hop and Dubstep. Their set is also accompanied by visuals to convey the cultures and depth of music being performed." "With productions for artists, bollywood films, and remix work for the likes of M.I.A., Jay Sean, Franz Ferdinand, Ms Dynamite, Busta Rhy...

Sonia Sabri Company present: Khatakbox

Saturday 9th July 2011

‘Kathakbox’ is the latest production from one of the UK’s most dynamic dance companies. Sonia Sabri Company celebrate the unique, diverse energy of modern Britain through a brand new dance style: Urban Kathak. Kathakbox brings together Indian Kathak dance’s grace and vigour and the rhythms & rhymes of Hip Hop culture. Complex classical rhythms converse with beatbox and the verbal dexterit...

Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band and From Abbot Hall to the Brewery Procession

Saturday 9th July 2011

Originating from Jaipur, the city of the maharajas, the Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band play a range of traditional instruments, including trumpets, trombones, tubas, clarinets and saxophones. Their music blends Indian melodies, driving brass rhythms, and traditional Rajasthani Folk music with popular themes from Bollywood, jazz, funk, pop, reggae….and even a touch on Hindustani classical music! Sta...

Asian Bazaar

Saturday 9th July 2011

Please join us for the first ever Brewery Indian Bazaar. Where the east meets the west, there will be a truly sumptuous feast of the sights, sounds and smells of South Asia. From Authentic Asian cuisine, with a Cumbrian twist, through to body art and holistic displays of Asian ancient therapies. With exciting entertainment from the amazing Jaipur Maharajah Brass Band this will be a memorable fa...

Colouring In The World

Saturday 9th July 2011

Weaving their own mystical story involving a multitude of magnificent creaturse from South Asia, South Lakeland Carers and Young Cumbria bring you this colourful curtain raiser created and performed especially for the From Asia to the Brewery Festival! In April 2011, 36 young people from both organisations got together to prepare this performance. With the support of Sumit Sarkar the young people...